Crazy Quilt Pillows

I have a few more finishes to share today.  These are the last 3 Crazy Quilt Pillows that I made before Christmas:

Would anyone like to take a guess as to which one is my favorite?  Leave a comment!!!

I still have 2 purses and some door hangers to finish but I don't think I can get to them until the weekend or next week.  I'm currently stitching on a St Patricks Day Crazy Quilt pillow so stop back to see that.  I'll post photos of that in the next few days.

Crazy Quilt Hanging Heart Pillows

You may remember me stitching on these back at Thanksgiving.  I think I was stitching them at Thanksgiving!  Anyway, I finished up my Crazy Quilt Hanging Heart Pillows:

Tomorrow, I'll have my most recent pillows to share.  There are 3 of them and I just have to do the hand finishing on one of them.

I still have 2 purses to put together and a ton of door hanging pillows but I think I'll take a break from finishing tomorrow.  I need to straighten up some things around here.  When my nose is in my sewing machine, I don't get anything else done!  LOL!!!

More Needle Felted Brooches

Another cold one here today.  But tomorrow, we're supposed to have a high of 11 degrees.  That should feel tropical compared to the last few days!  Of course, they are calling for snow.  There's a surprise.  I don't know where we're all going to put anymore but I guess we'll figure it out. 

In the meantime, I have more photos of the Needle Felted Brooches that I made:

I have more but I think for tomorrow, I'll share photos of my Crazy Quilt Valentine Hearts.  I finished those this morning. 

Embellished Needle Felted Heart Brooches

It's been around 14 degrees below zero here all day.  I can't remember the last time it was this cold here!  Certainly the teens and 20's are nothing new for Northern Illinois but 14 below is a bit unusual.  And too cold for my blood!

So I didn't even attempt to go anywhere today.  Instead, I spent my morning sewing up the Crazy Quilt Valentine Hearts that I made back at Thanksgiving.  I still have to stuff them but will work on those after dinner or in the morning.

At Christmas, I was making some needle felted heart brooches which I then stitched on and embellished.  I think I made about 16 of them!  Here are the first 5:

I'll have more of these to share tomorrow.  Until then, have a good night.  And stay warm!  

Back To Normal....Almost

Well, I think things are just about back to normal now that the holiday break is over.  I think Thanksgiving being a week later than usual threw me off a bit on Christmas.  I feel like I fell behind on things and then had to push myself to get caught up and finish all the holiday activities. 

It was a nice holiday season but as usual, I'm glad to have my routine back.  I'm a creature of habit with daily, weekly and seasonal routines.  Christmas seems to take a lot of my energy.  I don't know why.  It's supposed to be fun and I tried to pace myself but for some reason, I got a little behind this year.  Oh well, now I'm back to my creative time, my normal cleaning routine and taking care of my online store.

Speaking of which, mom has managed to finish up some new things for the shop.  I stitched a lot throughout the month of December but I haven't been able to get to my sewing machine to finish anything.  The last time I used my sewing machine was before Thanksgiving.  WITHDRAWALS!!!!  Well, I'll be sewing on and off this coming week so I'll have some new things for you to see soon.  In the meantime, here are mom's latest Etsy items:

What lovely Valentines Day gifts!  I don't know how Mom got 4 things completely finished over the holidays!  But at least I have some new things in the shop now.