This post should be subtitled "Santa needs a Beard: 'The 80s' needs a border. But Karla got though close".
That pretty much sums up this week.
I did get the quilt top done - except for the small (2 inch finished) border. I really like my new quilting/sewing set up in the dining room. Other than the fact that I still have no place to lay out a larger quilt to take measurements and photographs. Once I'm retired and get the big desk out of here, I think I can rig up a temporary design wall in the window seat area where the desk is now. Just a few months..... No date yet, but training my replacement is winding down in all but one area.
In the mean time, photographing half the quilt at a time, pinned to sheets of foam insulation precariously perched on dining room chairs up against the bookcase is the best I can do!
I also got all the stitching done on the Heirloom Santa Ornament:Canine
back during Christmas in July, as planned. I even got him cut out and
the hanger on him, but I still have his beard/mustache and the tassel on
his hat yet to do. And the backing to apply and cut out.
I'll report on the sweater and the Blackbird piece next week. Linking up with the SSS crew (roundup here).
Santa loves his dogs! What a cute ornament. Retirement soon! Hooray!!! Nice quilt in the making Gail at the Cozy Quilter
ReplyDeleteI have a cross stitch santa ornament similar. Not exactly, but I like mine too. the moustache was tricky for me, but it works. Maybe I'll post a photo this month sometime, as I am working on a Christmas item.
ReplyDeleteThere are several dozen Santa ornaments by this designer/company that were published back in (I think) the1990s. I have about a dozen of the kits in my stash and will be doing more. Mill Hill has lots of Santa ornaments, too, and are publishing more of them all the time - those have beads though, so they aren't really good for a travel project.
DeleteYour quilt is fantastic. I like the Santa ornament.
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