It's What I've Been Working on Wednesday!

While I was at the Fiber in The Park, I was approached by a fellow vender, Natasha from Esther's Place, and asked to do a custom pillow. She liked my sheep pillows, but they looked nothing like her sheep, Esther, and asked me to make one for her that looked more like Esther.

Here's Esther:



What do you think? Does it look like an Esther pillow?

If you love wool, and are local, or planning a visit to Illinois, I highly recommend stopping by Esther's Place. Here's some information from their website:

"Education
At Esther’s Place, our encouraging environment helps you take the first step towards fiber arts, and continue to enhance and enrich your skills and life. Classes and retreats in spinning, weaving, knitting and felting have a small group ambiance in our beautiful Victorian setting. Please click here to learn more and here

Products
Our exclusive Green Pastures Collection features wool from local Illinois flocks. Uniquely distinctive products include American-crafted spinning wheels, looms and needles, as well as wonderful yarns, rovings and gifts. Please click here to learn more

Community
Here is a place with the reminiscent serenity of a simpler time. It’s where you’ll meet others who share your passion and enthusiasm. It is a community in which to feel at home. Welcome to Esther’s Place, A Fiber Arts Studio…for such a time as this."

It's What I've Been Working On Wednesday!

While I was on my hiatus, I bought a little Scamp travel trailer (virtual tour here). I have a feeling that the next few What I've Been Working on Wednesday posts will be all about the things I will be making for it, like a recycled wool throw pillow...



It turned out a little wonky, but it'll be fine for the camper.

I was lucky to find this great fabric at a local garage sale.



It was perfect for making a fitted tablecloth for the camper table!



I bought a lot of it, so I made a fitted tablecloth for our kitchen table too.



The material for the camper curtains is on it's way, and I can't wait to make them!

It's What I've been Working on Wednesday!

This pillow is it for the week. It's been a super busy week, so no time for sewing, but I made this pillow this morning. My son had told me a while back that I needed to make a hedgehog, so here it is. Jack said "awww! He's so cute!", so I think I did ok :).

Since I won't be getting my room addition any time soon, I needed convenient storage for my sewing. I got lucky & found this over the weekend at a garage sale:



Now I just need some nice looking baskets, and i'll have a decent looking sewing storage area!

So, what have you been working on? As always, feel free to post pics of your finished recycled wool projects on my facebook page.

It's What I've Been Working on Wednesday!

We just celebrated a birthday for my sister in law that I love, and I made her this pillow. She loves Noah's Ark, so Noah's Ark it was! Here it is flat, so you can see it better.



Don't ever expect me to duplicate this one, lol! It took a lot of work, but luckily my husband helped me on this one by making some of the patterns for me (the ark, the giraffe), and brainstorming with me on the rest.




I was pretty happy with how it turned out! The birds & elephants got wonky on me, because they moved while I was sewing them on, but that was the worst of it. I didn't have a big enough blue piece to go across the bottom, so I thought it would be ok if it had a seam. I was wrong. It looked terrible. The whale is covering the seam :).



I have also been making dryer balls over the last few weeks. I like to work on them while I watch tv in bed at night (yes, I watch tv & sew in bed) They were in various stages, so I completed them. If you are interested in purchasing any, I sell them here.



I finished a diaper cover that I had cut the pieces for months ago, but just never got around to sewing.



I made one patterned pillow. I just love this pattern!



I think that's it for this week! What have you been working on? As always, feel free to post your finished recycled wool projects on my Facebook page!

It's What I've Been Working on Wednesday - a pillow

My husband was out of town this week, so I didn't get much sewing done. I did make this pillow (I swear my pillows aren't as wonkily shaped as they seem from my pictures!) before he left. My husband quickly claimed the pillow for our family room, and since he usually is unimpressed with my projects, I decided to let him keep it ;). I like it too. Red wing blackbirds are my favorite birds :).

It's What I've Been Working On Wednesday!

I got a lot done this week! I saw a pillow with what looked like planets on it, in a magazine, and I set out to make a pillow for Jack, since he loves astronomy (he knows more about the planets than most adults do!). I made it out of black cashmere, and he couldn't stop saying how soft it was :)

I was especially proud of how my earth came out (when Jack saw it he said "great job on South America, Mama!), but I really messed up Saturn's ring (notice that I didn't include that in the close up pic... he he he).


Jack has been asking me to make him an owl, whenever he saw one, so I finally got around to that. He wanted it to be brown with rainbow wings, and had a blast making the decisions on every detail. We were both happy with the end results! We decided to add a pocket to the back for treasure storage.


I am going to be making Christmas stockings soon (it is never too early to plan for Christmas!) out of the sleeves of this red fair isle, but for now the body of the sweater was begging me to be a pillow, so I obliged! This was my first pillow, so I was very happy how it turned out.



What have you been working on this week? As always, feel free to post your recycled wool finished projects on my Facebook page... I love to see 'em!

Jack's Christmas present - Kangamonster pillow

This came out exactly how I wanted it to, so I am thrilled! I call him Kangamonster, because his mouth is a pouch (kangaroo). I made this for Jack, because he likes to take toys into bed with him, but doesn't like to bring his smaller toys, like action figures, with him. He's afraid they'll get stuck somewhere or fall off the bed. Now he can stick them in Kangamonster's mouth where they will be safe until the morning... unless Kangamonster is hungry!

Giveaway!!!!!!!!!! The Lavendar Tree

There are 2 giveaways, one that I am hosting (this one), and one that is being hosted for me (will post that next)! I am hosting this first giveaway for The Lavendar Tree Etsy shop. Ann has generously offered up her gorgeous "Tweet Chorus Sings the Blues" pillow! Ready for the contest rules?

Mandatory Entry:

* Go to The Lavendar Tree's Etsy shop, and comment in your entry here your favorite item in her shop.


Want extra entries?

* Follow The Lavendar Tree's blog
* Follow my blog (if you already do, just say that)
* Blog about this giveaway, leave the link


Make sure to leave a separate comment for the entries you complete!

Deadline: September 26th at midnight EST. I will use random.org to pick a winner the following morning (September 27th). **PLEASE leave an email if your blogger profile does not include it or you don't have a blog. I need a way to contact you.** Once a winner is drawn I will contact them and the winner will have 48 hours to reply back before I draw a new winner. Giveaway is open to US residents only.