FNSI Results - December

It may not look like I accomplished much but when focusing on hand work it sometimes just seems to take longer to accomplish a task.

Finished my Little House Needleworks "All Dolled Up!" - Winter Sheep.  Isn't he the cutest?  Now to put a back on and turn him into a cute little ornament.  Let's just say I love him.  When I started on Friday all I had done was Mr. Sheep - finished all the rest off watching TV yesterday afternoon and evening.

Then moved on to my Wee Wonderfuls' Story Book Dolls.  I really love the Wee Wonderfuls book.  These were the first dolls I tried.  Last night I finished off the hand work on the red capes, sewed them together and have them ready to finish off.  I also completed the aprons last night and sewed the arms and legs on the second doll.

They're such cute friends!

Lots more to get done!

Halloween Quilts!

Last night was so much fun.  I participated in Friday Night Sew In and accomplished a lot in one night.  I wanted to finish my little lap quilts for the boys.  I had them pieced but last night added the border and then started quilting.  I used glow in the dark thread to quilt a spiderweb across the quilts.

The great part about the spiderweb design was it didn't matter how accurate or perfect it was.  Just free-styled the design using painter's tape.

Here's how the backs ended up looking.  I just used orange thread for the back.  I also just placed the pieced work on top of fleece.  I thought the fleece back would make a nice soft snuggle blanket.

Here is how it looked last night when I called it an evening.  After I turned off all the lights I watched the spiderweb glow - it was so awesome!

This morning I got the binding on the first quilt.  Then the power went out.  But late afternoon it came back on and I was able to finish the binding on the second quilt.

One quilt . . .

Two quilts . . .

Now to finish hand sewing the binding and they'll be ready for little hands!

Can't Wait for Friday Night!

Why?  I decided to sign up for this month's Friday Night Sew In - you can also link from the button on the right sidebar. I had wanted to do this in September but I was out of town the night it was held.

It sounds like a lot of fun.  Basically you set aside the listed Friday night and work on sewing projects you have sitting around.  I have yet to decide what I'll be working on.  I really want to finish the boys' Halloween quilts but my my grandma's machine (I may now possess it but it will always be grandma's machine) is in the shop.  Drat and sniff.  It is the only machine I have that will do pretty stitches including the satin stitch I was going to use to add some glow in the dark bats and pumpkins to the quilt tops.

No fears - plenty of projects sitting around here.

If you want to set aside some time for a sewing project (any type of sewing/stitching) join in!