Egg Cosies

I picked up the egg cups at Home Goods several years ago, but recently found more on Amazon.com.  The cosies are made from the cuffs sleeves of felted sweaters with other felted pieces sewn in. I left a part of the wing unsewn to hold the eggspoon which I also found on Amazon.com.  They are all hand sewn with a glass bead for an eye.

Nativity

I made this from a pattern I picked up at the Sewing Expo.  Robin cut out the figures free hand, so it's only similar to the pattern, not identical.  She also substituted a goat for a sheep in front of the fence.  I did the sewing and embroidery.  The background wool was purchased as well as the fabric underneath the words, but everything else came from felted sweaters including the burgundy wool underneath.  It's a combination of applique, felting, and embroidery.

Kiwi Dishtowel

I digitized this kiwi for my son and soon to be dil. Looking more closely I can see that I didn't clip the thread well enough, and if I make another, I will thin out both the fire and the underneath of the kiwi.  I'm also not sure that I like the two tone of the kiwi--I may just do the whole thing in the darker brown.  The eye is also not right. I will go in and add either a bead or a french knot.  Otherwise I'm pleased with it. 

Indonesian Fabric

Front of Dress

Back of Dress

Bryan brought me this fabric home from Papua, Indonesia several years ago. I tried out several patterns but wasn't happy with them until I found Fantasia by Sew Chic . which I followed reasonably closely except for two details: I drafted the fishtail part out but kept the mermaid shape. The original pattern had a much wider belt that didn't work with this fabric. But I thought it would fit better with plain in the front and elastic in the back, but the elastic doesn't look right, so I am going to make the back the same as the front and just fit it better (and it will also hook properly--not sure why I didn't do up the bottom book on the belt.)  The dress is finished  except for the belt, a final fitting, and a good press job.

 Kristen has knit me a shrug in navy mohair that looks great on it.  (Thanks, Kristen, if you read this.)

More pictures when I actually wear it which will be Feb 28 for Bryan and Heidi's wedding.  

Shirt

This was supposed to have embroidery on the collar and cuffs. I finished the cuffs but lost it before I could even start the collar.  Hopefully it's hiding, but it's been so long since I've seen it that I am not holding out hope.

Eastern European Embroidery

Machine embroidery from emblibrary.com.  (left hand here, right hand here) Handmade oya lace on the bottom. The red is my first attempt.

Horse Cake

 Robin and I made this cake for a shower.  Bottom layer is 10; top is 8 inches.  Both are chocolate cakes, but two different recipes.  Sun is inlay pattern, horses and clouds are on top.  It took us 6 hours to do the top coat of ganache and the modeling chocolate.

Sunburst Cake

First cake made with modeling chocolate.  White cake recipe from Smitten Kitchen with raspberry syrup on top.  Filling is German Buttercream.   It was supposed to ahve white chocolate ganache under the buttercream, but it wasn't right, so I mixed it with cake crumbs to make it spreadable.  It tasted good--much better cold.

Baby Towel

I made this for my great niece.  It's a different pattern than I have used before, and I like it better.