Hello!

Hello from the other side... la la la. Hahaha!

One year and 6 days after my last post and I'm finally back to show something!

Looking for something to bring me back to craft world I found this cute star pattern on Pinterest so I sewed up a simple patchwork pillowcase to give to a baby boy.

I don't have much scraps or fabric in blue. I found this red old print of birds and I decided to use, do you guys this it's girlish? I think that it can be used for a baby boy perfectly.

Not an expert on patchwork but I'm learning watching videos. Here in my city there's no place to learn and there's no supplies too..unfortunately.

Sorry about this terrible english too.. kkkk. Sometimes I think about writing it all in portuguese but I have to practice somehow, hope you don't mind.

XOXOXO.

Isabella.

Welcome 2014!

Hello everybody!

First of all I wanna thank all the messages I received during this period of absence. The end of the year was kinda tuff together with January. I was all by myself with an entire house to take care of and this really absorbed all of my energy. I had to be a mother of three, a wife, a housewife and a driver....I do have someone to help me with all of this but this person was on vacation.

Remember the pillowcase I made with the little bear and the butterflies? Well, last month my husband's friend sent me this lovely picture of his niece with the pillow in the back. If there is one thing I really love is to see my gifts being used!

Oh my, she is a lovely japanese little angel! :D

Last month I tried to learn some about patcworking too and I made two table runners..

No big deal..I am just a begginer but I plan to go further on learning about it...maybe I can do something better in the future :D For now I am only "testing" techniques.

I miss cross stitching so so badly! I received the "Mini Village" book together with other patterns from Soda But I didn't have the chance to start anything yet. The thing is that I don't have the fabric color for the project..I only have white aida. The whole thing is 242w x 372h and if I use the 14ct ainda I have it will turn into a huge thing for framing.

I'll have to figure out what to do. I don't wanna spend lots of money to buy this fabric online but it seems almost impossible to find it in Brazil...so, I decided to start a new project yesterday.

I wish you all an awesome weekend!

XOXO, Isa.

Pillowcase..

Hello there!

Last weekend I made a pillowcase for a baby that is comming soon.

It's a simple pattern from Labores da Ana Baby. I bought two magazines in the supermarket last saturday and I thought this little cute bear would be perfect for the pillowcase.

It just took me a couple of hours to finish on a saturday afternoon.

And there you go! Don't you think it looks simple and cute?

And guess what? My husband asked me to stitch this for a friend. He complains all the time that I stitch too much and that I have to spend more time with him but when he wants me to sew or stitch something for him there is no complaint. Funny hun?!

He says: how can you spend so much time doing the same thing? Well...I ask him the same..how can you spend so much time watching soccer on TV or just playing videogame?

Cross stitching makes me happy... well I must say that crafting makes me happy! Makes me forget about my problems, makes me relax. It is so damn good to see a project done.. sometimes when I look at my cross stitch wall I am able to remember what I was doing while I was stitching each piece that I have...crazy hun?!

I saw my friend Simone talking about her feelings when she is cross stitching and I realized that I feel the same..what about you? What do you like to do the most? sewing? cross stitching? painting?

Aw, I'm sorry about this weird english! I am practicing a lot reading your blogs :D

I didn't have too much time for my other project but I'm almost done with it too :D Hope I can finish by the weekend. Notice that I made a huge mistake when I was counting the fabric...I'll have to think about what I am gonna do after finished.

XOXO, Isabella.

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Oi pessoal!

No final de semana passado eu fiz uma almofadinha para um bebê que está a caminho. É um gráfico bem simples que tirei da revista labores de Ana Baby. Comprei duas revistas no supermercado durante o fds e achei que esse gráfico seria perfeito para o que eu queria. Bordei ele no final da tarde.

Não acham que ficou fofinho? Espero que agrade.

E adivinhem...meu marido pediu para que eu fizesse para um amigo que terá uma sobrinha em breve. Meu marido reclama muito que eu passo horas bordando mas quando é para os amigos não tem reclamação...engraçado né?!

Eu gosto do ponto cruz...aliás, eu gosto de fazer artesanato em geral. É uma coisa que me faz esquecer dos meus problemas, me faz relaxar. Vi minha amiga Simone falando sobre o que ela sente ao fazer um trabalho em ponto cruz e percebi que sinto a mesma coisa...e vc? o que gosta de fazer? ponto cruz? costura? Pintura?

Quando eu olho para a minha parede de quadros, consigo lembrar do que estava fazendo enquanto bordava cada peça...estranho né?! mas acontece comigo.

Não tive muito tempo de sobra para terminar o outro projeto mas já está bem adiantado. Espero acabar durante o final de semana.

Beijos, Isa.

SODA SO-4134 A date with a wolf

Onde more done!

SODA SO-4134 A date with a wolf

Stitched on white Dohler Aida

Started on September 21st

Ended on September 26th

Today I did something I was missing a lot..I sewed! I made the pillow case with no ruffles around 'cause the girls is 13 years old...so, I figured out it was gonna be better without it, less childish.

I'm not an expert on patchworking and I wanted something quick and simple for sewing. Now it is time to start with the travelling pattern!

I'm gonna choose the same fabric I used for "Kitchen Goods" I accept all kind of suggestions for the colors I'm gonna use ok?!?

I wish you all a blessed sunday!

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Mais um gráfico prontinho!
Hoje fiz uma coisa que há muito tempo não fazia, costurei! Optei por fazer a almofadinha sem os babados que costumo colocar pois a menina já tem 13 anos, achei que ficaria menos infantil sem os babadinhos.
Não sou expert em patchwork então fiz o mais simples que pude com apenas tirinhas de 9cm costuradas uma na outra. Agora é seguir para o próximo projeto, o travelling pattern!
Vou escolher o mesmo tecido que usei no "Kitchen Goods" e aceito todas as sugestões possíveis para escolher as cores certas ok?
Desejo um domingo abençoado a todas!