A Red Chrismasy Table Runner - my latest project :)

Just finished this morning after a whole month on and off working on it :)

Handquilted for the loop-d-loop lines at the top and machine quilted with simple organic lines for the rest.

Made from local red thick cotton with beautiful flowers print on it and local cream unbleached cotton.

The backing is also made from the same unbleached cotton.

Still in this project I was exploring how quilting polyester batting with organic lines could create a gorgeous texture on a quilt.

I used polyester batting to come up with unique and slightly different beauty in comparison if using cotton batting.

Well...this is my first christmas project for this year :)

How about yours?

I miss it :(

Last month I made a table runner from Bali batik cotton. Bali batik is so hip right now here.

It's more light and soft than Javanese traditional batik eventhough both of them are from cotton.

I quilted it with my favorite organic lines style. There are some major reasons why I love organic lines. First: the gorgeous textures that come out after I quilt my linen or unbleached cotton with those lines.

After that... maybe I love the freedom how I could move the needle, actually I don't like to follow orders!

And the last : my limited skill in quilting ! :)

Finally....I love to see how it turned out!

I put it as a listing on my Etsy shop. Two weeks ago someone bought it.

Today is the first time I missed something I made and not longer with mine. I keep busy telling myself, 'let it go, let it go..' :)
Have you ever felt this way?

3 Surprises & a Blogfriend's Give Away

I've got 3 surprises today.
The first one ..

a package of beautiful fabrics from Diana, a dear family friend in Holland. she said it was a birthday gift :D

second...

quilting books!! One of my dream is to have Denyse Schmidt's book and noew I have it :D

My ex-college roomate (also my bestfriend) who lives in San Jose now sent it to me by mail.

Oh, I just can't stop turned the pages over and over again.

The last surprise is...

I made a puckery quilt (again), finally finished and could take a quite good macro picture of every details (usually it was difficult for me).


It could be a table runner or wall hanging and still explore the same fabrics.

That's all my 3 surprises for today.

How about yours?

By the way...one of my blogfriend -Christy-has some awesome books for you this weekend. Please pop in to her blog :)
Good luck for you, hope you will win!

Unbleached fabric pillow case...oh, I'm in love with it!

While waiting for the last block from my Bee Addicted friend, I made a
pillowcase from 'blacu' fabric or unbleached fabric (maybe it's almost the same with muslin ?). I get hooked with this kind of fabric. Love the natural color and texture so much!.. and also its price :)
I used cotton ribbon for making the crossed pattern at the front.

Remember this table runner? The binding has done! I (again) made a pillow as a matching pair. Well, actually not "a" but four pillows! I don't know, this week I'm in love with pillowcase and unbleached fabric. I love to see how the thread lines turned out after sewing on it.

Sweet intermezzo

I enjoying my cozy quiet Sunday afternoon (while kids and hubby are taking nap). Binding this little batik table runner (actually 2009 project that I left)is really giving me an amazing feeling. What a sweet intermezzo.


Hopefully I can finish it tonight.

So Far ...

(Upps... I think the pics are too bright, sorry!)

So far...since I've done 4 tops for pillow covers last weekend, I can't stand for starting to make a table runner with the same 'batik' theme. Here I upload the top and the back although I'm not sure yet which one is the back nor the top, hehe...maybe we could call it 'reversible' table runner then :)

About the grey-blue ones...
I had ever bought "wrong" fabric, just wrong colors...didn't like it after I was at home. So since unused it would be a 'bad' habit along my journey in learning quilting, then I tried to cut it in small pieces.
I just love to arrange the small pieces mixed with white but now a little bit confused about which the easiest way to sew them together. Any suggestion?

My obsession in using scraps.

I think I'm so obsessed on this days to use all my left scraps into some useful things.
Last night I was sewing until past midnight for these 2 projects.
Maybe this one would turn into table runner or wall hanging, don't know yet.

















I can't resist to make this bag after see this link from one of Moda Bake Shop posting.

1st Quilted Table Runner

My car still on the auto repair shop, need to changed its compressor. So I didn't go anywhere with the kids on Sunday....We're straight going home after joining Sunday mass.
Blessing in disguise for me...because I could make this table runner on weekend.
Plenty of spare times for doing what I loved :)























This is the back of it.























I'll send this as a gift to one of my best friend tomorrow. Hope she'll like it :)