Snowman Purse Complete

When a person doesn't sleep well, they tend to have a lot of stitching time!  I finished up this Crazy Quilt Snowman Purse:

Talk about a Winter Wonderland!  Be sure to click on the image so you can see it up close.  I used tons and tons of sequins for sparkle and lots of snowflake buttons.

This purse is for my sister Kathi.  She gave me the cross stitch piece earlier this and asked if I would do a crazy quilt purse for her. 

Here are close ups of the seam embroidery:

Due to the size of the cross stitch piece, I didn't have a lot of room for elaborate seam embroidery.  These are examples of what can be done in small spaces.

In other news, I'll have a diagnosis on my dad later today.  I'm really trying to stay out of the "worst case scenario".  I'll know when I know.  I guess it's human to go to the worst and it's certainly how my crazy mind works.  For now, I'm really trying to stay in today.

Snowman Purse

Earlier this year, my sister Kathi gave me this little cross stitch snowman piece that she stitched and asked me if I would make it into a purse for her.  I sewed the block up earlier this Summer and decided, I'd better make it for her now so she can enjoy using it at Christmas:

This should be a fun project!  I've sewn all the lace and trim on and embroidered all the seams.  Now to get onto the beadwork!

Before I head offline, please keep my dad in your thoughts.  He may require surgery.  I'll know more on Tuesday.

Winter Lady Crazy Quilt Purse - Stitching Complete

I finished up the stitching on my Winter Lady Crazy Quilt Purse last night:

It's very glittery isn't it?  The leaf sequins to the left look a little orange in this photo but they're actually pearly white and sparkle in a pink tone.  And yes, I know that snowflakes and butterflies don't exactly work in the same scenario but hey, I call it art!

Here are some of the interesting seam treatments that I used on this block.  All are worked with my Waste Canvas technique:

These designs are available in my Elegant Crazy Quilt Seam Treatments Ebooks.  I've started a new page (found at the top of my blog) titled, Crazy Quilt Seam Treatment Inspiration.  I will keep an online photo gallery of my seam treatments there for your inspiration and eye candy enjoyment!

Winter Lady Crazy Quilt Purse Continued

Other than going into town for groceries and doing some laundry, I spent most of yesterday stitching on my Winter Lady Crazy Quilt Purse:

I'll be sitting here and doing some more beadwork on this before I head over to mom's for the day.

Also, I've decided to add a new feature to my blog.  As I stitch on my Crazy Quilt projects, I'll take close up photos of some of my seam treatments and post them on the page titled, "Crazy Quilt Seam Treatment Inspirations".  You can find it at the top of my blog.

Since I use my Waste Canvas technique for the majority of my embroidery on crazy quilts, I thought this would be a nice way to give my readers some ideas for seam embroidery and how to embellish them.  I'll start doing this when I complete this purse.

Finally for today, we're having a nice Christmas Sale at our Boutique:

Christmas Village Houses and Bottlebrush Trees are on sale.  We won't be doing anymore of these of so please, get them while you can!  The sale is only available at our Boutique.

Winter Lady Crazy Quilt Purse

After running up to WalMart for a few things yesterday and doing a little laundry, I spent a quiet afternoon with my cats, Food Network and my Winter Lady Crazy Quilt Purse:

I love the soft, feminine colors on this one.  Perfect for a Winter Bag!  And it'll go quite nicely with my faux fur coat!

I also sewed up my Snowman Dolls and I stuffed them.  Tomorrow, I'll make the little stocking caps so their heads stay warm!  ;)