Crafty weekend update

It's been busy around my house in the crafting department. I have finishes to report - already :)

 

I found this adorable ornament kit in my basement. They will be attached to gifts next Christmas for the greats. Love them.

 

 

I recruited Honey Do to help me with this project. The stitchery is from Month 3 of the Stitchery Club. I loved this idea the first time I saw. I wanted to make a button box. Honey Do asked if it had to be round. Of course not !!! He's making bowls and boxes for me all the time, as you can see in the last photo. I absolutely love them and have them in various places throughout our home. But this one is special. The lid needed a place to put the stitchery. He loved the idea too and as you can see he didn't disappoint me. The fabric is silk that I purchased years ago just because it was silk and it finally has the perfect project.

I'm off to spend Sunday afternoon with Mon#2. She is doing remarkably well. It's amazing how good God is to us. She's still got a rough road ahead of her, but may be moving as early as Tuesday to a rehabilitation center. God is SOOOO good !!!!

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A Lovely Year of Finishes

Sew Bitter Sweet Designs is hosting A Lovely Year of Finishes.

The link will take you to the requirements to participate. One of them is to let you know what my goal for the month is.

TILDA 

This is where I'm starting. The top is finished and sandwiched to the back. My goal for January is to get it  hand-quilted and the binding sewn on.

I've decided my word this year will be FOCUS. I'm so easily distracted that there are plenty of projects begun, but not enough finished. So if I can FOCUS on my UFOs this year, I will have A Lovely Year of Finishes.

(found on the internet)

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Happy New Year

The new year is dawning bright and sunny in my spot of the world. We are looking forward to temperatures in the upper 30s with promises of snow next week when everyone heads back to their "normal" routines.

So how did you spend your new year's eve? Did you go out and do something special? Have friends and family in? Stay home for a quiet evening?

We stayed home, we haven't gone out for years, by choice. Our tv decided to stop working just before Christmas and have chosen for the time being not to replace it. Newton doesn't really watch much tv and when he does it's usually Netflix. Honey Do plays on the computer most of the time as he has on-line friends too. I've been watching a series on Netflix, so while my guys did their "thing" I watched and sorted through some flannels.

I've cut it into larger pieces to pass on to an on-line friend that does charitable sewing for children, 4 and 5 inches squares, and 6 inch strips for scrap quilts (hopefully for next Christmas for the "greats").

I also finished my two swap blocks for Quilter's Garden January Swap. This looks like a really comlicated block - at least too me - but it really wasn't all that hard to do. I love my color choices. I may have to make some more of these :)

New Year's day will find me relaxing, watching Netflix, finishing a book and finishing up the flannel so I can packages ready for mailing this week. Illness has been running through the family, so everyone is staying close to home.

Enjoy your day. May the blessings of 2014 continue into 2015 for you and yours.

           

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2014 - Finishes

January

 

 

February

March

 

 

 

June

 

July

August

September

October

 

November

 

 

 

December

And a final finish for December.

Block 12 of Bethlehem :) 

I wasn't sure I would get all the stitching done on this project. I finished it Monday evening. 

It was a simple block to stitch. No fancy additions. The cuteness speaks volumes and really didn't need anything else. It was a fun little block to stitch.

Now it goew on the UFO pile to finish in 2015. I'm not sure how that will be done or what fabrics I will be using, but it won't sit long because I absolutely loved this project.

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