I made in May and June

 Always pouches -  I found something in internet:

It is by Sewcanshe.com and the pattern is called ZOLA PEN CASE.

I made one for myself - the one in front - very colorful - I like it

the one on top for my boss, ie. husband. It is well serving - everything

fits in what otherwise is lying around the table.

 

The long zipper is attached with a snap button



The inserted sides are a bit tricky to do



But I am happy how it turned out. The other two cases will

be a gift for two very nice young guys


Instagram is very inspirational. I am following Mirjamtextiles‘

post with her microscopic stitcheries - so enchanting - I got

her tutorial - and started - rather poorly. But - it will be better



A yellow silk patch surrounded with buttonhole stitches

The second row of buttonhole stitches started - It  ressembles

needlelace which I love very much.

But then - again a pouch made of a sample with stitches I

learned from Sharon B.‘s Pintangle posts




It is a piece of commercial print - 

I always need some little gifts



A photo of our flooded gravel pit - Baggersee - shut down

some time ago - it is our recreational lake for swimming and

fishing - no boats are allowed.

Snippets from December

This is Christmas Eve - people from our village in Blackforest

make a walk with torches uphill where a bonfire is lit

We could have walked with them but we rather watched

from the opposite side of the Köllbach Valley -

being there for the first time and not knowing how long this 

would last.

Back in our home village we attended a Christmas mess 

where we saw this very beautiful crib

Yes these slippers arrived in Boston and DD said that they fitted

very well - I washed them 60° in the washing machine and success

 -  they shrank to the right size.

A pity I did not take a picture. 

The foot is mine just for comparison - and my size is not negligible!

Gingermen - to give away - and I gave them away to our gymnastics

friends - in Blackforest

How we are celebrating in the gymnasium (Turnhalle by the way)

(looked it up in dict.de)



While DH worked in the kitchen as baker of sweet small cakes 

I had time to do what I like most - dig in my scraps or little samples

and think of something to make of it

and of course what comes out - purses, pouches, bags, utensiles

some are are living already in other homes - but this one below



is in use and travels with me - it is called sew-along-bag - and instructions

are from internet - you can find it on Pinterest or just google sew-along-bag

This one above was a little gift to grandson no. 1‘s beautiful and loveable 

girlfriend - her name is between the two orange buttons.

I am late to wish you merry Christmas but not too late to send you,

my readers, my wishes for a happy and healthy New Year.

WOYWW 198 -- My desk rather tidy

I came back to my tidy studio desk yesterday after being absent for 16 days
I am leaving no mess but I am cleaning up before.

So today I prepared to finish a little challenge quilt 21,5 x 23 cm.

The TAST Design Challenge for experienced stitchers

more information here

 But if you want to know more about WOYWW and Julia Dunnit

then open this blog

You will discover many interesting "working desks on Wednesday"

I sewed on the binding and then I remembered about
WOYWW and took a quick photo

The first pouch finished

You saw the start in WOYWW 197

and the small pouch

I did a few stitches - you can hardly recognize them

the colour is more real ---

This pouch is really very sweet, nice material

it was given to me in a big department store, fabric department,  as left-over among many others