Finished New Wave quilt top

I finished the New Wave quilt top a few days ago. The weather is always rainy and windy here so I had to take yet another photo indoors; the quilt top hung up on my design wall.

I was going to baste it today with this famous Ikea numbers fabric and start quilting it. 

But it has to wait till tonight because I have a very upset poppet at home with me. Not only is he sick but also he fell and bumped his forehead to the tile floor.

 Ouchhh!!!

Linking up with WIP Wednesday at Freshly Pieced.

Monday Makers! #1

Hi all!

I am so excited! Today is Monday and the beginning of my linky party: Monday Makers!
Monday Makers! is a challenge that is designed to break Mondayitis and become more active and productive.

Ok. It is time to make.

We moved into our own house a year ago and only a few weeks ago we finished opening all the boxes  in our "full-to-the-brim" garage. One of the boxes was full of old CDs. Rather than throwing all of them, I chose a dozen to recycle and turn into coasters!

I prepared my fabric and the CDs. I will be sharing the photos of the finished coasters next Monday. I will also write up a tutorial in case you want to make yours.

So, what are you making today? Here are the linky rules and how to link up:
1. Your project can be anything you start on that Monday as long as it makes you move and be active and creative: a new quilt, a knitting project, scrap booking, cross-stitching, baking-we don't mind yummy recipes!, a gardening project, painting your house!, tidying up the pantry!...This is your Monday and you are the maker of the day!
2. Grab the button from the side bar- I am still working on creating an HTML code to make it easier for you- or put a link back to me in your Monday post.
3. Click on "add your link" and just fill in the required areas. 
4. Please link to your specific post, not to your homepage: We would like to find your post easily.
5. Please take time to visit other links and leave a sweet comment: We love comments!
6. Share the photos of your finished Monday projects in your next link up- I am hoping you will come back again!: Who doesn't love a sweet, finished project or a "before-after" photo?
You don't have to be a follower of my blog, however; I wouldn't say no if you wanted to become one :-) Join and share as often as you want.

I am hoping that you will join me in this party. If not this week, maybe next week or after? I am patient :)

An InLinkz Link-up

A new linky party: Monday Makers!

Monday is the beginning of a new week but it is not always welcomed by many people including me! I find it hard to get up and motivate myself for the new day and week.
I have terrible Mondayitis which start on Sunday afternoons. Having said that, I don't even work on Mondays, yet I get Mondayitis! I normally don't want to do anything other than bludging around in the house in my PJs and drinking tea. I don't even want to sew! Thank God I have a two year old in the house who pushes me to move my bum a little! Anyways.
I decided that I must break this cycle somehow. I had been thinking about ways to make myself active and productive. I start work on Wednesdays and for the rest of the week, I deeply regret that I have wasted my Monday by doing nothing. This is when the idea kicked in: Monday Makers!

Monday Makers! is a linky party which will go live every Monday as of next Monday, 25 August to motivate myself and you to be more active and creative on that day. So, each Monday, I will ask you to link and share your Monday project with me here and I will show you what I have in my plate. I will also feature one or two blogs here.
Here are the party rules:
Your project can be anything you start on that Monday as long as it makes you move and be active and creative: a new quilt, a knitting project, scrap booking, cross-stitching, baking-we don't mind yummy recipes!, a gardening project, painting your house!, tidying up the pantry!...This is your Monday and you are the maker of the day!
Grab the button from the side bar- I am still working on creating an HTML code to make it easier for you- or put a link back to me in your Monday post.
Please link to your specific post, not to your homepage: We would like to find your post easily.
Please take time to visit other links and leave a sweet comment: We love comments!
Share the photos of your finished Monday projects in your next link up- I am hoping you will come back again!: Who doesn't love a sweet, finished project or a "before-after" photo?
You don't have to be a follower of my blog, however; I wouldn't say no if you wanted to become one :-) Join and share as often as you want.

This is a challenge that I designed particularly for myself but I would love you to take part in it and be a part of curing the Mondayitis!

Till next time, keep sewing!
Nurdan

Back to sewing: New Wave

It's been almost a month since my last blog post; think it is time to write a new one ;-)

I had a very close friend from Turkey who stayed with us, so I wanted to spend as much time with her as I could. My friends don't visit me often so this time was well spent with her.
I have also been quite busy with preparing for opening a small business. Getting an ABN, opening up bank accounts, developing a business plan, logo design and lots of other things take a lot of time. I will be writing more about my business in the following weeks once my stock arrives- it is a jewellery business ;-)
Among all these busy days, I managed to do some sewing.
I made this cute purse for my Turkish friend as a farewell gift.

The pattern owner is a fellow quilter from my MQG. I made a couple of mistakes on the way so my purse turned out a little smaller than how it should have been; yet it is still very cute and definitely usable. You can buy the "Girlfriend's Wallet" at https://www.etsy.com/shop/LittleMushroomCap or http://www.craftsy.com/user/1487215/pattern-store.
I also started a new quilt last weekend. I had these beautiful fabrics which I bought months ago without a project in mind. I had been looking for a pattern which would show the beauty of the fabrics. Elizabeth Hartman's "New Wave" is perfect for this purpose so I went ahead with it.

You will remember my archenemy triangles which stretched and caused me too much pain. This time I starched the hell out of these fabrics before I cut the tumblers; there is no stretching or whatsoever!  I finished sewing the sashing last night and laid my pieces on my design wall. I am very happy with how it looks so far. The colours are so bright and modern.

You can find the free tutorial for Elizabeth Hartman's "New Wave" here.

Linking up with Freshly Pieced  for the WIP Wednesday.

What have you been working on lately? Have you been sewing or working on other things like me?
Till next time,
Nurdan