Happy Easter

"Antique Fair Baskets" 

freebie by BBD

Size: 11 1/4" x 11 /1/4"

*** Made just one basket block and added

corner stones and bunny ***

Happy Easter/Spring mini!

This and that

"Katy Horn" by CHS

Fabric: 40ct Lakeside Linens, 

Vtg. Exampler

Fibers: Converted to NPI

SAL with Janet and Deb @ LNS

Made our goal for this month with Katy :)

Our last part will be the sawtooth borders

in dark red right inside of the outside borders.

And now what?

Christmas QAL - Mar #3

Almost done stitching Santas :)

Christmas QAL - Mar #2

Santa is laying out in the sun!

Christmas QAL - Mar #1

It's that time again

for Christmas QALtoday

over at Joanna's place!!

This weekend

From "Quilted Pictures #4"

by Lori Smith

@From my heart to your hands

A kit from Karen

Finish Size: 10"x 10"

It's pinned!

I thought I had them!

From "Quilted Pictures #4"

by Lori Smith

@From my heart to your hands

A kit from Karen

All stitched down :D

Woolen kind of Day

Started my weekend with

 a fun project and music :D

Midweek report

Got both lightly stained :D

Still got time

Ms. Limo: The last finish of the year!

Snowman came alive

"Snowman ornament"

a free kit with purchase @TQC in 2010

I finished this little charming ornament

as promised the other day.

And my stuff...

I brought Cheri's "soot&ashes" with me.

I was debating between the green/olive thread

and the black for Feather stitches.

Here is what I decided to go with -

black thread.

I have three more rows to go!

I love Feather stitch.

It's so relaxing...

There are still quite few of wool bits

need to be added.

They are leaves and berries, mainly.

The above is a Cheri's version.

And this is my latest Schnibble finish -

"Cindy Lou Who?" by Miss Rosie's Quilt Co.

Well, I originally started this one about a year ago

with the Fat 8th bundle of "Colonial Christmas" 

by Judie Rothermel I purchased at

Quilter's Coop in September of 2009.

I quickly discovered that

Fat 8th bundle doesn't quite go further

to the borders.

What a sad news! lol

So I had to stop right there.

I found more of this line at

Fat Quarter's Quilt shop while we were there

and got more for the borders.

I just fell in love with this retro/vintage look

and can't stay away from them!!

My Twister is also made from the same line

with some extra addition from others of Judie's.

I'm hoping to quilt this one

to enjoy during this holiday season.

We shall see how it goes...

 

-- Posted from my iPhone

soot&ashes Block #13, #14 & #15 and more

"soot&ashes" Freebie

by Cheri Payne

Block size: 5" sq finished

I finally got back with this lovely quilt last night

after the turkey fiesta time at our friend's.

Look!

I even got to the wool applique blocks, too :)

After I had a nice chat with Wendy

later in the afternoon,

I got a great motivation to keep up with mine.

Thank you Wendy!

I still have to cut out more wools

for the vines and such,

but I decided to make the blocks first,

then I will go from there for the rest.

The below is Cheri's finished quilt,

and this one is mine,

just being laid out.

I used Aged muslin

for the sashing and borders

as well as the background of

the wool applique blocks.

I just love this stuff!!

You don't see the effect of

how the way it is dyed in my pics,

but it has a look of the vintage/primitive.

BTW, It's Black Friday today.

Have you all gone for shopping already?

I have never done this

since moved to the U.S. xx years ago-

- I usually try to stay away from the crowds,

but today, my friends and I are going out

to our LQS to enjoy the shopping spree

in this afternoon :)))

 

-- Posted from my iPhone

Oops #2

This wool applique mat was also left out

while showing off all others the other day.

I've been burning fall scented soy melting tarts

since last month.

It smells sooooo good in the house :)))

"Changing Seasons"

Bits & Pieces by Joan

I love stitching pumpkins so much on anything,

but our time is running out

and it will be soon to be changed to

Christmas decoration after Turkey Day...

 

-- Posted from my iPhone

And more...

*** From far left: "Christmas Ornament"

by Roz Watnemo @ Nordic Needle

Fabric: Northern Cross Linen 27ct Natural

Fiber: Caron Waterflowers #0025 Holiday

*** Center: from JCS Ornament issue 2010

by Nordic Needle

Fabric: Northern Cross Linen 27ct Natural

Fiber: Caron Waterflowers #0164 Cinnabar

*** Bottom right: "Nordic Star Ornament"

by Roz Watnemo @ Nordic Needle

Fabric: Northern Cross Linen 27ct Natural

Fiber: Caron Waterflowers #0025 Holiday

*** Top right: :Hardanger Crystals #1"

by Roz Watnemo @ Nordic Needle

Fabric: Northern Cross Linen 27ct Natural

Fiber: Caron Waterflowers #0025 Holiday

The far left one is my contribution for this year

to BCRF auction@ my LNS.

