Fuzzy Pears

How exciting! The other day I found this pile of zippers at a rummage sale. I've been seeing things embellished with strips of zipper teeth and have thought of a few things to try, so, here is my opportunity. Before I do that, though, I had an idea for the zipper pull.

Fuzzy pears. I came across some light green velvet. It looks like it was leftover from upholstering something. Anyway, it makes lovely fat pears. Now to the zipper pull....this is what I used it for...

It makes a great stem/finding to put a ornament hook in.

William's Birthday

I have several men in my life, but, the cutest by far is my grandson. He turned 1 the other day. Where has the time gone?

I made a fabric ball for him. Because he is so tactile I made each slice with a different fabric texture. He seemed to be intrigued.

Fabric Autumn

Silk, velvet and felted wool leaves scattered across a felted wool background. I did reverse applique for some of the leaves and appliqued others on top. Because I use previously used wool I found it difficult to find a long piece of moth hole free fabric. My solution was to make smaller squares that I spaced apart and joined with leaves. It worked quite well. I like the idea well enough to make some more table toppers this way.

The fabric I used for the back was a piece of vintage fabric given to me that I have treasured waiting for just the right project.

I really like this bag. The pattern I used was in Japanese so it took me awhile to figure out but now that I have this one done the next one shouldn't take so long.

We had snow the other day which has inspired me to get out the whites and blues from my fabric stash.

Falling Leaves

Fall is a beautiful time of year. The ground is painted with gold, red and orange. The mornings are crisp, a carpet of leaves crunch and rustle under foot,

 and the shadows are getting longer.

It won't be long before the snow is here. Time to hibernate and create.