I have two great things to report today.
This month I joined in with Patty of Elm St Quilts and committed to a One Monthly Goal of completing the last of the stitcheries needed for my Country at Heart quilt. It had been sitting waiting for attention for a very long time. In November I stitched the 4th to last —
Thank you Patty for the motivation!
The second exciting thing that happened today was that I got the Tiny Tree quilt finished!!
Thank you for those who guided me on my corner choice - the wee squares were a resounding winner!
Under the watchful eyes of Miss Piggy and Mr Quail, I took it outside for a photo shoot —
This month I joined in with Patty of Elm St Quilts and committed to a One Monthly Goal of completing the last of the stitcheries needed for my Country at Heart quilt. It had been sitting waiting for attention for a very long time. In November I stitched the 4th to last —
And for my OMG I had these 3 traced and ready to stitch —
Here they are —
Ahem, the last one, above, shows how long I've actually been working on these!
I had a bit of a dilemma with the last one as I'd mistakenly marked the dots left to indicate where our own script could go. After a bit of thinking and planning I managed to cover the dots with strategically placed lettering and the simple vine at the bottom!
These designs are by Michelle Ridgeway of Rag Tag Stitchin'. Here are the rest of them, a gorgeous alphabet —
EDIT- I've come back to this post to link it up the following Tiny Tree to Sandra's DrEAMi party. It really was a project I had no time to make, was completely unplanned and I pushed myself to get it completed.
So pleased I did though!
Thank you for those who guided me on my corner choice - the wee squares were a resounding winner!
Under the watchful eyes of Miss Piggy and Mr Quail, I took it outside for a photo shoot —
I decided it just needed very simple quilting so I stitched in the ditch of most of the seamlines. I used a clear invisible thread in the top and a very fine thread in the bobbin.
The sunny shots show what I did. All with the walking foot.
I'm so pleased to have it finished - in time for Christmas next year (!) Many thanks to the Temecula Quilt Company for this free sewalong.
( Day 29 of my 31 day blog writing challenge complete!)
'til next time,
happy stitches,
Gorgeous stitcheries and I look forward to seeing them sewn together....
ReplyDeleteThe wee Christmas quilting looks fantastic...
you have been doing very well on your blogging every day challenge! love your stiches
ReplyDeleteOh Raewyn, you did the tiny tree! I talked about it but that was as far as it went. Yours is gorgeous. I also love those stitcheries of Michelles...she does such cute drawings. Always love to see what you are stitching. May 2020 be the most wonderful year for you!
ReplyDeleteYour stitchery work is beautiful!! Your alphabet is great and made me work to find them in order! Do you follow the blog of Jenny of Elefantz? You have been a busy lady...I need to get my fabric sorted and make that tiny tree...they are so cute and they are the right size to quilt on my sewing machine!!
ReplyDeleteI am going to miss this every morning treat when the challenge is done. But I bet you go “phew”
ReplyDeleteYour work is always so perfect . . . your a champ!
ReplyDeleteLove the stitched label, my heart skipped a beat when I saw it :)
Lovely stitching! And well done you, writing everyday is quite an achievement!
ReplyDeleteLovely and fun stitcheries if the ABC's--I have one set of them--but think it is a different set????? And I love how you finished off the tiny trees--want to make one--but I need more greens first--good fabric shopping excuse--right????
ReplyDeletehave an awesome day--
luv, di
lovely set of country alphabet stitcheries.... be fun to see how you put them together. The tree looks wonderful.... shows it off so well....
ReplyDeleteHugz
Great stitchery and the tiny tree turned out fabulous.
ReplyDeleteYou're definitely all ready for Christmas 2020 with your tree wall hanging! Beautiful letter embroideries Raewyn, you must have good eyesight and patience! Love Miss Piggy and Mr Quail - I do hope Miss Piggy is a pet pig and not destined for other things!
ReplyDeleteTwo great achievements.
ReplyDeleteYou wee Christmas tree is adorable, the simple quilting is just perfect and shows off the blocks well..
Now you have another top to make as you join all those pretty stitcheries together.
Well done meeting your goals. Always a difficult task at this time of the year. Love seeing all the stitcheries.
ReplyDeleteAnd the Christmas Tree looks lovely.
Congratulations on your finishes. I especially love the Christmas tree. Am pretty sure I have some of the fabric with the swirls. Happy New Year, may 2020 bring a year of finishes for us all.
ReplyDeleteLovely tree quilt!
ReplyDeleteLovely embroidery and such a fun tree too.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful photo on the fence in the sunshine! Congrats on getting a jump on next year’s Christmas decorating!
ReplyDeleteI'm impressed with your stitcheries that you were able to finish. I purchased those same patterns from Michelle and used individual ones for gifts. After seeing your completed ones, I think I need to dig them out and take a look and see if I should add it to my 2020 projects!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful stitcheries Raewyn, hello to Miss Piggy!! Your tree looks amazing, those tiny corner squares really finish off well and your quilting is stunning. Well done on the finish.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! Thanks for linking up with Elm Street Quilts One Monthly Goal and congrats on your finish.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on finishing that stitchery! I really love the lavender heart block. Such a gorgeous quilt this will be.
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