Quilts of Valor quilt blocks

These quilt blocks are for donation to 

Quilts of Valor for their current block drive.

Tissue box covers

I've been on a roll making tissue box covers this week.

I made this one first, taking pictures along the way to make a tutorial, so if I liked it, I could repeat the process for others. It worked out great. I'm keeping this for myself and have it sitting on a table near one of my favorite chairs.

The cross stitch on this 
one was a free blackwork 
anemone SAL from Lesley 
Teare. Kathy stitched it, 
and I used it for the tissue 
box cover. It will be a 
housewarming gift for a 
friend of ours.

It was going so well, 
that I made this one with 
fabric to coordinate 
with the quilt in one of 
our guest bedrooms.

And just one more for the 

bathroom at the lake.

Trailer cabinet embellishment

Cupboards over couch

Several years ago I put wood-look sticky-backed vinyl on some cupboard doors in our travel trailer. I was never completely satisfied with the look, so recently I ordered a roll of vinyl cling to try. I really like the result, but am not sure how well they are going to hold. One has already fallen down and needs to be reapplied, but the others seem to be holding well. I do like the look.

Bedroom

Cross stitch wedding cards

These are a couple of wedding cards for May weddings.

Flowers from the garden

Maybe this is not quite crafting, but I'm so enjoying our weather and gardening. Here's a bouquet I picked yesterday … peonies (they smell so good), wild sweet peas (no scent with these), and cat mint (light fragrance) … in my small "terrarium" that I'm using as a vase.

Faux fur pillows

Another request from Emelie for Julia's room was for fur pillows. She sent me the faux fur, and I purchased more of the dot fabric used in the letters for the backing, with zippers!

J-U-L-I-A

Emelie is redecorating Julia's room and asked for these letters. She provided the fabric. I used a YouTube tutorial. Unfortunately I can't find the right link. It used hot glue to adhere the batting to the letters, which I would not do again. When you press on the letter, you can feel the ridges from the hot glue. They just hang on the wall, so you are not handling them anyway, but next time I would use a temporary spray basting to hold the batting and fabric. Using hot glue on the edges seemed fine. Emelie had me use some heavy drapery fabric for the edges, and I made piping for that.