Monday Night Crafting

Bethie and I decided to get together tonight instead of Thursday because we will both have busy weekends.  I am proud to say that tonight I completed not one, but two pins!  That means I now have 7 things on my Things I've Done board (We'll ignore the fact that I have over 1,200 pins!).

Graduation cards inspired by Pinterest

My Mean Cousin

My mean cousin who comes to my house on Thursdays for crafting night has decided that we should finish a Pinterest pin every week.  I mean, can you believe it, she actually wants me to do the stuff I pinned!  What is she thinking?

Well, since my mean cousin forced me to do it, I did actually finish a pin.  I made a food passport.  Since it was just as easy to make two as it was to make one,  I made one for her, too.  A food passport is a list of restaurants in your area so that you never have to worry about that dreaded question, "Where do you want to go for dinner?"  This is really good for me and my friends because we are all way indecisive in this area.  Anyway, here's what it looks like:

The cover

My Title Page

A Sample Entry

Mystery SAL progress

I'm trying to catch up on my stitching.  I seem to be making pretty good progress.  I thank Bethie for that.  She keeps me on target by showing up every week to cheer me on.  This week I finished part 7 of my mystery SAL.

 During this section I found a new favorite stitch.  I love the whipped backstitch!  It's a simple backstitch, but then you stich on top to raise it and give it a 3-D look.  It's really cool and adds a lot of dimension to the piece.  Here's an update on my progress.

The whole shebang so far.

Part 7 close up

 

PR SAL Fairy Top is Complete

I finally finished the top section of my fairy from Passione Ricamo.  The edging is beautiful.  I love all the beading and the metallic threads are fun to work with.  I love the Rainbow Gallery metallic threads.  They are my new favorite threads (sorry Weeks Dye Works).  This piece is going to be so beautiful, if I can ever get it finished.

PR fairy before



PR fairy after

Finally Able to Say Goodbye

In February, we lost a treasured member of our family.  ChiChi was a unique kitty.  He hated us all with a passion unlike any other.  He peed on my laundry.  He hissed at me when I walked in the room.  Then he went senile and forgot he hated us.  The last few years with him, he snuggled in my lap and even purred at me every now and then.  As mean and ornery as he was, he is truly missed.  I've spent the past month remembering him and stitching a memorial for him.  Here's a memory for my beloved Home Cheese.

New Year's Progress

Rose Tree Stocking

One of my new year's resolutions is to finish projects.  Any kind of project is up for grabs.  I've got a ton of UFO's that need to make a landing!  So here's step one to my goal.  I finished one of my felt stockings I began a LONG time ago.  Well, it's done.  Not only is it stitched, but it is finished.  It is a stocking ready to hang by the fireplace.

Mystery SAL

Mystery SAL

Another Thursday; another section completed.  Tonight I finished part 6 of my Mystery SAL.  This was the winged section to the left.  Then, when Bethie and I looked, we figured out I was only two months behind!  I added the hardanger section to this one.  I'm getting more comfortable with the cutting part.