Basket weaving

Apple Pickin' Basket

On a recent camping trip, Kathy and I took a basket weaving class at the Anacortes Senior Center. It is offered once a month. We really enjoyed it and want to do it again. This is called  the "Apple Pickin' Basket". We used a Minwax stain. The inside bottom pattern is called "chicken feet" as I recall, but you have to peek inside to see it. I used a scorch marker to sign the bottom. I'm not sure what I'll use it for or if I will gift it.

Chicken feet pattern

Scorch marker

Easter cards

April is a busy month for cards with birthdays and Easter. Here are the Easter cards I've made for friends and family.

for Fuchs family
a Maria Diaz design 
from The World of 
Cross Stitching magazine

for Harstad-Bell family
"chick and flower"
chart from alitadesigns.com

for Grundals
"Happy Easter"
free chart from Ellen Maurer-Stroh

for Yahns
"Schmetterlinge"
chart from Zweigart