A Beautiful Day : April 2010

April is here and I think that a good way to begin a new spring month is working, of course.

Unfortunate I'm not so productive, I work to slow and I don't manage to have fluency. The cause is simple: I don't have a good organized space only for sewing, at home. As I don't like the disorder and dusted things I'm wasting my time to pack and unpack my fabrics, threads, ribbons......(they are in boxes!) every time I have a project to do.And I choose only those projects that don't take too much time to finish them, because I don't like the disorder that can't be avoided in such cases...

Besides, it is quite tiring: my computer and sewing machine are in a room and my so-called cutting table is in another room...Fortunately, the distance between them is short!

That's why it became necessary that in my very-soon home improvements (painting the walls, new furniture...) to include some new storage and work spaces, but without intruding the natural way of living in my home.

How could this happen?

I need some ideas.

Please!.....

I would be extremely grateful if you would send to me some images by email, or some links if you want to spare a wee bit of time with a little comment :o)

I must mention that my rooms are not so big, I live in an apartment, so ingenuity must be pushed to the maximum!

Meanwhile, as my today post not to be boring, I show you some images of my two recent pillow cases, one decorating already someone else's couch.

First, I chose to try one block of the pattern Polka Dottie Posies from Quilter's World (April 2008), page 54.

I cut the bottom part of the original block (the flower pot) to better fit my square shaped cushion (50 cm).

I quilted it and I chose to embellish it with some ribbons and buttons.

Then, because I made some mistakes, I sewed another one.

With other colors.

This time my inspiration told me to do like this:

Mmmm, do you see? I exercised my quilting technique.I must tell you again that I am a very beginner in quilting and when I quilted what do you see in the above image I almost forgot to breathe....I have a simple Brother model of sewing machine and I don't like its quilting foot, because I don't have good visibility.

And as I am not a trained quilter, you realize how intense I concentrate myself to do aesthetic stitches...And because of this foot I still make a lot of mistakes....

But finally, my second cushion looked like this: