Saw the title for this Hop and knew I had to sign up. I had an idea or two and had so much fun bringing them to life, thanks so much Carol for taking on yet another fun week of amazing quilty ideas.
My first idea was to personalize an eye glass case using a neoprene zip case I picked up at our local Dollar Tree.
When I went to find my glasses I was able to locate my last 3 frame purchases which covered at least the last 10 years. The big hoot is that all of them are Rose Colored so YES I do view the world through "Rose Colored Glasses".
I went to an embroidery retreat in March and one of the hosts had this idea for doing machine embroidery on these $1.25 cases.
This case went together with no issue and I can tell at a glance that the glasses inside won't be my sun glasses.
The sun glasses will be in this one
Then I realized that I had read the title of this hop incorrectly. It wasn't about eye covering, it was about wine, DUH!
I planned on making a wine bag using some of the embroidery designs I found. When I was discussing this hop with a quilty friend she suggested coasters. I made quilted coasters several years back but didn't remember the details on construction.
My first attempt was after 9PM and I ended up with this sad little thing. It may work as a coaster for a traditional shot glass but probably not. Don't have any idea why I was using an oval instead of a circle for it.
Finally went and found a "real coaster" and measured it to make one the correct size.
I had to do something with the little guy, somehow I felt guilty about how sad he looked so I turned him into a drunken pin cushion. I felt better immediately. By the way, that is the back of the coasters. The front background isn't showing up well. It is a pale pink with white clouds.
When I do machine embroidery the part I dislike is changing thread.
See this shot of the 4 of them with all of their Rose' done with no thread changing. I love it when a plan comes together. I spent some time figuring out how to do my 4 dfferent coasters together so I could cut down on thread changes. That would have been 8 color changes if I had done this the suggested way.
I've had such a fun time helping to kick off this hop. Lets go and visit the rest of the group and see how they define Rose Colored Glasses or is it Rose' Colored Glasses, tee hee
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Those rose-colored glasses and cases are wonderful. The coasters look great too. Nice embroidery work.
ReplyDeleteAdorable coasters! I love the glasses cases; great idea to use the embroidery to differentiate the glasses inside!
ReplyDeleteI loved your post! Your glass cases are cute, and those coasters are crazy cute. What a great idea. And I love the drunken pin cushion - lol! My husband got me a wine glass chiller that holds my wine glass, but I might have to make one of these anyway. Nice job!
ReplyDeleteCute projects! I think wine could be one interpretation of the theme, depending on the mood. :) But I do like those wine glass coasters! Very neat! Eyeglass cases are very cool too!
ReplyDeleteSew fun! I love these!
ReplyDeleteYou crack me up. I love your eyeglass cases, but the fact that you read the title of the hop wrong, and it really was about wine, did it for me. I'm with you girl. Life should always be about the wine! Great job on all of your coasters. The oval one is perfect for a drunken pin cushion, and the little to small one is a good reminder that we should just chug our wine and not worry about it falling over when we set it down! HAHAHAHA!
ReplyDeleteLove your eyeglass cases! The different motifs are great for telling which pair are in the case. Your wine coasters are adorable, and the drunken pin cushion is too funny. Guess I read the hop wrong, too, because I thought it was all about rose-colored glasses, too! Oops! Great projects! Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteOh my gosh, you are such a funny lady! "I read the title wrong" totally had me laugh out loud. The laughing never stopped, especially with the "drunken pin cushion." The projects are all perfect for this hop, but you made the process so fun to read about. From the glass cases to the coasters, you rocked it all! Thank you, Selina! xo
ReplyDeleteThat is so great...a totally fun interpretation of this theme. The drunken pin cushion is awesome and the collection of coasters is just plain fun. Those glasses cases are great too!
ReplyDeleteYour coasters are great!!! And the drunken pin cushion made me laugh out loud!!! :-)
ReplyDeleteVery cute coasters! And how fun that you used that first one as a pin cushion.
ReplyDeleteAdorable projects, love the drunken pin cushion.
ReplyDeletevery cool projects!
ReplyDeleteI love your experimenting with your emb machine! Very cute coasters! And eye glasses cases!!
ReplyDeleteI love all your embroidery. The idea of embellishing a neoprene case is genius. Well done and I do like the wine as well.
ReplyDeleteLove both interpretations - reading and wine glasses....very clever.
ReplyDeleteI love your embroidered coasters!
ReplyDeleteNow I need to embroider my eye glass cases, so cute!
ReplyDeleteVery cute, either way you read "rose". Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteCute coasters!
ReplyDeleteThe glasses fit the theme of the HOP and the cases are cute. Way to go on special designing the coasters - rose'.
ReplyDeleteGreat projects! I really want to try embroidery soon.
ReplyDeleteLove the eye glass cases, and your coasters are super fun. I know how you feel about thread changes. I get that way too.
ReplyDeleteYou are just a hoot, Selina! Love the embroidered eyeglass case and your three versions of wine coasters. You're very creative. And look at how you finally caught on to the proper theme. :-) Good job!
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