Monday, May 4, 2009

Making Eye Masks







Well, I've been working on making eye masks that you can use with ice packs or lavender eye pillows (which I'm also about to make and try to sell). I love lavender eye masks and use them a lot when I can't sleep- they are the only thing that helps me get to sleep besides sleeping drugs and I often try them before taking a pill and wake up hours later refreshed.

So.
It's a little tricky - figuring out how to make something that will fit a number of different sized heads (mine is quite large) and how to make it look nice. Here is my third attempt - I am figuring out the do's and dont's as I go along.

I plan to make some masks with coordinating lavender eye masks. They are quite comfortable! I gave one to a friend who gets migraines a lot and he uses it for ice packs - he says he loves it, so that's good.

Here's this one- more to come.

Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Zoe's Baby Quilt is finished!












Way overdue, but it's done.

Now I'm going to do a queen sized quilt on commission for the same friend who asked me to do this one. And this time I'm going to do it quickly. You'll see!

Friday, April 24, 2009

Friday, April 10, 2009

Zoe's Baby Quilt - Doing the binding


Well, the binding is attached to the back of Zoe's baby quilt! Whew. Now I am going to do a yoga video and work on getting it blindstitched on the front. Almost done. I like it a lot- the strong colors, something I've shied away from in the past, really work. As always it's a learning process and I would change a few things about it, but all in all I hope she'll enjoy it, as will her parents.

So here are the latest photos. And some photos of my helper.

Happy Friday!
























Friday, April 3, 2009

More "Future-Ella" Cocktail Napkins... These are for me!







I got tired of making things and always putting them away to be sold or to give away as gifts! I LOVE this fabric and was so happy it came back into production... so I made 8 cocktail napkins for me and my husband yesterday and proudly put them on our bar. Now I am happy. Next, I will make them for other people!