But look at these oranges!
Click on this little picture to reach my third, really orange Treasury!
My Rainbow treasuries before:
February 7, 2011
February 3, 2011
The Colors of the Rainbow – Yellow!
If you guys remember my first Treasury was about Rainbow and I had the idea to go through all the colors of the rainbow, one by one. I started with the yellow one of course, look how sunny and cheerful it is!
Right now we have an ugly, foggy and cloudy weather so it is really good to look at these items! Looking at some of them you just can’t help it and have to smile. :)
Click on this little picture to reach my second, sunny Treasury!
Right now we have an ugly, foggy and cloudy weather so it is really good to look at these items! Looking at some of them you just can’t help it and have to smile. :)Click on this little picture to reach my second, sunny Treasury!
February 1, 2011
Four Seasons Trees – Work in Progress 3.
The following picture shows a great comeback to all who told me that I collected too many home decorating and gardening books in the past years. It really shows now that they can be quite useful in numerous situation! I expanded the sewing surface with them (and the ironing board), making it easier to move the larger sized “trees” during quilting.
This wall hanging was pinned with straight quilting pins, as even though my curved safety pins are less dangerous they leave too big holes afterwards. I was afraid that they would leave their marks on the light area around the trees. As a result I stung myself quite a few times during work. Nothing is perfect.
I was planning flowers and fruits under the trees but as I’ve done very little free motion quilting so far, I was afraid to just “draw” with my hands all loose. Instead I used a very thin paper to draw the pattern for myself that I could use later for the free motion quilting. Of course it was not easy to rip off all the small pieces of paper afterwards (I had to use a brow clip also ☺), but looking at the result I believe it was worth the trouble.
This wall hanging was pinned with straight quilting pins, as even though my curved safety pins are less dangerous they leave too big holes afterwards. I was afraid that they would leave their marks on the light area around the trees. As a result I stung myself quite a few times during work. Nothing is perfect.
I was planning flowers and fruits under the trees but as I’ve done very little free motion quilting so far, I was afraid to just “draw” with my hands all loose. Instead I used a very thin paper to draw the pattern for myself that I could use later for the free motion quilting. Of course it was not easy to rip off all the small pieces of paper afterwards (I had to use a brow clip also ☺), but looking at the result I believe it was worth the trouble.
January 22, 2011
Four Seasons Trees
Oh my! Winter almost got left out!
The whole wall hanging will be done in the following days, and I’ll show it to you guys!
But I’m doing some other things in the meantime as well: a very kind Etsy costumer liked my Vintage Rose camera case, but she has a camera that is a bit larger, so I’m sewing one for her with the right measures.
I had this fabric with the roses and stripes for a very long time. I bought them together with the fabric of my “Florence” camera case, in the textile factory of Kispest. In those times the Hungarian textile industry was still up and running. Pure nostalgia.
The whole wall hanging will be done in the following days, and I’ll show it to you guys!
But I’m doing some other things in the meantime as well: a very kind Etsy costumer liked my Vintage Rose camera case, but she has a camera that is a bit larger, so I’m sewing one for her with the right measures.
I had this fabric with the roses and stripes for a very long time. I bought them together with the fabric of my “Florence” camera case, in the textile factory of Kispest. In those times the Hungarian textile industry was still up and running. Pure nostalgia.
January 20, 2011
My First Treasury List on Etsy
I made my first Treasury on Etsy! What I mean is that this is not the one that I’m in, but I have sorted from other people work (but I’m happy to say that several one of my items got into other Treasuries as well!).
I’m certainly one sided a bit, but I think it turned out pretty great. It’s theme is Rainbow, or “Rainbow in January” to be exact, as in this foggy, dark January, I really miss all the colors and I guess I’m not alone with this opinion.
Click on this little picture to reach my first Treasury!
I’m certainly one sided a bit, but I think it turned out pretty great. It’s theme is Rainbow, or “Rainbow in January” to be exact, as in this foggy, dark January, I really miss all the colors and I guess I’m not alone with this opinion.
Click on this little picture to reach my first Treasury!
January 16, 2011
Bright Red Poinsettia Table Runner and Table Topper for Christmas
A little Christmas looking back (better now in January than in May). ☺Maybe it’s not too late to show the two tablecloths that I sewed for Christmas from these beautiful fabrics. One of them to my grandmother: she got the table runner as she has a long table.
Update 2015: My red stud earrings for Christmas, click here to find them
Update 2015: My green dangle earrings for Christmas, click here to find them
For this Christmas I made some gingerbread as usual, but as time was too short so I didn’t shape them into different shapes. I just focused on the decoration.
Update 2015: And another red earrings for Christmas, click here to find them
January 9, 2011
Work In Progress 2.
