Don't read any further if you are on a Fabric Diet!

 

  

I have way too much fabric for the amount of sewing I do and I told myself not to buy any more until I finished a few projects with the fabric I already have. But yesterday evening I came across these wonderful fabrics by Cloud9 and I literally got water in my mouth just looking at the pictures. This line of fabric is called My Happy Garden and consists of 8 beautiful coordinating fabrics. It will be available this fall in various shops and the best thing is that all the fabrics are manufactured in and eco-responsible way! Which makes it perfectly o.k. to forget your Fabric diet and buy some of these lovelies! :D

p.s. thank you for all the entries to the "Name that Pattern' contest (see post below) I will leave the comments open for a bit longer but I've seen some nice ones already!

Name that Pattern!

 

I'm now embroidering the whole design of the Under the Sea pattern I made earlier this year (instead of individual creatures). Someone pointed out to me last week that the name of this pattern was already in use for another (totally different but also lovely) pattern from Sublime Stitching. I already knew that (because I own the said pattern) but couldn't think of a better name. If you do know a better name leave your name suggestion in the comments. I will pick the one I like best later this week and that person will receive the Under the Sea pattern (my version that is)!

The Library or a post about books

 

For all "knitterly and crafty types who read, or pretend to read, or take pictures of people reading things they might like to read (...)" JulieFrick started a Flickr group called The Library (Knitterly and Crafty Types). Go ahead a have look they aren't as rare as you may think!

I love reading books, but also love doing a lot of other things so I do most of my reading around bedtime, then I read until I almost fall asleep. That, and when I have to wait because I don't like wasting time. Recently Bookwormbethie and I recommended some books to each other which was such a good experience. Can't go wrong with some one named Bookworm of course! ;) Just this week I added my Shelfari bookshelf to this blog (look left and scroll down). There are only a few of the books I have read there, but if you're interested take a look!

Recently I added The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey by Trenton Lee Stewart and The Passion of the Hausfrau: Motherhood, Illuminated by Nicole Chaison to my Amazon wish list. I thought City of Saints and Madmen by JefvanderMeer looked interesting too. And there are few crafty books too like Bend the Rules Fabric by Amy Karol. I was wondering if any of you have read these and would recommend them (or not...). And what's on your book wish list?

Wow!

Lower mattresses,
originally uploaded by sew'nquilt.

Ann Mary Charles posted this photo of her amazing version of the Princess and the Pea pattern. Click on the picture to see the original photo that was posted (along with two others of the same embroidery) in the Follow the White Bunny Embroidery Group.Check out her description of all the different stitches she used and be inspired! The only thing missing here is a Pea :D

Shop news: free pattern with your purchase!

Yay! The next couple of weeks (or maybe a bit longer) you get this cute 'bear & girl decorating a tree' pattern when you purchase patterns in my shop.

Inside my sketchbook

I thought it would be nice to give you another peek inside my sketchbook. A wintery scene this time!

 Totally unrelated but worth a mention is this give away on Muriels blog celebrating 100 blog posts. Among the goodies is a very cute handmade bag and (almost equally important) some delicious Dutch Stroopwaffles! My 100 th blog post is also getting near but as I just had a giveaway I think I will wait for another opportunity to host  a giveaway. I'll be sure to include some Stroopwaffles though!

Sunday stash # 14 Go Green!

These fabrics are from the 'Green' section of my stash (which is roughly organised by colour). From left to right(with their non official names): checked fabric bought on the local weekly market in Rotterdam, Joel Dewberry Wood grain fabric, Heather Ross fabric with horses (forgot the name), Paisley and Apple fabric is by Sandi Henderson, Unknown fabric received in a swap, 30's star repro print, 2 fabrics by Denyse Schmidt (Katie Jump Rope), another 30's repro print, Unknown received in swap (but I think it was a Moda fabric), and yet another 2 30's repro prints.