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mosaic embroidery.........

Last weeek I stumbled across something I had never seen or heard of before and like always I text my friend Jenn ( Noodle & Lou) to see if she had and of course she had....well she sent me some information on the lady who started this and I was so excited that I ordered her book and some needles....she has some videos you can watch and see her process....so I wanted to get a head start before I got the book in the mail and just winged it...of course it is so different from hers but you get the idea....if you are interested her book is " Tiny Friends"...her name is Tomomi Mimura.......if you like to experiment with embroidery go check her out and see how talented this lady is......I just got the book today and anxious to read and learn the proper way to do this and to use the correct needles , thread and fabric.....I just used something I had that was close to what she uses....

 

hope you all had a great weekend ........ if you were in Waco and went to Glitter Market I hope you enjoyed all the fun and bought from all these talented vendors .....

 

It feels like Fall here in Oklahoma today.....rainy and cooler temps finally........

stitching and more stitching.........

 

I finished a few more bucket bags over the weekend to send down to Waco for the weekend Glitter Market..........

 

Below are a few thing I have wanted to do since last year but never did ........here are a few that I may send down or have them at our Church Christmas arket in November.....they are really fun and the big one in the back is one of my many many quilted sacred hearts I did years ago and have never done any thing with them so I thought maybe this would be fun..... 

 

 

so this is what I finished up over the weekend....hope you all enjoyed your weekend....have a great week and if you are any where near Waco this weekend stop in on Sunday to the Paper Crown Glitter Market in the Stories building from 1-5....you won't want to miss this with so many talented vendors........happy monday.........

weekend finishing up........

Each bucket bag is lined with 2 inside pockets...........I only have 1 of the smaller bags with Halloween theme and 1 Christmas bag... the other 3 fabric bags are all different.....so all in all I have 10 bucket bags , 5 large quilted patched bags and 5 of the others all will be shipped to Waco along with a few more fold over bags, some more of the silk rag bracelets, paper buttons and a few odds and ends......so sorry I can't be there to see all of you but I know you will all have a great time.....Cindy always has the best vendors along with her generous and gracious hospitality to go along with it.........Happy Fall litter Market to all............ If you are any where near Waco Texas on September 22 stop by the Paper Crown Glitter Market in the Stories Building.....1-5pm

 

hope you all have a great week ahead............

more on bucket bags.........

It takes a while to get all of these quilted bits of quilts to look like it flows.....kind of like a jigsaw puzzle but a little more whimsical...........a lot of hand stitching goes into these but it's so much fun to see what you can come up with to make  them  look different and unique.........the 3rd photo I decided to add my salvation army punch needle gal and going with a blue theme....I think I have a couple salvation army red cross buttons I will add at the end....

 

these bucket bags below are some of my favorite fabric designs by J Wrecker Frisch........if you have followed my blog you know I have loved all of her fabric....on these I have used different lines of hers to make it all go together.....these are a little bit smaller than the quilted bucket bags but all of them have pockets inside......

 

Well there you have what I have been up to...hopefully these and more will be headed south to the Fall Paper Crown Waco Glitter Market in just a few weeks......September 22....you can visit the Paper Crown website to get all of the details of times and location in Waco..........

 

Happy Labor Day......have a great week.........