First finish of 2020

With our New Year camping holiday cut short (hubby + e- scooter + collision = face + asphalt = ouch!) I was home from the 30th Dec instead of at the holiday park in Te Anau.

So it was a fine opportunity to rearrange my sewing room to get a better flow from machine to ironing board etc, and I decided to make a new cover for my ironing board (which will now stand against the wall when not being used, so I can easily get into the walk-in robe/fabric collection storage facility 😏)

I used some furnishing fabric with a Paris theme (to remind me to save up for my trip to Europe in 2022) that has been in my stash for a couple of years #smashthatstash

Cute Bunny Pillows

Found this panel of bunnies on the sale shelf at Spotlight a couple of months ago and thought I'd make some pillows...they've turned out even better than I imagined! These were one of my 2018 Finish Along fourth quarter goals.

Sold to Laura McV

Sold to Laura McV

Sold to Paula P

I machine embroidered around the main features of the designs, plus some French knots on the 'whiskers' and hand stitches on one bunny's accents.  I used FMQ for simple quilting as well (echo lines on the double bunny pillow, and a small stipple on the other three, with a stipple on the backing).

I think I almost love the carrots print on the backing more than I love the fronts LOL! 

It was also on the sale shelf too.

They are each about 13" square and have a zippered opening (I always refer to Lia's tutorial).

I intended to sell these at a school car-boot sale but ended up selling two to a workmate and one to a FB friend during the week - so rushed back into Spotlight on Friday to grab another panel (of which my FB friend has already put 'first dibs' on another one!) and spent Saturday afternoon getting them made. (And I didn't go to the carboot sale today after all as the weather was so grotty - have now booked a table at the local playgroup's annual garage sale next weekend, where I'll be inside no matter the weather).

Sharing on Myra's Finished or Not Friday and Amanda Jean's Finish It Up Friday -
as well as Kelly's Needle and Thread Thursday - hello! 

Thanks for visiting!

Pretty Kitty pillow cases

Made these two pillowcases earlier this month...using a very cool Hello Kitty ABC fabric and a pink print...

... I used the APQ Roll It Up method for hidden French seams.

May 2016 - sent these as gifts to our great-nieces, new big sisters Lilly and Kora, on the arrival of their baby sister Poppy May.

Sofa cushions #2-4

Four new cushions in total now, just one more to re-cover.  

The two larger ones are made with a furnishing fabric called Pohutakawa that I picked up on special in Spotlight yesterday. The soft green matches well (I took my tote bag to the shop with me so I could find something with a big pattern that would complement the Comma fabrics). I think it's cool how the flower shape/pattern echoes the motifs in the Comma designs too - serendipity!

This is the second one I've made with the Comma fabrics, just quilted it with some straight lines.

Everything (with a warm batting inside it) has the Rumbles seal of approval of course! (Bess, in the background, would just approve of being allowed inside at all!)

Of course normally I would not have so much going on one sofa but as you can see the second sofa is kinda full already (is like this most days of the holidays/weekends) so I will spread some of the cushions across that as soon as a space becomes available..."KIERAN! Take a break already!!"

A-ha! Human-free zone...here are less cluttered views: