. . . of fun. A good deal of weekend fun!
It was a lovely, busy weekend with lots of stitchy-crafy things going on. On Thursday I was inspired at work to turn our 3D Popcorn Box die cut into these darling little favor boxes . . .
I used Christmas images (I printed seamless background images onto the cardstock), but these could be done for *any* holiday or themed event. They were fast and easy to put together, too -- a happy bonus. I love it when I find a fun something!
I found just the thing I needed in my floss stash to finish up a secret project I've taken over (by request). I worked on this project steadily on Friday and finished it up on Saturday.
I should be able to share it after Thanksgiving. Fingers crossed! Don't you love it when you have exactly what you need?
On Saturday we had our semi-regular 'stitch-in' for our Stitcher's Etc. group. We had a huge gathering of ladies show up!
Lots of giggling and lots of fun. Of course, you can probably guess that this is my work station:
No machine, set for handwork, some show and tell, with a tea cup on a mug rug! LOL! I am who I am. :)
One of the gals gave me a hands on tutorial/demo on making bowl cozies. Of course I had to go home and make one for myself!
I'm so pleased with how my first one turned out! It's not difficult, but it does take precision and patience (one of the reasons I'm SO pleased with my finish!). I can see several of these in my gift-making future! They'd be cute paired with one of the fabric trivets I've been making!
I am in the last stage of finishing the stitching on my pumpkin.
Only the outline to finish! I meant to bring it along to work to play with at lunch. C'est la vie. This is going to be a very busy week ... I've got something after work every day this week. Whew! I don't know how much evening slow stitching I'll be able to get in ... have to take it when I can get it!
The huge SQUIRREL! in my life right now are these wool acorns . . .
I had additional caps, so I had to make acorns. I had extra wool circles cut so I had to get more caps and make more acorns. There were caps leftover so I had to cut more wool circles and make acorns. And so on and so on. I'll be overflowing with them, soon! They're such a happy distraction!
Linking up (just under the wire) with Kathy's Quilts. Have a lovely week!
:)
