Sunday, January 5, 2014

Gifts made

Although I have not been blogging much lately, I managed to get some little things done over the last months. Here’s some of my secret sewing:

A fabric basket for my neighbor (she asked for berry as the main fabric):

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A keychain for my colleague:

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A tote bag for our little neighbor turning 5 who is a huge fan of firefighters:

Tasche Julius

A coaster/ mugrug than can double up as potholder - for our friend’s birthday (Pattern from Sarah Fielke’s “All that and the hatter”)Potholder 2

Fabric baskets for my friends… (free tutorial here)

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4 Coasters for my friends in Québec, Canada, who love cats. (The free pattern was part of Elizabeth Hartman’s “Catventalong”). So much fun. One day I might make an entire cat-quilt.

Cat Coasters

And last but not least, I made another tote bag. This one is for my sister’s MIL:

Star Tote

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That variegated aurifil thread is my new favourite!!! And those FMQ Stars are way easier than I feared. I shouldn’t have procrastinated quilting that tote for so long…

Star Tote detail

If I can find a minute or two this afternoon, I might get a blog post ready for tomorrow with all the handmade gifts I received (o:

Have a great sunday!
Christine

3 comments:

  1. You have been busy and all such lovely work! Love your fabric baskets, thanks for the link!

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  2. I love your fabric basket and have to try it soon. You made wonderful gifts.

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  3. My that is a LOT of gifting. I love your FMQ on that tote. Inspiring =)

    Thanks for your very kind comment on my "just thinking" post. Everyone's encouragement has meant so much. Maybe someday... Germany! You never know =)

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