Fabric Friday

I have my best intention for the coming year to post every Friday a stash of fabric vintage or new!
These are one of my favorite cottons for the last week of 2012.

Playful Fox by Sarah Watts
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Socks the fox in coral by Patty Sloniger

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Fawn in Birch in blue by Sarah Watts

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Typewriter in Parchment by Julia Rothman

Wishing you all happy holidays!

Make 2013 a year where you make things you would like,

believe in and want to happen, happen.

The week before Christmas

Shop or not to shop - I always ask myself  the question after waiting for one hour in line to print out a photo at a Kodak kiosk. I am thinking how would it feel to skip the Christmas hassle and spent time in an old snowed- in farmhouse (like you read in CountryLivingUK), hundred miles away from the next shopping center. Content! All I need is a hot water bottle, flannel pajamas ,some good novels, a pile of magazines, good coffee, my sewing machine, family and dog.

Machine Foundation Paper Piecing

It was time again to treat myself to take a class with Johanna Masko at the workroom. Her brand new class: sewing arrows and using the foundation paper piecing method. So much fun - take a bag of fabric scraps and follow her design. I have to say that I didn't take scraps, just dipping my hands into the stash of beautiful fat quarters at the store.

first arrow - done!

6 more arrows to go!

great wall collage from everyone

At home I finished my cushion late night which is on the way to Germany for Christmas.

it might be a little wee bit late....

I couldn't resist to add Heather Ross sleeping beauty.

Merry Christmas Ursula.

City of Craft

Where to buy unique gifts for friends and family? 

Right here in Toronto on 1087 Queen St W .

Looking down on a packed house of admirers and vendors.

The entrance had an undersea world of lushes free form crochet.

Great music spinning the real vinyl .

DJ The Vinyl Den

Here are my Christmas picks:

After the game

The laneway is empty, the kids are gone home and the soccer ball is left behind.

    Photos are taken with a Nikon D90 and a 40mm lens.

Serious goalkeeper - my border collie Skip.

Inspiration

I got my inspiration from this:

I love wooden blocks, specially these ones with a nautical look. I have a whole wire basket full of them to arrange them in different patterns.
For a Christmas gift I had great ambitions to make a lap quilt with HST's. I didn't know how much time it takes to sew, cut, iron and assemble the rows for the flying geese pattern - one of my favourites.

I decided to make a very small quilt - like a picture you hang up on the wall.

I just have to finish the binding but these 3 little rows took me forever to sew. Sometime you have to acknowledge to yourself to take a break from the sewing machine.