Thursday, April 29, 2010

A pillow cover..


Hi everyone, I hope you all had a good day. I've been sick the last couple of days. I had a fever and a really bad head cold last night. Today, I am a bit better.....no fever, but now I have a dry cough. Ahhhh! I hate being sick. I did sew a pillow cover for one of my cushions today. I hope you like it.

Hugs

Ariane

Monday, April 26, 2010

A finish and my beautiful tulips....

I finished my hand quilted table topper. I am very pleased with myself. I had a hard time at the beginning of this project. I struggled with the borders and ended up tearing it apart and putting plain borders on it. Then, I thought....it's too plain. So I decided to hand quilt it. That way it would have a bit more personality. I really love how it turned out. I signed my name at the back and embroidered it, instead of putting a label on it. This is a gift for a friend and it will be traveling to the other side of the world tomorrow. It is finally going in the mail. I hope my friend likes it.

It was so nice and warm here today. I worked in my flower bed and decided to take a picture of some of my tulips. I love spring and when my tulips start to bloom it just makes me so happy. Aren't they beautiful?

I hope you all had a good day. I hope to get more sewing done this week. We will see how it goes.

Hugs

Ariane

Friday, April 23, 2010

Almost done the hand quilted table mat


Hi everyone! I hope you all had a nice day. I wanted to share with you the hand quilted table mat I am working on. I showed you a sneak peak of it last weak. I am almost done. It is taking longer then I expected to finish it. But I keep making the quilting more intricate. Oh well, I'm having fun doing it. It is not very big. Just a little table mat for a side table. I hope you like it. My hand quilting in not perfect. But I am getting better as I go.

Hugs

Ariane

Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Flea Market Rescues

Hi everyone! I hope you are having a good day! I wanted to share my flea market rescues from the weekend. I love to go to flea markets. One particular flea market in town is very dirty and a total disaster, really! They pretty much just dump things everywhere, and don't use any rhyme or reason when they set things up. I kind of like rummaging through the stuff because you never know what treasure you are going to find, and the stuff is usually pretty cheap. On one table I could see linens under a pile of tools. So, I decided to check them out. I found the most beautiful cross-stitched linens. The cross-stitching was so well done. I couldn't believe they were set under a pile of tools. There was 3 pieces together. I had to buy them. They needed to be washed and had some stains from being piled under the tools. But I managed to get the stains out. I am very pleased with myself. Here they are!
Aren't they gorgeous!!

I also made another purchase at the same flea market. Now, they did do a better job protecting this one. It was hanging from a hanger from a book shelf. It's a little wall hanging tea cup quilt. It's so cute. It is hand quilted and has needle turn applique. It is very well made. I just love it.
These items are all safe with me now. I have rescued them from the dirty flea market. I am very happy with my purchase. I hope you like them too.

Hugs

Ariane