The Finish

And here's the picture I owe.  Pretty, huh?  I'm very happy with it.

Finished!

It's finished!

And I somehow forgot to take a picture of the entire finished piece.  I'll post it soon!

Birth Announcement

Well, the only problem I ran into stitching this cute birth announcement, is that I have no birth to announce! You can see in the bottom right box that there are lines for the baby's name, birthdate, weight and height. I guess I'll just keep this tucked away, and fill it in if the opportunity arises. I thought the seahorse and crab were so cute.

If I remember, I'll try to take a picture of the back to show. I always forget! I know a lot of people like to see that.

And here are some close ups:

"Home Sweet Home"

This is a cross-stitch that I started a long time ago, when I first started stitching. I never finished it, and I found it again a few months ago. I spent a lot of my recent quality-couch time working on it.


And here are some more detailed views of each section:








Yup, this is one more design that I'll fold and put away. I should really find something useful to do with these. This isn't really one I'd hang in my house. I like the colors, but I'm not really an animal person, so the dog and cat make it an automatic no-thanks. Maybe someday I'll have a large enough collection to get a craft fair booth and sell them.

Finally Finished Quilt

My first quilt is done! Yay! It looks pretty much the same as before, I just did this all along the edge of the border:

I know it's a little goofy, but through some horrible miscalculation, the edges of the top don't quite meet the edges of the border. But now it's all sewn up and happy. :)

My First Finished Quilt Top

Yay! I did it! The quilt top is done. :)


...Now how do I make it into a quilt?

Finished Tablecloth

After what seemed like forever (though it actually took much less time than some of my previous projects), the table cloth is done!

I am very happy with the outcome. It looks so pretty on our dining room table! I almost want to make another one for myself. Almost.

Here are some detailed pictures (one or two are repeats from past posts) and then below there are some overall shots. I hope my mother-in-law likes it!