Crazy Quilt Online Course Student Block

I've been meaning to share Joyce's block from my Crazy Quilt Color and Composition Online Course.  This is Joyce's block from Lesson 3, Rabbit Tales:

I love Joyce's embroidered bunny!  All of the required elements are there and Joyce did a nice job of drawing attention to the bunny using the pinks.  Notice how the pink lace flowers point upwards, towards the bunny!  Good job Joyce!

Yellow Crazy Quilt Pillow

I've finished up a few of my stitched pieces and thought I'd share my Yellow Crazy Quilt pillow with you today:

I made this as a gift.  I almost hate to part with this one, it's so pretty!

I've been stitching up strawberries and will have photos of those soon!  I'm almost done with them.  I have the tops (doilies) all hand painted so once I finish up the stitching, I'll have a nice basketful of Crazy Quilt Strawberries!

Cat Bowl Fillers

Mom has been sewing and made a set of Cat Bowl Fillers:

I have no idea what mom is working on now.  She doesn't give her secrets away!  She was talking about starting on some Christmas things but I guess we'll find out when we find out!

For me, I'm stitching up my Strawberry garden!  Photos are coming soon!

Hand Embroidered Gifts

Could someone please tell the weather that it's Spring now!  It's another cold and windy day here but we did have some sun so that was nice.  I'm just looking forward to green grass, flowers and leaves on the trees!

I finished up another of my Hand Embroidered Gifts:

The peacock is a vintage brooch that I've been saving for something special.  This pretty door hanging pillow is a gift for a friend.

In other news, I start stitching on my Strawberry Ornaments.  Stop back to see my progress!

Strawberry Season Is Coming To McHenry Illinois!

Okay, so it's only about 25 degrees outside here in McHenry, and the wind is howling and blowing but it's also March 20th and that means that Spring has to show up eventually!  I saw a Robin in my yard yesterday and I can hear the Red Wing Blackbirds singing out in the woods.

By this time of year, I have had my fill of snow, cold, wind and dreary, cloudy days.  In my anticipation of the arrival of Spring, I thought I'd start on some more of my Crazy Quilt Strawberry Ornaments:

They don't look like much now but when they're finished, they'll look like this:

Stop back to see how my Strawberry garden grows!  If you'd like to grow (make) you're own Crazy Quilt Strawberry Ornaments, the tutorial is available here.