Backwoods Wife

An Amy Butler portfolio for the " I love Paris! " swap

Here is a project that I completed for an "I love Paris!" swap that I am participating in over at Swap-Bot. I have had this fabric printed with a map of Paris in my stash for a few years now but hadn't figured out a use for it yet. This fit the bill. I think I will make one for myself now too! :) I hope my swap partner will like it.

Handmade Holidays

Sew Mama Sew! has a month of tutorials for November called "Handmade Holidays". There are some really great projects and most of them are quite simple to make (yay!). Have a browse around for ideas or tackle one yourself. :) There are new projects daily.

One last swap project

Here is my last swap project for a long while! Swapping has been fun and it has forced me to be crafty on a more regular basis. My sewing machine and I are now quite well aquainted again and the thought of sewing something larger is not so scary anymore. However, I just don't have the time or energy to keep it up. I need to focus on keeping my house in order and doing some sewing for my family.

I took my inspiration for this little bag from one of my Japanese craft magazines.

Finished project - finally!

I have an undetermined number of UFOs (UnFinished Objects) on the go at any given time and last night I FINALLY finished one of them. I've had this project in mind since November and had started on it in December but then put it on hold due to having a brand new baby at home. I dug out what I had started yesterday but wasn't happy with how it looked so I set that aside and started fresh. This quilted change pad and flannel wipes are the results. I made these for a friend who had a boy in November.

Curtains for Hendrik

Oh another exciting thing that I forgot to mention - Mom, Hilary and I worked on curtains for Hendrik's room yesterday. They are almost done, they just need the bottoms hemmed and we need to make a valence as well. They look great so far and I can't wait until they are done. I'll publish pictures when we've completed the project.
We bought the fabric for this project back in March about 10 days after he was born and it has been on our to do list ever since but this summer has been an unexpectedly busy one despite all of us being in town.