Fully Finished Gallery - Give Thanks

 I am linking up with  Rachel's Fully Finished Gallery at Ten Hour Stitcher. Thank you, Rachel for hosting this SAL!

This self lining drawstring bag features another Lizzie Kate freebie design. You can find the free chart here.

Fully Finished Gallery - Lizzie Kate Ornament

 I am linking up with  Rachel's Fully Finished Gallery at Ten Hour Stitcher. Thank you, Rachel for hosting this SAL!

This month I finished a little Lizzie Kate freebie into an ornament.  The chart for this piece can be found here. I finished with a beaded edging, using #15 seed beads. I posted how to make this beaded edging on this post.

Fully Finished Gallery - Draw String Bags

 I am linking up with  Rachel's Fully Finished Gallery at Ten Hour Stitcher. Thank you, Rachel for hosting this SAL!

I made several more draw string bags with the little Lizzie Kate freebies. You can find these freebie charts here.

Fully Finished Gallery - Gingham and Drawn Thread Table Runner

 I am linking up with  Rachel's Fully Finished Gallery at Ten Hour Stitcher. Thank you, Rachel for hosting this SAL!

This month I finished the first of two gingham and drawn thread table runners. I have a second one going with my stitch group.  It is slightly different and not finished.

Mary Corbett's tutorial on how to do this is great - easy to follow directions with photos.  Check it out!

Fully Finished Gallery - Draw String Bags

I am linking up with  Rachel's Fully Finished Gallery at Ten Hour Stitcher. Thank you, Rachel for hosting this SAL!

I made some of the Lizzie Kate cross stitch pieces that I had previously stitched into little bags. Using a fat quarter, I made self lining bags, and added draw strings.

Some practical uses for small designs.

Fully Finished Gallery - Four Little Ornaments

 I am linking up with  Rachel's Fully Finished Gallery at Ten Hour Stitcher. Thank you, Rachel for hosting this SAL!

This month I finished four little ornaments. These are perfect for a small tree.

Fully Finished Gallery - Jeannette Douglas Designs - Scissor Fobs

 I am linking up with  Rachel's Fully Finished Gallery at Ten Hour Stitcher. Thank you, Rachel for hosting this SAL!

This month I finished the seven little Jeannette Douglas freebies into fobs. I think they will be perfect for little gifts.

Fully Finished Gallery - Sumo Sashiko Table Runner

 

I am linking up with  Rachel's Fully Finished Gallery at Ten Hour Stitcher. Thank you, Rachel for hosting this SAL!

I stitched this sashiko sumo wrestler some time ago, but didn't know what to do with it.  

I recently decided to make it into a table runner. 

I found the perfect backing fabric - a Japanese tenugi cloth with sumo moves on it.

I am happy with it.

Fully Finished Gallery - Bloom Coaster

I am linking up with  Rachel's Fully Finished Gallery at Ten Hour Stitcher. Thank you, Rachel for hosting this SAL!

My finish this month is a coaster. This design is the Lizzie Kate "Bloom" freebie and the chart can be found here. The plastic coaster housing for the cross stitch came from a craft store in the US a long time ago. It is the perfect size for this design and I am happy to be able to use it.

Fully Finished Gallery - Home Again, Home Again Afghan

 

I am linking up with  Rachel's Fully Finished Gallery at Ten Hour Stitcher.

My fully finished project this month is a FINALLY fully finished afghan, called Home Again, Home Again.  I don't remember exactly when I started this, but the chart is in the June 1996 Leisure Arts magazine, so it has been quite awhile! It was packed away for a long time and made its way to the surface at the end of last summer. I'm really happy to finish it.

(Photos taken with afghan hanging from my laundry pole).