Lazy Saturday

It's winter here again, with fair amount of snow, -8C and grey sky, so staying at home feels a perfect choice. A little lazy sewing project is also something that feels just right:

This is one of bunnies from the series of little books with patterns for Tilda dolls, bunnies, angels and birds. And I've just noticed the project is even called Lazy Days.
Anyway, I decided to make her clothes (and ears) in green and to add a little pocket instead of an embroidered heart. As my sister said - it's a spring outfit.
And although the pattern calls for stitching the clothes to the bunny, I prefer the idea of being able to change the doll's clothes, so I added small adjustments (e.g. tiny pieces of velcro for the straps) to make it possible.

2012 sewing

Quilts:

Fewer than it seems - can you spot the three quilts I'm showing from both sides?
Still no good photo of the wedding quilt, but I wanted to show it to you anyway, I promise it looks better in reality.

Smaller projects:

There might have been two or three more but I can't seem to find the photos.

Clothes:

Just the final versions that my sister and I wear.

On the whole not too bad and certainly enjoyable to make.

Happy New Year!

Catching up

If someone knows a method to slow time down a bit, I'd be grateful to learn it - it rushes much too quickly for me.
But as my Christmas gifts are almost ready (shh, they'll be ready by the end of the day today... especially if you keep your fingers crossed), I hope I can take a few moments to share what I've been up to.
Let's start with big luck and small things:

The December edition of the Giveway Day proved very lucky for me - won two prizes.
I can already show you the first one, from Rhonda:

It's the Gap Rainbow bundle Rhonda created for Cindy's (Fluffy Sheep Quilting) contest and it's a such a lovely, lively combination. And an additional prize is that apart from jade it's the first time I've seen these colours in person. Those of you who like me have to shop for fabric online only, will recognize the importance of this.

The second prize has not arrived yet, but is so lovely, too. I will blog about it when I get it, but in the meantime you can see it at Alison's here. Isn't it just perfect?

Apart from winning wonderful prizes I've also been busy sewing small things, like these:

and this red bunch:

The one in the middle is an owl, I assure you.

cutting, cutting

Cutting into my only bundle of solids

for a wavy quilt, so there's going to be a lot of curves to sew.

The two SBS blocks allowed me to practice a bit.

There's also been a bit of pillowcatting.

One secret revealed

Now, as it has reached its new home, I can finally show you:

the scrappy pillowcat.

Another secret (without sneak peeks this time) to be revealed this weekend if everything goes well.