Sunday, February 14, 2016

Happy Valentine's Day

 Happy Valentine's Day! My hubby and I are pretty low key about the whole thing. We are planning on going out to brunch and then taking an afternoon walk.  A perfect plan that leaves me lots of sewing time and him puttering time.

I made this mini embroidery quilt for my sister. It arrived yesterday just in time! The pattern was from Fort Worth Fabric Studio--they offer lots of free patterns and gorgeous fat quarter bundles

I need to contribute a block for a retirement quilt and I am planning on embroidering another one of these for it because I just love the message.

My sister just texted my that my niece who is a 5th grader is impressed with my embroidery skills, so I texted back I will give her some lessons next time I see her. That will be fun!
 After teaching my Quilty Fun BOM class yesterday, I got caught up on my Ugly Xmas Sweaters, These are so much fun! This pink and green one was the last one I made--I am not sure how Xmasy it is, but I am thinking of the colors in my Fiestaware dishes since this will be a tablecloth for my kitchen table.
 These blocks go together very quickly with Lorna's accurate directions.
 My goal for the Ugly Xmas Sweaters is to use my stash and avoid repeating fabrics. My quilt will have 16 blocks, but Lorna is giving instructions for more blocks than that. I am making all of them and figure the extras can go on the back. You can find details about this quilt along here
I finally got started on embroidering my Down in the Garden Block 1 last night. I embroider with perle cotton #8 and use Warm and White batting behind the fabric as a stabilizer. See my egg carton full of the colors I am using? The egg carton helps keep my perle cotton balls from turning into a tangled mess and makes them more easily transported. I hope to get a lot more done on this today for Slow Sunday Stitching

I will also spend some time at my machine working on the second clue for the Scrap Dance Tango Mystery

Have a great week!

20 comments:

  1. I love the embroidery for your sister... it's gorgeous!
    Happy to see that the Garden quilt is started...it will be a wonderful project to work on.

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  2. The embroidery you made for your sister is lovely, and how nice to have a chande to teach your niece to embroidery, The garden Quilt block 1 has started nicely I love the fabrics too.

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  3. What a sweet block, and the perfect saying for your generous sister and someone who is retiring! Love those ugly Christmas sweater blocks, too!

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  4. OMG....I too love your valentine embroidery and will enjoy watching the progress on your Garden Quilt. Can you do a post on your "embroidery square" someday. I'm always curious about it when I stop by. I never use a hoop and wonder if I should??? SMILES!V

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  5. Cute embroidery for your sister. Your niece is a pretty lucky girl to have a talented aunt to teach her embroidery!

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  6. I like the embroidery plus scrap log cabin design! And yes, the saying is great. Ugly sweater looks like fun. claire aka knitnkwilt.wordpress.com

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  7. Ugly Christmas sweaters from your stash? A fine idea! Thanks for linking up with Stash Love @ A Quarter Inch from the Edge!

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  8. I love the sentiment on your sister's quilt. And I especially love how you have quilted it too. I hope you don't mind but I'm going to "steal" your egg carton idea....what a great idea....

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  9. Your ugly Christmas sweater blocks look great and make great use of your stash.

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  10. Well done keeping on with the blocks. And great to see the embroidery starting.

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  11. Your embroidery is very pretty. I like the Down in the Garden block. I like the egg carton idea. Your ugly sweater blocks aren't very ugly. They should make a really nice quilt.

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  12. How fun it would be to spend time with your niece and share some quality embroidery lessons together! So nice to hear that you have inspired a love for the craft. Your Down in the Garden block is certainly a pretty one. Looking forward to watching your progress on this new project!

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  13. You are so lucky to have your niece to teach, neither my daughter or granddaughter were interested. Love your Ugly sweaters, so fun.

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  14. That egg box? Genius!!! I love Lorna's designs - her ugly Christmas jumper pattern just makes me laugh, great idea isn't it! I agree with your niece, your embroidery skills *are* impressive :)

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  15. I am loving all the ugly sweater blocks! I need to make some!!

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  16. I just love your embroidery! Thanks for sharing how you keep your Perle cotton organized too! Soon to start my Journey quilt and I need tips like that :) wonderful ugly sweater blocks too! Kathi

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  17. So much eye candy today. Your sweaters are coming along well. And I like the embroidery you are starting. Very nice.

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  18. You're Valentine's Embroidery turned out so lovely! :) Thanks for stopping by and linking up!

    -Lindsey

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  19. Your ugly sweaters sure are coming along!

    Thanks for linking them up to Building Blocks Tuesday.

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