Thursday, April 2, 2009

The Joy of Finishing.....

I finally got around to "finishing" some of the finishing I started this past weekend. All of the stitching is from prior years and has been patiently waiting in the "pile" (you know the one I am talking about)!

LK Flip-It "April"

I love these designs but but wanted to do something different to display them so I got the idea to stitch them on kitchen towels and then appliqued coordinating towels to display in my kitchen. I stitched this towel last year but just finished the others just in time to use for April! I love the way they are turning out and need to get busy on May!


LK "Love Letters"

I stitched this last year but couldn't decide how to finish so I opted for a little pillow. After stuffing, it looks a little "wanky" but I can live with it.

This one really looks "lumpy" and the more I stuffed and played with it the worse it got so I just stopped. It reminds me of a wiener dog and I have no idea how I will use it, but DH liked it. I may go back and add a hanger.


LK "Gather a Harvest of Love"

LK "Harvest Blessings"
BC "First Moon Colony"

Missing is my Christmas ornament for my monthly SAL. I had problems with my bobbin on my sewing machine as I was sewing it together and it turned out as a disaster as a pillow ornament. I think I can salvage the stitching and will have to figure out another way to finish it.

Oh well...I still have a few more things to stitch together and hope to get to them this weekend. On the down side, I have only stitched one night this week but hope to rectify that this weekend!

Thanks for all your comments and I truly enjoy visiting all of your blogs to see what you are stitching! I am amazed how many ideas I steal....I mean borrow from others! Oh well....off to dreamland! Happy stitches.

8 comments:

  1. Congratulations on all your finishes!!! Well done!!!!!!!!!

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  2. Congratulations on finishing up so many of your lovely stitching pieces. I think we all need to do this once in a while. I am so lazy about finishing up!

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  3. They're all great Karen, congrats!! I need to do that too.... a massive finishing week. Wonder when it will happen.... ;-)

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  4. All of the finishing looks just fabulous! I love them all!

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  5. love all your finishes. I am doing some this weekend as well.

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  6. Karen, your finishes look awesome!! You do a lovely job! It was great to meet you last weekend at Amys!

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  7. love all your finishes Karen, even the wanky one :) You really got a lot finished!

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