It’s been a few years since I’ve made any real time to do much stitching.  I’ve quilted on and off over the last few years but I’ve decided to get back into cross stitch as well this year.  I’m going to document my crafts here as well as house projects.

In January my Aunt gave me a quilt she and I had pieced back in 2011 and I had left mine at her house unfinished.  I took the last week in January and put the final border on it, then hand quilted and put on the binding.  Finishing up the Japanese Diamonds quilt (Japanese and homespun fabrics).

Pieced in 2011, finished in 2017

I’ve been going through boxes of cross stitch and quilts and patterns, trying to organize and find projects I have.  I found this piece called the Shepherd’s Bush purse that I stitched back in 2009.  It’s beaded and I always loved the soft color pallete.  So today I turned it into the purse with some fabric from my stash and a little sewing then hand stitching.  Cute and can go in my bin of finished stitchery now!

Shepherd’s Bush Purse

Hopefully soon I’ll be able to show the other piece I’m stitching – started about 2005 and hopefully to be finished soon!