Schlitzerland Drink Tray

My husband got this for me at the auction he works at part time. Schlitz is not my favorite beer by any means but I love the mid-century tray.

Living Room Pillows With Piping

About a year ago my husband and I went on a trip to the store to pick out some fabric to use for pillows in our living room. I happened to find piping that matched almost exactly to the fabric we picked out on clearance so I picked up some of that also. Ive veen sewing for about a month now so making square pillows is an easy enough task but adding the piping was a but intimidating. After breaking 4 needles and having to hand see up most of the corners (since i didn't get close enough to the piping) it's still intimidating enough to want to just make easy square pillows for the rest. (Un) fortunately I think the one with the piping actually came out looking fairly good which makes me want to finish the east with the piping. I'll see how long it takes me to finish off the rest of them...

Peace Love Smile Glitter Paper Letters

I finally put some of my scrapbook paper to use to make these letters. They are going to be part of a series of collages I'm working on but I liked how they looked laid out together so I figured I'd take a photo. I made the letter templates myself- freehanded them onto card stock - and they came out pretty good for someone who can't really draw lol.

Nordstrom Inspired Magenta Crochet Hobo Bag With Crochet Flower

Over Labor Day weekend this year we went down to New Jersey, and during down time, I was able to crochet this purse that Dao Lam designed (based on one that she saw in Nordstroms-here's the pattern). It was very quick to make, and its a good size for a purse. I didn't have any ribbon the right color or size for the outside so I pinned on a crochet flower pin that I had made a while ago.  For the handle, I whipped stitched on one off of a cheap purse I bought at Goodwill.

Teardrop Bag from Amy Butlers Style Stitches

 I just finished my version of the Teardrop Bag from Amy Butler's book 'Style Stitches'.  As I was making the bag, I had already cut out the hips, but I decided not to use them on the bag.  Since they were already cut, I decided to cut three more sets and make a flower out of them.  I wasn't sure if I'd like it (and I'm still 50/50 on it) so I make it a pin that I could add/remove at will. 

Like this bag? Its for sale in my Etsy shop.

To make the flower: I cut out 10 of the hips from the pattern and sewed them together in pairs- right sides together (leaving the end open to turn them).  I then machine basted them together with the largest stitch my machine would do (below) while leaving a large amount of string at both the beginning and the end.  I took one of the strings from one of the ends and pulled it to bunch the 'petals'.  I then knotted the ends together and went around the edges again with another piece of thread and a needle to help secure the flower.  I used the fabric from the inside of the bag to make a 11/8' button for the center.  I then sewed it into the center of the petals and sewed a pin on the back.

Amy Butler's Key Keeper Coin Purse (Style Stitches)

My first completed project from Amy Butlers Style Stitches book. I like the coin purse but it's really bigger than an average sized coin purse - in between a wristlet and a coin purse. I think if I made it again I wouldn't bother with the pocket- being the whole width of the bag it just seems to take up space.