For Mom!

For a Mother who lives so far away from me!
For a Mother who taught me how to be a good human being.
For a Mother who showed me how to survive in this complicated world.
For my Mother....

I love you mami...
Lolo Sinclair!

Happy Mother's Day to all the mothers in the world!




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Something for her...

I think one of my objective in my life is to bring happiness to my family. And specially to my sweet daughter. She is so good that you have no idea. I love her so much because she is a really good human being.

She is growing up so fast and I know that is a part life that I don't like. I know that one day she will fly away from the nest and I won't be ready for that moment, ever.

I like to make her laugh a lot because later in life it will be harder when you are alone trying to survive in this crazy world.

I also like to make a lot of different things for her, like purses, creatures, pillows, etc, etc so that she has a nice memory about her youth.

So this time I made a new pouch for her. Really cute and unique. Specially for her!

She likes blue, flowers, birds and other things. I made this pouch using some elements that she likes.

I used an unbleached cotton fabric to make the pouch. For the inside I used a print flowered cotton fabric and decorated the front using some craft felt and cotton fabric.

Enjoy my process and pictures.

Please don't copy my designs. If you are interested in having something similar for you or someone else just let me know!

Copyright© 2011 Lolo Sinclair

My Day!

Adorable ice-cream cupcake pincushion!

I was born today some years ago!
Yesterday night I was trying to stop the time, but it was impossible!
We have to accept it!!

Another year... OMG!! I'm getting old?
I don't think so!
Every year means for me to have more wisdom.

It is beautiful to see another new wrinkle in your face. Or another new gray hair. I have a lot since I was 18!!

To get old is awesome and specially if you are surrounded with all the people that you love.

Happy Birthday to me!
Decoration from my dear and lovely husband!

New pouches...

New Collection!

Last year, around November I started working on a new bag design. I have a lot of linen fabric in my closet that I bought some months ago before I moved to NY State so I decided to use them to make my new, fresh and unique pouches. I pleated them really carefully and sewn the pleats using some similar color thread.

For the inside I used calico print cotton fabric that I quilted. I love to feel the softness of the quilt inside the pouch.

And finally I added to the design a delicate fabric rose of course handmade by me, inspired by all my collection of dry flowers that I have had for many years. My special touch!

My new collection is called " Romantic Rose ". I'm a very romantic girl! :)

Copyright © 2011 by Lolo Sinclair

Pillow cases for a good cause!

Last year I participated in a noble cause called "1 Million Pillowcase Challenge"

I made 13 pillowcases using all the fabric that I have in my closet. It was a wonderful experience to do this for a good reason. I just wanted to make more but it was impossible because I was so busy making a lot of pouches that I didn't have enough time to make anything else.

So by the end of December I took all the pillow cases that I made including some from my team mates to the quilting store in my town to be donated to a local charity.

The store owner was thrilled to see all the pillowcases that I gave to her.

If you don't know how to make a pillow case for yourself you will find a good tutorial about how to make them using the french seams technique. Really easy to follow!

My process, some fabric that I used, my pillowcases and the nice lady at Quilters Corner.

Quilters Corner

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Love...

Love,
unique and beautiful
when you find it.

Love,
pain and bitter
when someone hurts you.

Love,
innocent and pure
during your childhood.

Love,
strong and mature
when I open my heart
to yours!

Lolo Sinclair

Happy Valentine's Day to all!






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Cool hats!

Cute winter hats!

We recently moved to live in a cold area so we needed to have new and fun winter, warm hats.

I made one for my husband, one for my daughter and of course one for me.

Fleece seemed like a good choice of material since it is so soft and warm . They are really wonderful to wear in this cold NY winter weather.

My husband is crazy about robots "Mr. Robots" so I made his hat with a cute yellow robot applique. He loves it! Unfortunately some pictures are not so good because I was working on the hat at night!

My daughter is crazy about cats "Miss Kitty" so I made for her a blue cat hat. The design that I used to create the hat was her own cat design. She was thrilled to see her own drawing become a hat. Her classmates were amazed when they saw the cat hat at school! :))

For me I just made a monster, skeleton hat. I didn't have some white fleece to make the eyes so I had to use yellow. My skeleton turns into a funny monster!

Copyright © 2011 Lolo Sinclair