Happy Thanksgiving!

 

Love and Joy by Wendy (JCS Christmas special 2022) was stitched on a scrap of tea dyed 14 count aida with mystery floss from stash.  It's slightly different than the original, as I miscounted when stitching the stems, so the leaves were left off.  They just didn't look right.

The border and backing fabric is from the scrap stash.  I went through the whole quilt fabric stash, but couldn't find anything that was quite right.  Luckily, there was this piece from the 90's.  It's from the first quilt I made, which is the only reason I know how old it is!

This is from an older JCS magazine.  The pattern is by Val's Stuff.  

It was glued to the top of a round cardboard box from the Dollar Tree, which was painted white.  A generous dribble of glue was added and a container of the tiniest seed beads were poured over the top.  Then it sat for a few months...BEB calls that maturing lol

To make sure the beads don't fall off, gloss modge podge was dabbed over the beads.  Some of the stickers started to peel a bit, so it was modge podge to the rescue again!

He has some signs of neglect, but seems to have settled in.  We think he is less than a year old.  

Melissa's Summer Stamp design was stitched on a scrap of 14 count aida that I'd cram jar dyed.

So was her Watermelon Stamp.  I had to leave off the border on both, as being stitched on scraps, there wasn't enough room for them.

They were both finished in the middle of summer. 

I save any usable scraps and when there's enough, mix up concoctions of leftover over dues and see what I come up with.  It's getting to be a bit of a pile, so I need to get stitching!

This is where I'm at with sewing the 2 inch scrap squares together.  898 pairs and a few 4 patches have been pressed open, 600 pairs of squares are ready to press open, 289 pairs ready to be pressed and a small pile left to sew!  The vague plan is a few different four patch quilts when they're all pressed.

Grey surprised me with this Dr Who clock, which is made from a record to celebrate finishing my orientation/training for the job I started at the beginning of October.  I love it!  

I'm beyond thrilled at getting the job.  I've been trying for two years since I became qualified.  It's a few minutes up the road from where Grey works and we will be on the same shift, which is great!

This is my favorite quote from the show.  I have an idea for turning it into a cross stitch design.  I'll keep you posted!