Well… I’ve taken a bit longer break then I originally thought so, but since then our son graduated (with excellent grades), we had Christmas of course, I sewed some presents and – as probably every other family in the world – we had guests or went to someone else’s place to be guests – during the whole holiday.
But now I’m back again and I’d like to start with the answer to the question I asked before (so none of you will start to worry that I forget it). Snowflake wrote me the solution (four seasons) in email during the holidays, as she couldn’t log in to leave a comment. I’d like to congratulate her hereby! And thank you.
Well, lets start:
I’ve been thinking about how beautiful a large wall hanging (with four trees representing the four seasons) would look in our finished bedroom for a long time. The four seasons theme has been always close to me: I already have (an unembroided) pattern with the four seasons and an almost finished wall hanging collection as well (it’s a shame but Spring is still not ready as I’m still looking for the right frame). I already wrote about them twice (My “Grandmother’s Flower Garden” Quilt, and Winter Officially Started).
Even though the house-building project has been going really well, our bedroom is still not ready. But. My relative – I wrote about before – has dreamed that they have a huge wall hanging above their bed: four trees and four seasons. Strange things happen in life, right?
So right now I am sewing trees, cutting and ironing leaves and berries. I am sewing them on a paper template in English paper piecework style (folding their edges), then I attach them on the base with the help of some glue. (The folded edged application is no mistake: I work a bit more now for the far future, but I’ll be writing a separate post about that later.)
I sew the fixed pieces on the base with my sewing machine. I was really nervous as this is a brand new technique for me: I programmed a series of stitches into my machine, resulting in the feel and look of sewing all that trees, leaves and berries with my hand.
The berries have to be rotated all the while, which is quite hard, but I am really good with the leaves now. There was a moment when I even felt like someone was leading the fabric in the machine, the leaves were almost sliding under the sewing needle on their own.
I’m already finished with Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter, so I’m currently working on the four pictures into one large one, while framing it as well.
When I told my husband how strange it was that I was asked to make a huge wall hanging that I’ve been wanting to make above our own bed, I found out two things: 1. I’ve been fantasizing about this plan so deep inside, that I didn’t even tell him about it. 2. He is not sure that he wants to see the four seasons flow through our home. He liked the four seasons wall hanging collection (almost done) that I designed to the living room before, but he thinks that I should work another one of my many future plans for the other parts of our house. Well… this is where I am right now.
But now I’m back again and I’d like to start with the answer to the question I asked before (so none of you will start to worry that I forget it). Snowflake wrote me the solution (four seasons) in email during the holidays, as she couldn’t log in to leave a comment. I’d like to congratulate her hereby! And thank you.
Well, lets start:
I’ve been thinking about how beautiful a large wall hanging (with four trees representing the four seasons) would look in our finished bedroom for a long time. The four seasons theme has been always close to me: I already have (an unembroided) pattern with the four seasons and an almost finished wall hanging collection as well (it’s a shame but Spring is still not ready as I’m still looking for the right frame). I already wrote about them twice (My “Grandmother’s Flower Garden” Quilt, and Winter Officially Started).
Even though the house-building project has been going really well, our bedroom is still not ready. But. My relative – I wrote about before – has dreamed that they have a huge wall hanging above their bed: four trees and four seasons. Strange things happen in life, right?
So right now I am sewing trees, cutting and ironing leaves and berries. I am sewing them on a paper template in English paper piecework style (folding their edges), then I attach them on the base with the help of some glue. (The folded edged application is no mistake: I work a bit more now for the far future, but I’ll be writing a separate post about that later.)
I sew the fixed pieces on the base with my sewing machine. I was really nervous as this is a brand new technique for me: I programmed a series of stitches into my machine, resulting in the feel and look of sewing all that trees, leaves and berries with my hand.
The berries have to be rotated all the while, which is quite hard, but I am really good with the leaves now. There was a moment when I even felt like someone was leading the fabric in the machine, the leaves were almost sliding under the sewing needle on their own.
I’m already finished with Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter, so I’m currently working on the four pictures into one large one, while framing it as well.
When I told my husband how strange it was that I was asked to make a huge wall hanging that I’ve been wanting to make above our own bed, I found out two things: 1. I’ve been fantasizing about this plan so deep inside, that I didn’t even tell him about it. 2. He is not sure that he wants to see the four seasons flow through our home. He liked the four seasons wall hanging collection (almost done) that I designed to the living room before, but he thinks that I should work another one of my many future plans for the other parts of our house. Well… this is where I am right now.
December 4, 2010
Takin’ a break
I really did take a break in sewing the wall hanging, as I was creating a birthday present. (So you got more time to think about the answer for my question. ☺)
I was sewing a cellphone case and a wallet for a friend of mine. These wild red roses are so fantastic, I simply have to show them to you. (I don’t have to keep them secret anymore, as I already gave them to my friend.)
