Peacock Purse Almost Done

I thought you would enjoy a little update on my current Crazy Quilt project:

The peacock's tail will overhang the side of the purse.  When I sew this together, I'll have to pin the tail feathers up so they don't get caught in the side seams. 

I have a little more stitching to do on this but I expect to have it ready to sew together tomorrow.

In other news, Pat Winter has released the Spring 2014 issue of her Crazy Quilt Gatherings Magazine:

This is available at Magcloud.

And the Shabby Lane Shops Spring issue is now available as well:

In this issue, I've shared my mom's Irish Soda Bread recipe which is absolutely to die for!  The magazine can be ordered through Shabby Lane Shops.

Shabby Lane Shops also offers a Free EMag:

If you love Cottage Style, you'll enjoy looking through this.  But be sure to pour yourself a cup of a tea.  You won't want to stop looking! 

Crazy Quilt Purses Finished!

Just a quick blog post for today everyone.  I've been on this computer for way too long today and I feel like I have tunnel vision! 

I finished up my latest Crazy Quilt Purses:

I should have taken photos of these hanging on my hall tree so you could see the beautiful vintage lace on the bottom of the blue purse and see how the tassels dangle on the 2nd purse.

I have some ideas for other styles that I'll start doing on future projects.  For now, I'm off to stitch on my peacock purse.

Needle Felted Easter Brooches

I mentioned last week that I had made some Needle Felted Easter Brooches.  I just love making these!  I used some tulle and some Angelina Fiber on these to give them an ethereal feel. 

In other news, I sewed up my 2 latest purses.  I still have to do the hand finishing and add the trim.  Be sure to stop back to see them completed.

And finally, my Peacock purse is coming along nicely.  I have the peacock done and just have to add the eye feathers.  Then for more embellishing.  Update photos coming soon!

Happy Birthday Wrigley!

Our little Wrigley is officially one year old today!

He's so beautiful and such a sweet little kitty!  His fur is very soft, like velvet and although he's a big boy now, he hasn't gotten his big boy voice!  He still sounds like a little baby kitty.  LOL!!!

Mom gave me a few new things to list over at our Etsy shop.  These are her newest door hanging pillows for Spring:

We are currently getting dumped on with snow again.  Geez, this feels like it's been 2 Winters!!!  LOL!!!  But I've certainly gotten a lot of stitching done!  Less than 2 weeks until March 1st!  It'll probably be June before all this snow melts!

White Peacock Purse

We had more snow last night and more is expected tonight into tomorrow.  This has been some Winter!  And I sure do hope that we're coming to the end of it!  Thankfully, the sun is out now. 

My White Peacock Purse is coming along.  I started doing some beading on it this morning:

The lime green patch on the left was just a little too intense so I added a lace overly on part of it which tones it down a bit.  The trim along the edge is a ribbon type yarn, gathered and hand sewn down.

Here are a couple of close ups of the beaded seams I was working on this morning:

I finished up a couple of pretty little Easter Bunny Brooches yesterday.  I'll have photos of those this coming week.  And mom made a few Easter door hangers so I'll share those this week as well.