March Sewing

We took a five day  trip to Atlanta, GA to visit my brother and his three kids.  We toured CNN, the World of Coke, the aquarium, the zoo, the Atlanta History Center,  and the site of the first Chic-Fil-A, which we stumbled upon by accident.  We also went to two T-ball games,  to dinner twice, and read lots of bedtime stories.  I taught my niece to cross stitch.  We had a fun trip.  I was expecting it to be warm, but it never really got to 60, and I was glad I had packed my sweatshirts.

I had hoped to post before my trip, but I never got around to it.  I have been cross stitching and quilting.  I made a St. Patrick's Day ornament for my friend Sue, but failed to take a picture of it.  It was an Old World Santa kit by Mill Hill.  I didn't like the way they had done the beard in the kit, so I made mine out of Whisper, which is fuzzy and looks like real hair.  I was sure I had a picture of it, but it isn't on my phone or camera, so I guess not.

I have been working on one of the red and white quilts.  This one is a modified Goose in the Pond, set on point.  All the blocks are made.  I just need time to sew them together.

I have also been working on some wool applique ornaments, a kit I bought several years ago.  I want to get as many kits as I can stitched and out of my sewing room.

Wool applique is really fun to do. I can see how I could get hooked on it. It is much faster than cross stitching, and the stitching can be imprecise and still look ok.  It probably took an hour to make this ornament.  Five more to go!