Dog for baby Sal

Finished the body on this happy dog. I decided to go with symmetry on this one. His feet are smaller that previous ones. My new digital camera (Sony) really over saturates the color in this photo. This is a gift for my dear friends the Travis family's new grandchild born last month, Salvatore Joseph Barone.

Two new dog heads

Happy day today, did some sewing and the sun is out. I have more of the fabrics I used for my first 3 dogs, one I gave away to Jeffy's new baby daughter and the other two I created kits for my sister Kathy and my niece Britta. Along with the finished heads the kits include all the fabrics and materials to make a finished yo yo dog. These two will be used as baby gifts. Now I can get working on the yo yo's to make up the bodies.

Yo Yo Dog & Vintage Dress

More on decorating

To go along with the gold coloring, I spray painted the pumpkins in metallic gold and sprinkled them with glitter. Here are some more shots of my door creation. Check out the six birds. This was a fun project.

Holiday Door Decoration

These sweet yellow birds were purchased at a Hardware store in Katy Texas. I bought them on my trip to see my sisters last month. I made two, one for each side of my french doors. I found gold garland at Orchard Supply Hardware to drape across the top.

Vintage Pins

Vintage costume jewelry that I use on my bags. I especially love the earrings that look like seeds and nuts. The other pieces shown are pins.

This weekend I made these two purple and green bags. I am not sure what to call them. Travel bags, special occasion bags, date purses . . . hmmmm

Sewing for FabMo

First two bags I made this week. Last week I went to an estate sale that had a huge collection of costume and vintage jewelry; I was inspired by the pins and earrings. I decided to use them as decorative items, buttons, or clasps for the bags I will be making for the Textile Boutique through FabMo.

I used a heavier weight 100% linen made in Scotland for the main fabric. The color is a wonderful purple brown. The lining is a lemon yellow brocade silk blend. The pockets are a blend of linen and the decorative piece on the pocket is silk. The thread on the pocket edge is a decorative gold thread; I used my new serger with the thread in the upper looper. I am loving the textures of these fabrics, and playing around with the colors. The flower pin, looks like ivory, but is probably a plastic.

This small purple travel "make up" bag has a pocket on the outside and inside. Still experimenting with the handle or strap treatment. This handle fits around a door knob, if you wanted to hang it up.