Christmas present for my grand daughter.

Christmas present for my grand daughter. I do not know what Olivia wishes for Christmas. As I visit her in October I bought a play car for her. I have decided to make her Memory game although she is only 2 years old. I hope the parents will help her to use it.

MACHINE EMBROIDERY

Some weeks ago I went to a seminar with Bettina Andersen as a teacher and inspirer.She has written the book “Embriodery natruraly”.

I read the book before the course and it was inspiring. I brought pictures of nature that had to be the basic for my work on the seminar. I have learned to use the nature as an inspiration. To use my sewing machine for free embroidery was a new experience and I used all different kind of thread. I used Ultra Solvi is a “wash away” product for sewing and also other different kinds of new materials such as Paint Sticks. You can see my results from the seminar here below. I also show the pictures that inspired me.

Thee trunk bag. The pattern on the tree trunk is used for the embroidery on the bag.

Redcurrant. I had a good experience by picking our redcurrant this summer.

Hald lake This picture is from Hald Lake and I love it because of the colors.

Paint Sticks The paint Sticks can be used for marking up different patterns on surfaces. After the paint has dried and the fabric ironed, the sewing start.

Dying Facric

I love to dye my own fabric. I have done some batik dying, but then I found the artist Vikki Pignatelli. Inspired by her work and metode of sewing I started to dye Procion MX colors. Here you can se the first tree colors and a mix of them on one piece of fabric.

I am a Sunflower What Flower Are You?

Here is a dress for my grand daughter. She is 1 year old and I enjoy to make some gifts for her. I have also made a ball (no photo). I hope she and her mother will like the things.

PARER PIECING and LOG CABIN

My first paper piecing and log cabin project.

Fabric

I have bought some fabrics to make two projects, a dress and a hat for my grand daughter and a baby quilt for a small baby, that hopefully arrives to our family in the mear future. I have to plan the sewing of the quilt using the programe Electric Quilt 6.

New candle bags

Again family had to have gifts - candle bags. It was a bit crazy to sew noums vith the summer outside, but the reciever is wild about noums.

Tai chi

This week end my bonus son wanted to sew some trausers he had to use in his Tai Chi training. We bought the fabric but he made the patteren, cut the fabric and sewed everything him self. Of course I was a guide.

New candle bags

I keep on sewing candle bags as gifts for friends and family. I have also managed to finish a tablecloth.