I’m closing in on finishes on several projects but unfortunately I can’t share any of them with you until after Christmas. So instead of my usual WIP Wednesday post, I thought I’d share photos of the fabric dresser that I’ve mentioned so many times over the past several months. This dresser is another one of those rescue and refinish projects…
This small embroidery has been rolled over on my 2015 Finish Along list each quarter since the beginning of the year. Back in September, I decided to use it as the top of an advent calendar. I didn’t know how much more embroidery or the amount of time I was letting myself in for. First, I added white squares of…
Last week for WIP Wednesday, I showed you the large So Dog Gone Cute block I’d made; modeling it after Oldest Daughter’s and her partner’s little dog, Bhodi. At the time when I posted about it, I thought the block was finished and ready to be turned into a pillow cover. But then in the comments, Mary Anne suggested that…
In addition to the secret Christmas projects that I’ve been working on this past week, I’ve been stitching away on the pockets for my Advent Calendar. I embroidered the last of the numbers this morning so now I’m ready to cut them into strips and add them to the calendar itself. The Advent Calendar is my October goal for A…
This is the time of year when there are lots of projects in various stages of progress but the majority of which can’t be shared until after Christmas. However, there is one Christmas gift-in-progress that I can share as the recipient doesn’t read my blog. When Lorna from Sew Fresh Quilts first announced that she was having a Quilt Along…
The months have sped by and here we are having entered the final quarter of 2015. I had hoped by now to have cleared my list of UFOs/WIPs. Instead I find myself rolling over several of the projects from Quarter 3 of the 2015 Finish Along. To recap, these are the projects I finished from that list: Seeds of Friendship…
July came and went so quickly that it’s hard to believe that summer is more than half way over. I also can’t believe that while July started out well with me getting my Disappearing Nine Patch quilt sandwiched and hand-basted… that’s as far as I got. It will now be my August goal for A Lovely Year of Finishes. July…
My heart is sad today. Our oldest and her partner left Monday afternoon to spend the rest of their vacation with his family. I guess I was too busy yesterday to think about not seeing her again for another whole year. I spent yesterday washing sheets and towels and straightening the house. I’d forgotten how much laundry and housework 5…
Just a quick post today while I take a break from quilting my Seeds of Friendship Bolster Cover. I want to have this finished and on the bed in the guest bedroom before our oldest daughter and future son-in-law get here. The original plan had them arriving here Thursday but their flight out of Shanghai was delayed a few hours…
I hadn’t really planned to do our regional July Shop Hop, first because of the distance and driving involved to get to 15 shops spread out all over Southwestern Ontario and second because I have sooooo many other projects that I want to finish this quarter that starting a new one would slow down progress on those. But last week,…