Weekend Stitching

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Christine

~because nice matters~

Weekend Stitching

This was my weekend stitching project. I just need to finish the boarder and it will be done.

So for the rest of this week it will become my 15 minutes of play in the mornings.

My first mug rug!

 Front

 Back

I started this back during a mug rug blog a long. I don't remember exactly who's blog I got this pattern from, but I love the way it came out. I finally had a chance to quilt it this past week and my quilting buddy ME stitched the binding for me while I practiced my FMQ. I still need a lot of practice on my FMQ.

Thank you for visiting my blog!

Christine

~because nice matters~

Happy Monday!

Last night, my son asked me if I would help him with his homework. He had to write a speech and wanted to practice the speech on me, so I sat at the dining room table with him as he worked on his assignment I should have continued to stitch my "Be Mine Valentine" cross stitch that I had been working on all weekend but no....I started another project, it isn't like I don't have tons of projects waiting to be finished but this beautiful Moda fabric was just sitting there, calling my name, waiting to be touched and I just love making hexies.....hum...

These hexies were made from Echo scraps from Moda....aren't they just beautiful. 

Design: Be Mine Valentine

Designer: Lizzie * Kate

Fabric: 14 count cream Aida Cloth

Fiber: 2 stands over 1

Do you think I can finish it by tomorrow? I don't know.

I don't think I allowed myself enough time for my holiday stitching.

It could be a time management issue or I should just not start any new projects for awhile.

But it is so hard

 What do you think?

I think I have a problem.

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Christine

~because nice matters~

15 Minutes Play

Vision without execution is a hallucination

Lizzie * Kate Be Mine Valentine

Every morning I try to get in 15 minutes for myself & hope for some more time later on in the day!

Thank you for visiting!

Christine

~because nice matters~

Welcome 2012!

I've been waiting for you....
For the last couple of weeks, I have been looking forward to 2012. I've been given a lot of thought about what I want to accomplish in 2012. Finishing my UFO's is on the on the top of that list and this is the year when I get them done! My word for 2012 is FINISHED. I want to have many finishes. And everytime I have a finish I will be sharing them here with you.

I plan on posting my goals for each month to help me keep on track, so my goals for January are.....

Megan's scarf (started 12/11)
Baby Shower gift (started 1/2/12)
Jorge's rag quilt (started 11/10)
Jenny's quilt (started 11/11)

Jorge's rag quilt all cut out and ready to sew.

I hope to have a finish soon!

Thank you for visiting!

Christine

~because nice matters~

WIP

Last year I picked up this Halloween panel at a LQS to make a wall hanging and since I never finished it in time for last Halloween I thought that I would try again this year. After spending a week thinking about it and looking for it (it was actually longer than a week but who's counting) I finally found it and pieced it all together. Now for the quilting part, I can't decide how I should quilt it. It would look really nice on my front door if I could only figure out just how I should quilt it. I thought about hand quilting it, going around all the ghosts, pumpkins and candy corns, but I am afraid of how it will look on the back.

What would you do?

Back to sewing.....

Christine

~ because nice matters~

WIP

Since I was running out of templates for my blossoms, I needed to make a decision to either order more templates or start sewing my blossoms together. I also need to decide if I was going to put stepping stones between my blossoms, so I asked my 15 year old son what he thought and no stepping stones was the answer, so I started sewing my blossoms together and this is what I have so far.....

I wish I took better pictures. This picture didn't come out that good.

And I still may order some more templates!

Thank you for visiting!

Keep quilting!
Christine
~because nice matters~