Pink Penguin: Tutorial: Fabric Basket

Pink Penguin: Tutorial: Fabric Basket

I'm not sure if I linked correctly last time, so hopefully this willbe correct.

fabric basket

I saw a really cute fabric basket on another blog: Pink Penguin and decided it might be fun to give it a try. Here's the result:

The directions were easy to follow and I finished it in a little over an hour.

Christmas Gifts

Table Runner

Christmas Pillowcase

I haven't posted in a bit. I took a break from quilting for a week or so after the ordination. Then I had a lot of work to do for Christmas gifts which included 3 knitted scarves, 5 pillow cases, 1 notebook cover, a table runner and 4 placemats and 12 fabric coffee clutches (you know - those paper cuffs you put on your coffee shop coffee cups so you don't burn your hands).

Every year I say I'm going to work on Christmas gifts earlier - like October - and every year I'm working on things till the night before Christmas (or in this case - a couple of days after). I didn't get pictures of some of the things I made, but the pillow case and the table runner are above.

Today was the big day. Michael was ordained a priest. Mary was ordained a deacon. It was a fabulous event at Grace Cathedral in San Francisco.

While we were in the city I stopped by Britex to see if I could get another yard of the silk I used to line the chausible. The bad news...there was none left. The good news - they had this gorgeous gold silk with butterflies that I picked up in the remnant department. I see another stole coming out of this purchase.

Congratulations Michael and Mary!

This is how the images will be offset.

Here are the two images that will be on the stole, the dove and the cross (copied from the book of common prayer).