Ravenhill

A winner!

There are a few roses still coming out on my bushes in these late September days, but that isn't what this post is about...

And now the winner of the fabulous La Pomme give away!

With the assistance of the ever-helpful random number generator, the lucky number is: 12! Congratulations to Amanda, who seemed to fancy the pears. (I have been wondering what the winner would select.) You might want to drop by Amanda's blog, because she is as creative and inspiring as can be. Not only that but she is having a give away herself! Ooops, I shouldn't have mentioned it. I want to win it myself...

I am actually still feeling sorry for myself that I couln't enter my own give away, because I adore La Pomme's work. So I have been keeping busy working on the back of my quilt in progress. I realized that since it should be at least 4 inches bigger all around than the quilt front that I had to add some more to it.

It is coming along well, but today I discovered I didn't have any quilting thread so I have to run out to get some. I am already dreaming of finishing this off and starting another project of some sort.

I hope you are having a wonderfully creative day yourself.
 

Pillow talk

My hexagon pillow did take awhile to make, I had to go searching for more fabric actually, as I didn't have enough of the right colors. I had a little help from some fabric loving friends so each hexagon was made with a unique print.

However, I finished it quite awhile back, in June actually.

You know I had to dig into the archives of this blog to find this embroidery in progress. It is a great feeling to have figured out what I would do with the embroidery and I am so happy to have finished the pillow.

Pillow covers are a wonderful way to play around with a technique or idea, much more doable than tackling a quilt!

I did learn that making the covers a bit smaller than the pillow inserts would make the pillow look much plumper. Next time I will do that. In any case we have been putting these pillows to good use.

Fall give away

I so appreciate your visiting my blog, writing such nice words, and all of your encouragement. It means so much to me and having a give away is just a little way to say thank you. So it is really wonderful to tell you that I have such a delightful prize in store for the winner of this one! A friend of mine, Apol,  the incredible talent behind the  Etsy shop, La Pomme,  has offered the prize for this give away!

Actually she is so sweet, you get to pick from two beautiful handmade items. This give away is her way of celebrating the launch of her autum-winter collection. The Joy Pears are half hand sewn and are hand stamped.

As you can see Apol has a lovely touch with such nice details, like the real licorice roots she uses on her fruits,

and the fabric bags she wraps them in are made from recycled old blankets are also hand stamped with "Joy."

These are Apol's Personalized White Plush Apples. If the winner selects this as the prize then she/he may have the names of their choice hand stamped on the apples.

So, to enter my give away please leave a comment to this post. (We would love to hear what your favorite fruit is and why). The give away will close on Tuesday, September 21 and I will select a winner shortly after.

The winner of this give away will get to pick, either the Personalized White Plush Apples or the Joy Pears.

If you would like to help me spread the word about this give away I would be most grateful!

*The give away is now closed. Thanks so much for all of your delightful comments. A winner will be picked shortly.*
 
 

You must indulge me in my whimsy...

Let's play!

Ok, I will let you be Bambi today and I will be Fawn. Our cute and whimsical flocked deer toys hail from the Etsy shop full of delight: Carmelos.

Bambi and Fawn decide to go fabric shopping... And where else? At the Etsy shop Sew Deerly Loved.

 

When I saw all the pretty fabrics I suddenly got a bit tired of playing... so I popped into my sewing room to whip up a few new matryoshkas with my gorgeous new fabrics (Japanese Lecien line: Flower Sugar), some old favorite fabrics and some pretty ribbons.

These new martryoshkas seem to want to play too...

 

I tell you, a most jolly Fru Stortinget is now in the shop and filled with good cheer that she would like to bring to someone near or far.

A very perky and pretty Fru Grorud is just dancing about in her eagerness to be a wallflower somewere. Oh, I do hope it won't be long before they find good homes... they are just irrepressible!

Before I wish you a wonderful week I wanted to thank Maureen for the lovely feature on her blog. And I do wish you a happy and productive week ahead. Please drop by to play again soon!

My assignment

When Mom left for home she left me with a little assignment.

She began this dress at the beginning of our visit.

And she knit away steadily. The bottom part was tricky and slow, but then when she got to the black it went quite quickly.

But the end of the visit just came too darned fast and when she asked me to finish the trim on the arm openings and to sew on the pretty clasps.

I enjoyed being asked to contribute! Lilly waited patiently but excitedly to try it on one of her babies.

It fit nicely.

Grandma really outdid herself, because look at these little shoes she made too!

 

You can see how pleased Lilly is with her baby's new outfit.

 

One happy little mama-in-training.

Thanks so much Mom for this marvelous gift! And there is a sweater still being knitted to match too I hear...

Today I have spent some time ironing new and freshly laundered fabrics as well as cleaning up my sewing room. That should hopefully lead to good, crafty things. A clean space is so inspiring!

Wishing you a fantastic weekend!

Pom pom trim

Sometimes you just need some new supplies...

How fun to find these cute pom pom trims at my local hobby shop.

Isn't it neat how one new element freshens up your view?

I love the softness and cuteness of the pom poms.

These new pom pom bedecked matryoshkas are now in my shop.

Happy day to you!