two: friday favourites

Howdy Stitchers...so here is the second instalment of Friday Favourites for you. I think everyone has been so busy getting the quilt show up and running for this weekend that they haven't had time to email me any of their favourites to share. I've managed to find a few bits and pieces for you that I hope you'll like.

First up is the Classic Blocks series by Caroline on the Sew Can She website. If you've never taken a peek at the Sew Can She site, you really should. Caroline has lots of fantastic tutorials you can follow along with, from quilts, softies, pillows, bags, clothing and much, much more.

source: Sew Can She

The Classic Blocks series is a very interesting concept, where Caroline is making one quilt block each month, using "classic" patterns and fresh, modern fabrics. In March there was a Friendship Star block, in April a Churn Dash block and in May the Dutchman's Puzzle block. There are two blocks for June, a Nine Patch and a Snowball block.

Everyone who makes at least one of that month's block in the two weeks following the blog post has a chance to win a bundle of 10 fat quarters, yay! All you have to do is join their facebook group the SewCanShe Sewcialites and put a picture of your block in their Classic Blocks: Fresh Fabrics photo album to enter. You'd can check the actual posts for more specifics, but for June, you have until the 16th, at 10pm Eastern Standard Time to enter.

Next up are just a big pile of cuteness...

source: Little White Whale

For the cat lovers among you... Gloria of Little White Whale made these floss holders from business card sized pieces of cardboard. She has a tutorial over here that you can take a look at if you want to try making some for yourself. I know I'll be making one tomorrow, because my five year old spotted me looking at this site!

Although Gloria doesn't appear to use her floss for embroidery, she does some other very interesting things like a modern twist on the traditional friendship bracelets some of us made in high school.

And lastly, more stitching and embroidery fun with a lovely lady named Sonia over at Dandelyne. Sonia stitches custom portraits in floss, from her customer's photographs. The portraits are tiny, wee things that are framed by equally tiny embroidery hoops custom made by Sonia and her husband. They can also be made into pendants or brooches.

source: Dandelyne

Sonia not only stitches up portraits, but also sells DIY kits in her etsy store here. A woman after my own heart, Sonia enthuses, "embroidery is the new black!"

So... That's it from me. Remember, I'd LOVE some input from the group to post here, so please send some things my way. There's a link to my email address in this post, if you don't know it. Don't be shy. Share with us...

Happy stitching!

Kylie x