Friday, November 29, 2013

Beginning a Kitchen wall Hanging

The new dishes for the kitchen have arrived and they are very cheery.

dinner service

I like the orange stripe a lot.  They of course require new wall hangings and placemats, right?

 - This is the base for some hand applique. The photo shows the wrong side of the applique block.

blue, soup bowl applique

Can you see the outline of the applique?  I will keep you posted on the progress.

Tuesday, November 12, 2013

More Letter Organizer

I added my own twist to Ayumi Takahashi's You've Got Mail Wall Pocket by making a large pocket on the back.



My experience with these things is that I always put too much stuff in them and then they distort.  Once distorted they don't seem to come back to their original shape.  So I slid a piece of the super thick interfacing into the back pocket....


It adds a bit of thickness and even weight but I got the largest rare earth magnets from Lee Valley and stuck them in the back so I could make it stay on the fridge.

Patchwork Please!

Voila,
Thank you Ayumi for a great pattern.

Coffee and Patchwork Please book
Ok, I probably didn't need one more photo on this post but what the hey?

Sunday, November 10, 2013

Letter Organizer

So here I am using Ayumi's design again.  This is her You've Got Mail Wall Pocket from her Patchwork Please! Book.  You may already realize that I like her ideas as this is the third thing I have made from this book.

envelope detail for letter organizer

The paper pieced envelopes were really quick to do and with the paper very perfect. Who doesn't like perfect?

Patchwork Please image

I followed her advice and left two of the bottom pockets available for larger pieces of paper...

paper pieced pockets