Sewing and cross stitching update

Here are some pictures of my recent sewing projects. My colleague from work got the orange bag. She fell in love as soon as she saw it :)

And then the same colleague asked if I could cross stitch something for here. So here it is. I don't have a framed picture, because I gave it to her and she ordered the frame herself.

2012 - 2013

2012 has been a good year. I read 31 books. But in 2013 I'm planning to read only 25, because I don't think I'll have as much time and I chose longer books. Also I made a lot of bags and makeup bags. So in general I'm happy with that. Thought for 2013 I'm planning to go back to stitching. I need to finish the A. Mucha painting and a gift for my brothers wedding:)

Here is a pillow that I made for our living room. It's stitched on natural Lithuanian linen and I used Christmas themed cotton.

And two new makeup bags. I tried a new pattern for the first one.

Updating and relaxing

Two new makeup bags. Love those floral prints. I got it on etsy 

I updated my shop with those bags :) You can find them and more here .

Just some photos from my weekend. It was really nice and relaxing. Spend some time at home and at the countryside. Though it is cold already it's soooo nice to light up the fireplace there and just relax, reed a good book (Divergent), do some stitching.

At the moment I'm sewing squares for my quilt :) It's far from good, but I'm not going to give up - I will finish it :)

Makeup bags

I feel like sewing again :) Two very simple, but good looking makeup bags.

 

Just a few things

Just a few things I made at the end of summer. And now I'm looking for some ideas for Christmas gifts.

Makeup Bags

TUSAL and Dora Doll

So here is another TUSAL post. Haven't filled the glass much, this month I didn't stitch as much as I had to. I'm really falling behind, not sure if I'll be on time for my bet. So here's the glass and my process.

BUT this month I made the Dora doll. So here she is :) I didn't like her at first, but the end result was good. The little girl really liked her new doll. She is sleeping with Dora and bringing her to the kindergarten. I'm really glad I could make a little girl so happy.

Also made a few makeup bags for my colleagues at work.

My boyfriend and I took up apartment gardening this year. This is my first time trying to grow something at home, so far I think that we need more practice:)

Some ideas and some photos

For the last days I have been doing some sewing, a lot of reading. I went to get a massage the other day. So nothing special, just ordinary and calm days.
I was really glad to get my first custom order this year. And I have already shipped it, looking forward for some feedback about the bag.

I have some ideas for creating a black collection incorporated with natural Lithuanian linen. Though it's all in my head at the moment. I need the start sketching, otherwise I'll forget most of the ideas (that happens a lot for me ;). This year I discovered that I really like making thing from linen. I will share some of my ideas soon.

Linen is one of the oldest fabrics in the world. It is very strong and tends to wrinkle a lot, though after every washing it becomes softer. This fabric breathes and absorbs moisture. And the most important thing - linen is environmentally friendly!