More than irish chains with links

After last week’s Machine Embroidery Blog hop.

(There’s still time to comment for the giveaway!)

I just loved the scissor holders and HAD to make one – more later!?

I loved the owl here, it’s SEW cute!!

I also really wanted the cup cake pin cushions!

I sent one to my pincushion swap partner for November- you can look here too and soon I’ll have sign ups for round2 (Dec and Jan)

I’m really loving ALL these 3D things you can make with an embroidery machine! I want more more more

Last week I did receive my pin cushion in the mail from my swap partner!

I cute leopard print with roses and a mini Ninja- hung him on my long arm.

Here’s Sonja pretending to long arm, she did have her hands on the handles before I took the picture

In 3 weeks is the Chatham Artist Studio Tour that I’m part of for the first time, so I’m trying to finish up projects to be able to sell, big and small

Here’s the bargello table runner I started a while ago and just needed to quilt it, I used my domestic to do the straight lines and a walking foot.

My Daughter went to a birthday party yesterday, so I made this dress for the birthday girl

and embroidered the name on the bodice

Guess what this binding roll is for!?

With this title

I designed it in EQ stitch and embroidered it on my Brother machine

Here’s the QUILT!

I quilted feathers and swirls ( a customer favorite)

a strippy backing too, I LOVE this one!

and one more Christmas related item, the “stupid” tree skirt/mat I finally made the binding for it and attached it, those angles were tricky!

I got THIS in the mail this weekend! love this thread rack, now I want 2 more for the embroidery threads and maybe my long arm cones- it’s just so pretty looking at the spools hanging like this

and speaking of “pretty”

took some fall pics friday

One last thing before I show the Irish chain QAL

Let me do the 2013 list

Here’s an update on my CONDENSED 2013 list

#1 giraffe wall hanging – still working on needle turn applique, mommy giraffe almost done – working on this one in the car line at kids schools

#2 pineapple black and blue quilt- TOP DONE ready to quilt

#7 fall leaf blocks swap- ready to quilt

#8 bubble gum quilt kit won at quilt show – ironed down border applique, top stitching slowly

#12- Hidden forest- applique- owl block done!

#15 Christmas tree skirt- DONE!

#16 hexie flowers- 47 done I think

#17 women of the bible quilt blocks- all blocks done!

#20- roman holiday- kit

#40(Jan) Ahhhh’s- top done- can’t show

#44 (April) blue yellow kaleidoscope- 6 blocks done

#58 (July) persian star FPP block swap – missing blocks from one person but it’s on the way 

#65 (Sept) farm animal panel – embroidery done

#66 (Oct) Christmas Strip quilt – DONE!

#67 (Oct) Scrappy Chain quilt QAL – lots of blocks done

#68 (Oct) 12 days of Christmas embroidery – 12 blocks embroidered

#69 Mini Bargello runner – DONE!

#70 girl dress – DONE!

 

If you know me well, you would have guessed that I have a lot of blocks done! and you’d be right I’m almost done with the blocks!!

still have the border rectangles to sew together 2 and 2.

I found that when I used these as leaders and enders, I wanted to sew the squares together for the 4 patches all at once for one block (so 4 x 2squares together) and often I’d throw in the square for the HST too just to keep it together, then go to the iron and iron my project I was working and continue, so next time I ironed I ironed 4 halves of the four patches and cut the slit in the HST blocks and ironed those and trimmed, so it was easy to get ahead!

Have any of you worked on them?

Link up here if you have