Nativity Scene

This is my Nativity Scene, it is a tradition in Mexico to put at least one in every house on Christmas time. Marie, my daughter, and I have been doing it for 14 years, since she was 5 years old. We have been painting 3 or 4 wood figures each year since then. Este es mi nacimiento (Belén), es una tradición en México tener por lo menos uno es la época Navideña. Marie, mi hija y yo lo hemos hecho desde hace 14 años, desde que ella tenia 5. Hemos pintado 3 o 4 figuras de madera por año. Here are some close ups so you can enjoy it better. Aqui unos acercamientos para que lo disfruten.

The figures were taken from a Book illustrated by Jane Ray. Las figuras las saque de un libro ilustrado por Jane Ray.

New Nephew

I have a new nephew and I made him this little quilt for his crib, it is so simple but yet so nice. Tengo un nuevo sobrino y le hice esta pequeña colcha para su cuna, es muy simple pero bonita.This is a close up so you can see the edge it was so much fun doing it. Este es un acercamiento para que veas la orilla fue muy divertido hacerla.
Today I will take some pictures of my nativity scene and will share it with you tomorrow. Hoy voy a tomar unas fotos del nacimiento (Belén) y las compartiré contigo mañana.

Finally Christmas

It seems ages since the last time I post, the year is almost over and I have a lot of sewing to do. I found this wonderful tutorial and did 8 Christmas tree napkins. I can't find the tutorial anymore if anyone knows where it is, please let me know. Parece que han pasado siglos desde mi ultima entrada en el Blog, el año ya casi acaba y yo tengo mucho que coser. Encontré este lindo tutorial e hice 8 servilletas para navidad. ya no puedo encontrar la pagina del tutorial si alguien sabe por favor díganme. I have also finished 9 blocks of the Quilt along, here is a picture of them. También termine nueve bloques del Quilt Along, aquí les mando una foto.

7 Blocks

Here are my first seven blocks of the Quilt Along I have sore fingers, I decided to make a King size quilt with them so I better keep working. Aquí estan los siete primeros bloques del Quilt Along, tengo los dedos todos lastimados, pero como decide hacer una Quilt tamaño King debo seguir trabajando.

Going Crazy

I don't know what I was thinking. I am almost done with Espe's Sal. and I already signed in to three wonderful projects. I will have to work hard to finish all of them. The first is Don't Look Now Quilt Along, it is beautiful visit the page to look at it, here is were I am so far. No se en que estaba pensando. Ya casi acabo el Sal de Espe y ya me inscribí en 3 proyectos maravillosos. Voy a tener que trabajar duro para terminarlos. El primero es de Don't Look Now Quilt Along, esta padrisimo visiten la página para que lo vean, aquí les muestro lo que llevo.For the second one I am learning hawaiian quilting and I am doing a cushion, this is where I am so far still on the applique. Para el segundo estoy aprendiendo a hacer Hawaiian Quilting, voy a ser una almohada, aquí sigo en el applique. For the third one I am making an embroidered color wheel, I saw it in Park City Girl, but I am a little ambitious so I am going to make it bigger and I am trying to learn new stitches. so it will take a little long, Visit Hand embroidery Network to learn more stiches. Para el tercero estoy haciendo el círculo cromático, Lo vi en Park City Girl, pero como soy un poco ambiciosa lo voy a hacer mas grande y también quiero aprender nuevas puntadas, por lo que me va a tomar mas tiempo acabarlo, visiten Hand Embroidery Network para aprender nuevas puntadas.

Well I will be posting as I go along. I really will have to work hard. Les ire mostrando mis avances. Tendre que trabajar muy duro.

Halloween

This I made a few years ago, but I wanted to wish you Happy Halloween or Dia de Muertos. Esto lo hice algunos años, pero queria desearles un Feliz Halloween o Dia de Muertos.And this is a little sneak pick of the Christmas Sal I hope I can finish soon. y esto es un adelanto de Sal de Navidad que espero pueda terminar muy pronto.

What I Sent my Swap Angel

My swap Angel was Sherri, and since she already recieved my gifts I am going to show you what I sent her. A tote bag, a needle case, some suitcase tags and flower soaps. Mi amiga secreta era Sherri, y como ya recibió mis regalos se los voy a enseñar. Un bolso, un estuche para las agujas, unos porta identificaciones para maletas y unos jabones en forma de flor.This is a closer look of the neddle case it was designed by Natalie Lymer of Cinderberries stitches. Go visit her she has fabulous things. Aqui un close up del estuche para agujas fue diseñado por Natalie Lymer de Cinderberries Stitches. Vayan a visitarla tiene cosas fabulosas. I had so much fun in this Swap I hope Helen organizes it again. Me divertí mucho en este intercambio ojala Helen lo vuelva a organizar.

Surprise in the Mail

I got a surprise in the mail all the way from Australia, my Swap angel Rachelle sent me these Beautiful Presents. Me llego una sorpresa en el correo desde Australia, mi ángel Rachelle me mando estos hermosos regalos.

This is an eyebag filled with Lavander and Chamomille, wow guess I am ready to relax. Este es un saquito para ojos lleno de Lavanda y Manzanilla, Creo que estoy lista para relajarme This is a case to put my scissors, it is very nice. Este es un estuche para guardar mis tijeras, esta muy bonito.
This is an apron, which I will use a lot since I love cooking. Este es un delantal, el cual voy a usar muy seguido pues me encanta cocinar.
The presents are Great and it is also nice to Meet people from all around the world and learning new things from them. THANKS RACHELLE everything was lovely. Los regalos estuvieron fabulosos y también es bonito conocer gente de todo el mundo y aprender nuevas cosas de ellas. MUCHAS GRACIAS RACHELLE todo estuvo divino.

