fabric basket
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make (up) over and all the fabric
My make up needed a new home, somewhere I could chuck it after slapping it all on in the morning ;)
I wanted it to be easy to reach, easy to see and in something cute to look at. When I saw this Fabric Basket Tutorial by Amy Smart I knew it would be perfect.
Here's what I was using before, I never travel so it's just sad and I always had to pour everything out to find what I was looking for! (This isn't all my make up, I have draws and boxes full too - this is just the stuff I use most)
Now I have cute 80s kitties and fun geometric print to look at :) and another check off my Finish-Along list.
Fabrics from Miss Matatabi - Outside fabric: Love Cats by Lecien Retro Lining: Geometric Lines in pink (there are other colours available here)
I think this basket will make me smile in the morning!
I adore cute Japanese prints and you can get 30% off at Pink Castle Fabrics today (hurry! I stopped writing this so I could get my order in). Use code JAPAN30 Sorry the code has expired but you can see all in stock Japanese prints HERE.
We got the new Lewis and Irene range 'A Little Bird Told Me' in at Patchfinders, it's really pretty! I had to take some home with me:
Left to right: An older Hoffman print (not sure what it's called), Geo and Tea and Geo on Spring Yellow, A Little Bird Told Me by Lewis and Irene.
And I got some yummy fabrics from the Fat Quarter Shop for an upcoming project:
left to right: Linen Shibuya, Tokyo Train Ride by Sarah Watts; White Lined Grids, Doe by Carolyn Friendlander and Petite Plus, Black & White by Cotton + Steel
It was a bank holiday weekend here in the UK so I am enjoyed a nice long weekend with this wild bunch:
Hope you enjoyed your weekend too!
See ya February
I loved my sewing this past month. I did a tutorial for a super easy QAYG border, worked on my appliqué, made butterfly blocks and rose stars and it is possible I may have inadvertently created a new quilt block when sewing a butterfly block (this is the second one I made on purpose!):
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| see my butterfly block tutorial |
I also got some lovelies finished. The embroidered alphabet quilt was given to one of my best friends new baby boy and the feather quilt is keeping us warm at night on our bed. The fabric basket is my sewing bin and the reward chart was a commission.
Hopefully next month will be just as productive, I should have more finishes and I am about to start a couple of fun projects that I'm really excited about... including some embroidery that I might need a couple of you to help me with so stay tuned stitchers! There's a lot of slow projects and I am spending more time thinking about lay outs and how I want the finished quilt to look. I am hoping this means that I will produce things I'm really satisfied with and, although I do think great things can come of just doing something and not over thinking it, it seems to be a reflection of my growth and how much I'm learning. Listening to my instincts and knowing when something isn't right, which often leads to discovering what is right.
treats
Nothing like some fabulous post and friends to lift your spirits...
Recently the wonderful (talented, kind, funny and all round brilliant) Hadley so kindly sent me a little bundle of all I need to get on with some more hexies! She has a Sizzix so I'm hoping it didn't take her long and I have some papers and lovely fabrics to create some EPP. Thank you Hadley!
Then yesterday I got my secret santa gift from fellow Bee A Brit Stingy member Jan. I was literally chuffed to bits!! She was just so thoughtful and everything she sent was perfectly me, needed and hugely appreciated. The fabric basket is beautiful (on both sides) and she included a bunch of fab extras.
I was totally down yesterday and this was perfect timing to bring a smile to my face. I was squealing each time I opened one of her little packages (she had even bothered to wrap things up so nicely!). Thank you so much Jan.
Finally, as a big push to snap out of it, one of my best friends popped round today and she brought with her a special gift for me... not my christmas present, just one she wanted to give me because I'm pregnant. It was just what I needed, in more ways than one! Hopefully a nice bath and slather of lotion will help ease my dry skin :)
Thank you to all of you for cheering me up with your kind words recently, sorry for moaning but I'm keeping it real!
The only making going on here is the baby growing but I'm thinking I'd like to sit with some nice embroidery - part of a little pressie, so you'll find me on the couch after my bath!
Linking up:
36 week WIP
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Thank you so much if you have already, I can't even tell you how many flashbacks I've been having to my school days and fashion disasters. All the comments have made me laugh out loud - culottes, perms and other delights of hairstyling, neon, bell bottoms, lycra, all types of terrible denim - you can't help but cringe! You have all been thoroughly entertaining and kept my spirits up, thank you.
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I am loving the date today 12/12/12, so satisfying! If it wasn't a month too soon I'd be willing the baby to be born today - at least it'd be easy to remember it's birthday!
I am 36 weeks pregnant today and expecting the midwife to come round for my check up, fingers crossed all is fine. I put some Fratellis on this morning and had a little dance with my daughter just to wake it up a bit!
I haven't been doing a lot of sewing, I'm just too tired in the evenings but I have finished some small projects...
completed:
- More decorations!
My daughter and I made this cute owl one together using this tutorial.
I made these simple gingerbread men using this template. Both decorations were created after seeing them on feeling stitchy - a great source of inspiration!
- Secret Swap for Bee a Brit Stingy. I hope my partner will like it! We are swapping fabric baskets made using Ayumi's great tutorial.
- Scrappy? Sew Bee It! Bee block for Deborah. I had fun making this one, simple but so effective! She asked us to use whatever fabrics we would chose ourselves, which is a cool concept. She picked Amanda's 36 patch block:
in progress
- I am hand quilting my hexie cushion. I decided just to stitch in the ditch around some of the hexagons. It gives a nice texture and I didn't want the stitching to take away from those gorgeous prints.
- HFWYG? QAL - I've done some prep and am working on the blocks but no pics yet
no progress:
- Rose Stars
- the May quilt
- Blogger's BOM
- Braid quilt
- granny blanket
stats:
completed: 3
new projects: 0
in progress: 7
other excitement:
This past week I have introduced my new sponsor ChristaQuilts - thanks to those of you that have shopped, vouched for the great service and fantastic international shipping rates (only $10). I have to just point out the amazing deals Christa has too - each day there are different daily deals, there are weekly specials, as well as end of bolt, clearance and bargain bin sections of the shop. There is even some lovely Christmas fabric in there so if you need a fabric fix fast then head over to ChristaQuilts now!
Check back here on Monday too, hint hint!
Linking up (with Lee's gorgeous new button!):
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