Pink Cellphone Pouch Continued

I honestly don't know why these are taking me so long to complete. My pre-Christmas activities are done and aside from housework & laundry, I really don't have anything else to do at the moment:



I really just have a little bit of beading left to do on this one. I plan on completeing it today and sewing all three up over the weekend.

Susan asked me if I was planning on putting these in the brick & mortar store. Actually, I was going to put these in my Etsy shop. But first, I have to get them done!

A Quick Update

I'm going out with my parents for a little while today so I just have a quick update for you on my cellphone pouches. I finished the purple one:



And then started on the pink one:



I'll have some stitching time later today and will post another update tomorrow.

Lace Variety Packs and Cellphone Pouches

My newest batch of vintage lace is all packed up now and available for purchase in my Etsy shop:



Each package contains at least 12 pieces of handpainted lace and motifs, all suitable sizes for crazyquilting and other mixed media projects. Each pack is different too!

I also listed a few counted cross stitch things today. My mom asked me to sell a few more things for her. All orders placed today "Wednesday" and paid for with PayPal will be shipped in tomorrow's mail.

On the stitching front, I worked on the purple cellphone pouch last night:



I have a little more stitching to do on the purple one and then I'll start on the pink one:



When I finish these and sew them up, I'd like to do a heart shaped purse. I hope to have time on Friday afternoon to run my sewing machine. I have to think about how it'll be finished before I start on it. Sometimes, I have so many ideas! I wish I could do things faster! Too bad I need sleep once in awhile!

Lots To Share Today!

First, I want to share a photo of the vintage lace that I handpainted yesterday:



It took me over 5 1/2 hours to paint everything but I can't begin to tell you how much I enjoy doing this! So many different patterns and designs! Each piece is so beautiful in itself but once painted, the patterns really pop!

I'll be starching and ironing today and I'm sure that will take another good couple of hours but again, I so much enjoy this process and being able to see and touch such a variety of old lace pieces.

Allison asked me what fabric dyes I use. I use Dye-na-flow by Jacquard. I started purchasing the small sampler packs at Michaels. They were perfect for my personal use. But now that I'm doing this on a larger scale, I order the larger bottles online.

When I finished painting yesterday, I worked on my green cellphone pouch:



This is complete now so I'll be starting on this one next:



On another note, Sharon asked her readers to mention her "Take A Stitch" project which will be starting on January 2nd. To learn more about it, hop over to Sharon's In A Minute Ago blog and read her post for today.

I'll be joining in on this project too, sharing patterns, stitches and designs with you. In fact, sometime in the next week, I'll be writing up the tutorial for painting dryer sheets. One of my first projects will feature "dryer sheet flowers" which you can use on your crazyquilts and other projects. I want to get that tutorial to you before the "Take A Stitch" start date so if you want to make some of these flowers, you can have everything ready in advance.

If you want to make some of the flowers but don't want to mess with the paint (it is very messy and time consuming and the paints are rather expensive), I still have several of the Painted Fiber Sheets packs available in my Etsy shop.

Ok, I'm off to starch and iron all that gorgeous old lace!

Cellphone Pouch And More Vintage Lace

I started some beading on this little cellphone pouch:



I really like the way the stitching looks all in one color. The reason I wanted to experiment with this is because last week, I sewed up a larger block that feels a bit wild to me. The fabrics looked great until I had it all sewn up and now, it seems a bit too "all over the map". I'm thinking that using all white thread will help bring it all together. When I get to it, I'll blog that project so you can follow my progress.

I expect to complete the green pouch later today. For now, I have another batch of vintage lace to paint:



This batch is quite old! I would definately say pre-30's on 90% of it. There's are lots of small pieces and some nice motifs in here. I'll be putting it together in "variety packs". In the meantime, I'm off to paint!