More Finishes and Holiday Preparations

Here are two more finishes from the weekend

Salute to Abigail by Blackbird Designs.  This was  a special piece designed for the Prim Stitcher's Society sponsored by Dyeing to Stitch.

I did a very primitive finish as suggested by the finishing instructions.  I will hang this in my kitchen with my other patriotic pieces.

I did finally finish the stitching on the fob for the Delaware House Stitch Book.

My attempt at the octagonal fob did not come out exactly as I had planned, but I think it's good enough.  You can see the inside piece glued in place.  The space under the tree was left blank so that needles and pins could be placed there.

And finally, the cover.  I am happy with this finish and feel confident that I can do this again with the other patterns I have chosen that have this finish.

Tonight I did some baking in preparation for Thanksgiving.

First, Peanut Butter Bars or Crack Brownies as my Baby Boy calls them.  They are highly addictive. The recipe calls for a yellow cake mix, peanut butter, eggs, butter, sweetened condensed milk, and chocolate chips.

And then a batch of mini pumpkin pies.  I found the inspiration for this thanks to  Mary from Home is Where the Boat Is.  Hers are truly mini works of art.  Mine, well, I think they look pretty good for my first attempt and for using a knife to free-hand cut out my leaves and pumpkins.  After looking at Mary's blog I realize I have a long way to go in the styling department.  Something for me to aspire to.

Snow is predicted for tomorrow which could impact travel plans.  I'm headed of to work in the morning regardless.

Keep on Stitching!

Delaware House Stitch Book

Last Saturday I traveled to Delaware to attend a class taught by Linda Lautenschlager of Chessie & Me.  She designed this project for our guild.  This is the cover photo for the kit.  We received our kits in October.

I should have had plenty of time to accomplish the pre-stitching.  By Friday night I had completed this much:

and this much of the fob,

In class we painted our boxes and lined them with paper that Linda provided.  We also scuffed them up a bit to make them look aged.

We cut out our stitching and mounted it on wool.

In between the steps while waiting for the paint and glue to dry I was able to get a bit more stitching done on the fob.

In order to finish I need to give the box a quick spray with polyurethane, glue the pieces on the cover and inside.  And finish the fob.  Linda showed a square scissor fob.  I think I will finish mine as an octagon.  We also made cording in class for the scissor fob.  I hope to get to some of that this weekend.

A nice day spent with some very nice ladies.

Keep on Stitching!