Finishes and Finds!

This weekend was busy, with Nick and the holidays, I didn't get much done in the sewing department. I had some designs cut out to make into pillows, but all I finished was the applique, so I need to finish more pillows and get them done this week. I am working on the instructions for the piece that I made for the Christmas Blog Hop, can you believe it starts tomorrow and my day is Friday. Be sure to visit and see what fun projects that the other girls are making.

A design by Primitive Gatherings. Of course I changed it and made it simpler, so the extra embroidery is not on mine.

We had a day off from Nick sitting, he is not a good child to take shopping, lol. We went to A Bee's Buzz which is a big barn full of antiques and primitives. They have booths so you never know what you will find.

I usually don't splurge but I don't have that many nice Christmas primitives and I want to redo things this year so when I saw this display, I had to have it. It is an antique drawer filled with toys around a decorated and lighted tree. I love the battery lights, I need to find some for my other small trees, so much easier than having to find a space with a plug.

I also started decorating today. I made the wool piece and the longer piece was made by my friend Karen.

I also loved this piece, something different and nice to have something to decorate the kitchen with.

My find of the day was this magazine rack. It is handmade and it was marked down to 15.00. It is a little warped at the bottom, but not that noticeable. I will use it in my sewing room, I can keep the books and patterns I am using or want to make, in it and save space by hanging it on the wall.

I hope everyone had a nice weekend. I have been decorating today, a bit bittersweet but I am determined to keep the magic and joy of Christmas in our home, it was Danielle's favorite holiday.

Bunny Tea Towel!

One of the other wonderful gifts that I received from Buttermilk Basin's giveaway was a tea towel and a bunny design to applique onto it. She also sent the rick rack and thread to use with it, but I forgot I had the threads and used my own.

I love the colors in the towel and I used my hand dyed wools for the bunny. I love how it came out and how it looks hanging in my kitchen. I have a pale sage green on the walls, so it looks beautiful against that color. I just wish I could have gotten a better photo to show it off.

Here is how it looks hanging on one of my racks in the kitchen.

Here is a little closer look, so you can see the dyed browns, love how they look on a piece like this.

This week I also found a new freebie that I thought you might like to do. It is from Badbird's and it is a beautiful design that would look nice as a mini quilt.