Greg's kindle cover

I have been neglecting my blog for the last few months and is feeling very guilty for not sewing enough!!!  Two very good reasons though...one..I have been away with Luke for work posting and two..a couple of days after we returned we had our roof restructured which resulted in the whole of upstairs being renovated as well!!  Moved everything down to the ground floor but I did set up the sewing machine on the dining table just to do a little bit of sewing!  However, this kindle cover was not made at home but at my cousin's house in Miri.  I had promised Greg to make him a kindle cover but did not have the time to make one yet so I offered him mine.  He said he doesn't mind the girly cover!  As always, who can resist buying fabrics???    Found this lovely linen fabric and went to my cousin's house to make it!!  A very happy Greg at the end of the day!!!

Kindle cover

This is my kindle cover.  I made it some time last year.    It is the sleeve kind.  This is a patchwork print so it was very easy to just quilt around the little blocks.  I used a button strap to secure the kindle in the sleeve.  This is one of the best strap you can use to make sleeves for gadgets like this.  I used a quarter meter of fabric to make it.  The lining is also of the same fabric.

Christmas panel

This is one of pieces I did before Christmas!   Free motion quilting done on a Christmas panel.  I also quilted the kitchen valance which I made a few years ago.  It looked so different now.  This photo was taken on my iphone so the quality may not be good enough to have a good look at the quilting.

I took an online course on quilting and that really helped me a lot too.  Check out Craftsy.com, you may find something interesting there!!

Floral Fantasy

Wow!! I cannot believe how fast the time went by!!  When I saw the last date on the blog, I almost flip!!  WHAT!!  October???  It is not that I did not do any sewing!  In fact, I have been practising machine quilting on projects and finishing up some of the UFOs.   Will try to  post some photos later.

Hubby has been posted to Istanbul for a couple of months so here I am with my project on the go!!  Keeping my fingers 'crossed' that I can finish this before we go back!!  I started this last year and I actually thought I could finish it before the end of LAST year but....LOL

This is my first big applique project!!  I finally got all the applique all done after 3 years!!  Maybe another year before I can quilt it!!!  LOL 

Tulips N Anemones

 

When my sister and I pieced this quilt together (I cut and iron, she did the sewing), we pieced all the blocks the wrong way!  When I got home, I had to take take them all apart and redo.  This is what I have done so far.  I have yet to put the sashing and a border on it.  After that, I have to applique hearts in between the blocks.  

I am glad the top is done!  Like I said earlier, this is one of the easiest pattern to make.  Perfect if you are a beginner.  Easy cutting and piecing together strips of fabric only!!