Crazy Stuff

A phone pouch and two eyeglass cases are my latest crazy quilted creations.

The fun thing about crazy quilting (well, ONE of the fun things) is that even though I always have a plan when I get started with a certain piece, the finished result is always a surprise.

Usually a nice one :)

Wishing you all a beautiful day,

Blue Set

I am not sure how the sun felt about seeing my face today, but I sure was happy to see the sun shine again. Even my needles worked faster, so I managed to finish two pouches of the blu set.

The change purse:

And the phone pouch:

The eyeglass case is all embellished, too, just needs to be sewn up. But that's tomorrow's story...

Wishing you all a beautiful week,

Phone Pouch and Eyeglass Case

Cristina's phone pouch is now finished, thanks to Gerry Krueger's more than 2 cents' worth tip, which I was really happy and grateful to receive in a kind email.
Balance, balance... The lonely flower on the top got some beading in a color matching the violets (more so in reality than in the photo.)

And another pretty lady, again with a lovely hat - I seem to have a soft spot for images with ladies in flowery hats lately, found her place on an eyeglass case almost ready to be sewn up. 

There's still a string of beads I want to add to the scalloped edge of the lace on the bottom.

I hope you are all having a wonderful week!

Violets And Flowering Almonds

I feel that something is still missing and I can't put my finger on it, so I ended up leaving the lady in the green hat to stretch / block over night.

Violets and flowering almond blooms, or "baby roses" as we call them in Hungarian, are keeping her company, along with a lovely hand dyed lace butterfly from Raviolee Dreams.

I really hope the "AHA!" moment will occur soon, because I need to finish this pouch over the weekend :)

Wishing you all a happy weekend,

Work in Progress & Creative Chaos

Cristina, my high school  classmate, whom I haven't seen for more than 20 years, chose "happy colors" like purple and pink for her phone pouch and we agreed on using this lovely image of a lady with a large green hat, with violets and pink roses.

Except for the image I ended up using none of the embellishments I have pulled out initially. What I did use was this gorgeous piece of vintage lace of which I wish I had more... 

Here is the block pieced, auditioning embellishments:

And here with the basic seam treatments:

Most of the beads are sewn on, too, so tomorrow I will continue adding some more silk ribbon violets and roses, and hopefully sew the pouch together.

Now my creative chaos is patiently waiting for me to pick things up again in the morning...

Happy Thursday, Everyone!

Good Morning, Spring!

It is still cold and the sun is playing hide and seek a lot, but the calendar says it's time, so, dear Spring, whenever you are ready, I am here!

For the last week, while waiting for spring to come, I have been busy creating pendants for "Martisor", a lovely Romanian custom for the 1st of March. These are only a couple of them:

And a purple phone pouch for an April brithday:

Now I can't wait for spring to finally do its magic!

Wishing everyone a happy weekend,

Another Phone Pouch

This is the last one of a series of four.

And as the previous three, this one was also made to order.

Now on to some eyeglass cases and more pendants... Fun, fun, fun!

Wishing everyone a happy and creative week,

Phone Pouch

While sweet and delicate, this lady knows exactly what she wants

and she gets it all, too.

And she is wearing her new teal hat with such elegance and charm...

Wishing everyone a happy weekend,

A New Friend

As much as I like flowers, I had to accept that I am not good with them. Or to them... So for a few years now I haven't had any plants in the apartment or in the studio. But now, maybe because I miss spring so much, I really, really wanted a plant in the studio.

Here she is, my little orchid, whom I promise to water regularly. I love her and after a whole week already spent together we seem to get along just fine :) It is great to have a room mate!

And this is what we have been doing for the last couple of days, a new phone pouch ready to be sewn up:

Wishing everyone a beautiful day,

Autumn Roses Phone Pouch

One of the things I learned in the crazy quilting round robins is that, while sometimes a little bit scary,

stepping out of our comfort zone can be a real fun learning experience.

With some of the colors on this phone pouch it was more like a leap than a step for me :)

Wishing you all a happy, creative week!

Phone Pouch

Another finish during this weekend is a phone pouch.

This lovely lady, with her pretty hat, reminded me of a small piece of lace I had forgotten about. 

I had tucked it away in my lace drawer, waiting for just the right piece to use it on. Twice :)

Have a beautiful week, Everyone!

Fairy Tales

After finishing up the flower fairy phone pouch (tried several threads to outline the butterfly, but as none of them seemed right, in the end decided to just leave it as it was),

I had a go at attaching my first clasp frame to an eyeglass case I've pieced and embellished a couple of days ago.

I really love how it turned out, except I should have made my pattern a little bit wider... Oh, well... the next one will be better :) 

How cute are those little fairies reading their fairy tales book?!

Hope you are all having a wonderful day!