Make A Long October

As part of Pull the Other Thread’s Make A Long, I give you my first ever attempt at using matboard:

This is the Lizzie Kate Santa I finished a little while back. He’s taped onto a piece of matboard that I padded with some quilt batting. For the back I taped some Christmas fabric to a piece of white cardboard. Then I added the ribbon and taped the two together. Double sided tape is my friend!! The only thing I need to do differently next time is to measure and cut both the boards at the same time. J

I love places that sell things for $1.00. Like the little wood frames at Michaels. The 4x6 frame was the perfect touch for the penguins I made for my BD’s birthday earlier this week. My first thought was to paint the frame purple. But I pulled out some blue paints first and went with this one instead.

 

 I actually had two stitching finishes this week!  The penguins, designed by Maria Diaz, and Silly Snowquake by Erynne at Stitcheree!.  I’m keeping than one in reserve for next week though, so I have time to make it into an ornament.

Have a great IHSW!

Happy stitching World.

IHSW - Friday night

It’s time for this month’s International Hermitage and Stitch Weekend.  I have great stitching plans, as always.  All that remains to be seen is how much stitching time I actually get.

To get the weekend off to a good start, I thought I’d just show off some recent progress. J

First – Betty - she has hair!!

Next I want to fill in her face.

Last month I decided as one of my many starts to do a Christmas piece.  Of course the idea was to finish it in July, which didn’t happen. So I turned it into my Olympic stitching and managed to finish it last Sunday.  It being Lizzie Kate’s 2009: Santa “I’ll get my elves on that!”

All I need to do is turn it into – something.  I’m thinking flat fold but I’ve come across two different ways to do that (so far).  Good thing there’s still time to decide.

Here’s to a great weekend!

Happy stitching World.