A finished project

I've been cleaning out my craft space and decided it was time to work through a few of the projects waiting to be finished. Over the weekend I assembled an ornament from the wonderful squares that Katrina H sent to me in June. I'm quite happy with how it came out. I'm better at the Xing than the finishing, but I've been improving :-).
The square with her name and location info is on the back of the ornament. I can't wait to hang it up! Every time I jingle it the dog starts barking. Silly boy!

Katrina H's Squares for Me

I received Katrina H's squares in the mail a couple of days ago. Katrina - thank you they are fantastic! She noticed that my dog had eaten some of my stitched x-mas/yule tree ornaments last year (bad dog!) and made a replacement for me. It's going to be a wonderful addition to our tree. My husband loves them too - and our dog, Ellie, will be nowhere near the tree this year!!
Aren't the colors exciting!! :-)

The Squares are Here!

Katrina H - I received your squares. I have a photo but might not be able to post it for a couple of days due to travel. Thank you so much! They are lovely :-).

Rd 7 Squares to Jennifer B

The squares I stitched for Jennifer B have been mailed off! Between celebrating our anniversary and my husband being on vacation (aka hogging the computer to play his new game), I've just now had a chance to post.

Jenn, I do hope you like your package! I switched designs at the last minute; the "new" chart just jumped out at me.

It was a pleasure to stitch for you and I've thoroughly enjoyed being your partner.

Thank you, Vonna, for coordinating all of this for everyone!

Round 7 Squares From Jennifer B!!!

I missed Jennifer's post this past Friday, saying my squares from her were in the mail. So imagine my surprise and delight when my mail carrier brought an incredibly fragrant package to my door this afternoon!

As soon as I brought it inside, my kids all said, "Mommy, what smells so good?!"

Inside a pretty box and tissue paper, I found a packet of huckleberry/hazelnut scent beads, which Jenn made herself. After sniffing the beads a few times, I read Jenn's sweet note and unearthed more goodies. In addition to the scent beads, Jenn sent me two gorgeous pieces of finishing fabric, Mill Hill beads, Splendor silk, a spool of purple ribbon and a purple ink pen.

Then there were the squares...oh, the squares! Jenn went all out to make certain I would have squares that I would love and she couldn't have done any better! She stitched an adaptation of a Joan Elliott design and I can't decide which square is prettier!






I've already looked through my stash and found some unbleached muslin, batting and Polyfil. I'm going to make a little pillow out of my squares and tuck a muslin sachet inside the pillow. Of course, the sachet will hold the scent beads from Jenn!

Thank you so much, Jenn, for making my first exchange with this group so very special! Thank you as well, to Vonna, for running this group!

Katrina H - Squares goin' out...

Katrina - I'll be dropping your Round 7 squares in the mail today when I run my errands. Keep an eye out for them :-).

Jennifer B