Saturday, November 6, 2010

♥ Sew Thankful ♥

I recently came across a wonderful International Challenge blog called Let's Get Shabby. They have some great challenges and a talented design team from all across the world. the latest challenge is called "Raiding your Sewing Boxes". How fun is that! You have to make a project with 3 items from your sewing box, including a pin.
I decided to make a wall hanging for the sewing area of my Craft Studio. I first cut a piece of burlap into a heart shape. I then painted a small embroidery hoop white and attached it over the burlap. I then added a piece of measuring tape as my hanger. I then painted a wooden ribbon spool white, added some bakers twine to it as well as a sewing needle and then I made some crystal and pearl pins and adhered them to the center of the spool. I then finished it off with some ribbons, buttons and hand written sentiment on some Girls Paperie paper. So from my "sewing box", I used the measuring tape, spool, sewing needle, burlap, pins and buttons. How fun!!
I hope you all have a wonderful weekend! Tomorrow is my niece's wedding! I am so excited and happy for her! Our son Antonio is the Ring Bearer! He looks so cute in his Tux! I'll have pics on Monday!! :)

Hugs...

17 comments:

Julie said...

wow this is so sweet love it. Thanks ever so much for playing along with us at shabby.

Carmen said...

What a wonderful creation!! I love the way you've taken various sewing elements and put them together. How creative!!

tilly said...

this is beautiful, so much work gone into it
Tilly x

mandysea said...

Totally adorable!!! I love this!
Its pretty and love how you have hung it with measuring tape! Thanks so much for playing along with Shabby!

Ruth Philps said...

Oh my this is gorgeous!! I LOVE THE SIDE PHOTO THAT SHOWS THE HOOP IN FULL EFEECT...SOME SUPER IDEAS FOR EMBELLISHMENTS ON YOUR HEART!!
(Sorry about the caps lock on)

Thanks for playing along with us at Shabby:)

♥...Mo...♥ said...

Woooow esto es tan hermoso...!!!
maravillosa creación
Abrazos desde Venezuela

Kirsty said...

This is just beautiful! I love these colours :)

Sasya said...

oooh my, this is super cute!! thank you for playing along with Let's Get Shabby!! :)

Aphra Bolyer said...

Oh, this is the cutests little wall hanging ever!!! LOVE it!!!

Brenda said...

This is really pretty! Love how it all came together.

CorinneD. said...

very very beautiful!!!!!!!!
thanks for playing with us at shabby!
hugs from france!
corinne

Lene said...

This is really cute and beautiful !

Thanks for playing along with us at shabby!

Debbie said...

This is adorable, Melissa!

I left you a little surprise on my blog:

http://debssimpletreasures.blogspot.com/2010/11/thank-you-pattie.html

Hugs,

Debbie

Gayle Price said...

How clever you are,great idea. I love your wall hanging and how well you have arranged all your sewing bits onto it. Thanks for playing along at LGS.

yumiko said...

Wow!! Love your great idea!!!
I love it!!! It's so creative!!!
Thank you for playing along with us at Shabby!!!!

Vibeke said...

This was just so cute! Gorgeous!

Thank you for playing with us

liszha said...

Hi there, I saw your entry at Let's Get Shabby and had to come over because I liked yours best. Unforunately for you I wasn't on the jury :-). gonna check out the rest of your blog now.