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Thursday, 8 January 2015

First Finish of 2015

I'm busy doing a happy dance as I've just completed my cross stitch 'the butterfly catchers'. i was given this cross stitch kit several years ago as a birthday present.  I started it but for some reason put it away unfinished. In the run up to Christmas I pulled this out of my UFO pile. This is how I'd got.


Here is the completed embroidery.

I still need to wash and gently press it but I'm very happy with the final result.

 I visited my local fabric store yesterday and found these two fabrics. I'm going to use the green wool fabric to make a jacket and the checked fabric is destined to be a skirt. I can't wait to get started on them.

I also got my Votes for Women quilt out ready to start the quilting. I thought I had wrapped this up well so that it wouldn't be affected by the dust when the house was rewired but unfortunately it was covered in dust. I had folded it so the backing fabric was outermost so I unpinned the quilt sandwich and put the backing in the washing machine. Over the weekend I'll iron the backing, re bast the quilt and get started on the quilting. I'm hoping to finish this quilt this month.


I'm linking this post with Link a finish Friday at Richard and Tanya Quilts and with Amanda's Finish it up Friday at Crazy Mom Quilts. I wonder if I could manage another finish next Friday.

 Lyndsey
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10 comments:

  1. Missy Shay9 January 2015 at 00:37

    Congrats on your finish, I love your quilt!

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  2. Celtic Thistle9 January 2015 at 08:06

    Well done on finishing your cross stitch, it is lovely!

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  3. Barbara9 January 2015 at 14:40

    Your cross stitch is adorable. I think those fabrics look great together. Are you planning for the two to go together? What a bummer to have to take that quilt sandwich apart. It's such a pain to make them that you don't want to have to do that more than once.

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  4. sew.darn.quilt9 January 2015 at 15:30

    Bravo on your finish!! Will there be another cross stitch in your near future? Love the fabrics for the new togs ")

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  5. Ann9 January 2015 at 19:26

    Nice finish! Cross stitch can be super time consuming - I have a love/hate relationship with it. Love your little Yorkie - I used to have one and they are wonderful!

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  6. Richard Healey9 January 2015 at 23:31

    Great finish thanks for linking up.

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  7. Maria10 January 2015 at 07:07

    The bears' cross stitch is gorgeous :-)

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  8. Emily C10 January 2015 at 13:27

    I love your cute bears, esp the butterflies. (personal favorite) Do you do anything special to prevent the floss colors from running when you wash a counted cross stitch?

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  9. Lynette10 January 2015 at 20:41

    The bears are just so cute!! What a bummer to have to unpin a large quilt and redo it after washing the backing. It would be nasty having to work with all that dust, though.

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  10. Lynne22 January 2015 at 12:35

    Congratulations on the first finish of 2015. I'm so glad it was the backing that needed washing!

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