Stars and a train case.

A Chatelaine design, these are beautiful pieces to stitch. They are incredibly popular and have lots of unexpected details and speciality stitches, beads and are fun to stitch. Started the Serengeti Chatelaine earlier this year.

Yesterday, I finally made a Scandanavian Star with scraps of fabric. Wanted to make one for many years now, just never got round to it. It requires no sewing, just four strips of fabric. Only question: Why did it take so long?

The front and back of the finished star.

The train case was a start somewhere at the beginning of the year?

Got some more Bosal foam, so now it can go ahead and be worked on. The size is of the printed panel which is what inspired the case, with the border strip of preprinted pictures of quilts and nature. After quilting the pieces with the bosal foam, binding and a zipper was sewn to the lid first.

The top lid, bottom and sides are all prepared, ready to be assembled together. For this step clover clips are essential, it keeps everyting neatly in place. The bottom piece and the body/side panel of the train case is sewn together, with the biding for a neat edge at the top and bottom edge of the case.

A handle sewn to the one side of the train case.

Once the bottom and main case is made, the lid is attached to it. This is the final step in making the train case.

The finished train case, it is now being used to keep the Bonnie Hunter mystery quilt pieces all together until all the pieces are made and the top assembled. This is to help keep the sewing room clean, tidy and remove visual clutter. The lining and pocket inside is all made with scraps of fabric.

Little bit more got done.

Another of the beautiful stitched piece which caught my eye recently. This one was an art deco one. Amazing how gifted so many are in all their creative pursuits. So very glad we are so unique and different in our own special ways.

Our grand cat and dog, knows exactly what is happening when the Christmas tree comes out of the box.

Baked some savoury mini quiches for the festive season, they ar now in the freezer and will be pulled out when needed.

Finished the project bags.

Next up was Bonnie Hunter part four of the mystery, it was a cold day on friday and a rainy and snowy weekend.

Jumped right in and got all of part four done, a great way to escape from the cold weather.

On my walk last week when we had a good day.

Project bags, scraps and more.

Started a few project bags a couple of months ago, those need the zippers, vinyl and some quilting. A stitched piece above at Gitta's from our recent visit, displayed in the shop. The samples in the shop are beautiful and inspirational. Stitching is relaxing and fun, mine takes years as I am a very slow stitcher.

The Bonnie Hunter mystery part one, two and part three. The scraps are being used for this one.

Some knitting on the baby hat, it is finished and gifted! Have more yarn left, will check how much and what can be done with the remainder of the yarn. The digital scale is fixed and it will be used to weight the yarn, the number on the yarn was a mystery. Found it next to the care instructions for the finished creations: number 2!

The rainbow challenge blocks needs to be trimmed to the correct size.

For my recent birthday, I received a special gift from a friend.

Smock dresses.

Estelle shared this beautiful smock dress with me. Everytime she made a smock dress for her granddaughter, she made a miniature version for her granddaughter's doll. What a special gift!

Two smock dresses I have been working on for a friend.

The red one just needed buttonholes and the buttons to be sewn on. That is now a finished dress!

The green one is still in the process. (The collar has hand embroidery with the red thread and some cream lace). This needed to be done, before the rest of the dress can be assembled. The collar with the lace was too big, so it had to be removed. Made a new collar, which has been sewn to the dress. This one works so much better.

Sleeves and hem were next on the list, they are done too. Buttons was bought, sewn on and did not work. Those have been removed and the completed dress will be going with to the shop, to find the right buttons for this one.

The back of the dress, it still needs buttonholes and buttons. Sometimes it just takes time to do it right.

After another round of buttons, it was time to go back to the drawing board. Fabric covered buttons was the best choice. Those were made and sewn on, the buttonholes are done. Both dresses are now finished, ready to go to two little girls for a friends granddaughters.