Wedding Purse Almost Done

I only had a little free time yesterday to work on this:

I did a little more silk ribbon work and added some more beading.  As much as I complain about Winter, I really do have more stitching time in the Winter months.  I don't have to take time to water plants, pull weeds, sweep the sidewalk and deck off, change hummingbird feeders and so on.  Oh, I just love Summer!  But I have way more time to stitch and craft in the Winter months.  Of course, Winter is coming and I'll be back to complaining about it the minute it gets here!  LOL!!!

Cottage Christmas Ornaments

In my post yesterday, I mentioned that I've been busy with mom, working on our 2011 Christmas ornaments.  Here are the first of them:

I have a few more things to take care of online and then I want to stitch on the Wedding purse for a little while before I go and pick up groceries.

Wedding Purse In Progress

I've been beading on this little crazy quilt Wedding Purse and also added some silk ribbon embroidery to it:

I want some color on this but I also want it to be very pale.  I'll do some beading on the birds next which should lighten them up slightly.  I'd like to have this finished up and ready to sew together over the weekend.  This purse will have a frame and it's been awhile since I did one of those.  I think this will be a lovely heirloom for my godchild.  Her wedding is in September.

I've been quite busy with mom.  We've been working on our 2011 Christmas ornament collection.  I'll be adding some to the Boutique now.  You can also find us on Etsy.

Custom Order Cellphone Pouch

I finished up my custom order Crazy Quilt Cellphone Pouch over the weekend:

Red & black is not a color scheme that I normally work in but I admit, this is quite stunning!  I'm always happy to do custom pouches if anyone is looking for something special!

Now to get back to my Wedding purse.  I just have to do the beading and embellishing on it.  I'm eager to see how that turns out!

Student Needed!

I would love to have 1 or 2 more students for my September 17th and 18th "Crazy Quilting From Start To Finish" Class.  I live 1/2 way between Chicago and Milwaukee on the Illinois/Wisconsin border!

We'll be making a Crazy Quilt Door Pillow from start to finish.  Class includes:

Sew & Flip method of foundation piecing

Seam Embroidery (including my Waste Canvas technique & Working with Dream A Seam Templates)

Beading and Embellishing

How to finish into a door pillow

Also included for both days are fresh home-baked muffins, my famous homemade cookies and a healthy home made lunch.  Please let me know if you have any special dietary needs.

You will receive work booklets to keep and goody bags to enjoy for your future stitching projects!

We'll have a great time!   There is more information on my my Crazy Quilt Classes here.