OMG April finish - Cactus and Marzipan

My main aim for the OMG April was to finish the marzipan quilt for my youngest.
As I had a few days off early April I worked in the evening to finish the quilt. During the day I painted his bedroom walls in blue. The result was really nice.

My bonus project for April was to make a cactus cushion with the words "cactus" written on it. My daughter is learning to sew and she made one cushion.

And I made one as well.

For the letters I used my Scan&Cut. I had not used it for a while and thought that this was the perfect moment to see if it still worked, which was the case, simplifying cutting the letters.

The result for April OMG is the Marzipan quilt completely finished AND my bonus project. And I managed to redo the lamp hanging in his room. While on Easter holiday went to visit the yarn store to buy some more yarn that I so not needed. However as the owner is a lovely young woman, who of course needs to be supported in her new efforts, I buy yarn. She had this lovely fabric, my youngest agreed to the fabric and when back from holidays the lamp was done in no-time. A separate post will follow on the making off.

Linking up with Patty's April One Monthly Goal at Elm Street Quilts.

Project 2 Cat cushion

A friend's daughter has her birthday early January. I asked her what she wanted: a home made dress or a cushion for decoration. She choose the latter. I made a cat from African batik on a white background. Made coloured stripes and little corners to give the whole some depth. I cut her name in vinyl using the ScanNCut, ironed it on, sewed a layer of white background, and added a purple back side. Ready for giving to Elise.

Project 17: Congratulations card

Friends got married and I tried to make a card with my ScanNCut. Only the machine acted up and nothing came out as I wanted. In the end I took a pair of scissors, looked at pinterest and made this card.

Project 13: Cushion cover for Slava's friend

Slava's bycicle was to small. And it was too early for either a birthday of Christmas gift. His friend saved the day. Her bicycle was to small for her and she goodhearted let Slava use it. We went to return the bike with a small gift: a cushion cover made from African fabrics and her name on it. Small detail - both sisters now each have their own cushion cover. She was very happy with it.

Project 11: A cushion cover for Alesya's friend

Alesya's friend invited her over for a play date. It was also the day of her birthday, so we needed a gift. Why not make one ourselves, Alesya agreed. So while she was having her siesta I cut up some fabric,and as I was sewing it all together thought something was missing.

So I added some pink fabric tiny strips on two sides of the cushion cover. As I was sewing I also ironed out all the seems so it would look nicer once stitched on the seems.

To finish off, cut her friend's name from vinyl and Alesya helped me ironing the letters on the cushion cover.

Both Catalina and her parents loved the home made gift.

Project 8: Bulletin board for Alesya

Alesya had a hard time keeping track of the days of the week. And each day we had to ask her what day it was and remind her of what activity she had, or where she would be going. She has a very busy schedule between twice a week speech therapy, once a week ergo-therapy and judo. So I bought a cork bulletin board from Ikea

The idea was to cut the days of the week from iron on vinyl. I had ordered the colours, and was going to iron these on a blue cotton fabric. The challenge was how to add the cloth to the bulletin board. I tried to remove the frame, but could not do so without damaging. Then {lightbulb}: the board is made from cork and cork is heat resistant. What if I would iron the letters directly on the board. I tried it out on a cork coaster and nothing went up in flames. I did use parchment paper just in case. It worked and it stayed on. So now all I had to do was decide if I wanted to hang the bulletin board horizontally or vertically.

The activities were cut from the same vinyl, placed in a plastic envelop, heat sealed and cut.