New Additons

I recently added these needle books to my collection. They make me happy.

Candlewicking Quilt

I've been working on so many things but I wanted to post pictures of this quilt I recently finished.  The center is from a candlewicking kit I picked up at a thrift store last year. My grandma loved doing candlewicking and I wanted to make this in her honor. It was a lot of fun to make and I can understand why she enjoyed doing it so much. I actually made another piece that is all hearts. I found a couple kits that belonged to Little, mostly Christmas, and I hope to finish them soon.

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Hanky pouch

I finished this "hanky pouch" this morning. I was in inspired by this. The millinery and buttons are vintage. The pouch itself is made from linen. I am so happy with how it has turned out, I want to make a few more as gifts.

Knit Witts

I visited this shop in Evansville Indiana last weekend with Ariane. It's very cute and bright. I bought yarn to make two new cowls for Christmas. As soon as my wrist feels better I can start them. I haven't been able to knit or crochet for a couple months. I'm resting it as much as possible so I'll be ready for  "Stitches" next month. I already  have a list of things to look for.

July 4

the button jar

I've been adding my buttons to  Pinterest this week. It takes me so long because I enjoy looking at them and organizing them by color and size. I still am not sure how I am going to display them in my sewing room. If I can see what I have I will use them in more projects.

Current project

I've had this chart in my stash for a couple years and started working on it last week. It has a lot of stitches in addition to the traditional cross stitch. It has been a lot of fun but it also had been somewhat of a challenge. The instructions are in French, which of course I don't read . Thank goodness for google translate.