A Picture... a Moment

A corner in my sewing room. My happy place.

Over the past year I've been sharing with you a series of photos capturing a special moment in my life which I titled them A Picture... a Moment. Everyday is filled with special moments and I thought, why not make it into a weekly link up where we can share one special moment from our week. Plus it gives us another excuse to grab our cameras and practice our photography!

I hope you can join me next week, the link up starts next Friday February 7. Every week the link up will be open from Friday through Sunday.

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Martha.

New Sewing Adventures: Dressmaking

Hello everyone! I hope you enjoyed your weekend. So this is what I have been up to. At the beginning of the year I made a list of all my crafty goals for 2014 and one of them was to start  sewing my own clothes. I'm totally obsessed with Japanese sewing patterns and I finally acquired a couple of fabulous books by Yoshiko Tsukiori. All the patterns are amazing so it is a bit hard to chose a favorite. However, as it turns out Nat and I have the same book and decided to sew the same pattern. We are going to show our finished project by February 15 for the February Le Challenge. I'm so thrilled about this new sewing adventure. I hope I'm successful :)

Have a lovely week.

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Martha

Owl Project Bag and the Begining of My First Shawl

Happy Sunday! I hope you had a lovely weekend. My weekend was crazy busy, but I managed to fit in some crafting. If you follow my blog you might remember that I mentioned that my sewing machine was giving me some trouble while I was quilting my Feathers and Patchwork Quilt. Well, I had to take in for service and I finally got it back from the shop. I'm happy to report that it just needed some maintenance and now she sews again like new. So to celebrate the return of my sewing machine I decided to make a new project bag for my knitting. The fabric is a screen printed fabric that I got from fabric.com a while back. I think is very cute and whimsical, don't you agree? To make the bag more functional I added a zippered pocket inside to keep my knitting notions in place and to avoid loosing them in the bottom of the bag. 

Speaking of knitting, I also started to knit my first shawl. The pattern is called Boneyard Shawl and is available for free at Raverly. So far is going good and it doesn't seem too complicated, but I'll let you know how it goes...

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Martha.

Knitting Finish: Honey Cowl

I'm so excited to have finished my Honey Cowl. My first finish of the year, yay! You might remember that I started knitting it back in November. I'm totally surprised at how 'fast' it came together. I'm not a fast knitter and  I only knit a little bit everyday; usually in the car (when my husband is driving) or few rows in the evening while watching TV. But it goes super fast. It is not wonder why the Honey Cowl is so popular; the pattern is fantastic and such a joy to knit.  I'm sure this won't be the only one I make. I'm already planning my next one :)

For this one I used Cotton Ease by Lion Brand Yarn. The yarn is very soft and light weight perfect for the winter weather here in California. I think I will be wearing it all week. 

Have a lovely week!

*Linking up to Wool on Sundays at  Rainbow Hare Quilts*

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Martha