Now if this doesn't inspire me to take on my sewing machine, then nothing will.
Some projects I'm dreaming about doing: garden apron from Simple Sewing with a French Twist (gorgeous book!), a quilt for Elsa, and those beautiful bird ornaments also from the Purl book.
Hiding beneath the pincushion is the "anemone" crochet block I've been working on (with the eventual intention of creating the Water Lily quilt from Crochet Blocks):
