Teachers presents

I have to say I am not good in giving presents especially for teachers. I made a "good-bye" present for the Kindergarten when we left Austria but I think that was all I ever did. Except from cakes and biscuits during the school year. So this year my girl started to make a mug rug for her teacher. She had a lovely teacher who encouraged her and the school report was fantastic! So because my little one is terrible hard to teach - no, she is!!! ask her teachers!!! - and because I saw Rhondas teabag this morning I went straight sewing to be finished in time. It was straight forward and really easy to make.

Every morning I came into school the teachers are running around with their tea cups straight to their class rooms. So I might not be totally wrong if she gets a pouch for her tea bags. I am not sure she likes my selection of teas!

My little one was also going to the support teacher and she did not behave different there than she did in class so I made a little mug rug for her. I put a little pocket in the front so she can keep sugar or a spoon there or a tea bag as well. I used a text fabric I got at the Quilt Festival but I am not sure if she knows a type writer ....

Just need to put them in a lovely cover and give them away! So the summer can start....

Patchwork Please

It goes around in blogland there is a book called "Patchwork Please" released. It is lovely. Usually I do not like to buy books. Most have just one or two projects I like but this one just came handy. So I made this hexagon as a little Thank You gift for a swap ...

... and the pincushion (already on the way to his new home) ....

... and finally I made this pouch. Ok, this one was really tricky as it did not work as I wanted it to  be. When I first saw this beautiful one made by Hadlflyingblindonarocketcycle.blogspot.comey I wanted to have one as gorgeous as this one ...

But I am not so happy with flowery fabrics. So I started to search the stash and hoped to find lovely little gnomes and girls there. It was not easy as the squares are really small. I could find five little pictures I to use and so I started. I tried to use solids for the stars and the last scraps I had with text on to make the "white squares". As I do not have a huge stash and somehow - do not ask me what I was thinking when I ordered this - there was a brown linen to use. So I cut and sew the outer peaks of the stars but when I sew them to the rest it looked so awful that I ripped it of and threw them in the corner. The only problem: the solids I used where from a charm pack so there were not enough left to do the peaks again. I am sorry I could not stick to the pattern and just sew a blue border around ...

Finally I used bright yellow and orange for the inside and a vinyl with a zip. It did not work out so bad after all but it is not what I wanted it to be. So I decided to sent it to someone who might like it. This is an other UFO I am sending of so be aware it might land at your doorstep ....

So now I am waiting patiently until I hear her scream! I am really worried as some letters did not arrive the last time ... so please fly fast to your new home!