A Few Finishes

I've been slowly and steadily working on many projects, and actually managed to finish some.  I posted about this quilt a few posts ago.  It was my first scalloped edged quilt and binding was quite the challenge.

 

 

The next quilt is for a soon-to-be-arriving grandson of a good friend.  His parents live by the ocean so I chose a sea theme.  The pattern was from a Mary Ellen Hopkins book.  I believe Mary Ellen said it was a kindergarten block but I found it difficult to choose fabrics.  I usually use many small fabrics in a quilt so limiting myself to only a few was really a challenge for me.   I meet with my Quilt Sitters group later this month and look forward to seeing what the other ladies do with this pattern.

 

 





Finally, I embroidered and created these small quilts from Jenny of Elefantz. 

 

 



This doesn't look like much now, but this was in addition to hosting a St. Patrick's dinner party for 11 and cleaning out my quilt closet.  Whew!  I need a rest. 

Nothin' But Slow Stitchin'

We took a road trip to Temecula, CA and then on to Scottsdale, AZ so I had many opportunities to slow stitch.  I've been on a kick to finish 35 year old cross stitch projects.  I can't believe I left them to languish when I was so close to being finished.  This first one brought back wonderful memories of a lunch trip my friend Connie and I made to Allied Arts in Palo Alto.   Our kids were around 3 or 4 years old at the time, so it was a great get away day with my friend.  All I had to finish was the two bottom stars.

The next finish was my January Elefantz stitchery. 

 

 

 This berry sampler is probably the first cross stitch I started.  Again, I wonder why I stopped.  I only had the last two squares to do. 

 This is today's Slow Stitching project.  Another oldie but goodie.

 

Have a great Sunday everyone.