. . . of fun. A good deal of weekend fun!
It was a lovely, busy weekend with lots of stitchy-crafy things going on. On Thursday I was inspired at work to turn our 3D Popcorn Box die cut into these darling little favor boxes . . .
I used Christmas images (I printed seamless background images onto the cardstock), but these could be done for *any* holiday or themed event. They were fast and easy to put together, too -- a happy bonus. I love it when I find a fun something!
I found just the thing I needed in my floss stash to finish up a secret project I've taken over (by request). I worked on this project steadily on Friday and finished it up on Saturday.
I should be able to share it after Thanksgiving. Fingers crossed! Don't you love it when you have exactly what you need?
On Saturday we had our semi-regular 'stitch-in' for our Stitcher's Etc. group. We had a huge gathering of ladies show up!
Lots of giggling and lots of fun. Of course, you can probably guess that this is my work station:
No machine, set for handwork, some show and tell, with a tea cup on a mug rug! LOL! I am who I am. :)
One of the gals gave me a hands on tutorial/demo on making bowl cozies. Of course I had to go home and make one for myself!
I'm so pleased with how my first one turned out! It's not difficult, but it does take precision and patience (one of the reasons I'm SO pleased with my finish!). I can see several of these in my gift-making future! They'd be cute paired with one of the fabric trivets I've been making!
I am in the last stage of finishing the stitching on my pumpkin.
Only the outline to finish! I meant to bring it along to work to play with at lunch. C'est la vie. This is going to be a very busy week ... I've got something after work every day this week. Whew! I don't know how much evening slow stitching I'll be able to get in ... have to take it when I can get it!
The huge SQUIRREL! in my life right now are these wool acorns . . .
I had additional caps, so I had to make acorns. I had extra wool circles cut so I had to get more caps and make more acorns. There were caps leftover so I had to cut more wool circles and make acorns. And so on and so on. I'll be overflowing with them, soon! They're such a happy distraction!
Linking up (just under the wire) with Kathy's Quilts. Have a lovely week!
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I love those bowl cozies! They make great gifts.
Your pumpkin is beautiful and the acorns look so cute.
Your pumpkin is so pretty! I just love it. I'm going to have to make one for myself someday. And your little acorns are sooo adorable! Funny how that works, extra caps or discs and you just keep squirreling away on those acorns!
Cute little boxes--what will they be housing, if I may ask?
LOVE your work station. I would expect nothing less. LOL
I was tempted to learn to make the bowl cozies, but I had a reality check when I wondered where in the world I would store them in my kitchen. Unless I am getting a kitchen makeover I don't know about yet, there is not an inch of storage available. And I have a big kitchen--maybe I just need to clean out big time!!
Your Pumpkin stitchery is beautiful!
Your description of your "squirrel" project had me laughing out loud! Been there, done that--not with acorns, of course, but I know that endless cycle that has you in its grip!!
I looked through several of your posts and love the cute embroidery projects. I would love to make those cute snack boxes for a retreat coming up in January. I will google and see if I can find a pattern, but is there one you could refer me to?
I have a Bowl cozie, made at s Retreat for me. Love your Acorns. The stickery is nice too. You're enjoying Fall!!
I gathered acorn caps this week, hopefully I'll get to that project at some point. I have too much to finish before Thanksgiving, so it might be a project for next fall. I want to do those bowl cozies too.
Sounds like a fun weekend! I really have to try out making those bowl cozies. We love soup and they would be great for heating our soup/chili! And of course, I love the acorns and your stitching along with the popcorn boxes. Great idea to print your own card stock!
Ohhh, your "popcorn" boxes are adorable. Now to figure out how to make them out of fabric, make the foldable so they can be flattened for packing and make them for each of the ladies at retreat!! They are perfect to sit by a machine for their trash!!
You've been really busy and very productive!
I'm loving all the acorns. I have a whole bolt of the microwavable batting to make the bowl covers, but still haven't started on them.
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