In November, I shared a snap pouch which I said was a prototype for more.
It all began with a wee challenge with the Thursday sewers at the shop; we were given a wee stitchery pattern and two bullets of fabric (5"x 20") and a date to make something with them by.
The day rolled around and here is our Show and Tell.
Lots of beautiful creativity.
(I think the stitcheries came from a panel for the A letter to my daughter quilt.)
Coupled with a couple of cat bowls, it made a fun little gift.
Doug was quick to lie on it, apparently, as soon as it was opened!
Back in August we adopted McGeorgeous, a stray kitten my nieces had taken in. Getting into the Christmas spirit, I thought it would be nice for McGeorgeous to send a wee gift to Doug and Lizzy, his ex-room mates. Inspired by some scraps of Soft and Stable, and our rather worn cat-bowl mats, I whipped up a Christmas cat bowl mat for them.
I layered a FQ with the Soft and Stable and a random piece of (not very stretchy) t-shirt knit, cross hatched it all, shaped the corners and then sewed on the (bias) binding.
(One day I'll make one for our cats and see how well it washes and wears.)
You may remember in my last post, I shared a photo of a dress I'd just finished making, and said that a friend was making one using the same pattern at the same time.
We were both wearing them at a workday at the shop over the weekend so we had to take a photo. Suzanne was very creative in the making of her dress, using pieces of linen and a linen blouse for hers - check out the striped part of the skirt. You can see the neckline is the same but two totally different dresses!
Thank you for reading along!
'til next time,
Happy stitches,
Raewyn
Sweet little pouches!
ReplyDeleteI see that the mat has got the seal of approval!!
You wouldn't believe that those dresses were from the same pattern... Different fabric..and different shaped models.. change everything
Hope you are ok with all the rain?
ReplyDeleteArsnt you clever making those cute little pouches. Nice cat mat for under the bowls. I've made several, just a bordered cat FQ , with a backing, no wadding, then lightly quilted. I wanted it bigger as Gemma has tray arrangement which the two dishes slot into. These get washed regularly, no trouble at all.
ReplyDeleteLove your little snap baggies, what a great gift idea. And I think the food mat got the seal of approval. Maybe you should make a cat bed too? Those dresses are lovely. It's sometimes surprising how different the same dress can look when made by two different people.
ReplyDeleteI love how there were so many different uses of the wee kit you were given. Your pouches are very sweet. I bet they were well received. Your dresses do look so different. It’s amazing how fabric choice can really change things.
ReplyDeletemaking us all feel guilty with your early start on christmas...LOL
ReplyDeleteGreat little pouches. At least you can both wear the same dress at the same time and not be twins.
ReplyDeletevery cute stitching's
ReplyDeleteSew many great projects made with the stitcheries..
ReplyDeleteBeautiful wee snap pouches for the grandies, always handy to have .
Looks like the cat mat was loved right away.
Two lovely dresses you both made.
M
The pouches are lovely and I love the cat mat, I would have to make a few for ours, Your dress looks great
ReplyDeleteWhat a creative group - and some lovely makes. I do like the snap pouches - could be an idea I can use for next Christmas. You both look great in your lovely dresses. xx
ReplyDeleteThose pouches were a great gift idea. I love the embroidery on each one. McGeorgeous was very generous in his gift giving as well. Love the dresses. Blue is my favorite color :)
ReplyDeleteLove the little pouches. Both dresses look great too...
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Hi Raewyn, those are such cute projects. I'm sure the grandkids enjoyed their gifts. We can see that your mat was cat approved!. Your dresses look great 👍
ReplyDeleteThe snap pouches are a great idea. I can see them being very popular.
ReplyDeleteAnd the cat gifts are a fun idea, too.
Your dresses are both lovely. Beautifully made.
The snap pouches are so sweet! They look like such fun projects to make xx
ReplyDeleteWonderful pouches Raewyn, love the stitcheries. The cat mat is tested and accepted!! Both the dresses look amazing, the different fabric makes them look like different patterns. Great challenge results.
ReplyDeleteSo many cute pouches. One can never have too many.
ReplyDeleteLove seeing the photo of you with your co-worker in 'me-made' dresses. And you KNOW I just adore all the pouches you made! Funny about the cat mat: just today when looking for some ribbon to tie around a set of napkins I'd made upon my youngest daughter's request, I found two pieces of thin foam intended to go inside cat mats to donate to the Humane Society! Good idea to use t-shirt fabric for binding ;-)
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