no time

I have been in full wedding planing mode and have made no art or stitches and I feel a little sad about that. But only a month left and I can really focus again. I am very excited to be getting married though. I have made tons of stuff for that of course--invitations, bouquets, corsages, flowers for tables, paper poufs etc. I'll go ahead and show my bouquet for the heck of it because it's grown on me. I didn't really like it at first but now totally love it. Very whimsical which I like. Felt, fabric and buttons.

The part around the "stems" is actually from my mom's wedding dress. She gave it to me and said I could do what I wanted with it. This part is from the sleeves with the white buttons. I like the sentiment.

It looks good in a vase too.

See you in a month!

Let's play catch up

Well I've been a horrendous blogger lately. No excuses really--just haven't posted anything. I haven't felt much like doing anything lately and I've been a bit preoccupied with wedding planning. But I have done a few pieces for a flickr swap for the Hoop Up! group and received some really great pieces as well. I'll start with the ones I did shall I?

Satellite for alamodefabric


Little Red and her Forest Friends theme for sewdeerlyloved.


"O" is for Otter for twinfibers. She's making a book for her child with letters from his name.


I did another piece for our group leader modernsewl but forgot to take a picture of it because I'm forgetful.

I received wonderful pieces based off of my Tim Burton theme. I still need to take pics of them but will post as soon as I do.

Pin Cushion Queen

Hey guys! It's a new year and I'm already behind on things I've made. So let's play catch up. I am in a swap with the flickr group Hoop Up! We are sending pieces of fabric to our partners and have a few months to stitch things for them based on their theme. I decided on a Tim Burton theme because---well----he's awesome. So as inspiration for my group I stitched the Pin Cushion Queen from this book by Burton, Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy and Other Stories. I love this little book of stories. The characters are great.

I had planned on doing the entire piece in black but then thought it might be nice to do little bits of it in color. I'm glad I did because I love the way it turned out. Tons of french knots.

I can't wait to see what my group stitches for me. I think my theme will inspire some great work.

What else has been going on:
*Colby and I have set our wedding date for October 2010. We booked our venue and photographer so we're well on our way.
*Saw "The Road" and don't think I've been so depressed after watching a movie since Pan's Labyrinth
*It's been COLD here in North Carolina! I don't really like 15 degree mornings. Come on spring!

Tea Towel Tour: The End

My towel was returned to me filled with some wonderful stitching! My "no theme' ending up being a cat theme which I think is great. So here it is.......

Thanks so much to the ladies in my group for such awesome stitches!!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Wishing you all a Happy Thanksgiving!


Pattern is from Aunt Martha's

Tea Towel Tour: Part 5

Well the time has come. I have stitched on my last towel for the tour. I'm sad to see it end but I'm also very excited to get my towel back! Here's what I did for sew~amy's Volkswagen camping towel---a little blue Bug.


TTFN!

Tea Towel Tour: Part 4

I've finished up the design for cupcakeguru's towel. She had a Halloween theme and I used a pattern from a iron-on transfer that I found at the flea market last year. It's a huge book filled with all kinds of designs. I may do a post about it later. But I went with this Trick-or Treater. I think he looks pretty scary! I added the words on the bag. I only have one more towel to stitch on and this tour will be all finished. I'm sad to see it end!




Here's the towel so far. Only one more person needs to stitch on it.