Show & tell

I didn't maka many pictures of the show & tell on friday, the few nI publish here.

Such an event makes you eager to finish things and gives so much ideas!

Finished!

I did finish my two little projects in time for the show&tell yesterday. I'm very pleased with them. And fellow stitchers thought they were lovely too.

So up to the next project, which is the fishes quilt for my grandson Stein.

Progresses on appliqué

The first picture isn't appliqué, of course. It's another contribition to the Regenboogkussens. The lady for which the cushioncover is intended, likes the sea very much. As I like lighthouses a lot (what a surprise, lol) I couldn't resist to stitch one for her.

A dear friend of mine loves cats very much (a lot of needle artists do!) and she has her 55th birthday this year, so I wanted to bring my new skill in practice. She has a grey and a ginger cat, so I appliquéd them, I used the free charts of fatcatpatterns for it, trying to addapt the character of the cats a bit. I still have to quilt it, this will be a work for tomorrow.

The hearts, made in the workshop are quilted already and lying in a big tub to rince. Tomorrow I will set it to dry and I hope to put the final binding on monday or tuesday. There are some mistakes in it, but nobody is perfect from the first attempt and as long as I'm pleased with it, its OK, isn't it?

I hope to finish the cats too. On friday, we have the annual Show & tell of Calico House and I want to show my first ever finished projects in quilting there. It's been a nice ature, all these courses, but they are well worth it.

Lighthouses

A while ago, I decided to go to the frame shop and let some of my stitched lighthouses framed. They are proudly hanging on the wall, but haven't been photographed yet. So by this ...

There are some more in the closet to be framed and some are WIP's and UFO's and some unpacked... And some in my head for appliqué :-) !

Appliqué

The workshop of saturday was a big success for me. I enjoyed myself so much!

Not all shapes are round enough, but I'm sure I will practice the techniques a lot. This was a basic workshop with traditional application. In the fall, ther will be a longer course and I'm sure I will go to it, my heart is captured by it.

Now I have to think how I will finish it, I'm thinking of some enbroidery to complete it and then make it into a little wallhanging.

But first I will go with a bunch of ladies to the European quilting championships in Veldhoven on friday www.oecq.eu I wonder with what treasures I will come home. Of course my camera is an absolute must that day!

SAL's and finishes

The snowman is finished, I cut the fabric too short, so I had to modify the snowman, he is 40 rows shorter than in the chart. I don't think he is out of proportions, though.

The cushioncover of the sunflowers is ready, I think it came out beutiful. Those Regenboog cushions are so nice to give to people who need them.

The first part of the two banners are ready, except for the backstitch. The first one is a mystery Christmas banner, the second is a chart called 'our readingroom'.

I also finished the Lizzie Kate chart for this month.

So all of my cross stitch projects are finished, nothing done though on patchwork or quilting. On saturday is the appliqué workshop, if will involve hearts, I'm looking forward to it. It is a short one with the very basics, but knowing the teacher it will be tough enough to tackle.

Finishes

Two finishes to show this time. First there is the kit 'Kites' from Michael Powell. The cross stitching is done, the Kite buttons are temporarily atatched for the picture. I'm going to search through my fabrics for a nice one to match with the stitching, so it will be a sunny wallhanging above my desk.

The second one is a sunflower, for the Regenboogkussens charity. The receiver of the cushion has the same type of cancer as my late hubby, I just had to stitch my part of it.

The snowman of the SAL I love snowmen is nearly finished. So I will have time to start to stitch on the next ones, there are two banners waiting and the 2nd part of the Lizzy Kate SAL.

End of the month is my appliqué workshop, I'm looking forward to it.

And I'm doing 4 aquarel workshops this month. They are subsidized by our local government and really fun t do. The teacher gives us free hand and all the advice we want. I hope to place some pics the next time.

The weather is sunny and warm lately, tomorrow is another day to rince fabric, yippee!!!