Little Joys by Elea Lutz

While it may only be May I love Christmas and all the planning and preparation that goes into this special season.  This new range designed by Elea Lutz called Little Joys is the sweetest vintage inspired Christmas range that I know will be loved by many.  If you loved her Milk, Sugar and Flower range then you will be equally mesmerised with this Christmas range of prints.

Made for Penny Rose Fabrics and distributed here in Aus by Millhouse Collections there are 12 prints in this range that have your ever faithful dots and characters that are very cute such as Reindeer's and Gingerbread Men.

I love the traditional colours of this range with the splash of pink and I have set about creating a new pattern that will be all about the countdown to the visit from the big jolly red man himself.

This range will be arriving here in Aus in July.

Jemima x 

Colour My World Pencil Case Pattern

My two girls are often hanging around in my sewing room.  They love to sew and create themselves but often they can be found reading or drawing.  One day I said to Miss 10 could she draw me a picture.  Well that picture then became the inspiration for my "Colour My World Pencil Case".  

A great sewing project that is quick, fun and can be easily customised to suit the  user.  This Colour My World Pencil Case will be the star in a classroom or a fantastic gift idea for Birthdays.  This also makes a sweet Teachers appreciation gift that you can fill.

The drawn squiggle can be hand or machine shown and your pencil case can become personalised by stitching names or words onto the front. Miss 10 wanted "her own" Colour My World Pencil Case!

The PDF pattern for this Colour My Pencil case is now available here at my Website or Etsy store.

If you are making one and follow me over in Instagram post it to the hash tag #colourmyworldpencilcase so I can see your creations.

Jemima x x

All the pictures from the Sew Along August - 2014 Retreat

What a great weekend of sewing, teaching, inspiration and wonderful food!  Claire and I were thrilled to have a wonderful bunch join us again and several for the first time.  Here are some of the pics of what we got up to.

Things kicked off on Friday night with our "Mystery Project"  - we were very lucky to have Ribbons Galore provide some divine ribbons for the ladies to make these sweet Tissue Cozy's. 

A big thanks to Ribbons Galore for providing these ribbons that perfectly matched our project.  Stop over and check out their online store filled with beautiful ribbons, hardware and handmade items - bursting with so many colours, designs and patterns.

Made by Denise

"Twisted Lone Star Quilt" made by Hanna

"Sew Reel Quilt" - made by Nicola

"Under the Umbrella's" - made by Michelle

"Around Town Medallion" - centre block made by Pamela

"Sew Reel Quilt" - made by Lindy

"Yule Tide Tree Skirt" - made by Liz

"Harlequin Quilt"  made by Madeleine

Such a great weekend and already looking forward to the Retreats for next year.

Jemima x 

Sparkling Confetti Quilt

This is my Sparkling Confetti Quilt.  Made with lots of pink, purple and aqua fabrics from my stash.  Some of the pieces are actually the last few pieces I had of some of my favourite fabrics.  

I have used Sketch by Timeless Treasures as the grey fabric to off set all the coloured pieces.  The border fabric is by Michael Miller and has the sweetest butterflies and flowers on it.  This fabric inspired the colour range of fabrics used in this quilt.

The quilt is 112cm x 112cm (44in x 44in) in size making it a great quilt for a young child or toddler to snuggle or use to travel with.  

The quilt was pieced with Aurifil cotton in white - #2024 - 50wt and was machine quilted  using Aurifil cotton in a favourite of mine -  variegated grey #4060.  I have quilted tramlines over the quilt to keep the quilting out of the way of the beautiful confetti effect of the blocks.

This backing fabric has this beautiful floral design and I used a hot pink fabric with bubbles for the binding.

This quilt is now listed in my Etsy Store here - 

Sparkling Confetti Modern Quilt

Diary of a Custom Order Quilt - Part 2

It is always hard to part with a quilt.

But knowing it is going to a home to be treasured and loved is all I need.

This quilt was commissioned by Indi at Kid Independent. She has written up a lovely feature of how this quilt all came together over at her website. Thanks for this feature Indi and your kind words on the quilt I made for your special arrival.

Jemima x x  

Rainbow Fizz Quilt Set all complete.

The custom order Rainbow Fizz Quilt/Playmat is all finished and has been delivered to its new home.

Lots of beautiful Kona Solids set against the white give the quilt a fresh and colourful look.

Playing with my new Macro Lens on my camera means I can now get some real close up shots which even show the weft and warp threads within the fabric.

The binding choice was easy - I knew it was going to need a stripe and when the backing fabric with the black swirls was chosen by the client it was hard to go past the black and white stripe for the binding.

A matching cushion was also ordered to go in the Nursery for this new impending arrival.

Jemima x 

School holidays over - sewing full steam ahead!

The custom Koala quilt I had been working has now made its way to its new home over in Canada!  This is for a new arrival expected in February.  I know it was widely received and hope it become a treasure for a little bundle of joy.

I used free motion quilting over the squares using a random loop pattern and could not go past this pink and white stripy binding for the final touch.

Sitting in my sewing room for a little while now has been this bundle of Lecien Flower Sugar.  I had started to make many months ago some Economy blocks but it had been put to the side with other deadlines and projects to complete.  Funnily enough over the school holidays when I pulled it out again I saw that there was an Economy Quilt-Along happening just by chance.  

So time to get on with making some more blocks.

With several of these Economy block piles made it was time to sew it all together.

Now time to quilt it.  Not sure yet how I will do this but I am sure as I start to sandwich and pin I will be inspired.

One project that was completed was this crochet Market Bag.  Over Christmas I had ordered some yarn for Tangled Yarns and whilst not having made a bag before decided to get one of these Kits to give it a go!  Well since making it I have now bought another 6 colours to make some more as gifts.  I was thrilled with how it turned out.  The Willmark Candy Pop yarn was quite different to work with as it is very textured and course - like string.  

And here are some of the flowers I have made for my Bobble Flower Blanket.

Jemima x