Wow – June 17, 2015

The last few week my daughter and I have been sewing like mad women. She is a member of the SCA and has been trying to get a few garments done for her boyfriend and herself for the summer events they have been attending.  We have made seven garments so far and I’m working on two more for myself.

 

The green dress if for my daughter the wool one we made her was to hot so we opted for some really nice linen with a crochet trim.  The blue dress is for me I still need to get the sleeves done and hem and lace. I also will be making a slip to go with it tonight.  I have to have this all done by Saturday for an event I'm going to.  I really love the way the dress is turning out. 

We are also working on new dresses for the Renaissance Fair in August and one of our friends that doesn't sew wanted an outfit. We have been teaching her and she finished her skirt and I have been making the bodice for her it’s a little too complicated for a beginner.  I’m close to being done but it’s on hold until I get that blue dress done. (by the way it's silk so pretty)

  

Lastly I have a quit to show everyone.  I finished this about three weeks ago for a friend of my daughter that is having a baby girl.  I love this quilt so much I hate to give it away.  Dose that happen to any of you? 

Well have a wonderful week.

Regards

Lisa  

Wow June 10, 2015

I have been addicted to make little bags lately they have been gifts for birthdays and graduations and two for my daughter in law to be for the wedding. 

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Have a great week!

Regards,

Lisa Mortell

WOW June 3, 2015

I haven’t posted to my blog in so long somehow I seem to run out of time every week.  I have been really busy with work,sewing and my son’s upcoming wedding. 

The first thing I want to share is my In Full Bloom quit.  I was unable to show photos of this until the pattern was published.  I finished this in February in time to put it in my quilt show. 

I hosted a bridal shower for my daughter-in-law to be the party was wonderful and everyone had a lot of fun.  I thought I would share the cake I made.  It was so yummy!!!

Inside of the cake

This is the challenge quilt that I made for the quilt show in March. 

Lastly I made a few makeup bags for gifts.

Back of Bag

Back of Bag

Have a great week!
Regards,
Lisa 

WOW – February 3, 2015

I’m feeling really proud of myself I’m posting to my blog two weeks in a row!  Well this weekend was very disappointing for all the 12^th men hear in Seattle but that being said we are still really proud of our Seahawks.   

I had another productive week of sewing I finished another charity quilt for Safe Place this one I only did the quilting.  This quilt top was donated to my quilt guild so I volunteered to finish it. Its needle turn, embroidery and fabric painting very cute.  I did a simple all over quilting and something different inside each of the applique blocks. I had the perfect fabric for the binding little pink and red cherries.

This is the third and fourth block of my Project of Doom quilt. So far I’m keeping up with the block a week schedule. 

Lastly I have been working on finishing all my UFO I started this quilt December 2013 I still needed put all the blocks together.  I should have this top ready to quilt this week not sure when I will quilt it but hopefully in the next few weeks.

Have a wonderful week!

Regards

Lisa Mortell

WOW – January 27, 2015

Seattle weather has been absolutely wonderful it felt like spring yesterday the sun was out and the view out my office window of Lake Union was amazing.  Well again it’s been many week since I have posted on my blog.  I have accomplished quite a lot of sewing in the last month.  I finished my Sue Spargo wool quilt and it’s all ready for the quilt show in March. I can’t show any photos of this quilt yet because Sue has not published the pattern she expects this to happen in April so as soon as I’m able I will show you photos. I’m really proud of this quilt it was so many hours of work over the last year.  

I completed three more blocks of my Annabelle’s Adventures quilt only two more to go I have to wait until next week to get the final two patterns.

I started a new quilt that I have wanted to make for over two years I even purchased some fabric for this quilt and never stated.  The original quit was a sew a long on Fandom in Stitches blog in 2011 to make a wonderful Harry Potter quilt.  I discovered it after it was done but saved all the patterns.  Well in December Fandom in Stitches announced they would be doing this sew a long again due to so many people requesting it. So I decided this was my time to start this awesome quit.  I have finished the first two blocks except I still have a little embroidery on the second block to the purple book.   I still have some work to do on the third block I will show you when it’s done.

Lastly I made two charity quits for Safe Place (It’s a local children’s shelter for when children are taken away from the home in crisis and there is no foster home to place them in.)

Hope everyone has a wonderful productive week!

Regards,

Lisa Mortell

WOW - December 10, 2014

What I busy week I have had we are getting ready to start a large remodel in our house and this week the laundry room get gutted. We also went to Deck the Hall Ball a local concert. Weezer and Imagine Dragon were the headliners and they were great.  I do have to admit four hours of sleep is catching up with me today.

The only sewing that I did this week was on my Annabelle’s Adventures quilt.  I finished two more block I’m almost done with the next one I should have that done next week. I love the flowers on her head and boy she is patriotic.

Have a great week!!

Regards,

Lisa Mortell

WOW – December 3, 2014

The weather has been cold and clear for the last five days.  We had snow the day after thanksgiving witch is rare in our neck of the woods.  Things should start warming up soon. 

The last few weeks I have been working on three projects the first is our challenge quilt for the quilt show.  I have my background complete and the heart. I will be embroidering words over the white section and then some additional hearts and embroidery. Hopefully my vision will work out in the end.  It looks really loud right now. 

The other project that has been occupying my time is this wool and cotton quilt that I started about nine months ago it was part of a class that I took through my quilt guild.  I ran out of the green thread that I was using for the leaves so I’m putting this on the back burner for a while until the thread comes.

Lastly I’m making good progress on my Annabelle’s Adventures quilt.  These are the two latest block that I have finished. These blocks are just so sweet hard not to love them. 

I hope everyone had a blessed Thanksgiving mine was really nice.  My mom hosted this year so I had very little to do.

Regards,

Lisa Mortell