Crafting and Fresh Lilacs.....

With cloudy weather one might as well hang out in ones craft room...

 

I stitched up this to hold my cell phone while charging... I got the idea from (the purple & blue one below) the internet...

  I modified it a bit, and I stitched a casing to insert a piece of doweling at the top, to keep the holder from sagging, I also  added the pocket pleat to keep the phone from leaning to forward....

 

this is the idea I spotted on the internet., notice how the cut out circle sags..... I wasn't to crazy about that... so the doweling I inserted gave it strength...

 I made this sweet little  pouch/envelope... these are quick and easy to make and perfect to store things,, like bobby pins or jewelery.

 Well, my table is starting to look like a mess... heeheehee.....

 I decided to get caught up on some UFO's... un-finished objects of crafting...

quilt toppers, pillow cases etc...

 I finally got around to adding the back, batting and binding to this 20" x 20" pinwheel...

 adding the binding, and then to hand sew the binding down...

 then I got to work on this little runner... a deer friend sent  me this fabric  about 3 years ago and sadly she passed away 2 years ago,, I just couldn't bring myself to do anything with this fabric until now...

 I top stitched around each trailer block, then added the backing and binding... now I have a wonderful memory of my friend...

 Oh and last but not least,,, I decided to 'upholster a light switch plate..

 fabric, decopage' medium and then a quick coating of varnish...

I love decorating switch plates...

 Ah and then to make a few more pillow cases,, one can never have enough of them...

 Both are out of flannel fabric...while I bought the cute trailer fabric with a pillow case in mind,, I was digging through my fabric stash when I discovered I had enough scrap fabric to make the  green one...

and last but not least,,, I went out and cut some fresh Lilacs to scent my kitchen...