Cross stitch birthday card

For Emelie

I made this cross stitch birthday card from an Amanda Butler chart for Cross Stitch magazine.

Emelie's Eugene Quilt

This is Emelie's "Eugene Quilt". She pieced the blocks when she lived in Eugene but never found the time to finish it. I volunteered to finish it for her. She may want to use it for a wall hanging, but I didn't put any hanging loops on it yet, as I didn't know which direction she would want it to hang. It's quilte large, so a regular dowel probably wouldn't be the way to go. I'll need to discuss it with her. The finished quilt is a birthday gift, and I also want to discuss a label with her. I think she finished the piecing before she got married and changed her name, so perhaps that should be taken into consideration. Or maybe she won't want a label at all. 

Memorial Quilt

I just need to finish packing this quilt to mail to the family. Our Stitching Club made this quilt in memory of Chris Groce who did the Creative U presentations at Pacific Fabrics in our area for years. She is missed! 

The blocks were created by different individuals of the group using a focus fabric in each block. I then pieced the blocks together with the sashing and sandwiched it with backing and batting. Kathy did the quilting; Barb finished the binding; and Gina made the label.

We hope this will be a meaningful gift to the family. They are welcome to donate it to a charity if they so wish.

This is the card that was sent to the family with the quilt.

We got a heartfelt thank you from the family.

Shamrock ornaments

 

These shamrock ornaments are finally done and packed away till March. The machine embroidery designs are Ornamental Shamrocks from DesignsbyJuJu.com.  

Machine embroidery key tag

 

I found this machine embroidery key tag on Etsy at SugarBeachDesigns. It's the perfect tag for our travel trailer keys. I stitched it on some vinyl left over from the spare tire cover.

French press cozy

 

Here's a French press cozy I made for the lake. I love French press coffee!

Painted rock

 

This gorgeous rock was painted for me by a friend. She's such a beautiful person as well as artist. I'll be using this as a napkin weight at the lake. Love it! Thank you Debbie!

Simple tablecloth

 I love to make these table cloths for this little round table on our deck. I can enjoy changing it out in season. We nearly always come in the house from the back door, and this table is there for me to see and enjoy. It's a great way to use and display fabrics that I love but don't have another use for.

Quilt Label

I made this quilt label for a friend's quilt. The machine embroidery is attached to a partially completed quilt block. The quilt is a Baltimore Album.

This is her beautiful quilt.

Prayer shawl

This is a prayer shawl that I finished recently and was given to a friend who has been diagnosed with cancer. I had two skeins of this Caron Jumbo yarn (color, Country Basket). I don't know for sure if I had the same dye lot for both skeins, but I do usually check that. For some reason, the pattern of the variegation was completely different in the two skeins. I've never seen that before. I wasn't too pleased with it, but it is what it is. Curious!

August and September pillowcases

More pillowcases for Julia and Sonja ...

I forgot to take pictures of the July pillowcases.
This is Julia's ... in use!