3rd Objective

I finally finished the 3rd objetive. And I am ready to start the 4th.
Finalmente termine el 3er objetivo. Y estoy lista para el 4to.Here is a close up of it.
Un close upHere you can see all the bubbles in the back, my daughter painted them. They look like fireflies.
Aquí se pueden ver las burbujas en el fondo, mi hija las pinto. Como si fueran luciérnagas.

And here is a picture of the last angel´s hair a redheaded. Y aquí una foto del pelo del último ángel. es pelirrojo.

Ready for the next objective. Lista para el siguiente objetivo.

Ingles & Spanish

From now on I will post in english and in spanish so my Spanish Speaking friends can also understand and enjoy my Blog. I´m going to visit my mom for the weekend but will be back on Monday hopefully with Espe´s 3rd objective finished. This is for you Espe.

De ahora en adelante publicare en Ingles y en Español para que mis amigas que hablan español puedan entender y disfrutar mi Blog. Este fin de semana me iré a visitar a mi mamá pero regreso el Lunes con suerte con el 3er objetivo terminado. Esto es por ti Espe.

Tote Bag

I made this Tote bag from Kimie Leavitt, for my daughter. It was so much fun and so easy to make that I think I will also do one for me. I made the straps with some brown suede I had. I hope she enjoys it.
Thanks Ale

Blogger´s Quilt Festival 2009

This is one of my favorites Quilts. I first saw it on a McCalls Quilting magazine and I loved it. I have a friend who was going to the United States for a vacation and she brought me back the fabric.I made it and then decided I was going to embroider it. When I was small my grandma taught me how to embroider and I hadn´t done it for years.My grandma was one of my favorite persons in the world. So doing this quilt was like a tribute to her. Every time I see it, it reminds me of her. I have it in my livingroom as a wall hanging.
Thank you Amy for organizing such a wonderful Festival.
To find out more click on the left button that says Festival and go visit Amy´s Blog.

Christmas Objectives 1 and 2

I have almost finished objectives 1 and 2 of Esperanza´s SAL. Here is the picture of the second one: Here are pictures of the first one, I did not want bold angel so I embroider their hair I´m missing the red headed one but need to go and buy some red floss. The faces I will paint them all at the end of the project. Here is the brunette angel:

And here is the one with darker hair:

I am missing the red headed one and the garland:

And here is a picture of the whole thing. I am ready for objective 3.

A Christmas Wish BOM

I have finish my BOM from Gail Pan, I don´t really know how to thank her I loved this project. I wish she would do something for next year. I waited each month for the new block to come out, and loved everyone of them. Go and tell her something nice for doing such lovely designs. her blog is http://gailpandesigns.typepad.com/. THANKS GAIL!!!!!!!


Now I have to finish my last project for my swap angel and Esperanza´s SAL. I hope I can be showing you pictures this week.

And Here comes Christmas

OK, it´s already September and Christmas is almost here this year I want to make 2 projects, the first one is Joy to the world by Nancy Halvorsen. I signed up in Esperanza's Sal to do it visit her at http://esperanza-lossalesdeesperanza.blogspot.com/. I just finished sewing all the blocks and will star to applique like crazy so I can finish it in time. here are some pictures. and this:

I am also doing Gail Pan´s BOM a Christmas Wish, Visit her at
http://gailpandesigns.typepad.com/. Next time I will show you pictures of that. Meanwhile let me show you what I did last Christmas is my favorite Quilt.

Living room cushion

I have finished two thing for my swap angel but I´m not showing yet, I will do the third one this week and then send everything in the mail for her. But meanwhile I will show you what I did to one of my living room cushion, this is the before picture:

And this is the after picture. I made some crochet flowers and sew them on the cushion.

Here, you can see the details.

UFOS

I was looking at all my fabrics and quilting stuff and I have 6 UFOS so I took them out and I will start working on them, my goal is to at least finish four of them before the end of the year. As I work on them I will show pictures.

But first I have to finish the presents for my swap angel here as some pics.

Swap Angel

How exiting!!!! I have received emails from my swap angel. I have also sent some to mine. I have been stitching and doing little presents for her. I finished one today but I´m not going to show yet. Instead I am taking one of my UFO and show you a pic, I have decided to finish it by the end of September wish me luck. I don´t know why but it reminds me of Great Britain, must be the triangles.

Half way there

I finally finished sewing the first border, I still have to embellish it as well as the village. I thought you would like to see a pic. Let me ask my daughter to help meOoops!!! Wait, don`t put it down, ok here it is.

Borders

It´s been a week since my last post. I have been busy with school´s first week and making the Toscana´s first border. As soon as I finish it I will show you some pics. I have to put myself to work since the stitchers´angel swap started, and I have also enrolled in a Christmas project.
So I better start stitching.

Selvages

For a few years I have come across some projects made with the selvage of the fabric. So I decided to keep them, instead of throwing them away. I already had a few when in the Mc Calls magazine I saw the cutest tote made with selvages by Karen Neary visit her Blog at http://sewkaren-lycreated.blogspot.com/ . As soon as I saw the Tote I knew I had to do it. So I put everything aside and made the tote during the weekend. Here are some pictures for you to see.


Thanks Karen for such a wonderful design.