New To Do

 

 
Wow! Look at that amazingly lazy cat. I have been super busy these days, especially compared to him. Sometimes, it’s just not fair to see him so relaxed when I feel so stressed out.
I’m have finished my bulk order of coffee sleeves (Phew!), but all this time I have been making a mental list of [...]

Label Makin’

My cream herringbone ribbon finally came in from M&J Trims on Friday. Phew! I was getting a bit worried because the white ribbon is on back order and I have alot of coffee sleeves to finish up by the end of the week. 

This morning I set to work. It’s a time consuming process. A bit nerve [...]

Procrastination Inspiration

Mental dialogue last night…
Left Brain: Just what do you think you are doing, young lady?
Right Brain: Well, uh… You see I had these fabric squares. And I just thought maybe they would make cute coasters. I mean, everybody needs coasters.
Left Brain: Yeah, but nobody needs coasters when there are 130 coffee sleeves to make – [...]

Cozy Crazy

Hi. It’s been a while now, but I make a promise to you, right here and now, that I will be posting much more often. Just thought you should know.

 
I have been super busy making tons of cozies/coffee sleeves these last two weekends. Christmas time is close at hand and I have got to get [...]

Kauai fabrics and patterns

 I just came back from Kauai. It’s so beautiful there.

 
I went to this fabric/quilting store there called Kapaia Stitchery. They had so much stuff to choose from and you could tell that the continual growth of so many flowers all over the island have definitely influenced the fabric designers there.
I wanted to get some local [...]

Happy Birthday, Mom!

Here is a look at the finished scarf. One of my mom’s favorite colors is purple, so I used some of the purple silk kimono pieces along with the gray wool from men’s suits. It’s a very simple pattern, but I think it turned out really well.
It was a little difficult to get a good [...]

Another little present

Here’s a sneak peek at a present I’m making. I’m sure that person doesn’t read this, so it’s probably fine.

I’m making a scarf using old wool suits and silk kimono pieces, like the others I’ve made. I’ve pared down the variety of colors and patterns of the silk and wool pieces. And I’ve made the [...]

Scallops? Yeah right.

Austen, it’s not going well. Remember how I said that your ice cave couch quilt would have lovely scalloped shapes instead of boring old lines quilted into it? Sorry, buddy. I’m afraid not.

Maybe I’m using this “Quilting made easy” template paper in the wrong fashion. Maybe it should only be used for edges. I don’t [...]

Back to School Pencil Pouch

Check out this cute little pencil pouch I made for Austen. Just in time for the new semester. This is the Japanese robot fabric (with green robots) that I only use on Austen items. Everybody else gets blue robots on a gray background.

This was my first time using a zipper. I think I understand how [...]

Fall Look

Fall seems closer than it should be. Last weekend I realized that I needed to get down to business. I need to make lots and lots of coffee sleeves and scarves for fall, but also so that I can stock pile some for winter when people are looking for stocking stuffers.

That got me thinking about [...]