what I've been up to...- FWQ

I finally finished all my Fw blocks. I've made 83 for i'm doing the Twin size quilt. Last week I received from Fat quarter Shop all the fabrics for the sashing, corner stones and setting triangles.
After cutting all the necessary pieces i finally began joining the blocks, this is what I've done so far...

Design Wall Monday - What's new

I'm back to work today. Vacations are gone! In the mean time I did a little bit of sewing, this is what I've got to share with you

A new table runner. I still need to hand stitch the binding

I used some Treasures & Tidbits by Piece O'Cake Designs for Robert Kaufman. It's a wonderful line of fabric with bright and cheerful colors.

I used the leftovers and some more fabric and made this scrappy pot holder, it's not ready yet.

Slowly my Double Wedding Ring is growing, I've added another ring to it. Please forgive me the poor photo but I'm using my cell phone for my daughter took my camera away. Nevertheless you can have an idea of how it's coming. Today I'm linking up with Judy at Patchwork Times, join the fun,too.

Pay it Forward - More goodies

Yesterday I received a surprise package from Tanya at Wee Little Birds. It was my PIF. Oh my God, I'm so lucky to have such wonderful friends

Look at the beautiful bag she made me. Full of other gifts,too. A sewing case, some pieces of beautiful fabric, golden thread and a personalized card.

 A matching sewing case, both with the most wonderful embroidery

this is a close up of the bag's embroidery. The stitching is perfect! I am so happy with my gifts.
Thank you very much Tanya!!!

Pets on Quilts 2012

This is my first Pets on Quilts participation. Why? Because I didn't have a pet until last year. Blackie, my mini schnauzer came to live with us almost a year ago. He is the joy of the house and my quilt inspector,too.

Here he is counting all the hexies I had sewn on my "Sweet Summer Cottage", he was just a little puppy at the time.

 Inspecting the border and the softness of his own quilt, the "Blackie's Quilt"

Hum... Are all the seams matching each other? I think he spotted a faulty one on my " Penelope's Garden ".

 But his favorite quilt is my daughter's, he loves to jump up to her bed and take a nap on the "Catarina's Hearts"

Don't miss all the fun and join us,too. Make sure you check out all the other pets and quilts in this wonderful blog show HERE!! 
And if you liked Blackie, please vote for him!

I'm back....From vacation

I haven't posted for quite a while but there was a very good reason to do so. I was enjoying some days away with my family.
We went to the Algarve, in the south of Portugal. We spent the most wonderful six days.
The resort was wonderful, the weather was hot enough to enjoy the pool and the beach and the nights were warm.
The animation staff were wonderful, lots of different activities, aqua gym , darts, beach volley, cocktail games, you name it. There was fun everyday long and also night shows.
The food was splendid ( I gained 2 kg). We had a great time. But now I'm back to real life and I'll be returning to work very soon. Until then I'm posting some photos.

The pool

 A view of the resort and the beach

An apartment block

 Our rooms

 A view from one of the three restaurants

Another view of the pool and the bar

It's my birthday today

Today It's my birthday. I'm officially 47 years old. To commemorate I offered myself a nice framed purse. I made it in  my favorite colors, yellow and blue. I used some Summer breeze II. I love my new purse. It's huge and I can get all my stuff inside.

WIP - Small Stuff only...

Hi, it's that day of the week again and here I am to share my work in progress with all of you.
I'm enjoying my Summer vacations so I have been to the beach with Dh and my sewing has been put into second place. Nevertheless I still manage to escape to my sewing room no and then and make some little things that are quite easy and quick to make. Besides it's been too hot ( about 30 degrees) to do any quilting, my tops have to wait until the Fall in order to be quilted.

Here's what I've been up to...

 A big metal framed purse for my daughter, she loves purses!!!

This one is huge.

 A pretty little pouch, of course my daughter asked me to make her a miniature one

Here they are...Mother and daughter!!!LOL

That is all I have to show you but link up with the lovely Lee at Freshly Pieced and you can enjoy many wonderful works in progress.

 Have a nice week,

Hugs,

TERESA

WIP Wednesday

It's Wednesday again and this week I have a couple of things to show

Two applique pillows I made from some old orphan blocks I found when I was cleaning my fabric drawers.

A front zippered pouch and a little basket

I'm linking up with Lee at Freshly Pieced, share your work is progress,too.

I have a New Blog

Tenho um novo blogue. Foi feito para divulgar os meus trabalhos. Quem quiser pode também adquirir as minhas peças. Faça uma visita. O blogue chama-se UM GOSTO E UM VINTÉM.

I have a new blogue. I created it to show and sell my little sewing projects. Life is hard and I have to find means to increase my income. Pay me a visit HERE.

FNSI - July Report

It wasn't a very busy Friday night, I've only made a couple of sewing accessories,

Two scissor holders, each of them holds three scissors. A big ,a medium and a small one.

A wonderful pincushion. I used a free pattern from Kaaren at The Painted Quilt, she is a great designer and often shares her patterns on her blog.

To finish the sewing night I made two little bags

May I present the Owlie Family

My big projects have been put aside for a while. No, it's not  that I don't like them anymore but I needed to make some gifts and other small projects for an event I'm going to enter by the end of the month. I'm going to show some of my work to other crafty people. I can't wait.

I present my newest softie family, The Owlies! They are stuffed with lavender and we can put them in drawers or just on top of our furniture. They are really cute and smell wonderfully

I got my birdie pouch finished today, it's great to put our sewing stuff or all the other things women tend to carry everywhere.

Afterwards there was still time to make two sewing kits. They are very easy to make

 The inside has eight little pockets to put the spools in

 This is the outside

The sewing bag closes with a string with to glass beads.

We can  even through in a little pincushion if we want to

                                                                  

What I've been working on...

Summer has arrived and the days are getting hotter. It's impossible to do free motion quilting or any other kind of quilting, so this week I've only made some simple small stuff.

                                  Tissue holders

                         Scrappy little hearts stuffed with lavender, great to use on our clothes' drawers and a zippered purse that is is yet on the project stage

I've done the piecing and the applique, hopefully I'll finish it during this week

All the way from Melbourne

Today I received a package from Australia. It came from my friend Celia. We have been exchanging Fw blocks and today I got the most wonderful 12 blocks

The blocks look awesome!!!

Celia has used some wonderful fabrics. I bet she has a big stash of civil war reproductions. My quilt will certainly benefit from it. I'm thrilled.

These are some goodies she also sent me. I love the little string bag. Just adorable. The buttons are fantastic and the quilt labels,too. Thank you so much Celia.