Presenting Monday

I am up and fully engaged in the coming week.

I have begun a project I found for the Finish-a-long.  These place mats were cut a long time ago and they are the winter ones.  I really like the backing and the front needed to be somewhat traditional so I thought of a present.  This fabric is so old but they will be used every Sunday so I chose not to fuss and just get them off the to-do list and we can make whiz bang modern and artful creations when I have the backlog taken care of.   :)

I had to piece the 12th mat and that determined the cutting for the 'ribbon'.

I am quickly piecing and sandwiching.  The MQing will be utilitarian.

We are back to 30 below Centigrade and I want to have lots of heat being produced by my sewing machine, my iron and all my lights. :)

Sew..........

Feathering the Nest

I have been on a quest to learn the ins and outs of home decorating since I got to pick the colour for my very own room when I was about 10. I have been moving furniture, re purposing, making do, and scouting for perfect (cheap) accessories ever since. I'm not quite as ambitious and energetic as I once was so now instead of shoving furniture from room to room, I change things up with seasonal themes. To truly make it ours/mine I want to make it myself.

Spring is brief and often kinda grey here with lots of mud. So I put away a years worth of accumulated stuff' and start again with a minimalist approach. I bring out my white dishes, glass, tulips, pussy willows and a spray of white blossoms. Then I focus on what is usually my accent colour- aqua.

Sunday afternoon we always have a crowd around this table so I decided I needed a dozen place mats for each season.

Springs placemats incorporate curves. This is my version of stack, slice, switch and sew.

Placemats, pillows and table runners are great ways to add some soft feathers to a very woody nest! I wonder what other kinds of feathers I can find for the nest?