Black and Gray Tomatoe Pin Cushion

Creation of a black and white Tomato pin cushion for my friend that likes black and gray and did not own a pin cushion!

Wedding Invitation Frame

I made this frame for some friends that are getting married soon. They sent a cute poem in the invitations saying they had a lot of stuff but really needed money for a house. So I thought I would paint this frame for them based on the design of their invitations and frame a picture of a former president :)

Fabric Flower Pins

I found this cute tutorial from "Sew Blessed" for fabric flowers and thought i would make some for a friend who lost the flower pin from her purse.

The Fabric:


making the petals:

fold one square of fabric into a triangle and do a simple stitch across the open area.


pull/gather to make one petal

repeat the process on the same piece of string for the remaining 4 petals.


the completed flower base.

sew a piece of felt to the back of the flower base. Sew in a safety pin and finish it by sewing a button on the front.


all the pins i made

Front
back: i sewed a piece of felt to the back and then sewed a safety pin in place.

Origami Crane Wall Hanging

If you know me you know i love origami and especially origami cranes :) [pictured below]


if you know me you also know i enjoy math and patterns sooooo I wanted to make a wall hanging of the pattern of an unfolded crane [pictured below]. I chose colors that would complement my living room.

I cut out 6 inch squares and black trim 2 inches thick to make a border

I then sewed all of the pieces in place. sewing the vertical pieces between each block and connecting these rectangles with the horizontal pieces.

I then cut out a piece of black fabric [not pictured] the size of the front of the mini quilt. place the backing and the front good side to good side and cut a piece of batting the size of the hanging and sewed that in place leaving enough room to turn it inside out.
The quilt turned out with the hole ready to be closed and the design to be added.

The finished hanging on my sofa looking onto my rug...pretty good color match huh?
close up of the finished design.

Donut Paintings

I love donuts!! I blame my Grandpa, but in a good way. I wanted to create a series of painting showing some of my favorite donuts that way i could remember him and the fun we had eating donuts :)

The donuts are schetched

the base color has been added
I decided i needed to add a layer of white to the background
The base of the donuts have been repainted and appropriately shaded.
The finished project up on the wall
Close ups of the donuts

Frames Summer 2010

here are a few frames i made this summer to try and sell...