Easter Cards

For Shirley

Here are the last two Easter cards that were mailed yesterday. Both charts are from alitadesigns.com.

For Susan 

Easter Cards

I'm still hoping to get a couple more Easter cards done, but these are the ones that got mailed to the grandchildren.

I’ve had the aperture cards for ages but never used them because they were so small. Since I was time-crunched for Easter cards and really wanted to send them, I found some tiny, quick charts to use. I like the way they turned out. I have one more small Easter chart that, if I get it done, will be an Easter card for another friend.

For Sonja

Spring Lamb chart from licieheaton.com

For Iris

Easter Eggs chart from alitadesigns.com

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For Julia

Sprint Butterfly chart from lucieheaton.com

For Valentin

A small part of Puddles & Paddles chart  

from May, 2020 Cross Stitcher magazine

Easter Bunnies

Time for Easter bunnies. I kept seeing these on DesignsByJuJu's Facebook page and finally caved just in time to make them for Sonja, Julia and Valentin. Probably due to the Minky-type fabric I used, I needed to do the final step with my sewing machine rather than the embroidery machine.

Machine embroidery zip bags

I've made more little zip bags, too. The digitized design is from Kreative Kiwi Embroidery. I've made some changes in it and add some quilting done on my domestic machine. I haven't been able to get the lining just right, yet, but I'm going to try again on the next one I make. I found a better descriptive video to try to follow.

These two were made as graduation gifts.

Front and back of the bird one for Susan's birthday.

This one is mine.

Tissue Box Covers

Next up, I'm showing a couple more tissue box covers. One was sent to Leslie for her birthday, and the other one is going to the lake to hang on the wall next to the bed.

April Cards

Here in the throws of the COVID-19 isolation mode, so crafting helps me maintain my sanity. Somewhat good timing for me, as April is full of friends' and family birthdays as well as Easter.

So to start with, I'll share the April birthday cards I've made so far.

This first card is for Leslie's birthday. This cute little bird motif is a freebee from alitadesigns.com. Many of her designs are perfect for the greeting cards I enjoy making. 

The second card is a 2020 free chart from Durene Jones. I also use many of her darling charts for greeting cards.