Odds and Ends

A few odds and ends...

I finished my elephants, here are the finished products, they now reside with two (in my opinion very lucky) little girls.



Amanda's Bachelorette Party - Vail
A few quick pics from the weekend. Amanda and her bridesmaids - Megan, Sally and Tammara

Let the party begin!

Vail, April 30, yup, last day of April and it was snowing...

Weekend Wrap-Up

I finished the weekend with a nice long walk around Wash Park, 70* and sunny, everyone was out. There are always lots of dogs at the park and today I saw a few worth noting. Like the one pulling its owner on a skateboard, if you have to run the dog and don't want to run yourself, that's an option. Or the dog with the kite string tied to its collar, because if you're a kid holding that string all afternoon can get tiresome and you have this dog so......I also saw the little dog being "walked" around the park in a bicycle basket a la Toto. Ahhhh, sights at the park.

This weekend I moved out of the ski condo, I've found a home for most of the things that I brought back.

This weekend has been very sewing focused. Last week I made this little guy.

I still have to attach his ears. Yesterday I made a friend for him in the opposite fabric so he's green with polka dot ears. I hope two little kids like these because they took me a lot of time!













Last week these yummy fabrics arrived in the mail.


I bought these to make pillows for Grandmommy. I didn't quite finish but I made three of the four I was planning to make. The first one is an envelope pillow with piping I made of the same fabric of the smaller pillows.




I was hoping to make a bolster pillow out of the blue fabric but I guess that will have to be a future project.
They do look nice on my bed but I'll be bringing them to Grandmommy for hers. She likes pillows more than anyone I know!

Look At What I Made!

So everyone has a vice and my current vice is sewing! Last night was my pillow class and I'm very happy with the (almost) finished product. I say almost because the pillow cover is a little big for my pillow form so I'm planning to make it a little smaller for a better fit. Luckily making something smaller is much easier than making something bigger! Here is the pillow looking lovely on my couch. Too bad it looks awful with my living room chair so it probably won't be on display in my living room....but it might look good in my guest room.

My pillow has a zipper, yes, I put it in myself, and it even works as evidenced by the open and closed photos.



Now that I know I can make a pillow I'm very inspired! Sewing is so much faster than knitting and it's great to have a completed item in less than a few weeks or months.

I stopped at Fancy Tiger today to pick up a fabric I saw the other day. I knew there wasn't much left and I wanted to get some before they were out. I searched and searched and thought it was gone until I told the clerk what I was looking for and he said "I think we just put that in the remnants bin"...and there it was...at 30% off. YEAH! I love a sale! Oooooohhhhh, aaaaaahhhhhh. Maybe I'm just mildly obsessed with the upcoming royal wedding but I think it's a fun print. I'm not sure exactly what I'm going to do with it. It's 1.84 yards so that's a good amount to work with. I think it would be super cute with a crown applique but I don't know how to do that yet...I'll have to figure out a good project for it.



I also found this gem in the remnants bin, just slightly more than a yard, but might be good for a pillow...
or if I figure out how to do a quilt it might be cute in that(for reference, the pillow I made last night took a half a yard). Looks like I have more learning and practicing to do!

Pillows

On my way home tonight I stopped at Fancy Tiger to pick up some fabric for my sewing class next week (Sewing 201 - Throw Pillow). They tell you you can just get your supplies when you show up for class but I can't make decisions that fast! Fancy Tiger has tons of great things and I really think I could take home all of it if I had enough skill to use it! After spending over 30 minutes perusing their delicious fabrics I settled on two. The colors are a little more bold than the pictures but the light in my apartment isn't great and the flash on my camera was too bright on the fabric.
This:


And this:


I had my heart set on a Liberty of London fabric but then I checked the price...at $38 per yard (yikes!) I need to be a bit more confident that whatever I'm making won't just be a blob!

I also picked up this book

because the woman at the store said it was a good one to start with. I'll let you know how it is!