Among my Camera Cases, there is one that I made from the same fabric with these glowing roses (which I already added on Etsy), and I’ve already made buttons of them as well, come and take a look!
I know this zipper charm doesn’t really match these roses, but I knew that my friend will love them, and this is actually what really matters, right?
I was sewing a cellphone case and a wallet for a friend of mine. These wild red roses are so fantastic, I simply have to show them to you. (I don’t have to keep them secret anymore, as I already gave them to my friend.)
Among my Camera Cases, there is one that I made from the same fabric with these glowing roses (which I already added on Etsy), and I’ve already made buttons of them as well, come and take a look!
I know this zipper charm doesn’t really match these roses, but I knew that my friend will love them, and this is actually what really matters, right?
November 26, 2010
Work In Progress 1.
I am working on a really big wall hanging, it is for one of my distant relative. To be exact: I make it for the cousin of the husband of the sister of my dad.
Here are the fabrics that I’m using. They are sorted into four groups for a reason. ☺
I wonder if you guys can figure out what the wall hanging is about, just by looking at these... ☺
Here are the fabrics that I’m using. They are sorted into four groups for a reason. ☺
I wonder if you guys can figure out what the wall hanging is about, just by looking at these... ☺
November 21, 2010
Creative Work in Summer – With Relatives
My nieces were spending some time with us in the summer, and while we visited the Zoo, the Hungarian Natural History Museum and went to see some movies, we also took some time for creative work.
The girls draw a lot and painted T-shirts as well. They could wear those T-shirts on the last day that they spent with us. They were both thorough: they planed the paintings, by drawing them on paper first, and only painting afterwards, using textile dyes so they could wear their creation later.
Zsóka was the first to paint, her T-shirt was going really well up until one drop of orange dye created a small orange dot on the edge of the picture. She didn’t start to worry, instead she had a nice idea, painting small orange dots all around the T-shirt, creating a neat background for her butterfly. Smart, huh?!
Maja liked the idea of dots so much, that she created fully consciously a similar background for her T-shirt, by placing small green dots all around the princess and the prince.
Zsóka got into a large project one afternoon: she tried the fabric weaving. She was very skillful, as you may see on this picture as well she was doing everything on her own after I showed her how to do it.
In the night I sewed with the “button for the coat”: I finished the small handbag, that had Zsóka’s creation as its main attraction. This bag was with us all the time afterwards, it was perfect to carry some tissue papers and – just in case – some cookies.
The Handbag was on the Heroes’ Square (in Budapest, Hungary):
and in the Hungarian Natural History Museum, where we visited an exhibition about insects (the girls found it very interesting).
We gave several board games a try.
The bee looked very real, only it was a bit bigger than the usual. ☺ At least this way we could have a closer look and thoroughly examine it.
We spent the last day in the Tropicarium, here the girls were wearing the T-shirts that they made.
The quality of these pictures are not that great, which is because we had to turn the flash off (to not disturb the animals there).
We spent one evening at Granny, where we had a delicious meal. The shoes had some time to rest as well. The smaller is Zsóka’s, the bigger is my sons.
The girls draw a lot and painted T-shirts as well. They could wear those T-shirts on the last day that they spent with us. They were both thorough: they planed the paintings, by drawing them on paper first, and only painting afterwards, using textile dyes so they could wear their creation later.
Zsóka was the first to paint, her T-shirt was going really well up until one drop of orange dye created a small orange dot on the edge of the picture. She didn’t start to worry, instead she had a nice idea, painting small orange dots all around the T-shirt, creating a neat background for her butterfly. Smart, huh?!
Maja liked the idea of dots so much, that she created fully consciously a similar background for her T-shirt, by placing small green dots all around the princess and the prince.
Zsóka got into a large project one afternoon: she tried the fabric weaving. She was very skillful, as you may see on this picture as well she was doing everything on her own after I showed her how to do it.
In the night I sewed with the “button for the coat”: I finished the small handbag, that had Zsóka’s creation as its main attraction. This bag was with us all the time afterwards, it was perfect to carry some tissue papers and – just in case – some cookies.
The Handbag was on the Heroes’ Square (in Budapest, Hungary):
and in the Hungarian Natural History Museum, where we visited an exhibition about insects (the girls found it very interesting).
We gave several board games a try.
The bee looked very real, only it was a bit bigger than the usual. ☺ At least this way we could have a closer look and thoroughly examine it.
We spent the last day in the Tropicarium, here the girls were wearing the T-shirts that they made.
The quality of these pictures are not that great, which is because we had to turn the flash off (to not disturb the animals there).
We spent one evening at Granny, where we had a delicious meal. The shoes had some time to rest as well. The smaller is Zsóka’s, the bigger is my sons.
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