Modified Miranda Day Bag

Here is the completed Miranda Day Bag that I finished today and started last weekend in a sewing and embroidery retreat. It is a little larger than what I am use to and has pently of great pockets. The embroidery design is on both sides and the bag is quilted. The flowers are dimensional. I modified the bag by adding a zipper.

Butterfly Hanging Vase

Here is the Finshed Butterfly hanging vase that I completed in a Sewing and Embroidery Retreat this weekend.  The butterflies are stitched on organza.  The color does not show well on the vase but it is beautiful.  Complete with butterfly spacer beads on the top ribbons and edges

Showman Wallhanging

I went to a Sewing and Machine Embroidery Retreat this weekend. Here is a finshed wallhanging that I made in class and finshed at home. I used my machine to attach buttons for the first time (had it for 5 years).
I had all buttons attached in under 10 minutes and it was effortless. I love the finged designs on this wallhanging as well.

Mixed Media Creation

This Mixed media creation will soon be a purse. It is created with painted fabric, rubber stamp images, collaged images, sewing and quilting.

Garage Sale Find

Today was a great day for going to garage sales. I found this lamp for $30. The shade is all stain glass. Also found a bunch of quilt magazines for .10 each and computer tower for 5.00. The computer tower is in the shop for diagnostics. If can get working will be a computer for crafting programs only.

Chevron Scraf in Progess

Just joined Ravelry Community and found idea for this scraf. The pattern is in "Last-Minute Knitted Gifts" by Joelle Hoverson. I used a cheaper yarn by Patons and did not do any color changes but it is going fast and I like the look.

Flower art quilt

I just got a floral instructional DVD from: http://www.quiltingarts.com/shop/QuiltingArtsWorkshopDVDs.html and wanted to try some of these techniques. I made a small mixed media art quilt from some sun dyed fabric that I had. The sun dying was done from a kit that I found at Micheals. The fabric was also stamped with a fern stamp. The flowers were created with bits of fibers and trims. Tulle was placed over flowers before quilting. See DVD for full instructions. I will also add some embroidered butterflies in the next couple of days.