Cheerful Flowers Earrings and Fabric Journal

I love this fabric, so fun and beautiful! This is why I created a fabric journal and an earring set with them as well.

You can see some other details of this earring set with the lovely flowers here:
https://patchworkmill.tictail.com/product/cheerful-flowers-earrings-set-of-3-pair-of-retro-fabric-buttons-jewelry

And you can find my fabric journal with these cheerful flowers and red polka dots here:

https://www.etsy.com/listing/71962919/fabric-journal-cheerful-flowers-with

Happy 31st of August!

Boho Chic Dresses with Boho Earrings

I believe boho style was created for hot summers just like this current one. I also have several loose, boho chic dresses and skirts, and I really love them. It really is a great feeling when the wind blows through them!

Turquoise Floral Boho Earrings

I've made these earrings for myself at first as I fell in love with these amazing turquoise Czech glass beads and they felt perfect for my loose white summer dress. On this picture you may see the earrings with “Gradient Chiffon Maxi Skirt” of mabeldress.com.

Antique Bohemian Earrings

Ellen - who is my nice costumer on Etsy - wrote about these vintage inspired earrings in her review: „Great color, great beads and fun to wear!”

I agree wholeheartedly with her, it is really fun how these beads react to every small head movement!

Let's be Boho! Happy Summer Days Everyone!

Flowers on Earrings, Flowers on Coasters

Boho Floral Earrings for this Summer

I think polka dots and flowers are always amazing and a perfect choice for a boho summer day. If you click on the picture you can check the other two pictures that my amazing customer, Melissa has sent me. The art photos were taken in her studio, by her friend and fellow photographer Elizabeth, Liz Godfrey Photography.

Floral Fabric Coasters

I purchased these rose patterned fabrics back in Naples, Italy. After the click you may see other pictures as well, where you can observe even more closely how these reversible coasters are actually made of four kinds of rose fabrics; red, yellow blue and green roses.

Earrings with Roses

If we are talking about Naples, Italy, these roses also came with me home to join the red Czech glass beads on these earrings.

Let's be Boho! Happy Summer Days Everyone!

Lovely Autumn

I created these quilted fabric coasters with these cute pumpkins for these beautiful autumn days.

 www.etsy.com/listing/111719044/quilted-fabric-coasters-pumpkins-with

My RDTT team on Etsy started a lovely new blog and I am so glad that my Pumpkin Coasters are featured! You can see some other beautiful autumn items there:

http://rustydustyrdtt.blogspot.com

And some autumn items from my shop:

 www.etsy.com/listing/108038981/fabric-journal-cover-autumn-flowers-a6

www.etsy.com/listing/63074524/fabric-buttons-falling-leaves-6-small

Have a lovely autumn days!

Quilted Pencil Case Rollin Rollin - Work In Progress

The end of the school year is coming. In the class of my niece the parents decided to give quilted pencil cases as presents to the teachers and they asked me to make them. I started to collect together fabrics in a way that they, while not looking all the same, belong to the same family. These rose covered fabrics were purchased back in Italy and they look beautiful together.

 

 As today is a Work In Progress Wednesday, I will step back in time for a bit and show you this afternoon’s WIP pencil cases! Here the cases are already finished up and I just have to make the room for the pencils. 

     

 
Waiting to fill up:

 I loaded the pencils, so if I roll up the case I can decide where to sew the button to close it up:

 They are finished!

I posted them this evening and I hope that not only will they get to there in time but the teachers will like them as well!

More Work In Progress are here:
http://www.freshlypieced.com/2014/06/wip-wednesday-progress-sort-of.html
and
http://estheraliu.blogspot.hu/2014/06/wow-prioritizing-wips.html
and
http://sewfreshquilts.blogspot.hu/2014/06/lets-bee-social-24.html

And here is a special, really lovely post from my Quiltsy team on Etsy about 2 team quilts. I've also sent two 4 patch blocks to Patricia and after this long travel I could find one of them on the 2nd quilt! :) Thank you so much for your beautiful work!
http://teamquiltsy.blogspot.hu/2014/06/wips-on-wednesday.html

Fabric Coasters - Work In Progress

 

(First thing first: I am afraid that blogspot has a problem with the greens, because I have no idea how my lovely pastel greens became these wild wild greens on these photos. Sorry!)

