Blue Cellphone Pouch

Last night, I finished up the stitching on my little Blue Cellphone Pouch:

And here are closeups of my stitched seam treatments:

The Herringbone Stitch, a Fan Stitch and finally a Satin Stitched Leaf, all worked with my waste canvas technique.

I'm keeping a Seam Treatment Inspiration Gallery (found at the top of my blog) so take a peek for other seam treatment ideas.

This is my next little Cellphone Pouch:

I'll start on this one later today.  I first want to hand paint those lace pieces.

Crazy Quilt Snowman Purse Completed!

Well, it's almost complete!  I still have to sew the snap on:

I made this purse for my sister Kathi.  She isn't into all the fluffy, ruffly, foo-foo stuff that I like so I kept it more simple for her.  The crazy quilt piece is actually a flap and the purse is larger than my normal purse style.  The trim is all sewn on by hand and put a strap on this one rather than the purchased handles that I usually use.  I also hand sewed the sequin trim on the strap.

Kath, if you want to come see me this weekend, I can give this to you!

Pretty Cellphone Pouches

I'm working on some pretty Crazy Quilt Cellphone Pouches for Christmas gifts.  I mean, who doesn't have a cellphone and who wouldn't like a pretty pouch to keep it in?  Mine is a IPhone and I like to keep mine in a pouch to protect the screen from getting all scratched up just in case my keys decide to have a party in my purse!

Anyway, I finished up my purple and green pouch yesterday:

I didn't want to do any Silk Ribbon Embroidery on these because that can also get caught on keys and other purse contents.  So I figured, buttons are a safe addition.  These are vintage Mother Of Pearl buttons accented with large seed beads.

And here is the seam embroidery up close:

All of these seam treatments, including the feather stitch, are worked with my Waste Canvas technique.  Click on each photo to see a larger version.

And here is my next little cellphone pouch:

I painted the appliques and sewed the lace and trim on last night so now it's ready for embroidery and beads.

Needful Things

My sweet friend Pat Winter always refers to crazy quilt supplies as "needful things".  Ok, so I stopped at my favorite stitching store yesterday afternoon, Welcome Stitchery in Crystal Lake, Illinois.  I needed waste canvas.  And I of course came out with more than just that!

My favorite threads to stitch with are the Watercolours by The Caron Collection.  These are a 3 ply thread and I use a single strand which is pretty equal to a #5 perle cotton.  I love the shaded threads and since I have a tendency to pile on the embellishments, I like a little bit heavier thread so my stitching shows up!  So, I needed 3 new colors of that.

My second favorite threads are the Kreinik metallics!  I needed (I really did) a gold #4 braid but I've also been collecting the Hologram Blending Filaments for my spider webs.  So I picked up the silver and the red Hologram Blending Filament and those are my needful things for the day!  It's my story and I'm sticking to it!

When I got home, I started stitching a little cellphone pouch:

I thought I'd make a few cellphone pouches for Christmas gifts.  And speaking of my sweet friend Pat, purples and greens always make me think of her!

Here's the news on my dad, so far, none of the test results found anything abnormal.  They're going to do one more test, and if that's normal, then it was most likely a small kidney stone.  Mom is already trying to get him to drink more water!

Thank you everyone for keeping him in your thoughts.

Snowman Dolls

My Crazy Quilt Snowman Dolls have arrived!  Here they are:

I also thought you'd enjoy seeing the latest additions to Kathi's Pretty Gemstone Jewelry line: