Small things and a few big pillows

I just realised there are several months went by without posting anything. My stitching mojo left me, and I did some smaller things, but somehow forgot to post even them. To wrap up 2021 I start with these bits and bobs:

I made a little bag for a friend - his wife asked with a very specific measurements to sew this to keep bicycle tools. I used the remaining material of my sister-in-law carrier, and it was perfect for the task.

I also finished 2 pillows of the circles I sewed from the Round the Year pattern. There is also a 3rd partially ready, and they turned out real nice.

 

I fixed a bag for my sister-in-law an also bought a stay-at-home jogging for me which I really liked, but needed some fitting. I am looking for one at least for 3 years, but none I found I liked, and this was close to the ideal. It is nothing fancy, but a simple jogging without any writing from a warm cotton. Somehow it seems everwhere there is some extra something added, or the material is awful. I checked some extremely expensive ones, but I did not like them at all, and at the end I found these in H&M dirt cheap, only the waist was a little too high, so I cut it back by a few centimeters. I just love them!

Pomarium ready, sparkling begins

 I have finished Pomarium last week, now the beading starts. Glimmer on! It is huge, I put a pen next to have a feeling of the dimensions.

Pomarium last run

Last corner of Pomarium is in the making! I mixed up the floss and used the one for the leaves for the trunk and branch of the little tree ( I was even wordering the green-gray...)  but realised my mistake only when both trees were ready, so I simply chosed a different greenish (caron waterlilies 065 - jade) for the leaves.

 

Chatelaine: Pomarium

Fonal/Floss: DMC + many silks as suggested in the kit

Anyag/Fabric: Zweigart antique white 32 ct Belfast

Bagmaking - 1st sturdy bag

I have tried to create a summer bag for me. I have my ideas but could not find any bag that fitted - not because it was overcomplicated, more like it was too exact. I have my favourite one for a while, and it started to get a too used look, so I was looking for an exact replacement - but unfortunately it was discountinued and no similar one was in the shops. So I grabbed all my materials and started to sew, and here is the result:

 I made many pics to remember the process, because I reality I want a lighter version, but this greyish one is a forgiving trieal piece.

1) External hidden pocket opening backside strengthened, and pocked sewed on, then turned into the inside. 

2) Internal pocked also sewed on (no picture)

3) Zip added to external material: (handles should come later, I mixed up the process !)

4) Handles sewed on, I uses double sided tape to keep it on place. For the handles I cut 4 long strips and paired them together and folded them.

 

5) final construction

exterior and interior

 

 

Sewing of the interior and exterior: matching the materials facing together

  

Cutting of corners and sewing them together to have a stable bottom:

 

THE BAG IS READY

Kingfisher

I have found my new summer holiday piece: Kingfisher. I have bought this kit more than 10 years ago, when I was expecting our son - he is going to be 12 next Spring, so maybe it happened 12 years ago... It is part of a series of birds by Anchor, where I finished the Bluetits, the Red Robins, and this Kingfisher was sadly sitting among my kits to be started. There is an aida in the kit, and I have moved to linen a long time ago, but somehow I was in a nostalgic mood and I thought using some easy aida with fairly low count and not too many colors could be a good choice. 

Actually it is quite a lots of colors, and seems a few only because I compare it to my Chatelaines, but definitely easy to have a kit with me when I am packing for a holiday. The central bird is ready, the wood it is sitting on will be the next, and also the missing triangle, which will be some leaves overlapping the central bird.

Pomarium border

The border of Pomarium is back on the frame. All the little apples are waiting to be picked, just like the 5 triangle flowers. Now I am adding the trees before I am moving the hoop.

Chatelaine: Pomarium

Fonal/Floss: DMC + many silks as suggested in the kit

Anyag/Fabric: Zweigart antique white 32 ct Belfast

All the trees are done, lets move!

Pomarium 4th garden

 I have finished the 4th garden in Pomarium, only the border and the corner trees are missing. And of course, the beading!

It is huge!!!

Chatelaine: Pomarium

Fonal/Floss: DMC + many silks as suggested in the kit

Anyag/Fabric: Zweigart antique white 32 ct Belfast