Easter Cards...where are you???

Hello!
How is your week going?
Mine was hard but tomorrow it's Friday again so I can survive another day at the office LOL
Well...this week happened an odd thing...I was looking for a cute Easter card to send to a friend of mine in Holland...
I asked in 4 different shops and...could you believe this? nobody had Easter cards...
The reply was always the same...people don't send cards anymore...now they prefere internet, facebook, email, whats'app for theyr wishes so stores no longer  sell any cards for Easter...
What a shame!!!!
I love send and receive cards, surely it's better than an email...
Said this...I decide to try to make one by myself.
I'm not a card maker so I don't have any specific tool...
I started printing some free Easter image:

Then I chose the one I like the most and took a piece of cardstock

I sticked the printed image on the cardstock and then resize it to the right size for my envelope.
I found a cute ribbon and two buttons in my stash for embellish my card.

I sticked them onto the card too...

And my card was done

It's not a gorgeous one but...at least...it's one of a kind and I'm sure my friend will appreciate it because I was thinking of him and his family while I was making it and this make it so special...

Are you making some cards too?

Hope this post will inspire you a bit to make one of a kind things instead to buy them...

Hugs, Dany.

Colorful Crochet

Hello!
How are you all?
March is already here but...the weather probably didn't notice that LOL!!!
Here we are having icing, snow, rain...
More close to Winter then Spring actually but...you know...everything could change in few hours...
So, for puttin myself in a happy mood, I decided to show you some colorful Mandalas I made last year...

When I was a child, both my Grandmas were so good in handcrafts...
I was lucky enough to have one living near me (in the north of Italy) and one living so far, in the south of Italy.
I said I was lucky because they both were great women and totally different.
Anyway, Grandma living near me was so good in knitting, she made me tons of beautiful sweathers...
The other one was great in crocheting, she made beautiful shawls, blankets, sleeping socks ...
But...as often happen, I was not interested at all in learning knitting or crocheting...
Now...I regret every day that I've never asked them to teach me but...you know...it's too late...
They both passed away several years ago and so...I "asked" to the web to teach me...
It's not the same thing of course but I've learned how to crochet watching videos.

I have to say that I was not interested in crocheting in the past because here around crocheting was just doilies...I never liked so much white doilies...well...not at all in effect...
But...browsing  through the web I found lots of beautiful and colorful crochet things so I started to like crochet...
In the past I made myself some beautiful shawls and scarves, coasters and I've also made some Amigurumi (they are totally addicting LOL).
Then...I discovered Mandalas and...I fell totally in love with them...
They are a sort of modern doilies but totally different!
Fun and colorful, exactly the kind of things I love to make!
So...there are few I made...

I spent some fun hours making them

And they make me happy each time I look at them

So...what about you?
Do you know Mandalas?
Did you ever make them?
Please, let me know if you like crocheting too and what do you like making more.
Have a great week!!!
Dany

UFO's Fun!!!

Never tought I could have had fun working on my UFO's but...I was totally wrong...

I found these 2 stars blocks  I made several years ago and decided to make something nice with them...

So...started sewing...adding something and tooking away something else...

And this is the result...2 big size mug rugs...colorful, brights and happy...

I'm so satisfied about the result and finally they are no more UFO's but...FINISHED PROJECTS!!!

YAY!!!!

Can't wait to work on the next one...already chose it... ;O)

Are you working on some UFO's too?

Would love to hear from you!

Have a nice week end!!!

Dany

Working on my UFO's

Hello my friends!
How are you going?
This morning I was looking for some fabrics in my stash and I found...a tons of UFO's LOL!!!
So...I decided to work a bit on them...

I can't remeber at all why I made these star blocks...but surely I made them several years ago...
I found along them lots of other UFO's...you know...every quilter has lots of them...
Well...I chose this block:

As you can see this block has 3 borders so I should have added another one...

But instead of add one more border I decided to throw away them all...

This was not a big block but it has a nice size and I tought I could make something cute...

So I added backing and batting, quilted it and...TADA!!!

 I made a fun washing machine cover!!!!

Finally this block has a place in my house!!!

As it didn't take me so much to finish it...I chose another block...

This one was really small but I loved it so much...

So in this case...I've add borders all around...

And in half an hour...it became a super cute pillow cover...

Doesn't it look great on my sofa?

As I told you before...I have tons of others UFO's waiting to be transformed into finished project...

So...my goal for this year is try to finish them...or at least...some of them!!!

Do you have UFO's to finish too?

I would love to hear about them!!!

I wish you all a nice Sunday and...a great start of a new week!!!

Hugs, Dany.

Welcome 2016

Dear Friends,

First of all...Happy New Year to all of you!!!

I wrote my latest post several months ago...and so it's time to write again...

Some things are already changed in my life...I've had another move and so I've got a new apartment...

This one is nicer and bigger than the old one and I have a bigger sewing room so I'm going to sew again...

I did some sewing for Xmas, some little Xmas gifts and now I'm going to start some new projects...

I have to make a baby quilt in the next few days as a friend of mine got a new baby girl...

But...in the meantime...I'm happy to show you the first project I finished yesterday ...

It's not bad...3 days of the new year and I'm already done with one project!!!

Mmm...yes...not really...I've started this crochet blanket about 3 years ago LOL!!!!

But now...it's done !!!

Here it is...

 

Ok this is my blanket...I love the way it turned out and it's perfect now as it's cold outside ...it keeps me warm...

This is the first time that I'm writing a post with my iPad and I have no clues about the way it will turn out...

So...it's better that I close here and go to check...LOL!!!!

For now ...I wish you all a wonderful 2016!!!!

I will be back soon!!!!

Dany

It's Almost 1 year...

...That I didn't write anything on my blog...
No more things happened during this period, so I didn't have so much to write...
Anyway...during last period...I come back to sewing...I sew lots of Christmas gifts and I enjoyed it so much...
In this post...I just want to share with you what I did...

I sew some Angels...

A cute appliquè pillow...

Some Mug Rug that I gave away with a jar filled of hot chocolat powder...

and...last but not least...a Quilt!!!
I totally looooved to sew it...it was so much time I didn't make a whole quilt...
I draw the pattern by myself...I sew patch by patch it all and I quilted it...

Now...I'm going to start some new Crochet project too...
What did you do lately?
I'd love to hear about your last projects :O)
I wish you all (hope it's not too late...) a great and creative 2015!!!!
dany.

Patchwork Placemat

 Hello My Friends!!!!
How are you today?
I'm feeling better after the flu finally!!! YAY!!!
I'm still a bit tired and I still have a bit of cold but...definitely...I feel better!

I'd like to show you my new colorful placemat...
 I know...it's not an awesome or incredible project...I did much better in the past but...this is the 1st one of my new life...

I found so hard to find the "love of sewing" again...I think I'm a bit depressed and this is not nice...
So...I really loved to sew this easy and small project for get instant gratification ! LOL!!!
It has a patchwork centre realized with scraps of fabrics...
Then I sewed laces on 2 of the edges and added borders all around...

Quilted it  all and...hand sewed the binding ( this is my favourite part...I found hand sewing the binding sooooo relaxing!!!!)
And...TADAAAAA...it's done!!!

It looks great on my new table and make me happy!!!
Now...my next project will be a table topper...
I bought this new white square table, I love it so much!
But...I'd like to have a fun and happy table topper on it...maybe something that change every season...

Ok...that's all for today...
What are you working on?
I'd love to hear from you!
In the meantime...I wish a lovely day to you all!!!!
Hugs, Dany.