fall sewing: mug rug, more mug rugs and mushrooms!

Over the past few weeks,I have been sewing lots of mug rugsor coastersto use and share with friends and family:

pattern from the Seasoned Homemaker
fancy one like these acorn ones:

in traditional, whimsical and modern fabrics,or this apple one,

pattern from The Seasoned Homemakerwith my favorite apple cake (recipe here)
or simpler like the fall theme ones!

Who doesn't love some cute fall friends?

I also have been playing with paper piecing,and making mushroom pincushions!!

pattern from Joe, June and Mae
And finally doing some more mushrooms sewingin the form of cross stitching!

pattern from a 2023 agenda book, from Veronique Enginger (aka Les Brodeuses Parisiennes)
that one is an on going project,as it takes me a while to stitch it all!
Happy sewing!

A few linen pumpkin coasters

While blogs and Instagram are full of Christmas things,I am still in fall and pumpkins mood.After all pumpkins are a big part of Thanksgiving,and I am ready to celebrate it in a couple weeks.

So I made a few linen pumpkin coasters!They are inspired by Minki Kim's work,she has a great tutorial on you tube,quite easy to follow.I am a fan of her work, and have both of her books,I made a lot of sew illustrated projects!

I kept my pumpkins quite simple,

just linen and little hand embroidery:

and some fall print for the back:

I changed the embroidery a little between each one:

still, all very simple.I gave them all away, so I need to make one more for me!

I will leave you with one more fall picture,as my backyard is at its best:

Happy sewing!

cozying up the master bedroom: winter décor

It has been such a cold and dreary January so far,

 I felt the need to cozy up our bedroom.

I used some of our Christmas décor in the bedroom,

 and made 4 mini quilts out of 2 panels of print from Zen Chic (chill collection):

I just cut the 4 prints (many left), layered on batting and leftover fabric

for the back, and bound them in gold and black.

I just removed the triptych I made last year with Van Goh's Almond Blossom

and removed a lot of blue accents,

at least temporary,

like the lampshade and the vase,

but got a new blue and white comforter:

I added more cream and white, with white and linen pillow cases

and a velvet snow flak pillow.

It feels very cozy and relaxing.

Of course the best part is Bosco still goes with the décor!

He seems quite pleased with the new duvet cover:

Happy day!

modern Southwest quilt

Here is my latest little quilt:

in a mix of solids and linen essex (linen/cotton blend, perfect for quilting!)
The pattern is from this book "Southwest Modern" by Kristi Schroeder:so inspiring!
I made mine bigger by adding extra borders and stripes.

I started this little quilt more than 2 years ago,

during my ORC living room update

thinking that I would make it a cover for the leather couch,

where the dogs love to sleep....

but it seems too nice to be use there!

And it looks so perfect

Of course, this handsome boy looks pretty good

with it too!

Happy sewing!

sewing card

This Sunday is Mother's day in France,
so I sewed this sweet little letter for my Maman:

I really enjoy these little projects from Minki Kim,

previously, I made this sew illustrated card

and this mini quilt:

from her second book.

Here it is before I added the little bobbin of thread:

sticking to my design board,

and before attaching it to the card.

I used a watercolor card, so a pretty heavy card stock

 to handle the weight of the fabric.

It makes it a very personal card

(we both like sewing so it is a current theme between us!)

for a very special lady!

Happy sewing!