New Sewing Kit progress..

Hand embroidery added, beading next...

 I have beads to add and silk Yo-Yos, vintage mother of pearl buttons maybe some tulle....I have a vintage jewelery finding I'm considering... interviewing, this is the fun part.

Grape vine; stem stitch, french knots & lazy daisys

I'm also working on this sewing kit as part of a "mini challenge" in Sharon's Pintangle Work-in-Progress Wednesday ; http://pintangle.com/category/projects/work-in-progress-wednesdays/ .I post my progress on Wednesday's and discuss ideas or issues, always fun.

Happy Easter...

Happy Easter!

Modern Style Quilt, hand and machine quilted 2014

I used batiks from my collection

 I saw these blocks in a quilt but much smaller. I worked out the bigger size I wanted and cut them out and pieced them together. There is no border. I machine quilted and hand quilted it for the effect. Ripple, sparkle, textured.

Two blocks make up this quilt

I used two different shades of white for the effect

I call it Garnet Beach

Sewing Kit, silk, venice lace, yo-yo's, hand embroidery....

This is my newest completed sewing kit

This is sold.

"Elderberry Wine" sewing clutch, published 2013...

"Elderberry Wine" sewing kit or clutch

 I still can't decide whether to call this a sewing clutch or kit. I made this crazy quilt style. It is quilted and embellished with YO-YO's, hand embroidery, laces, velvet ribbon, sewing notions and a vintage
silver and garnet jewelery piece. It was published in Art Quilting Studio winter 2013, artquiltingstudio.com.

roomy pocket, needle felted pin keep

opened all the way out

Art Quilt in Progress..border choice

Love those tropical colors.

This is one of my new art quilts in progress. I'm going to add one more border, interviewing colors now. What do you think?
I am liking the lime a lot.
This is a fun technique; make strip fabric by sewing together varying widths of scraps or yardage. Cut into blocks, square or rectangle, add sashing if you want and various borders. The best results come with lots of contrast in color and print. Layer top with batting and backing and machine quilt it to death. Embellish with hand embroidery.

There are some Kaffe Facet fabrics in this.

Fun with Spring Reflections....

I took this on Friday, the spring weather was delightful.

I had to catch the mirror effect.