a new Halloween pennant with felt appliques

This is my second Halloween pennant,I made it for Miss C. to decorate her dorm room,she is a huge Halloween fan,so it is a perfect little present:

Fun and not too spooky!
Two years ago, I made 2 for myself:

here for the post
Both are pretty fast to make,I used my old Sizzix cutter for the shapes,cutting them out of felt, 

and I followed this tutorial from Ameroonie Designs for the little flags.All is machine stitched, not time for handwork!

I used the same mix of Halloween prints that I used for this little pumpkin(also with her at college):

 Party pumpkin pattern from my Sew Quilty Life

Happy sewing!

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 snowy mantel with a new deer embroidery

After the New Year, I removed most of the Christmas décor,but I missed so much all the lightsthat I decided to leave the garland on the fireplace mantel.The lights are on a timer and I love seeing it thereas I come home from work(no remote working for me.)

I did remove the Santa, my reindeer sleepers, the deerand my Noel embroidery.I left the tree parts of the décor and added somesnow/winter accents, like the giant snow flake from last year,and this cute deer embroidery that I just finished.(free pattern from this French magazine,I think it is Veronique Enginger pattern)

Of course nothing fight the chill like a nice fire:

And you will find me here working on another embroidery!

Happy snow day!

Happy New Year 2022!

I wish you all Happy New Year!

with a little pink champagne, of course!
I raced to finish this embroidery from les brodeuses parisiennes,they released it earlier this weekand I could not resist!

Bonne année 2022!

just a couple of geese pillow!

Here is my last Christmas present for this year,

a cute geese pillow!

The pattern is from Bustle and Sew,

perfect for Christmas and after.

I couldn't share until now,

just like last year with the bear pillow:

For this year pillow,

I used the same quilting print that I used for

the tree skirt, a nice snowy blue.

And some felt applique!

Bosco was very intrigued by this new pillow!He is almost fully back to himself after his knee replacement in June,just a slight limp left.

Happy sewing!

Christmas mantel with a new skating embroidery

I finally finished decorating the mantel,

just in time for Christmas!

The cross stitched embroidery took me a little longer than I thought,

but it looks perfect there!
I layered lots of garlands on the mantel,most of them from previous years,adding the stockings from last year: 

and a blue Santa from my Lucketts trip.I added a little tree made from scraps of 1 x 4,inspired by this tutorial by Crafted.
And there's nothing better than reading by the fire on Christmas day!

Merry Christmas to you and your family!