Leopard

This is progress on my JNM Leopard. I managed to do a lot of stitching in the past week on this one and it really feels like I'm making progress.

Anna

Crochet Top

It's been a bit of a crazy month in real life and I didn't realize it had been this long. Presenting my first piece of crochet clothing, a design call Sweet found on the Crochet Me website. It took just under a week to do and I'm really happy with the end result.

In stitching news, I've given up on Sweet Pea and have put it away for now. I'm not enjoying the colour conversion that I've done anymore and I'm just not enjoying the overall design. Maybe some day I'll pick it up again but for now it's going into hiding. I have made some progress on my JNM leopard which is really satisfying.

Anna

Happy Dances

I finished of two projects while visiting my mom's sewing machine. First is Outstanding in His Field by Pine Needles Designs.

The second finish is halloween girl.

I also bought a very basic sewing machine this weekend. Nothing fancy, just enough for what I need it to do but it's still nice to have.

Anna

Halloween and quilting

I finished my Halloween girl this morning though I'll be finishing her into a wall hanging this weekend, I bought some really nice fabric and orange beads that go perfect with this design.

I also worked a bit on a new applique quilt that I'm doing, Holstein Ahead by Pine Needles. I do still need to figure out what green fabric to use for the grass, hills and tree leaves but a quick visit to my local fabric store should solve that problem. I've got seven different green fabrics but they don't see to work well together. The smaller details, mainly the fence and smaller shrubs, I may embroider on as the pieces of fabric may be too small to effectively sew on.

This pattern is from the same series as Outstanding in his Field. Both quilts and the wall hanging will hopefully be worked on and finished this weekend as I'll have access to my mom's now fixed sewing machine.

Anna

Little Witch

I started something new last night. I really should not have done so, I've got a lot of wips that are not very far along, but I've hit a stumbling point on sweet pea and need to stitch something that would be quickly finished. So I picked out this little girl. It is a Halloween design from the October 1993 Leisure Arts magazine. An antique store that is close to me has recently been selling old Better Homes and Garden and Leisure Arts magazines for $1 each and I picked up a bunch of them. There are a lot of great designs in them and this is one that caught my attention the most. She is about a fourth done and I've only put in a couple of hours work. I will continue this piece till she's finished and then pick up some fabric at my local store and finish her off as a wall hanging the next time I visit my parents.

Anna

Sweet Pea mini happy dance

I finally finished part one of Nora Corbett Sweet Pea, figure skater conversion. I say part one because I've divided this project into several parts, the first part being the main part of her dress, the second will be her legs (stitched over one), third will be her arms and face and the last part her skates and hair. The colours in the picture are really not how it actually looks so it's really more prettier in person and not so bleh looking.

Anna

Dutch stitching

I managed to get all the machine appliqueing and hand appliqueing done on Outstanding in his Field this weekend. Unfortunately my mom's sewing machine was broken so I couldn't finish it completely. That will have to wait till the next weekend I see them. I did however manage to stitch. I worked on a piece that my mom and I are stitching together, Lanarte's Map of the Netherlands. I stitched and finished two of the islands though it is but a small section of the entire piece. The colours are really beautiful in it and it reminds me why I love Lanarte's designs so much.

Anna