Monday, February 25, 2013

FEBRUARY 2013

Let's see what did I do this month--
I got this far on this cc stitch--

couple more hexies--

more stitching on the lady--
got the twister quilt all hand quilted in time for Valentines day--


working on this panel of 5 in hand quilting--
Got pattern #3 done in the School house series by Kathy--
2 more fussy cut hexies made--
Feb's Christmas ornament finished
Stripe one of the Wiggly quilt-bom--
tote bag made for Feb SAL with Chookyblue from the book--Red Home
Got the first one stitched in the Sheep Virtues series--
Working on an old project--4 patch posie==
Made another tote in the newest line of fabric that came in the mail after the Red Home tote--

Been knitting on this shawl all month--mostly during the night--
and it is finished by the end of the month--
This is Jan and Feb block to a color month challenge--
Been working on this wool project all month--
And it was finished by the end of the month--

finally after 2 years I got this 4-patch posie quilt top done--
then I gave it to Sue at the quilt shop to finish and to donate to a women's group

And I got his little quilt top all finished--for the machine part!!!

and I watched the this lady--
Danica Patrick make history in a NASCAR--
she is the first women driver to make a pole position at the Daytona--
or any where I believe--
she is the first women to lead some laps under a green flag during a race--
first women to finish in the top 10 at the end of a race--she was 8th--
and the first women to finish a 500 lap race--I believe!!!
way to go!!!!

Thursday, January 24, 2013

JANUARY 2013

Here we go with another new year--
Finished another cross stitch that was started in 2012--
Another Hexie and two gifts that Alice gave me--the snowman and the 3 heart boxes--


My new challenge for 2013 to the blog friends ==
for Jan and Feb it is to work with wool/felt projects--
here is my first 2--owls--


Finished a little doll quilt made from scraps--

For Chookyblues SAL this year it is to make some small items this year--
the first one is from a book I had to order--
called Red Home--and it is thread catchers--make 3--
I actually made 4--did the base of this one wrong--but it will still get used somehow--

And am knitting lots of dishcloths for next year--
New dolly --
Jo Morton quilt--#3--
Got this little quilt all hand quilted--
Made 2 wool mice pincushions--
Another cross stitch finish from 2012--
And I got this one framed that I did get stitched in 2012--
Started a new cross stitch for 2013

Have started another Hexie quilt--


love making these fussy cut ones--

and I finally got #2 of the dolly quilts by Kathy made today--
and another wool/felt project is finished---

found some fabrics for the color card challenge

got the shoe bag made for Chooky's SAL

Counted cross stitch Christmas ornament is finished

and decided on a way to finish off these 2 punch needle works from a couple years ago

three more fussy cut hexies done


first attempt at this panel--did not like the green!!!

second attempt--much better--but ended up giving it to Denise!!!!

So ends a very busy month for me!!!



Sunday, December 30, 2012

DECEMBER 2012



What got finished--
got the 2nd Jo morton quilt all quilted--
got a Crazy Challenge finished with the stitching and made up--
 and got all 12 of the Christmas stitched and totally finished--!!!!!!
got this top sewed together--did my own pattern/design here--like it!!!
and got this one done into a top--
This is a finish---

Here is the back--
this one got finished--
and here is the back--love it!!!
and one more hexie is finished--and have 4-5 more ready to stitch together--
table runner finished--
total of 3 finished--these used the 60 degree ruler--
and I also made these two mats with the ruler--
and then I got these done--
Scotty pillow--
teddy bear pillow--
and I have decided to give this one to my Anne--
she loves, blue, cats, and birds--and I will let here finish it into a pillow or wall hanging!!!

and I have knitted alot of dishcloths this month as I ran out of the ones I did last Jan.




got another counted cross stitch finished--


Was a good year with lots of finishes--