Continuing with "Remains of the Day" project

Last night my sewing machine was really humming along. I got out my pattern for the journal I am making, all my fabric scraps, my ironing board and iron and started the process.

This first picture is what it looked like after I picked out the fabrics I would be using. I laid them out to see how I would like them. In end however I left two of them out

In this next picture you can see how I stitched down the main pieces using a zig zag stitch in red.

I used red because it is one of the main colors in the piece AND because I LIKE IT.

And the final picture shows where I added a few other things. The leaf piece is part of a lace collar I had in my stash, the litte circle on the bottom was added cause I like that fabric and the flower was one I had. It may not stay. We shall see tomorrow.

Tomorrow I hope to be able to show you the mostly finished cover. I still have to make the tie for it. AND who knows what changes I will end up making.
I would love to read your comments.

Altered Art and Christmas

Getting packages wrapped and in the mail and working on Christmas Cards has slowed me down in my hobbies and my blogging.

But an altered Art lady named Mary Ann Moss has saved the day. I am so excited about a new project class I am doing with her. My good friend Anne is taking the class too so we have each other to encourage and push on.

I have finished the Artist Class I was taking and the 12 Days of Christmas projects I signed up for.
So now, once the cards get out in the mail I will have time again to Play. Unless my antique shop gets too busy, which I doubt, since Christmas time is NOT my busiest time out there.

This is an early Christmas present from my husband. He is getting his hobby stuff for his gift from me. The class is called Mary Ann Moss' Remains of the Day: A Shabby Journal of Scraps. This class is going to stretch me quite a bit, not in the usual realm of things I do ... But hey, that is good for me. The first lesson is to make the cover. I have finished the inside and today will work on the outside of it. My sewing machine will get some use beyond doing mending.

A few months ago I bought a huge amount of scrap material from a home decorating fabric shop near me. I am pulling that out of my stash today to start selecting the pieces I will use for the outside of the cover. I have already used a few pieces for pillow but that is all.

I will report in tomorrow on the results of today's play.

Six Word Saturday

Craft Project Finished. Happy About That!!

When I bought all the scraps from the fabric shop last week, I promised myself I would use some of them this week..... And so here is the result, a couple of pillows..... The trim around the edges was some I bought at a flea market earlier in the year. I have used it in a couple of doll house projects also.

I am not entirely sure where the pillows will go, of if I will perhaps sell them, but they are done and I am happy about it.

Next week I am promising my self to do another projects If you have any good ideas let me know. I have been searching the web but so far nothing excites me too much.

Scrap Finds

I "collect" supplies for crafts, miniature making, quilting and all the other things I enjoy doing.

One of my favorite places to "collect" supplies is a fabric store in our area that carries upholstery and home decorating fabrics. They save all the scraps and samples and sell them REALLY CHEAPLY..... My kind of place.

My friend Nancy and I went there recently, hoping to find some fabric .... for a couple projects we had in mind.

Find we did!!!!

Here are the additions I made to my "collection." The total cost to me was less than $4.00!!

Don't you just love a bargain!

I don't know the actual use of the fabric yet but can hardly wait to start figuring it out.

I do use the fabric I find there..... a couple of weeks ago I showed you a coverlet using fabric samples I had gotten from the shop. Click here to see it.