OPAM November

HAPPY DECEMBER!

We are already one day into December... Soon it's Christmas! Yikes! 

Have you started preparing for Christmas? I've done some house cleaning and putting up Christmas wall hangings. Living in the tropics, I'm not going to make '7 varieties' of cookies! :) My favorites are gingersnaps and Norwegian dough nuts, so IF I'm baking, these will be the two varieties I will make. 

November kept me busy making items for my Etsy shop 

I love this Advent Calendar! It's so cute!

Advent Calendar, sold to the US 

A custom order to the US; two mug rugs

I've had some Christmas stocking panel forever and why not turn it into a wall hanging? :)

A cute Santa mug rug. 

Actually I made two... One is sold and off to the US

I've been working on the Postage Stamp Quilt - see my previous post - and I'm happy to say I have a flimsy! :) I don't have backing for it, need to get something on sale. I won't have time to finish it this month so it will be a UFO next year! :) 

I'm currently working on some nurse mug rugs for my shop, hope to get a few listed one of the first days. 

Addicted to charms / Postage Stamp Quilts

Confession; charm addiction! 

Yes, I think I am addicted to these tiny squares. Every time I have a finished item, small pieces of leftover fabrics are cut into squares. The sizes vary from 1.5" up to 5", depending on how much fabric is left. I don't cut bigger pieces though, they can always be used for other projects. 

I'm also participating in Postage Stamp Charm Swap 2015 - organized by The Curious Quilter - and due to a delay, 1300 charms are now finding their new home in the US. 

Yesterday I received 200 2.5" charms together with a cute owl card,  from the US

Thank you, Glenda and Snow! 
Still more to come! Can't wait! :)



In between other projects, I have been piecing together 2.5" charms and finally had enough for a twin or double quilt.
These charms are all from previous swaps. Since this photo was taken, I have added the border on the right side and am working on the border for the top and bottom. 

... and here's my helper.... errrr..... QUALITY CONTROLLER! 

... what else to do while waiting for his dinner?! :)

I swap 2" and 2.5" charms, and so far I have worked with 2.5" only. I've been curious how to work with 1.5" charms and decided to give it a try

These are 1.5" charms - 1" sewn into quilt. 
This is a project that will take F-O-R-E-V-E-R, I know! I have a couple of shoe boxes full of 1.5" strips so I'm going to use some of them for this project. That means more cutting, but since I love cutting it will be a nice break from sewing. :) 

OPAM October

HAPPY NOVEMBER! 

November already! Yikes! 

Most of these items are for sale in my Etsy Shop

I don't like this.... I want more time to blog, but it seems that doesn't work out at all. It's all about priorities, and this year I have given priority to my Etsy Shop

How often do you make quilted items for yourself / your home? I haven't made anything for a very long time so perhaps it is time to give it priority? Well, first of all I have one custom order to do, thereafter, we shall see....

Warning: Photos heavy! I have several finished items for October. Some of them were WIP's back in September, I had to wait for either batting or backing fabric to finish them.

Some Christmas / Winter Cardinals Table Runners

I have used fabrics from Holly Taylor's 'Winter's Song' collection. Love these fabrics. 

Fall / Autumn Table Runners / Candle Mats

Beautiful fabrics from Holly Taylor's 'Turning Leaves' 

... and 'of course', so nurses! :) 

These are great gifts for a nurse. 

This drawstring bag is a nice gift for a quilter.

Sold! 

Some fun fall coasters

Custom order already received in the US; 10 fun winter coasters.

More great gifts for nurses; mug rugs

Looking at this blog post, it's not strange I haven't had time for other things over the last month! 

We have done a couple of wonderful hikes in the Black River Gorges, and one of the hikes you can see here. 

Today I'm going to prepare a custom order; 4 place mats to Canada.