These Shabby Chic coasters are almost finished, I've already sewed the green binding for it. The binding that is folded back is being held by the pins while I sew it down with my sewing machine on the front side "in the ditch".

Previously I always did the last sewing on the back by hand, but with lot of practice I finally learned how to do it with my sewing machine. I really loved to sew these last closing stitches with my hands in a comfortable armchair in front of the television, but I do have to admit that this way is a lot faster and thanks to all the practice by now it looks just as good.

More Work In Progress are here:
http://www.freshlypieced.com/2014/05/wip-wednesday-sewing-for-me.html
and
http://teamquiltsy.blogspot.hu/2014/05/wips-on-wednesday_28.html
and
http://estheraliu.blogspot.hu/2014/05/wow-polka-dot-points.html
and
http://www.sewmuchado.com/2014/05/we-did-it-wednesday-206.html

Fabric Journal Reloaded

I am working on a couple of new fabric journals as even though I know that modern tools are very helpful, but I trust that there are others in the world like me, who actually like to note down their thoughts into a notebook, to scribble down a good receipt quickly or to happen to design their very next crafting project.

I will get a few pictures of the new ones as they get finished, but in the meanwhile here is two of my fabric journals which I have taken some new pictures of. My lovely Canon 40D camera is still quite new for me and I still have to learn a lot but I already love the pictures that I am able to take with it very much.

One of them is this beige-vanilla journal with the rosebuds and lace, really womanlike piece, even a bride could take quick notes of her wedding ideas in it.

I know Christmas is still pretty far off, but to look at a Poinsettia is always very pleasant, and I especially liked this Scottish tartan fabric alongside it. :)

Quilting and Beads

 

I’ve been thinking about it for weeks before (or instead of) falling to sleep, I even saw its color in front of me. Then newer colors as well that could also make it work. Finally last week I bought the new pintuck foot for my Elna 7300 and began to actualize.

Even though the foot didn’t work out (or I am clumsy), I still didn’t give up and kept trying until I achieved the result that I wanted to.

And here comes my favorite part where I already embroider the beads. :)

More Work In Progress are here:
http://www.freshlypieced.com/2013/02/wip-wednesday-another-busy-week.html
and
http://teamquiltsy.blogspot.com
and
http://www.sew-much-ado.com/2013/02/we-did-it-wednesday_26.html 
and My Creative Space
http://blogs.kidspot.com.au/villagevoices/my-creative-space-outdoor-dining-circa-1973

The Winners of the Raffle

The raffle closed down on Thursday night. Finally 960 tickets were sold, which is fantastic! Estella used the random number generator on Friday and got the winners. Everyone who purchased a ticket can check in the following blogpost whether they are among the lucky winners!
http://star-of-the-east.blogspot.hu/2013/02/and-winners-are.html
Even though I didn’t win, I still feel very lucky as I can be a part of a very loving and supporting team and I can experience what it’s like to have so many people join together on Etsy and on Facebook for a good cause.

I’d like to thank everyone for their help and support, and congratulations for all the winners!

You can find everything about this raffle in my previous posts or in Estella's blog:
http://star-of-the-east.blogspot.pt/search/label/raffle

Sandra’s items in her shop - thanks to everyone - are depleting at a high rate, but you may still go and purchase some of her beautiful ceramics!

And I curiously await who won my Blue Roses Coasters and in which direction they will depart to into the world. :)

The Last Raffle Day - For A Friend

Here are all the gorgeous prizes (with my Blue Roses Coasters), there will be 55 winners, you can be one of them by buying a ticket or more, thank you!

You can find everything about this raffle in my previous post or in Estella's blog:
http://star-of-the-east.blogspot.pt/search/label/raffle
Thank you so much for your help!