Mirror Mirror On The Wall

... I mean in the pocket. Or purse, if you prefer.

Although, to be perfectly honest, I wouldn't put this one neither in my pocket nor in my purse.

 I would much rather have it on my dresser if I were to keep it, but I am not. So, wrapped in silk paper, into a pretty box it goes...

Still, I am not tying the ribbons on the box just yet as I like it so much, I want to be able to look at it again before it flies away :)

Hugs,

Eyeglass Case

Spring is back, hurray!, and they say that this time it's here to stay until summer takes over.

Enjoying the sunshine, with the windows of my studio wide open, I finished Marta's eyeglass case today. 

I loved working with purples for a change, after all the blue of the previous pouch set and before the next eyeglass case, which will also be blue.

Wishing you all a wonderful day,

Blue Set Finished

Although the sun was not as generous today as it was yesterday, and the coming and going of clouds and rain brought on the usual headache, I am happy to report that the eyeglass case that completes the set of three blues is finished.

To celebrate (and also because another eyeglass case I am working on needed some blocking before I could sew it up) I treated myself to stitching on a pocket mirror.

I have had these mirrors for a few months now, but never got the chance or the mood to finish one.

And today was the day we were ready for each other.

Although it cannot be seen in the photos, the silk dupioni is actually very light pink. I have a strong feeling that I'll be making more of these...

Thank you for visiting!

Wishing you all the best,

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,

Brazil Patchwork Show

I am happy to announce that, thanks to the kind assistance of my dear friend Lee Albrecht, some of my silk ribbon embroidery pendants, along with many other gorgeous finished embroideries and embroidery kits with Lee's beautiful designs, will be available for purchase at the 7th Brazil Patchwork Show, at Shoping Frei Caneca in São Paulo, April 08 - 11.

Wish I could attend, too :) Maybe sometime in the future...

Until then, let's wish Lee and her embroidery school great success and a wonderful time at the fair!

Stitching Together

"I want to stitch, too" she said, "SOMETHING, not just lines".
"How about a flower?" I asked.
"A tulip, a tulip!!!"and she jumped up and down around me as I cut her some cotton fabric and drew a tulip on it for her. "I want a frame, too, like yours! And I want the tulip to be purple." So we put her fabric into a hoop, picked just the right colors of cotton perle no.8 and then she sat on my lap to learn how to backstitch...

And then she moved to her own chair to work by herself and we sat and stitched together in silence, until...

"Mom, stop taking pictures, you have lots of stitching to do!" 

:))))))))))))))))))))))

And she was right, too. My current work in progress: a blue set of three, phone pouch, eyeglass case and change purse.

Happy weekend, Everyone!

 

Fairies Eyeglass Case

The same image of these sweet little fairies, the same fabrics, laces and embellishments, 

for an eyeglass case matching a phone pouch.

Wishing you all a lovely day,

Scissor Case - The Pattern

Enjoy!

Scissor Case

The object of my distraction is finished and already inhabited.

It is not a piece that would win a scissor case beauty contest for more than one reasons, but at least now I know what to do differently the next time I get distracted...

Happy weekend, Everyone!

Inspiration Exists, But...

As I entered the studio this morning, my plans were pretty clear: sew up the fairy phone pouch and move on to finish embellishing the eyeglass case that goes with it (I don't know if I have ever mentioned this before, but I have exactly four and a half hours of studio time every day).
And so I did. The first part, anyway... Here is this lovely phone pouch to prove that.

But then... even though deadlines are pressing, I just couldn't help but surrender to the urge of making a pattern for a scissor case, drawing an embroidery pattern and quickly embroidering it... Now, do I really need a scissor case right now? Not really. And as I said before, I should really, really be doing something else. Nevertheless, I am having fun with it and I am so curious to see how it will turn out, that I WILL finish it up tomorrow, even if that means a sleepless night or two spent with finishing up the commissions. 

"Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working." - Pablo Picasso.
Do you think he meant "working on something else"??? LOL

Wishing everyone a wonderful day,