Purple Cat

Don't you just love waking up at 1 in the morning?  You get so much extra stitching time!

Here's an update on my Purple Crazy Quilt Cat Doll:

I'll probably finish this one today.  I also plan to sew up my 4 little cellphone pouches so I can do the hand finishing during the week and I have to get some clutter out of here.  I don't know where it comes from but it makes me insane!  Actually, it's really just my little computer room that needs straightening up.  That's where I store my supplies and it tends to get cluttered easily.   And I admit, I've had enough of looking at bright orange pumpkins now so I'll be taking those outside today and putting my Fall stuff away.  I really just want my soft pink, everyday things out.  And of course, there's always laundry!

Large Purple Cat Doll

Scott suggested, that since I love making my little crazy quilt cat dolls so much, that it might be nice if I made a few larger cat dolls.  He said they would be pretty sitting on a bed by a pretty embroidered pillow.  I took his advice and sewed up 3 of them.  One in purple, one in blue and one in pink and green.  I started stitching on the purple cat doll yesterday:

These will be approx 10 inches high X 6 inches wide.  I want them to have a very Victorian feel to them. 

In the meantime, I have another bout of Zoloft withdrawals setting in.  I really can't take too much more of this.  I'm down to only 12 1/2 milligrams now.  The withdrawals should be done by January 8th. 

Winter Lady Purse Finished

All that's left to do on this is to sew the snaps on:

Yesterday morning, I hand sewed the braid around the design, added the lace and the trim to the bottom.  I'll do the snaps tonight while I watch Gold Rush.

If all goes as planned, I'll sew up my cellphone pouches over the weekend and then I can do the hand finishing on those.

In the meantime, I'm starting to stitch on a new set of projects.  Stay tuned!

Purple Cellphone Pouch

When one wakes up at 2 in the morning, one finds themselves with a lot of stitching time!  I completed the stitching on my purple cellphone pouch yesterday morning:

And here are closeups of the seam embroidery:

If all goes according to plan, I will sew these up and do the hand finishing over the weekend.  In the meantime, I'm working on the finishing on my Winter Lady Purse:

Be sure to stop back to see it!  It's very foo-foo-y!

Pink Rose Cellphone Pouch Stitching Complete

I finished up on my Pink Rose Cellphone Pouch yesterday:

Look closely at the lace appliques.  I didn't want the leaves to cover my seam treatment on the right so I gave it a 3 dimensional look by bending that leaf on the right in a downward position.

I loved the way it looked so did something similar with the other 2 leaves and then beaded it all.  I also left the edges of the pink flowers floppy meaning, I didn't tack them down a the tips of the petals.  They're only tacked in the middle and then further supported with the bead work.  It's a little hard to see in the photo but it's quite 3 dimensional and a very interesting technique which I plan to do again on future projects.

Click on the photos to see larger versions.

And here is the seam embroidery for this pouch:

Both of these seam treatments are worked using waste canvas.

I have more 1 cellphone pouch that to stitch and then hopefully, over the weekend, I can assemble them and do the hand finishing:

The colors on this one feel a little odd to me but I know I can work with it.  Let's see where this one goes!