Mushroom Necklace

I've combined my two loves! Fabric and jewelry.



This cute little necklace is using some cute Heather Ross spoonflower fabric sealed in a filigree cabochon base.




I might make some more to put in my empty etsy shop that's using up unnecessary cyber space... but it depends on whether or not there's interest. I would also do some gnomes, fish, and other cute things. What do you think?

I Love Amy

...well at least her fabrics. And her newest line On A Whim 2 demanded a new baby quilt from me.



I used a dark brown Kona cotton for the background and fussy cut all the lovely critters to scatter around.



The pattern is from the "Take Two and Add A Few" book. And just a couple more photos for cuteness affect...






For the backing I slapped on a luscious chocolate brown minky and a polka dot binding to finish it.

Alot of Birdies

Before I begin, a big ole thanks to Jennifer who took all these pictures for me. I lost my camera for a whole week, but I found it again, and in a very obvious place too...

First up are a couple of Birdie Slings I made from the Amy Butler pattern. I really love this purse...(which might be why I've made four). The first one is out of the super cute matryoshka fabric that Jennifer gave to me forever ago.



Matched with green stars and Anna Maria Horner polka dots, its my bag of envy.



The brooch is a hand knit one that I found while in Edinburgh and immediately fell in love with.



My second birdie sling is made out of Tula Pink birdies. Just for fun... and apparently because I felt deprived of bags.



I borrowed the handle idea from Jenny's bag, although I don't think she showed any of the tape measure.



Finally in case you didn't see them on Jennifer's blog, we made some spool sewing birds for the shop .



They were really hard to photograph, but look really cute hanging up.



And mind you, I could have fallen and died while trying to hang them, so they better be appreciated.



I'm heading off to Berlin tomorrow! So I should have a lot of lovely photos to show off when I get back!

Weekender

As promised, here are some pictures of my new weekender bag that I finished just in time to take on my trip.



I used the county fair line by Denyse Schmidt, and just love the colors and patterns. I wish I had some helpful tips to give about making the bag. Unfortunately all I can say is that I'll never make another one... ever.... for as long as I live. But I wish the rest of you the best of luck when you attempt to make one!



I have a new photo program so I'm playing around with the photo editing. I'm not sure what I think about them yet, I need more practice... that's for sure. (Isn't she the cutest dog?)



And finally whats a zipper without a zipper pull? I got this one from the shop because it was just destined to belong to my weekender.

Nothing Clever in This Post

But I do have some awesome photos to show off!

I took a trip last weekend to visit my good friend Jenny who is lucky enough to be attending the university in Edinburgh, Scotland. I had the most amazing time and have to show off some of the amazing things I saw.

First up are the ruins of St Anthony's Chapel. That's all I know about it, but it sure was a pretty place for our picnic!



Next is the beautiful castle. Being cheap/broke college students we opted not to go inside for the full tour, but it was still fun to see!



And here's a street view of the castle...



And the super cool telephone booths up against the castle... I love them!



Next is just an the amazing view of the city while watching the sun go down (and freezing our butts off...)



And finally just a necessary snapshot of the two of us. (I made Jenny take the picture because I only ever manage to get one person in the photos with my skill.)



I'll be back soon to show the cute bag I finished in time to take on the trip.

3x6 quilting bee

So I decided to try out a recently started quilting bee over on flickr called the 3x6 sampler bee. The basics behind it is I'm in a group with 6 other people and using our own stash and block design we create a 12.5 inch block for each person. Here is what I came up with:














If your interested in getting the basics of a quilting bee and only want a short term commitment I really recommend this group. Sign up now for the next quarter if your interested. I don't think I'll be doing it. I realize that i'm not good with the pressure of trying to make things that I hope the other person will like.

On a happier note... Look! You can see my head shadow in all the pictures.... funny.

The Bold Red Quilt

After a full year of having this quilt in progress, it is finally done.



Well to be honest... It's been done for a couple weeks, I just haven't felt like taking pictures...

But I love it, and it's going to my grandma for her birthday, and it's a couple weeks late... because I haven't felt like taking a picture of it...



Isn't the red in it so bold and beautiful?