Summer Clothes

Summer clothes, originally uploaded by {Leila} Where Orchids Grow.

Via Flickr:
What I'm wearing today...
This morning a random stranger complimented me on my outfit and I realized I had made it all myself :-) That's a sure way to make my day!


Spring top in grey cotton voile - pattern by Made by Rae free tutorial on Sew Mama Sew
Skirt from Nani Iro dots - pattern from One - Piece & Skirt Japanese craft book
Luna Lovegood Scarf free tutorial on crafster in organic cotton
Bag from vintage fabric with doily pattern by me.

x Leila

p.s  I'm having a Summer Sale in my shop

Farmer's Crush

Two more blocks done for the Farmer's Wife Quilt Along.

And although at this point I'm finding this Farmer dude a little high maintenance...

..I must confess I'm having a little crush on him ;-)

Hope you all are having a lovely weekend!

x Leila

Swap, Bee & Charity

It's been a busy sewing month. It always seems like this before the summer holidays begin and I know I'll be away from my sewing machine. I try and cram as much sewing in as possible as if that will help with the withdrawal ;-)

So are you ready for a bit of random sewingness? {yes that is a word!}

Swap:
I made my mind up and finished my "spicing up the kitchen swap" package for my partner.

I'm sending out a flowery apron, a potholder / ovenmit thingy that I'm quite fond of and a surprise little gift that would give too much away so that will remain a secret. I hope she'll be happy.


Bee:
June is Fissiet's month and she asked for log cabin blocks with lots of lovely neutrals and little coloured accents.

I just love this mix of fabrics she sent out and log cabin blocks...well I just can't get enough of them!

Charity:
After reading Jo's post about this wonderful charity called 'dress a girl around the world' I knew I had to jump in and make a dress too.
Every girl deserves at least one pretty dress right?!

If you'd like to read more or make a dress yourself you can find all the information you need on Louise's blog. It's a wonderful thing she's doing!


I guess there's nothing left to do here but a trip to the post office ;-)

x Leila

I'm featured!

How cool is this?! My + & X blocks quilt is featured on Modern Day Quilts today - yay!
I'm doing a little happy dance!

x Leila

Fancying the Farmer ~ a summer fling? ~

Ooooh I can see many romance novel blogpost titles in my future ;-)
If you have not heard of the Farmer's Wife Quilt along that's happening over on Flickr you might want to go check it out here It's a virus that's spreading fast through the online community and it's safe to say I got caught.

I lusted after the farmer for weeks waiting for the book to arrive. Finally today I heard the postman struggling to push something through my letterbox followed by a big thump...

So I ran to the copy shop with my Farmer's CD in hand to get all my templates copied. One huge stack of paper later I sat down behind Mr Pfaff to start what I hope will be a hot summer fling for me.

I find it quite fiddly working with templates, it's not something I'm used to. And of course I messed up my first block and squared the whole thing up too small! I'll have to redo this block at one point if. I decide to make the whole quilt because I don't know if I'll commit to this farmer dude just yet....I'll have to see the ring first ;-)

The next block went a little better because I eliminated the need for templates all together and just used my rotary cutter for the triangles.

Squared up correctly this time :-) This is going to be a great learning experience for me I'm so glad I joined in!



x Leila