Felted Beaded Brooches

I spent a little time with mom yesterday morning.  She was feeling a little better yesterday.  When I got home, I had wanted to get our windows washed but it was raining and it looks like it'll be rainy most of the day today.  Not like I don't have a million other things I can do!  Anyway, after baking a batch of cookies, because my husband thought he was starving, I took it easy and finished up on these brooches:

All that I have left to do is to glue a piece of felt to the back and then add the bar pin.  These are gifts.

I pulled out another small CQ piece that I had sewn up awhile back.  Not sure if that lace piece is going to stay.  I may pick out something else but I like the little violet image and plan to work this in pinks & purples:

I'm wanting to do some sewing this week and I'd like to pull out my box(es) of vintage transfer patterns and maybe stitch a few of those.  I haven't done any Crayon Tinting in awhile and I have a ton of new transfers from my flea market travels this past Summer so it would be a good idea to use a few.

I think I'll make a pot of beef soup for dinner tonight too.  Soup sounds good, esp. on a dreary rainy day like today!