Sewing Machine Cover

Have this happened to you? You want to make something very special but you are afraid you are going to hate it if you do. This is what happened to me every time I thought about making a sewing machine cover. so I thought and I thought and the idea came in black and white and later evolved to this:
I got the bunny Hill fabric as a scrap piece it was enough to do this. I just love it! with all my previous circle quilting practice on my last project I was kind of confident to try to do this flowers like Laurraine Yuyama that I love. Then as I was looking on her Flickr site i found that by cover has some of her influence. To each flower I added a button to make it different.
I do not think I will get tired of it, but if i do, I just turn it outside in and I'll get a totally different look.
Cheers,
Erika

Utility Fabrics

The other day I was at Joann's and I "found" the utility fabrics section, I knew some of the things they had there but not all. I discovered that they have Teflon fabric for ironing boards. I have been wanting to redo my small ironing board, so when I "found" the fabric I decided this was the time to do it.
I do not have the before picture but I only recovered the board I added some cushion to it with some fleece and it works great.
El otro dia estabe en el Joann's y que me "encuentro" la seccon de telas utilitarias, sabia de algunas de las cosas que tenian pero no todas. descubri que tienen la tela de teflon para los burros de planchar. Desde hace algun tiempo queria cambiar la tela de mi pequeno burro pero nada que lo hacia y cuando vi esta tela supe que era el momento de hacer algo por mi burro.
No tengo la foto de antes pero solo la recubri y agrege un poco mas de cojin con tela polar que tenia y eso ayudo a que no estubiera tan plano.I used some upholstery staples and that was all. Maybe you already found this section, if not go ahead and find some utility material for your next project.
Use grapas de tapiceria y eso fue todo. Talvez ustedes ya encontraron esta seccion, si no vayan a ver que se encuentran para su proximo projecto.

Have a great weekend
Erika

Tree skirt re-do

It was one of the first projects I blogged about it was this tree skirt I made in 2008 (you can find it here). I love the stitchery, but I hated the quilting.
Este fue uno de mis primeros trabajos que mostre en el blog en el 2008 (Pueden encontrarlo aqui). Me encanto el bordado, pero no me gusto el acolchado.
Back then I wasn't skillful about free motion quilting so I did my best but obviously it wasn't enough. Last year I thought about quilting it, but didn't happened. This year as I was putting all the Christmas decorations away I decided it was it so I totally undid the quilting and the finish which wasn't even a bias or even a great finish and I open the skirt for those times when we'll get a natural tree.
En esos tiempos no estaba tan familiarisada con el free motion quilting asi es que hice lo mejor que pude pero oviamente no fue suficiente. El ano pasado pense en hacerle cambios pero no lo hice. Este ano al estar guardando todo lo de navidad decidi que este era el momento de hacerlo, asi es que lo desmonte todo junto con el intento de bies qie ni era bies y lo acolche. Tambien lo abri para que pudiera ser usado con arboles naturales.
Needless to say that I am very pleased with the end result. I love the quilting which gave me a great curve practice and I really enjoy it. I started quilting from the top and I when gradually down to the lower part of the skirt, I also did not cut the skirt until it was all quilted and that help to be more stable and manageable. Now the stitchery can be appreciated better and each stitchery pops by its own.
No es necesario decir que me encanto el resultado. Me gusto el acolchado que me dio buena practica de circulos. Empece a acolchar de arriba en forma circular hasta llegar abajo eso ayudo a que estubiera mas estable. La avertura la hice despues de acolcharlo y eso ayudo a que fuera mas manejable. Ahora el bordado se puede apreciar mejor.

Have a great week
Erika

Not so good of a Day

Yesterday wasn't my day at all. Doing house work going up and down stairs one of those trips I badly landed and my hips and leg hurts. After that I decided to slow down and finish working on my quilt. I did finished the free motion quilting and I switched to add the bias when I switched something happened and my sewing machine jammed. Today Hubby send it to the doctor and it will be back in a week. He called me and said that he arranged for me to have a temporary sewing machine from the shop. I am happy and sad. I am so attached to my sewing machine... silly? I do not think so, when you love what you do you really get attached to your tools.

Ayer no fue mi dia. Estaba trabajando en las labores del hogar, subiendo y bajando las escaleras cuando termine en el piso, me cai y me duele mis caderas y una de mis piernas. Despues decidi tomare el resto del dia mas tranquilo y me puse a terminar un acolchado. Termine el free motion parte y cuando cambie mi maquina para hacer el bies algo paso que mi maquina se trabo y nada que se mueve. Totalmente debastada, lo bueno es que mi esposo llevo mi maquina a que la repararan, estara alli por una semana. Lo bueno es que mi esposo me traera una maquina temporal.
Saludos
Erika

Welcome 2012!

Welcome new year, new challenges, new opportunities to do better and create.
I hope we all have a wonderful year

Erika

Felt Embroidery Cookies

Darlette made this beautiful felt embroidery cookies for the girls.
Alana got this cute cookies with this cute tea bag. Darlette put them in actual cookie containers and look very cute.
Grace got a gingerbread man cookie set ready to decorate and have lots of fun pretending.

Funny thing is that my girls love to bake they prefer to make cookies and this year they helped my with our neighborhood presents.

Have a great day
Erika

Twins Dress

I made a dress for the twins, the same design i made for miss G.
Darlette says the girls like them. I am glad, my girls love the fabric.
Cheers,
Erika