The rest are still sitting there to be finished.
They are all Hardanger pieces with
some drawn work techniques.

" Quaker Christimas Samplers"

by CHS

Fabric: Vintage Fawn@ Lakeside Linens 40ct

Fiber: Gloriana Silk floss, Rosewood

This is one of my purchases

when I found out about Kathy will be retired

from designing the patterns.

"Les Lettres de Noël"

by Marie-Anne Réthoret Mélin

@De filen aiguille No. 52, Nov-Dec 2006

Fabric: Wichelt linen 40ct Natural

Fiber: AVAS 100/3 Creme & #500

This ons is a companion piece of the below.

I stitched up the first one

a couple of years ago,

then found out I had a little problem

finding the embellishment- extra small beads.

I finally finished up and framed it

about this time of last year

with some great helps by my blogland friends

Emma and Sanae in Japan.

They both saw and liked mine first,

then finshed theirs even before I did mine.

What's up with that? lol

Thank you both and it's that time again

to pull out from the closet to show off!

Right: "Moonlit Garden" Loose Feather #22

by BBD

Fabric: Lakeside Linens 40ct Vintage Dill

Fiber: WDW- called for the chart

I finished my fall house

even before putting my blog on vacation.

That was really fun while our weather

here in Arizona was still extremely warm!!

Then I started another fall project

as I really liked my fall house.

It's Fraidy Felix in black linen with 30ct.

Yes, 30ct in black is not something

I'm used to... 

Here is a lovely antique looking pincushion

I made as a class project last month. 

Linda Danielson@ Samplers Remembered

had a workshop at my LNS.

We learned how to embellish the pincushion

with the lace trim with the antique MOP buttons.

It was such a fun class learning and stitching with

all other participants,

some of us were even from out side of the state!

I've heard she is going to give another class

in early January as it was so popular

between the two classess she's already had.

"Petals for Penny Table Mat"

by Primitive Gatherings

And the last one, but not the least,

I'm also stitching this wool applique mat.

Wool applique is such a relaxing project

without any hustle.

I almost feel so sorry to finish the project

towards the end of it as it's that much fun!!

I think that's about it for now from here.

See you again some time...

 

-- Posted from my iPhone

Hi there...

"Seasons Greetings"

freebie by quiltsbycheri

Quilt layout & instructions

Fabrics: "French Quarter"

 by Paula Barne@ Marcus Fabrics

How are you all doing?

It's been for awhile

since I put my blog on vacation and  

now I'm slowly coming back this way.

While I was away form the blogland,

I still had some fun with stitching and quilting

as some of you may have seen my tweets

on Twitter :)

And here is some of the finishes

to share with you.

The first one is a Cheri's miniature quilt

I absolutely had to make ;)

It looks so small in the picture by the dining set,

and it actually fits in 11" x 14" frame.

Here is a close up of the frame.

I really like the idea of framing

the doll size quilt without quilting.

I'll eventually be good at quilting though!

Then I also framed this lovely quilt

from my friend Kristine.

It was sitting on the ezel for the longest time,

then now since I've been in the great mood for

framing everything,

 of course it caught my eyes and

 got to get framed!

It looks so much nicer

with others in our living room.

I love the frame with small beaded feature.

This one is 16" x 20".

Kitchen Towel

with fall wool Applique kit

by Jo Ann@ The Country Loft

I bought this kit

during our visit to Southern California

back in late August.

It was just perfect to play with :)))

Fun, easy and fast!

I have a couple more of these towels to stitch

for the holiday season.

I'll see you again soon!

 

-- Posted from my iPhone

Sunday's Pleasure #3- Wool Applique

"Old St. Nick Table Mat"

Kit by Primitive Gatherings

Size: 18" round

Ok, back to the applique now.

I prepared this wool project

to take along with to the class

we planed to join at Temecula Quilt Co.

during our trip.

And it got done shortly after

came back from there!!

Here is a picture of the close up

of the homespun plaid backing.

And two together with my pumpkin mat

made last year...

I'm ready to enjoy the fall air!!

-- Posted from my iPhone