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gift accomplished…

kalurah — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 01:28:00 +0000

finished, finally. I made four of these, each one has asian patchwork on one side with the geisha print on the reverse side. I decided to just do a 1/4 inch seam around the placemat to finish it. I’m really happy with the way it turned out.
decided to make a couple bar towels to go with them…

it is my best friend and her husbands’ 4th wedding anniversary. a placemat for each year they’ve been married. (tee hee) I hope they enjoy their gift…

w.i.p…completed?…

kalurah — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 23:36:00 +0000

okay, so it’s not exactly completed. it’s actually 1/4 of the way completed. I just finished the first place mat. one down, three to go. ugh… I’m having a hard time getting through this project. I think I’ve been staring at all this fabric a little too long. I don’t think anyone was meant to look at black, white and red for as long as I’ve been.

place mat one…

back of placemat…
maybe I’ll go back and quilt it some more. feel like some thing’s missing, you know? I think I’ll just put it away for now and come back to it later with some fresh perspective.

eastern progression…

kalurah — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 17:44:00 +0000

w.i.p…

I picked up these cotton prints @ the local fabric store on Monday. love ‘em. I’ve been wanting to make either a table runner or place mats for my best friend, and finally spotted just the right fabric combo. perfection. I think I will piece the reds and the monochromes with others that I have and throw in some wide bands of solid black. the geisha print will be on the opposite side.
fast forward an hour and a half…

another hour and a half…

more pics to come, as the project comes together. ’till then, hope you all have a great day…

if the slipper fits…

kalurah — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 15:50:00 +0000

a friend of mine is adopting her 5 month old niece and I made these booties for her baby shower. my first pair of crochet slippers. the pattern I based them on suggested you buy a small strip of elastic and sew it to the inside of the slipper. (ew!) that hideous image in my head prompted me to make my own strap for the bootie… so I did.
I used vintage yellow buttons on the bootie to bring out the adorable felt fabric I used for the inside sole of the shoe. I cut out cardboard rounds and covered them with the felt and hot glued in place. I didn’t attatch them to the shoe itself, that way mommy can still wash the booties when needed. (leave it to a fellow mommy to think of that)
I definitely want to try these in a bigger size for my daughter Zoe, as a slipper to wear around the house. She thought the baby slippers were too cute, and promptly put in an order for her own personal pair. (she’s only 5, and already a slave to fashion. what can I say she is my daughter.)

button close-up…

felt fabric…

I crocheted a baby poncho to go with the slippers, as a “set”. it took the better part of a weekend. I used a stitch I wasn’t familiar with, so it was slow-going at first. it turned out alright. not my favorite pattern, maybe I’ll try a different one next time I do a poncho.

our digital camera died last month, so I had to take a pic with my father in law’s manual Nikon. I apolagize for the terrible quality, but it’s all I had at the time…

kalurah — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 19:22:00 +0000

asleep when he should be awake…

my very first attempt of working with leatherette. let’s just say that I now have ALOT of leatherette scrap! I tried machine stitching it first but the fabric lining on the underside of the leatherette reared it’s tempermental head. It proved IMPOSSIBLE! and I don’t normally use “that” word when I’m creating things, but this really was. I finally opted to hand blanket stitch instead in a chocolate colored floss. the embroidery is felt and metallic fabric. my favorite part of the bag is the very handsome fabric that I picked up for 75 cents at St Vincent De Paul’s thriftstore. I used it for the lining.

here’s how the lining turned out…

owl up close…

my sister is very into owls right now and so this was my gift to her. her bible study books fit perfectly in it. that leatherette seems to be pretty sturdy stuff, I’m hoping it will hold up well for her for years to come.