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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