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I made something new!

It's not that I don't have any ideas or inspiration, but it is hard to find the time to create new things these days. There are just so many other assigments that need my attention all the time. Coming up with new designs should be an essential part of my work, but days and weeks just seem to fly by while I'm busy doing other things. Another thing that I find hard to find time for is to sew with my kids, so when I got older (again!) last Saturday I decided to gift myself with some time for sewing with my two sweet E's and create something new for Syko on the side too. Little e and I played around with paint.net to create the 'painting' of my birthday table above, he was very impressed :)

If you ask this little guy what the most fun thing to do is, the answer will involve a Playstation (he's allowed to play 2 days a week). Right now the Lego Batman game is the game. So when I asked him if he wanted to sew with me I got a very straight NO, but when he realized my sewing machine has actually got an engine and can drive pretty fast he got excited. And we decided to make the Joker! He's been carrying it around since ad brought it to Kindergarten to show his friends. Turns out he now LOVES sewing :) Big E made a love♥superhero, which has already disappeared into the depths of the playroom...

 This is what I come up with using the same concept, small tomte friends for the Christmas tree! I'm making angels too! Sorry for the flash picture, November darkness and photography is a challenge!

 

What are you up to in November?

Thank you!

Thank you so very much for all your comments about my book and my exhibition project! If it wasn't for all of you I wouldn't be making either of them! I will talk more about the book later, it is still 6 months until we will be able to browse it! I am so inspired by the exhibition now! It feels great that I have come up with a way to bring my blog to the gallery, after all this is my base and where my ever growing craft project started! You gave me so many positive and beautiful (and fun!) sayings, phrases and proverbs that it is enough for the whole exhibit. So I have decided to make one big quilt and a few smaller art quilts. I will make sure to follow up the project here on the blog.

 

I have more to be thankful for! This is me trying to show off the pretty swap goodies I got from Danielle aka Dinosaur toes in the Dutch sister's Spring swap. Can you spot the pretty rose brooch and the lace necklace? Do check out her shop too, she's got the most wonderful mustaches listed!

 

Danielle also sent me this pretty mini bunting that was perfect for big E's new shelf above her desk and craft corner (like mum, like...). There was also two pieces of pretty fabric that I have already started cutting in :) Thank you so much Danielle!

 

This is the little quilt I made for Danielle, whose best friend is lovely parrot! I've never sewn a parrot before :) I usually use a white background for my quilts, but here I tried doing it the other way around. The background fabric comes from a vintage pillow case.

Have a nice day and thanks again my friends!

 

Theme of the day: bunny

 

Pieni kamari is a lovely little toy shop in the town of Jyväskylä. The shop owner called me one day and asked me if I have something new for her. Her customers appreciated the Syko owl cushions last Autumn so I decided to make her a couple of bunny cushions for Easter and Spring, I hope they will be liked! I will make one for my Etsy shop too, I will list it in my shop later this week.

I have a lot of ideas all the time, but I think the one above must be my brightest ever ;) I will never ever sew a button-hole on a cushion anymore as long as I can find abandoned cotton shirts. Even if the guy I share my life with does not use shirts every day and he is a trendsetter (hej T!), they are very unlikely to go out of fashion. Shirts are usually very well-made and of good quality so they are great to reuse, as long as it's cotton! A good bonus is the pocket, you really need somewhere to put your hand while watching scary movies, don't you?

  

And then the kids came home and wanted to make some bunnies too, bun-nies, I mean. Very tasty! We're well prepared for Easter it seems!

Oh, chickenpox!

What happens when you are stranded at home with a kid with chickenpox? When he has happily agreed to watch a Barbapapa DVD and you have gathered all your lime green fabric scraps to make a few bunny cushions? Your iron dies. Sigh.

Well, it was old, but it has been a good companion, my mother's auntie bought it for me for my first home. I guess it was about time for a new one anyway! Any good tips? I've sen irons with a narrower top and am thinking that might be good for ironing quilts and such. A long cord is also on the wish list, I want to be able to walk around with my iron :)

  

I had promised my daughter do something crafty with her yesterday so we decided to paint some tins and make pots for our small geranium babies. Aren't they pretty? Big E chose white geraniums for her pots, little e wanted red ones for his! Now we just have to keep them alive!

I hope your Monday is going more according to plans than mine!