Coin purses are coming...

I added a new section to my Zest4colour shop: colourful , eyecatching coin purses.
These beauties can also be used to carry the essential cosmetics with you.
Going on holiday? Then this is the perfect little purse to keep your jewelry safe.

Here is, for you, a sneeky preview of what is coming:

What do you think?
To celebrate this launch, there will be a 10% discount on ALL items in the shop till the 15th of February.
Couponcode COINLAUNCH10
Enjoy.
Kristien

Lipstick Lipbalm case holder ... what's in a name.

I made some lovely new beauties, have a look:

I hope you like them.

They are now available at my Zest4colour shop.

If you click on one of them, you will see more pictures.

Enjoy.

Kristien

Pencil cases with a twist

I added a new line to my zest4colour shop: pencil cases in bright colours and lively patterns.These pencil cases have proved to be a hit at my childrens school!
You could also use these cases as a cosmetic pouch or to carry your sewing essentials .

For the lining I used laminated cotton or oilcloth, which is stronger and easier to clean than cotton fabric.
As a finishing touch I added a gorgeous zipper pull.

Here are some examples:

Want to see more?

Just go to www.zest4colour.etsy.com.

The ongoing sale also applies to these new cases.

Enjoy.

Kristien

Sale and wishes.

To celebrate the arrival of the new year, there will be a sale at my zest4colour shop from the 1st till the 15th of January.
With coupon code "welcome2012", you get a 10% discount on all items in the shop.

Let me wish you all a

bright

colourful

happy

healthy

and

sparkling

2012

Kristien



A finished baby quilt.

Here it is, the finished baby quilt I told you about in this post.
It took me far longer than I had expected to finish it.
And of course - just in case my family was reading this blog - I couldn't show you the final result before I presented the quilt to my niece.
About the finishing touches:
I found inspiration in this book:

I used the pattern of this little bird, I just reduced the size:

Here is my bird:

I machine embroidered all around the body and wing and hand -embroidered the eye, beak and legs.

As another detail, I took a bird image from "Wing study in pastille" from the Botanika collection from Paula Prass.

Here you can see this fabric collection.

I hand-embroidered around it and got this result:

The biggest work was the quilting.

I decided to use freehand quilting for the off-white cotton around the blocks. My Bernina machine was very happy to do all the stitching for me using the BSR foot. I just had to guide her? all the way. 
This quilting made the coloured blocks come forward.
Have a look:

This freehand quilting also gave a gorgeous pattern on the back.
Look:

I added a Zest4colour label

and finished  the quilt by hand-quilting the binding to the back of the quilt, this way:



I used a lovely DMC pearl cotton tapestry thread to do this.
Here are some final pictures:

I can humbly say that this quilt was a big success at our family gathering for Christmas.

I was a bit sad to have to let it go.

Have a lovely end-of-year weekend.
Kristien