Finished Project! The Easter Bunny Stocks Up

When this pattern came in to the shop, it was too cute to pass up...who would have guessed the Easter Bunny was a trick or treater and thrifty Easter Basket shopper?  It made me giggle, so I had to make it.

It's called "The Easter Bunny Stocks Up" and is by Cranberry Designs' Rockin' Redwork line.  I'm not much for doing embroidery - it's gorgeous but I don't have the attention span for much of it - but this was adorable and simple.  And, I had a total blast quilting it! I don't have a picture of the finished product (just finished the binding yesterday and neglected to take a picture of it), but the binding is purple and I'm pretty psyched about the whole thing.  It feels good to start and finish a project within a week...it happens so rarely!

Lovely Frankenstein's 31 Days of Halloween: Boo Embroidery

 

Well isn't this adorable?  I love the fatty little bat!  This simple little embroidery designed by Amanda Woodward-Jennings would look fantastic on a set of seasonal dish towels, cloth napkins or even as a quilt label!  Hmm...I better bust out the DMC and give this a whirl, I have a bunch of plain dishtowels that need a little something.  

CLICK HERE to find the pattern.  Thanks for Amanda for sharing!

Lovely Frankenstein's 31 Days of Halloween: Halloween Redwork

 

Anyone who knows me, knows I'm not a hand-stitching, hand-work kind of girl.  I try to think I am, but uh, I get bored halfway through and say, "Ehhhh forget it." This one from Pattern Bee is has got a vintage flair but it's still just a little creepy at the same time.  I'm not sure how  feel about the pumpkin man in the little kid's bedroom, but hey, I'm not going to assume anything here. It would be neat on a throw pillow or a dishtowel though for sure!

 CLICK HERE for the free pattern.

Lovely Frankenstein's 31 Days of Halloween: Free Stitchery Pattern

Well, I can't post a picture of this because of Copyright settings on the JMD website (which of course is fine) but this cute little wallhanging says "Having Nothing to Stitch is Scary!" ....and it's right!

CLICK HERE to see the quilt, and CLICK HERE for the pattern PDF.

Pattern is by Janet M. Davies for JMD Designs in New Zealand. Great project, Janet - thank you for sharing!

VICTORY IS MINE!

Happiness is finishing a project you didn't think you had the skill to do, and not only that, but doing it well.
I'm really, really happy with how this tunred out, and I don't have any [major] oopses. The hand embroidery is a little shaky, but that too will get better with practice and maybe a little stabilizer too.

'Tis the Season to be Spooky, Part Tres

ALMOST DONE. All that's left to do is the little bits of embroidery, then put on the borders. I'm debating whether I want to do the scrappy pinstripe border or not, and I'm thinking this needs a tone-on-tone black border rather than just a plain solid...nothing too flashy but just enough to give it a little interest.

Here's what's together so far!

My favorite one! What can I say, that glittery fabric is awesome. 

Here's the whole kit'n'caboodle. I'm really happy with how it turned out! I'll get the embroidery done in the next couple days and get those borders on, then it'll be off to Loretta to get it quilted! She's got all kinds of really really cool halloween patterns. I'm thinking jack-o-lanterns and candy corns!



This is a perfect example of why quilters and stitchers are AWESOME

Quilting meets stitchery meets epic nerddom. I love it big time!!

Just a thought.

I want to make a Charlie Sheen quote themed quilt. I really do. His nonsense is my latest addiction. In all honesty, I'm not laughing about his mental illness - this guy needs help in a very serious way - but the words that come out his mouth...I swear...

Adorable baby sloths quote Charlie Sheen. Click it. It's funny.


I could see something like that getting turned into an embroidered wall hanging. Definitely not a mainstream pattern...