still brainstorming about invitations, but i think some headway was made regarding fabrics.

fabrics from anna maria horner's 'little folks dobby' and 'little folks voile' collections.

i got a new point-and-shoot camera. who knew cameras don't come with cases anymore. i made this pouch real quick to replace the sock i was using. i will probably do another (nicer) pouch, but this will work for the time being. 

fabrics: gray exterior and magenta interior felt (scraps from a felt envelope and my fergusaurus costume)

size: 4.5" x 4.5" (when closed)

this past summer, mom and i took a workshop on improvisational quilting w denyse schmidt. mom and i, having used the same two focus fabrics, pooled our 8 squares to create an improv. quilt. along with our (blindly-chosen) bright fabrics, we paired two neutral fabrics. both the front and back are patchwork. the quilt is hand-tied as well as machine quilted. it is nearly all done. just needs a bright binding.

our poor improv. quilt has been neglected since july. i do hope to bind it off soon, but thought i would go ahead and share some pictures.

project: patchwork hankie

fabrics: primarily linen/cotton blend front w cotton blend gray back

detailing: cotton floss hand embroidery / gray blanket hand stitch edge

size: 9" x 9"

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(you better not lose this one!)

fabric: cotton bird print and cotton yellow solid w 1/4" hand-rolled hem

detailing: embroidered name, french knots and fill w cotton floss

size: 10" x 10"

project: fabric-lined, button-closure, window-front, felt envelope 

fabric: pink felt w cotton floral lining

detailing: blanket contrast stitch edge

size: 4.75" x 6.5" (closed) / standard 4" x 6" index card fits in front of fabric lining for addressing

modified kimono coat pattern by sublime. beautiful color blocking mom!

homemade, natural linen panel-curtain w woven cotton ties

my favorite shirt, bought about a year ago at a new jersey salvation army, has been worn nearly to death. but yesterday, my beautifully bright, beaten-down flannel was made to bussel.

is it re-gifting if you are given the same gift over and over again, but in a different stage of completion?

i first received this camera strap canvas in december of '99. it was the christmas after my first quarter of high school photography. needless to say, the canvas was lost for about a decade. (it's hard to complain though, 10 years is nothing compared to the needlepoint ornaments my brothers and i got a couple years back, clearly dated 1983.)

seriously though, thank you mom. it looks great. i look forward to seeing my camera strap in my stocking, completed. let's say christmas 2019?

my lovely sister-in-law had a monogrammed, bedside table coaster made for me by the talented kim mullen of little grey house. katie, kim, thank you. i adore it.

fabric: cotton-linen blend front w floral cotton back / 1/4" hand-rolled hem

detailing: cotton floss hand-embroidery

size: 9" x 9"