So the bad news is, school supplies are filling all the stores, which means school is right around the corner. And I still have one more week of summer school before my vacation really can begin! The good news is, I've been very busy working to finish some projects and to start some new ones. Below, I finished the tote and felted it- it turned out great! I love the colors!
I also made a fabric envelope for myself. How cool is this fabric? I love the heads on the angels.
I used the same fabric to make a pin cushion. I was watching "That's Clever" on TV and one of the people had the coolest ring pin cushion and I thought, I could make one of those! So then I did a blog search because I knew I wasn't the first one to think to make something like this. Sure enough, I ran into a tutorial on
How About Orange. I'm still perfecting my technique, but they sure are cute!
I also saw this tutorial, also on
How About Orange to make these cool fabric push pins. It was so easy and I am addicted. I bought a whole bunch of supplies to make more. It's a good thing to keep my hands busy when I watch TV.
And here's my June
ATC for the exchange. The theme was "At Water's Edge" and after several attempts, I ended up with this, called: "Throwing Pebbles." I quilted it with a
metallic thread, which I had not used before because I always heard they were difficult to work with, but I had no trouble at all, and I like the effect it gave. I think I'm going to use it for July's theme "Midsummer Night's Dream." I haven't started it yet but I've got some ideas roaming around.
So the bad news is, school supplies are filling all the stores, which means school is right around the corner. And I still have one more week of summer school before my vacation really can begin! The good news is, I've been very busy working to finish some projects and to start some new ones. Below, I finished the tote and felted it- it turned out great! I love the colors!
I also made a fabric envelope for myself. How cool is this fabric? I love the heads on the angels.
I used the same fabric to make a pin cushion. I was watching "That's Clever" on TV and one of the people had the coolest ring pin cushion and I thought, I could make one of those! So then I did a blog search because I knew I wasn't the first one to think to make something like this. Sure enough, I ran into a tutorial on How About Orange. I'm still perfecting my technique, but they sure are cute!
I also saw this tutorial, also on How About Orange to make these cool fabric push pins. It was so easy and I am addicted. I bought a whole bunch of supplies to make more. It's a good thing to keep my hands busy when I watch TV.
And here's my June ATC for the exchange. The theme was "At Water's Edge" and after several attempts, I ended up with this, called: "Throwing Pebbles." I quilted it with a metallic thread, which I had not used before because I always heard they were difficult to work with, but I had no trouble at all, and I like the effect it gave. I think I'm going to use it for July's theme "Midsummer Night's Dream." I haven't started it yet but I've got some ideas roaming around. 
