turquoise and purple doll bedding

My last few sewing projects for Miss C. have been all about

purple, turquoise and aqua,

I thought it was time to make a version for her doll,

well I had already made the couch and LOVE pillow for the girls,

but more is always needed!

How about a new quilt and some new pillow cases?

We all know it makes everybody happy!

So I sewed these adorable turquoise pillow cases,
using the Japanese cool fabric and some white on white fabric.
Any fabric with an Eiffel tower is bound to be good!
And with some words like amour (love) and
douceur (sweetness), it is even better!

For the quilt, I fuzzy cut various fabric,
including this really cute pair of glasses,
It had to be included as Miss C. just starting wearing some.
Guess which colors she chose?
Yep turquoise and black!

Right, now back to the quilt,
just very simple squares of different fabric
with a white-on-white fabric.
I rotated every other block to make it more interesting.

And here it is, all together,
the bedding, the couch and the Love pillow:

A perfect place for dreaming!


Happy sewing!

how not to celebrate father's day!

This week end should have been all about father's day

and celebration, 

but on Thursday afternoon, right after the kids and I made it home,

this happened:

It turned out to be a little tornado!

Here is the description from Wikipedia:

 "A weak, but fast moving and long-tracked tornado downed many trees, several of which fell onto more than 14 homes and several vehicles. The forward speed of the tornado reached 60 mph (97 km/h)." 

The tree took down the power lines/cables,

and Mon Cheri's baby car!

Yep, there was sadness,

nothing like coming home after a long day of work to find out your car crushed!

(we used public transportation a lot, so the car keeps the house company!)

We are thankful it was the car and not the house,

some of our friends were not as lucky.

 Oh the cruel winds of fate!

The electrical company restored power to the house within 24 h,

and the cable company within 48 h,

so over all we are doing well.

And we have some tree people cleaned up the mess in the front yard,

we thought about doing it ourselves,

but it was a lot of tree, 

and after cleaning up the back yard of the many branches that felt down,

we felt it was time to let the pro do it,

the left over tree was also taken down!

Happy Daddy day!

milkshake: paper pieced mini quilt

Here is the last block,
the milkshake,
lavender flavor, obviously!

Pattern from Ellison Lane Quilt.

and here are all the blocks together:

now I just need to find a way to set them....

Happy sewing!

soft serve ice cream: paper pieced mini quilt

This is the one before last,
the soft serve ice cream:

Pattern by Ellison Lane Quilt

the background fabric has been my inspiration for the color scheme.

Happy sewing!

cupcake: paper pieced mini quilt

I made one more,

the cupcake:

Pattern by Ellison Lane Quilt.

So cute and delicious,
just 2 more to go!

Happy sewing!

strawberry shortcake, pie and ice cream cone : paper pieced mini quilt

I was busy this week end,
trying to catch up with all the paper pieced blocks,
I managed to do 3, so still 3 more to go.

Here is a closer view of  the strawberry shortcake:

Pattern from Ellison Lane Quilt
It was a little more difficult than the others, but still fun.

The lime pie:

Pattern from Ellison Lane Quilt

And the ice cream cone:

Pattern from Ellison Lane Quilt

Here are my 6 blocks:

looking just delicious together!

Happy sewing!

chocolate cake: paper pieced

I am doing so well on this project,
here is the 3rd one:
The chocolate cake!

Pattern from Ellison Lane Quilt.

And here are my three first block together,
I am not sure I will totally be able to catch up,
but it goes fast and I an having fun!

Happy sewing!

popsicle: paper pieced mini quilt

Here is my second block of the cool summer treats series.

pattern from Ellison Lane quilt

So far, it has been a fast and easy project
I already chose the fabric for the borders,
it is guiding me in my color choices,
which are a little stronger than usual .

Happy sewing!

a glass of lemonade: paper pieced mini quilt

I am a little late starting this project,

but after seeing so many beautiful blocks

I decided to join the fun.

So here is my first block:

A tall glass of cool pink lemonade!

pattern from Ellison Lane Quilts: lemonade 

 This is going a great series.

Happy seeing!

sushi by the seashore or dolls in Breton shirts

The girls went to the shore for some sushi.

Since it was a cool day, they decided to wear their new Breton outfits.

Nevada was the bravest as she wore her swimsuit under her T-shirt,

but kept her skinny jeans!

Her swimsuit is from last year, made from Miss C.'s old suit.

For her jeans, I used this Liberty Jane Pattern,

just like I did for one of Miss C.'s friend, once again using some of my old jeans for fabric.

For her top, I followed another Liberty Jane pattern,

and used an old Breton top from Brick Master.

Being from Bretagne, I take Breton shirt very seriously!

Mathilde wore the the cut-out version of the jeans, made with the same old jeans

and a tank top made with a free Liberty Jane pattern, also made from the same Breton shirt.

Miss C. made the sushi with electric tape and pieces of felt,

following this video from my Froggy Stuff.

Polly wore a similar tank top (same pattern), made from a different Breton top,

Brick Master is going to need to get some new shirts!

She also wore some white shorts, made from the same pattern than the jeans,

with cool pockets and details.

Rebecca wore a dress made from this Liberty Jane pattern,

and I stitched it from the same Breton shirt that I used for Polly.

The rest of the Asian food are erasers, it also came with a little tray to display the meal.

The girls managed to enjoy their day,

even if the sun was not really present,

just like summer in Bretagne!

Happy sewing!

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another pillow

I realized after making the LOVE pillow

how much fun it can be to sew patchwork

without following any kind of pattern.

So I tried something different,

well at least to me.

I started with a stack of fabric I wanted to work with,

and a cute embroidery.

(I followed this pattern)

I used the horse at my starting point, 

and just added squares and strips of fabric,

without any pattern, following my whim.

When I reached a large square,

I used some thin batting and quilted it without backing,

alternating lines and flowers.

( I used the same quilting flowers on Miss C.'s quilt.)

I stitched another large square on the top and

a rectangle at the bottom of the quilted square.

I folded over twice the edges to have them neat.

Then I sewed the sides together,

turned it right side out,

and stuffed the large pillow in.

Now Miss C. has two new beautiful pillows,

with a mix of purple, turquoise and aqua,

which only means Miss C. is growing

and has a new favorite color!

I see a lot more work in my future to update her room!

Happy sewing!