Friday, March 26, 2021
Friday, February 05, 2021
Little Camellia Pouch
Good morning friends! Sitting here having my coffee, it's sunny out, its going to be nice weather for a few days, but the mornings are still pretty chilly. It feels familiar to sit here with my morning coffee, it's my old early morning routine.
Surprise, I finished my first Little Camellia Pouch! I love it! I think the fabrics worked, the colors in that Lori Holt fabric ( I don't remember which collection but it's recent) has all the colors of the Kokka Message for You fabric. I see it's sold out at Sunny Day Supply but there are some similar Kokka prints in the line still available.
Wednesday, February 03, 2021
February
Hi there friends! How are you? Keeping busy? I haven't really been up to much lately. I'm not making an active effort to settle down and focus on much of anything. The weather has been gloomy and we've been settling into a little cozy lazy spell here, reading, watching tv, chit chatting with friends via DMs on Instagram. Not beating myself up over it though.
Yesterday I switched out my old ironing board cover. It was so cute but had become, like so many covers before it, a gross scorched version of itself, and I had to get rid of it. I really hoped this new one would brighten up the space and cheer me onto making stuff. (p.s. that's just starch overspray on my iron, not dust.. although maybe a little dust.)
Friday, January 22, 2021
Sew Home in the Kitchen
Hi friends! Just popping in to share my friend Abi's book Sew Home In the Kitchen and all the projects I made out of it. I had so much fun!!! This is the perfect book for new sewists, especially the younger set who might just be starting out sewing and looking for useful, pretty things to make for their homes. Abi's book is filled with simple to make useful projects.
Tuesday, January 05, 2021
Small projects

This rectangular one is a free pattern from Amy Sinabaldi's blog Nana and Co, called the Pretty Little Potholder, and indeed her's are very pretty. This is the second time I've made it, my pocket is one a little crooked and it's KILLING ME and I keep trying to tell myself it's just a potholder... we'll see how it works out. I went back to the old post where I had made one. I had one that turned out great and one that was well, a failed experiment. But in looking back for the post, I searched on "potholder" and looks like I turn to potholders when I need something to sew more than I thought.
EXCITING NEWS! My friend Abi has written another book! You may remember her from her book Modern Prairie Sewing. I blogged about it when it came out in 2014. She sent me a copy and I can't wait to dive in. Now I can sew something besides potholders, although I peeked and there's a nice potholder pattern in there!
Friday, January 01, 2021
2021
Happy New Year friends! 2021 started out with some warm sunshine this morning, I went out to check on my sweet peas and couldn't help but grab a coffee photo like the old days. I'm filled with hope for this year but don't want to discount all the losses this past year. My heart breaks for the people who have lost loved ones, seen their dreams vanish, lost everything. It's a bittersweet sunfilled morning.
I wanted to start out the day like I want the year to go. I tried to find the actual quote but no luck... or I didn't stick with it long enough. Yikes already giving up on something. Anyway I had a good nights sleep, I've been outside to enjoy some fresh air, I've hit the treadmill. Nothing I don't normally do, it's symbolic really I guess. No resolutions or word for the year just one foot in front of the other.
Tuesday, December 29, 2020
Hello, Kitty.
Hi there friends! Now that all the hubub is over I can show you my favorite Christmas project. I had been promising Frankie I'd make her an iPad case and I FINALLY DID IT. Cue the confetti! After I finished it I wondered why I had waited so long. Actually I didn't really wonder, it was that foam interfacing..that's why. I ended up using Soft and Stable by Annie. The pattern, which is the Busy Day Tablet Case by Melissa at PolkaDotChair, has great instructions and illustrations and it's really easy. It calls for fusible foam, but Soft and Stable isn't fusible, so I used my Fast Fuse and it worked perfectly. My Sanrio fabric came from Sunny Day Supply, but its' sold out. You can still find it on etsy I think.
Monday, December 28, 2020
Stomping around
Hi there friends! Today is the first day of the Stomping Ground sew along Pat Sloan is hosting. The pattern is by Wendy Sheppard and you can find it on etsy here.
Thursday, December 24, 2020
Sunday, November 08, 2020
Home Sweet Home Sewing
Hi friends! It's my day on Helen's Home Sweet Home Sewing book tour!!! I'm so happy that Helen asked me to participate along with a group of really delightful makers. So many inspiring versions of projects from Helen's book. I love her style, and her lovely photos on instagram are so charming, she's a happy follow.
For my project, I chose the cherry zip pouch. It's super cute and of course how I can I resist anything cherry? I wanted to use my cute Atsuko Matsuyama cross stitch fabric that I ordered from Sunny Day Supply. (I maybe heard a rumor there could be more on order???) and I paired it with some Amy Smart Sugarhouse Park cherries and Pat Sloan's Morrison Park for the leaves. I topped it off with a cherry zipper pull from The Cherry Chick's etsy shop DecorativeSewingPins.
I was a bit worried, it's been a while since I installed a zipper in ANYTHING but it went in like a breeze. Kristyne also made this little zip bag, making hers slightly larger to to accommodate her fancy cherry zipper from Sunny Day Supply. I have one of those hoarded but was a little apprehensive, but now that I see how easy it is, well I'll be actually using it. SHOCKING!
It was a lot of fun to make. Helen's book has great instructions and illustrations to help you through it all. There are so many great projects, I had to give the patchwork bag a try as well. I have a nice little collection of that pretty cording and was anxious to use it. SO CUTE. And even though I cheated and used my patchwork panel fabric, I think it turned out sweet. Another great project in Helen's book.
This new book by Helen is a great addition to my collection of Helen's books. Thank you to Helen and Tuva Publishing for sending it to me. I had so much fun making these two projects, and look forward to working on that cute Little Houses quilt on the cover. So charming, and you all know how much I love machine applique. If you want to see more of the projects you can follow the #homesweethomesewing hashtag on Instagram, lots of pretty makes there!
Hope you are well friends! xop
Thursday, October 22, 2020
Finishing
Saturday, October 10, 2020
Winner Winner
Wednesday, October 07, 2020
It's that time of year.
Hi friends! Thanks for all the comments on the Morrison Park post. If you haven't entered, go back one post and leave a comment. I'll be picking a winner later in the week.
Here in PamKittyVille it's been hot hot hot, only cooling down a smidge today. It sure makes it hard to get into the whole fall sweater weather thing everyone has going. I am not sure we'll be in sweater weather until next month!
Saturday, October 03, 2020
Pat Sloan's Morrison Park Tour
