Friday, May 12, 2017

Friday Finish and Fun!


This week I finished two pieces. One was a comfort pillow for a friend, but I forget to get a photo of it. I will do similar ones, so I will share those and basic patterns so others can do them for friends.

I finished my pillow stitchery, this one I made for spring and summer, it will fit with both seasons and look nice, sitting with other items on my chest.

The design is from an old Kindred Spirits book, called Homespun Stitcheries. I made mine into a pillow and kept it simple and prim. It measures 9" x 12". I use my Faber Castell art pens to give it a touch of color. I like the markers since they are archival ink and quick drying. I alway do the coloring before I do the stitching.


Grandpa has been keeping Nick busy in the mornings, though he tends to do things that put Grandma's nerves on edge, lol. 


Bean doesn't like it when he isn't getting all the attention, so he decided to show off some of his skills. He will catch one ball and hold on to it and when I kick the big ball to him, he catches it with his hands, he would make a good soccer goalie.


We also took Nick shopping and decided to give him an early birthday present. He will be 4 this month and his mom won't be home till the end of the month, so I wanted to get him something he could have fun with, at our house and take home to ride, when Ivy comes home. He tried it in our yard and I realized it was not a good idea on grass, small bikes and little legs do not peddle well, but he still had fun and then played on the porch with it.


Today we took Nick to the bike path, though it was more hilly than I realized. He did really good though and got up the incline and had fun going down again. It was nice to see him enjoying his bike on a better surface so we will have to take him to areas like this, next week. I hope you all have a wonderful weekend and mother's day. I plan on resting and Sunday we are getting pouring rain, so no day out. I guess Bill will just have to cook me a nice dinner while I relax and work on some projects;)



9 comments:

Margaret Stickland said...

The open road much better for bikes and the little legs can go faster, just started blogging again so nice to catch up

Kate said...

Your pillow is so nice, Debbie. Bean and Nick look happy with their playthings. Enjoy the rest on Sunday - Happy Mom's Day.

Saundra said...

Cute stitchery and always loved the Kindred Spirits booklets.

Karen said...

The angel pillow is cute as can be. You are getting at least one thing a week done...or so it seems. 52 done by Christmas?

Sandi said...

Your pillow looks great. Nice to see all that lush grass and the smiles on his face with grandpa. Great bike Nick!

Rugs and Pugs said...

Nick and Bean both look like they are having a ball :)
Happy Mother's Day.

Fiona said...

you are all keeping busy....

Hugz

cucki said...

Love the pretty cushion.
Happy Mother's Day.

Kris said...

Your pillow is darling, Debbie and it looks like from all these recent posts that you are keeping quite busy with Nick!! I hope your cold gets better!! :-))