Things with roses

Last week I was very busy with sewing (I know I mentioned it before, but I did not show pics)
My colleague and friend had her birthday.... Actually it was in summer, but in July the timing was simply not good enough for a celebration. Plus my sewing machine did not work which made things more complicated.....

So we decided to make her a total surprise, so we went to a concert in a bar-like place (she did not suspect anything at all).... Then suddenly the drinking and talking turned into a birthday celebration....

She made me totally surprised when she saw her presents....she started to cry....(I have never seen her crying...)...hopefully because of happiness....:)

Yes, she was very happy... And me too...

The 'main present' was this bag, as she loves roses:

I made a Tilda rose if she wants to put something on her bag, but she can uses it anywhere:

I decided to make a small purse from the remain fabric:


Finally I made a pencil case as well and I embroidered her name in it (OK it was not me but my Janome friend.:D..)

Classroom

I and my B took a lot of pictures about my classroom but I shared only two with you.... Here are some more to see.

The first one is something like a sign. In my school there are bourdon signs with golden letters on them next to the doors of the classroom. But we usually have 2 classes per year so this time one sign was missing (of course ours), so I decided to make one from fabric.

This one is a house.... I am going to make a tree too. (Unfortunately I am not very good at drawing so I have to wait for a colleague to draw the small version for me... (I can enlarge it later at cut it out of cardboard paper) We are going to decorate the house (and the tree) during the seasons. I think it is easier for the kids to follow the changes of the seasons and the weather...

On the back wall there are the pictures which help in teaching letters... (They our parts of the method we use in our school so I have no choice, I have to put them on the wall....) I designed some little houses and my colleague cut them.... There will be pictures in the windows but we are still collecting them....

I window painted some of the houses on the windows as well.... We have 6 windows so I had a lot of places to decorate.

And I made a big kite as I didn't want the sun to be alone....

I know some pics are missing... I am going to take some more and post them....

Here again

Unfortunately I was too busy with sewing I had no time for blogging. I am not too clever to do both....

But now I am back.

As some of you know there is a nice lady who organized charity sewing for orphan children in Deva. You can read more about it on this blog: szeretetvarazs
I went to the post office yesterday with some little things. Here you can see the things I made:


I know it is not too much but I made them with love. I hope the children will like them.

Busy time

I am back in blog world and hopefully I will be able to stay....

The schoolyear started this Monday which means extremely much work for me as I have a class of little ones this year. Last week I made lots of decorations into the classroom. One of them is a funny sun. It is made of a huge styrofoam box and carboard paper. It is hunging above the children.

And of course I still have things to do...

I got a new camera (thanks B!!!!) so I can show you some pictures as well.

Finally I can show you the project of "Guess what!". It is a timetable which was made for the little ones. As they cannot read I used pictures for the subjects. Timetable is not fix all the time so I put velcro on the little pictures so they are exchangeable.

Blush

Blush.....
I am sorry I was away for such a long time. I think you can imagine I am busy with my new Janome friend :D
I nearly finished the project of "guess what" post, there are some little things to sew by hand, so I am coming with pics soon....hopefully as my camera died on Wednesday, so I couldn't make pics about the things I sewed.....

Plus I am the organizer of the school camp for the new high school students so I am going to be in the countryside next week.... sigh, no sewing....

So please take care, I am coming back next weekend hopefully with some pictures (by a borrowed camera of my dear friend, Eili)...

My new sewing machine :D :D :D

Today I finally got my new sewing machine, a Janome Memory Craft 6600 Professional. This is my birthday gift, but I had to wait for a long time (more than a month) to get it... Japan is far far away....

So today it was like a new birthday :D
It is a very good machine, a really professional one. It can do more than I can imagine. Now I am in big project, I read all the manual (quite a long one), I try to learn the English expressions of sewing, and I try the stitches... You know it is the fun part...:D
I am not finished as this machine knows lots of things. It comes with a quilting table, several feet, and lots of other accessories. We also bought a mat which is under the machine now (thanks B for the idea :D) and some more bobbins and needles. Ah and a special foot for hidden zippers... (or whatever...)
I cannot write too much about the machine now, just that it is the best machine on Earth and I am very happy to have one!!!

I am sure this will help me to sew lots of things... (and unfortunately the other one is broke again....maybe it is hurt....I am so sorry for it.)


After we came home with this wonderful present I found an envelope in the post box, an other RAK present, this time from Ann. Some beautiful Aussie fabrics...Thank you Ann!

Sorry for this short post but I am too busy with trying my new Janome.

Ah and I think it would be very helpful to read about this machine on a forum (I am sure there is a Janome forum somewhere on the net but now I cannot find anything, I am too excited...) so if you are a member of one or know about it please leave me a comment with the details.... Thank you!

Cricket

Some days ago I heard strange noise from the kitchen. I went there and I saw B's new battery charger. I turned on the light and the noise stopped. I thought it was the charger but I was not sure. I just switched it off and called B. My other charger has no sound, so it seemed strange. I wanted to ask a funny question, so I said: 'Does the new charger have sound or do we have a cricket in the kitchen?' For my big surprise B answered: 'I think we have a cricket in the kitchen, I have heard something strange yetsterday night.'
This was the time of searching. When I heard the noise again I tried to follow it - in darkness of course because it stopped when I was not careful enough.
And 2 days later I was sure the sound came from the kitchen and I knew the corner as well. I turned on the light and B found the cricket.... He fell in love with our telephone which had the same sound as he but I think poor guy was sad at the end.... when he recognized that the telephone was filled without the noise he liked.
I was lucky enough to take a photo about him before B took him out to the balcony.