A Pillow.

I have wanted to try out Elizabeth Hartman's Mod Mosaic method of piecing and have finally found the perfect reason: a cute little person!  My nephew Joey turned one last week and I decided to make him a pillow to match the quilt I made for him (which was my VERY first quilt).

The front of the pillow is machine quilted and lined with Muslin, and the back of the pillow is lined and the envelope-style backing is bound with the beauty of Violet Craft`s Peacock Lane. Of course, in my rush to get out of the door I forgot the take a picture of the back of the pillow and a close-up of the pebble quilting on the front (on the flannel).

I hope you like your pillow, little Joey!  I'll be sure to post a pic on here soon of him - and then your heart will melt because he is SO DARN CUTE!  :)

~Karina

 

Curtains for Arlyn

We moved into our new (to us) place in early August, and I finally was able to make some curtains for Arlyn!  I knew when I saw this fabric that it would be perfect for her room...

I decided to make the curtains a little more 'frilly' than my usual style; my work tends to turn out more masculine than I'm usually trying for, so I purposefully added a tiny but of girly.

(Ooooh!  And that's the adorable hanging light I picked up for $14.99!) 

Her room is still in need of some TLC (I'd love to replace the blinds and carpet) but I think that curtains are a major improvement!

Some of Arlyn's minions!

Stocking!

We need stockings.  When Dave and I first married we bought two of the most hideous stockings I've ever seen...it was so close to Christmas that there were only a few left in the stores...and none of them were suitable!  I decided on blue stockings that had an AWFUL pink/purple cuff on them, which I brought home and immediately covered with white felt.  It was a okay solution in these dire circumstances, but enough is enough!  While out thrifting last week I came across this beautiful sweater...

The beading adds so much beauty and the buttons are great!  Straight away I thought of how nice it would be to have stockings that look at beautiful as this, so I bought the sweater (with the not so hefty price tag of $5.99) and brought that baby home!  Fifteen minutes of pinning and sewing today and here is the finished result!

And, even though one of those beautiful beads cost me one of my sewing machine needles, I'm completely satisfied with the outcome!  Now to find three more sweaters...