Sunflowers and Dragonflies Finish

yay me!  a finish for this week too!  I did almost let Friday get past me again.  It's been a rush here, rush there, stand in line at the courthouse forever, kind of day.

Anyway......I have made a wall hanging and plastic bag holder for my kitchen.  I bought the materials on an awesome Saturday Sampler deal at the quilt shop.  For attending the sampler, our deal of the day was to buy 1 yard of the spring clearance fabric and get the 2nd yard free!  It was just $6.80 for one yard each of the sunflowers and the dragonflies.   I've made these items and have plenty of fabric left that I will be making some more of the plastic bag holders to put up for sale in my etsy shop.

I used the pattern from the Emerald Aisle table runner, using just one square, and modifying it a bit for the wall hanging.  This is the front.   I even tried my hand at drawing a dragonfly to stitch in the middle.  I'm glad you can at least sort of see it in the photo.   This was my first time to draw the picture on paper and then stitch over the paper onto the fabric.  What fun!

This is the back of the wall hanging.  I made it this way so that I can turn it around on occasion to change things up.  I actually think that I may like the back better.

And, here is the matching plastic bag holder:

With any luck, I may just be able to finish that string type quilt that I've been working on forever, by next Friday.  Heading in soon to do just a bit of work on it for today.

WIP Wednesday--More Finishes!

I actually have more finishes than work this week.

I finished the Quilts for Kids quilt.  I finished my Emerald Aisle table runner.  Both of these will be posted Friday in the TGIFF post, barring that I don't let Friday slip by me once again!

I was able to purchase a smaller cubby storage unit.  I have it full now.  One of the fabric drawers holds WIP's.  The other spaces are filled with materials.  I would need about 4 more of these units at least to hold all of my materials, but I am saving to buy larger units.  Here is a link to the unit I bought if you are interested in checking it out:  Furinno 99940 3-Tier and 3 Column Multipurpose Storage Rack Shelves Cabinet Bookcase Bookshelves with 3 Bin-Type Drawers


I need to be crocheting a sack boy for a birthday gift.  I've done nothing more than print out the pattern.  I am working on an order for washcloths.  I worked a lot on making squares for the granny a day challenge.  I did some sewing on my flower string quilt, but not enough to warrant a photo as I just sewed what was pinned in last week's photo.  I swear, that quilt is never going to be done!

In other news, I am now the Historian for the quilt guild.  It's going to be a lot of fun!  

Here is a picture of a wall hanging I am working on for my kitchen. (Sunflowers and dragonflies.)  I forgot to cut for the binding, but it will be with the dragonfly material.  I have also cut the material to make myself a matching plastic bag holder.  It's not often that I work on something for myself over something that I am making to try to sell.

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