Fat Quarters

 I have a tendency to but things that I think are pretty. I don't have a plan for them, I just know they are pretty. My finger accidentally clicked "Buy it now". This assortment is called Rose & Violet's Garden.

I especially like the fabric that is front and center. They will good for finishing.

I have been reading a very enjoyable book.  It is "A Gentleman in Moscow". 

The sun is shining today and I went walking. I changed my calendar to December. 

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Mermaid

 I ironed my Tapestry Mermaid and added some dupioni silk around the design. She is a bit skew-wiff because she is stitched in half cross stitch. I laced her to some comic board.

This is the inside top of my double casket. I thought of writing a letter about the casket and putting it behind the stitched piece. Maybe that is a little too secret of a hiding place?

I am very happy to have this all done. Don't worry, I can pop this out to paper the sides of the box.

How can it be December? How can it be Friday already? 

It's lightly raining outside but I'm taking the day off from walking. 

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The Garden Thief

 

All the pieces are done! I put eyes on the bunny. His ears turned out fine, I tried using the Soft Fuse and it worked very well. I'm very happy with it. 

Have a great day!  

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More

 Since I was finishing Christmas ornaments, I found two more that had been patiently waiting for finishing.  One only needed a ribbon at the top for hanging on the tree. The other one was a little bigger than I wanted so I tried to make it as small as I could. I wanted to have round corners too. 

I was pretty happy with how they turned out. I really wanted the round one to have cardboard inside it but I didn't want to tear it all apart and I didn't know how much seam allowance I would have. I suspected it would be very small and partly raveled. 

I love the little Birds of a Feather Santa with the doll design Granddaughter is almost out of the doll age so it's a good thing that I got this done! I would like to do some of the Birds of a Feather designs like Curious as a Cat and Quiet as a Mouse but good luck finding those anywhere. 

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On a Roll

 I showed you the little stockings I wanted to finally finish. And I did! I got them all done. They have been laying around in my sewing room forever. Long ago I did finishing for a needlework shop. At one time I felt like I could finish Christmas stockings in my sleep. 

This is how they turned out:

DH sent them off yesterday in a box of gifts for the grandchildren. I put a candy cane in each one. Two of them are more suited to California weather than where we live. DS#2 was going to get a tree this past Sunday. Our tree isn't usually up until the 15th unless I throw a hissy fit. I may change out the stitched samplers for Christmas ones and change the pillows on the sofa while I'm at it.

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Garden Thief

 I went back to working on the Garden Thief. He is now all done except for his ears. I found some black and white dupioni check that I could use in his ears instead of sixty two carrots. But now I have to see if I can wrangle the shape. BFF gave me some Soft Fuse that I think will help with the finishing. I have to find the Soft Fuse first!

He is stuffed with black roving. I like his bunny tail.

I think he needs some black button eyes. He'll look a lot more like a bunny when the ears are done. 

I am so close to a finish on this whole project. Wow. I'll have to take a picture with all the pieces of the Garden Thief together. 

I'm waiting for it to warm up a bit before I go walking. Right now we are at 30 degrees. Let's get up to freezing!

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Now What

 I am going to finish up the latest page of Come to the Garden today.

I want to get more old WIPs finished. I found several Christmas ornaments I stitched that need to be finished into small stockings. A couple of them are from a retreat a few years ago. I think this one was from a Dying to Stitch retreat in Virginia Beach. 

It is supposed to snow later today. I got my walking in. I've been lazy and haven't walked for two days. 

Time for lunch.

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