christmas seems to be coming at a rapid pace and i feel like i have no time left! luckily, i had all day saturday to myself. saturday morning i was able to sleep in, and after getting up i drove to joann's for supplies. the rest of my day was spent attached to my sewing machine. i was able to put a nice dent in my christmas presents, but it still doesn't feel like enough. i've also developed a sanity-saving system of precutting all my fabrics the night before i sew and stacking them with their directions, it makes life so much easier and organized.
sunday, my friend talia was hosting a tree trimming party. i was hoping to make her some ornaments from these really cute nesting doll embroidery patterns, but alas i ran out of time. instead i made my aunt gina's artichoke dip and gave talia a darling penguin ornament i bought in claremont village. i'm happy to say that the dip was a huge hit.


i'm really looking forward to christmas and being able to share pictures of all the projects i've been working on. as a post christmas treat, i think i'll tackle this project for myself...

two of my newest projects...

a scarfette found on the blog resurrection fern, i used a handspun yarn found at my yarn store (alamitos bay yarn company) the color is called "yosemite".


fingerless gloves, the pattern is from my blog crush melissa at tinyhappy.


and the other night i was checking out the fabric i've accumulated...

i have some ideas for the fabrics. the top left fabric is joel dewberry, it might make a cute cage cover for tutu.  the lotus flower print and the fabric above it will be used to make these pillows (the large form). i want to make shams with the purple kokka ( top middle). the fabric below it, optic blossom by amy butler,  i want to use on a furniture redo. i have no idea what i'll do with the birds on gold fabric, but it was too cute not to buy. the large squares are napkins from anthropologie, i thought they'd make cute pillows.
so many projects and ideas!!