Friday Finish - Crazy Quilt Ornament

A simple finish with twisted cord made from DMC floss and the backing made with Japanese fabric.

Work In Progress Wednesday

I worked on a couple of things this week. 

New Start - 3D pin cushion. This will be the next Stitch Group project. I made a pumpkin pin cushion a couple of years ago (finish can be seen here). This time I am making an apple with DMC threads.

I picked up this little crazy quilt piece one evening.

The House - adding some green thread stitches for the lawn.

The Mini 9-patch hand quilting. So far I am quilting an X through the centers and around the outside of the blocks, using regular quilting thread.

I read on Leonore's blog about a one thread a day challenge and have been thinking about it. Maybe I will try a one thread a week with some of my neglected projects.  I will think a little more about it, but it seems like a good way to make some progress and maybe eventually finish the older projects.

People's Choice - Rainbow

                           

 

Every month, on the first Saturday, Jo at Serendipidous Stitching hosts a Stitch A Long, with the topics chosen by her readers. This month's topic is Rainbow.  

I don't have ROYGBIV items, but I do have some things that are colorful that I will include for this post. 

Ice Cream Cones and Cupcake (designed by Susan Greening Davis)

Crazy Quilt Penny Purse

Autumn Leaf Table Runner

Box of Delights

Color Crazy Wall Hanging

Thank you Jo for hosting this link up.

Throwback Thursday 5/25

I haven't done one of these in a while. Throwback Thursday is about looking back on what I wrote each year on this date.  The year links to the actual post. 

2022   - A year ago was a Work In Progress Wednesday post and I was working on the Paisley Purse and the Ukrainian pin cushion.

2021  - Baby panda Fuhin was six months old.

2020  This was a Monday Morning Star Count post.  I made some gift bags and made the third week of the fourth year of the temperature quilt.

2019  My friend and I went out for a sushi lunch at a restaurant she knew about.

2018  - This was a link up post for the Smalls SAL. I finished a snowman ornament.

2017  - I posted a couple of pictures about the birds I saw in the stream near my apartment.

2016  - This was a Work In Progress Wednesday post and I was working on the pink block of a crazy quilt piece.

2015  - This post was about my finished sewing machine cover. This is one of my favorite pieces.

2014   - I was working on a blackwork alphabet project that year.

2013  -  This post was about a stitching magazine I received in the mail from Margaret, a bigger garden, and an aikido photo.

2012 - This was a post with four topics - An elderly man hit a boy on a bicycle near where I lived in Hokkaido, cherry soft serve ice cream, an earthquake that I slept through, and the start of the garden.

It's fun to look back from time to time.  I am thankful for the wonderful life I have in Japan.

People's Choice - Embellishments

Every month, on the first Saturday, Jo at Serendipidous Stitching hosts a Stitch A Long, with the topics chosen by her readers. This month's topic is Embellishments. 

The first things I think of when I hear "embellishments" are crazy quilt and beads.