Three Kitchen Fairies

Mesmerizing

I wish I have time to give everything I'd like a try! In the past weeks I found this amazing hexagon quilt on Pinterest, and I just can take it out of my mind. Yes, I do have a hexagon project going at the moment, I've been slower than ever with it but that's a different story. I feel I get bored if I try to rush it and I start stitching it badly. 

This amazing quilt by Modern handcraft; see what I'm talking about? I want to think that it takes way less time than usual to finish. I also want to think that it's also resistant to regular use and to the washer. 

Nicole has a tutorial for the rest of us who can figure our how to come up with something this cool. Click on the pic to see the tutorial. 

Birds in the air kind of...

I suddenly felt the need to concentrate on this and another quilt that I've never finished. I guess life has being a bit crazy around here that what I was craving is that peaceful rhythm making something [perfect] and by repetition. No, I'm not saying I make perfect quilts, it's more like a "I can control the outcome" kind of thing.

I worked on my quilt in the quiet mornings while the girls were at school. The blocks are mostly "birds in the air." Some are just the whole 8 by 8 in. squares. I used all the little bits of Timber and leaf that I had so some of the blocks are logcabins, and 9 patch blocks. I really don't mind that the blocks are different this time. I love that fox fabric!

I have all the rows sewn, 11 total. Next week, when I'm done with my printmaking, I'll sew my rows together. 

 

It was a long time since I paid attention to this quilt. I'm glad I can pull this kind of projects out when in need. It feels good to have an arsenal of crafty activities, musical instruments, and a nice kitchen for find my cool again. 

 

Talking about repetition, let me show you the stationary I printed the other day...

my very own stationary!! It's an edition of 20 prints on card stock. I printed them one by one with my etching press. 

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Mother's Day Celebration

Around here Mother's Day is specifically on May 10th which is this Saturday. I know most of you will be celebrating on Sunday. I guess this celebrations has something to do with Spring, and blooming and that kind of ideas, in Argentina Mother's day is celebrated in October. I wonder if Austrlians do celebrate on the second half of the year too??

How about a bit of a celebration to all of us who enjoy epp and applique?? Only for this weekend and until midnight on Sunday, you can buy two packs of any paper templates and you'll receive a pack free at my etsy store. Just let me know on the "note to seller" section which pack you'd like to get for free. 

Happy Mother's day!! xo

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Hexies update.

For the past couple of weeks, I've dedicated some time to my hexie project. It's a [very long] table runner for my [very long] dinning table.

I'm in the binding part and for that I had to make some research. It's the first time I'm working with hexies, it's a learning process.

I'm using this tutorial from Badskirt.

 

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Semi Fantastic Mr. Fox "times" 3

Three times the fun, three times the love that was given to these three Semi-Fantastic Mr. Fox on Valentine's day. It was a long time since I gave the girls a handmade present, and I missed doing so.

This pattern is by Annie Riechmann [Bird and little bird.] I have had this patterns traveling with me for a long time and I'm so happy I finally gave it a try (or three!) It is a fun and easy to follow pattern, the size of these lovely guys are perfect for hugging and cuddling that even my teenager is keeping 'him' close by her side... when nobody is looking ;) I made two corduroy ones and a felt one too. Truly, I don't know which one I like the most. 

Annie has this pattern available at her blog Bird and Little Bird. I just found out that she also has a Mostly Marvelous Ms. Rabbit that I think is better than marvelous!! 

Thank you Annie for sharing your super fantastic pattern with me. 

 

Hexies update.

I'm wishing days have more hours and weeks more days. My box of hexies is always by my side or in the car for our various trips to many different classes and appointments. 

I know they do take forever but what's not to love. 

These are made with my 1" hexagon paper templates always available at my etsy ;)

A big thank you to all of you who got their 1" hexie packs at my etsy store. These lovely packs will be listed again by the end of March. 

Hello!! Part 2

Continuing in the posting of my crafty endeavours, I realized that this branch arrangement was not posted either. Last year, many of the trees in our neighborhood got a big trim. I picked a few branches to see what I could make with them.

I let it dry for a few weeks and then I painted this branch arbitrarily without  knowing yet what to make out of it. I found a few garlands in Pinterest that I like.

 

I made the leaves out of felt and some Timber and leaf fabrics although it's barely noticeable. The felt is heavier than the fabric and the leaves flip to the heavy side. I think it looks really cute as a head board kind of piece above her bed. I wonder is she dreams of squirrels, bears, and Michigan forests.

Happy Valentine's Day!!

I didn't realize I haven't share with you my new blog. Well, it's up and running but it still needs some work. It is about printmaking. Yes, I'm a printmaker, that was my major in college and I actually did graduated. 

"Eres la neta del planeta" means more than "you are the best," maybe like "you [super] rock." I wanted  to make a San Valentine's Day print with a Mexican twist. We Mexicans have a really fun way to express our feeling, I feel like there can be a whole series based on the theme. 

Want to see more? here's a link to my printmaking blog

Happy Valentine's Day to you all!! xo

Hello!!

I was looking around here wandering if I stopped al together in all things "fabric." It turns out that not at all, I'm still into the sewing, quilting, making; it's just that haven't post much about. It's my loss 'cause I do love sharing and talking about the things we make. 

One of the crafty projects that I didn't show here is this purse:

I used the tutorial for the reversible bag with a twist. I measured the 'perfect' square size to make it into a "patchwork" reversible bag. It belongs to one of my daughters, the one that always carries a purse/bag around with a book inside. The owl fabric is from Jo-Ann's, she loves owls and so she picked a bit of it on our last trip to the US. The rest of the fabrics I'm sure you know them by heart ;) The inside of the purse is a shirting fabric I found locally. 

Another project I made during the Holidays is this Christmas tree skirt. I know it has nothing about Christmas on it but believe me it look incredible under my tree. I used my very favorite fabrics from my stash for this project: Liberty of London. I made it on one long afternoon using the quilt-as-you-go technique. I'm sure I'll use this tree skirt every year. 

I guess little by little sewing stuff for our daily life becomes part of the usual; without noticing that a blog post was in order. 

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First finished UFO of the year: Orange peels/Tea leaves

 

It took me forever but it's finally done. I started my orange peels quilt in March 2013 when I was waiting for my sewing machine to arrive. As you may imagine, most of this quilt was sewn by hand; it was also hand quilted after a few attempts to machine quilting. It's not that big, it measures 50” by 50” approx. I want to be a wall hanging, I even added a sleeve for that purpose.

It was a fun quilt to make, not all the leaves there were appliqued. Some leaves were embroidered, some others are just suggested by the quilting. The placing of the peels is also a bit arbitrary compared to a "traditional" quilt. I wonder if my quilt qualifies as "modern"?? Whatever it is, it was fun and demanding at the same time, it took me quite a while to finish it.

 

The tutorial to these blocks is here. You can also get your paper templates at my etsy store.  

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