Marie Antoinette St Patricks Day Pillow

Sorry for disappearing over the weekend.  I get caught up in things and sometimes just don't get back to the computer or run out of time and don't get over here to my blog.  Anyway, thank you to everyone who took a guess on which pillow was my favorite.  For those of you who guessed this one, you were right!  I love this one with the little white kitty in the teacup!  And it's pink!

I've been working on another pillow, this one with a Marie Antoinette St Patricks Day theme.  Yes, it's kind of a silly combination but I've always loved this vintage postcard image:

I'm going to go put a ham in the oven and then wash my kitchen floor.  Once that's done, I'll stitch on this until Bubba gets home.

Oh, I also have a few other finishes to share.  First, a couple of things that mom made:

Mom loves making Door Knob Hangers!  And then she made this Small Pillow from a vintage tablerunner:

And I made some little Valentine Hanging Ornaments.  I hand dyed some quilt batting an old pink color and then filled them with hearts and doves:

All are available in my Etsy shop.

I think I'll make some of those little bags for St. Patricks Day.  I'm already thinking constantly of Spring.  I've had enough snow, cold and freezing rain this Winter to last me the rest of my life!!!  I have tulips, daffodils, shamrocks, bunnies and robin birds all floating around in my head!  So who knows what I'll come up with next!

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!