My wonderful husband saw the writing on the wall with this whole sewing thing and bought me a Pfaff Ambition 1.5 machine, 196 stitches, computerized, automatic tie-off, and so much more, I am totally in love with it. My faithful Kenmore with its 9 stitches will now be the official mixed media sewer for paper, painted canvas and other stuff I really don't want to sew with my new baby.
Signed up for the STITCHED workshops, several awesome online workshops all together on one site. First one I did was the Fylerion Bag with Sara Lawson, I found this awesome plaid Ultrasuede at Joann's that was perfect for this project.
The decoration for the flap was a pin I also found at Joann's, it completed the whole Scottish vibe.
Next up was a bag of my own design with a mixture of home decor fabric and red brocade, the flap is another Ultrasuede.
Latest project is a clutch inspired by a tutorial on the THREADS magazine site. My stash includes a lot of yarn/fiber so that along with a couching foot for my machine and some fabric applique produces this fun little number.
Here is the back showing more couching and applique....
That concludes the craft portion of this blog, now on to the (much anticipated) Crazy Cat Lady portion.
Apollo is the Studio Cat, Dana could care less, that 10 feet from the house to the studio is just a tad bit too far from the cat food and her cushy binkie.
WHAT APOLLO DOES WHILE I AM SEWING
WHAT APOLLO DOES WHILE I AM WORKING WITH PAPER
WHAT APOLLO DOES WHILE I AM RETURNING EMAIL...PAYING BILLS...AND TRYING TO LOAD MUSIC INTO iTUNES
Moving onto the GARDEN portion....
Kind of a crappy spring so far here in Bellingham, lots of rain, SNOW (boo...hiss), more rain and wind. However things are coming up, the snowdrops are always the first.
Rhubarb is making a good showing.....foreshadowing of pies and crisps.
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