gozilla

Remember a few days ago,

I was whining telling you

about not making stuff for my son!

Well, I went to Ikea and I found this cool fabric

The bottom part has the cool gozilla...

perfect for decoration!

So I cut the panel,

saving the girl part for my daughter (much later!)

We just redid our kitchen (more on that later)

and with the packaging of the cabinets,

there were some particle boards

that we did not need.

Long and straight, and free!

So may be not ideal

but I made a frame out of them.

The craftmanship on this project is poor!

My dad would be so ashamed,

he taught me well....

I just cut corners!

Yep I used glue and staples!

It is still pretty sturdy,

and with the canvas stretch on it,

it is not going anywhere!

I think it turned out quite nice

and more importantly

Lego brick master likes it!

I am once again a cool mom!

I also bought some complementary fabric

to redo his curtains.

So as soon as I am done with these,

I will post a picture of all of them together!

Happy crafting!

bedroom staging

I have finally found out the specific details

of my upcoming class (starts on Monday!).

And I have made 25 slides in my power point presentation!

Pretty slow, since I use about 20-30 for each lecture!

So if my math is right I need 250 to be on the safe side,

so I am about 10 % done...

Yep it is going to take a while!

So I went to stage my bedroom!

I have been reading a lot of decorating blogs and books

and I feel like a need to play with my surrounding

and have some fun.

I decided to make little vignettes

and here is what I have came up with.

We have a huge bed (perfect for a huge room!)

The celing is real high!

We are more into the twenties and thirties

art deco period,

so far away from vintage-cottage

(even if I love the style, romantic decors are so cool,

just not me!)

Here is my side:

A dresser is definitively a great night stand,

I can hide a ton of mess!

And there is also a lot of top space,

perfect for all my reading material!

Of course I need my Chanel to go to bed (!),

I need to remain French, non !

I also have a serious copy of all of Rimbaud's writting

(poems, correspondance).

Of course it is not always there, it is good to read

 a few poems here and there....

but this is staging!!!

I chose that volume because it is the same green that

the roses! (not real, but they float my boat)

Here is Mon Cheri's side:

The cool airplane (heavy) is a present from me upon my graduation.

He needed it! It was a painful process with too many hours in the lab

any time of the day and of the week!

It comes from everyone's favorite: Pottery Barn.

(more than 10 years ago)

The two framed pictures come from Mon Cheri's

 second trip to Europe, just before we met.

They were taken by a friend of ours who is

a photographer.

On my side, it is a picture of Venice,

and the other side,

 it is a picture of inside the Pantheon in Rome.

We both love Italy, we just need to

go there together!

While it does seem to lack colors in the pictures,

the curtains are red, burn out red velvet!

Very luxurious...

I brought them back from France a few years ago.

I always bring back fabric,

somehow, the only french things in our house

are fabric!

I also brought back the red bed spread.

Our bed linen is a mix of IKEA (perfect duvet cover)

and Costco bedsheet (nice egyptien cotton).

I am not into pillows on the bed... always have to remove them!

Happy day!

(no sewing today!)

quilts for boy

I feel a little guilty!

I always show the work I make

for my daughter and not for

my son!

I must admit as he is getting bigger

and cooler(!)

he has less and less needs

for my sewing and/or crafting!

So sad.

So today here is a trip

down memory lane,

when I was the cool mom!

I have already shared this quilt with you

but it was originally made for him.

This is was so easy but so cool!

A new take on silhouette!

The pattern is "Serengeti Sunset"

by Cornelia Carpenter.

http://www.corneliacarpenter.net/

I call this one D&D

(dungeon and dragons!)

the pattern is "little dragons everywhere"

by Carol Bruce for needlesongs.

http://www.needlesongs.com/

Nice, happy dragons!

And since my son had a speech delay,

I also made him a 'I spy" quilt.

We used it to make him talk!

Now we are trying to make him stop!!!

But he still sleeps with it!

So here you have it,

some old but good quilts made for

Lego Brick master

well before he was a master!

Happy sewing!

daisy quilt, part II

I have been working on my

daisy quilt.

Remember my delema over

the design with these fabrics?

I wanted some flower design

and some space for names.

So I kind of made my own design!

(well I was inpired by traditional patchwork!)

And because I was limited in some colors,

I had to do a lot of math!

A lot of time I used 2 1/2 inches as my square base,

but here I only had enough green for 2 inches.

Here is a block.

There is no actual triangles, just a lot of squares!

I finished the top,

I still need to quilt it.

So there will be a part III,

the return!

Miss C. went on a girl scout painting

adventure, she came back with this plate:

(parrot with 3 eggs in a nest)

I thought it was very good,

especially for a 5 year old!

It is only fair that I also share

Lego brick master's art work:

(inspired by "the starry night" by van Gogh)

I must say I love it,

not bad for a kid who will be an engenier!

He usually draw with a ruler and in black, grey,

blue and red!

Happy Creativity!

summer dress with flamingos

You read it correctly....

Flamingos!!

I took Miss C. to the heirloom store

for some help with my baby dress

(almost finshed!!)

and she saw the flamingo fabric

and we had to have it!!

I guess that will teach me to take her with me!

It is a beautiful pique and I have just the pattern for it.

Last year (or maybe the year before) I made her

a cute summer dress using "Callie"

from the children's corner.

It had been a favorite.

I had made it out of pique and Liberty.

While it still fits her in the chest,

it is now way too short!

It was never long but now....

it looks more like a top!

So I will be sending it to my friend who

has two younger daughters.

So I made the next size up,

added 1 1/2 inch to the bottom.

It is almost finshed,

just need some buttons.

And if you have read a few of my postings,

you might be familiar with my dislike for buttons,

actually it is the button hole that I do not like!

I know my machine make them

but they are never to my liking.

So I was thinking of using snaps,

like I did for the previous one.

One question remains:

which one to choose?

what do you think: right or left

or buttons?

Please let me know what you think!

Happy sewing!

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PS here are some other action shots

card: creating oneself

I had so much fun last time,

playing with my stamps and paper,

that I looked for another challenge and

here is my version:

The sentiment is from Unity stamp company,
the shimmering papers are from my old collection (!)

I was inspired by

from clean and simple stamping

and

from the play date cafe

Happy stamping!

receiving blanket, part II

Do you remenber my receiving blanket,

waiting for its embroidery?

Well I did it!

I emboidered a beautiful little lamb,

using stem stitch for the body,

lazy daisy (or free floating chain stitch) and

French knot for the flowers.

I think it really finishes the blanket.

It is very dainty, but I like it!

It should be modeled with a baby,

but I do not know any babies anymore,

so we found a solution!

Just right!

Happy sewing!

I am linking this post to

PS I got my haircut today...

why is it a big deal?

It only happens twice a year!!

So here is an updated picture of me:

spring mowing

I know spring is here

when I have to mow twice a week!

I must say it is not a bad work out!

Yep, I am one of those,

I like walking behind my mower!!

Give me yard work anytime,

just do not make me clean the house!

so there I go!

So happy mowing!

I have also listed my little dress to

and

 
 

and I have made some progress!!