Squirrels, distractions.....

 whatever you want to call them is what happened yesterday. :) Rather than working on what i should have been.

I'd been thinking for a while to make a peanut pillow but kept forgetting to look for the pattern. I saw something Tuesday night that reminded me so out came the pattern. Cue son listening to me & looking & next thing i know i'm making him one as well. :) :)

He loves black & red

for me it's purple

A few weeks a go i saw a post about using rubber matting & fabric to make snazzy jar openers. Hmm i happened to have a long sheet of rubber sheeting hanging about.

4 jar openers later & still enough sheeting to make more. Very quick & simple. The runner sheeting was from the cheapie store.

I did do one thing that needed to be finished

 put the binding one & now it's all done ready for Christmas.

I have to get my peanut pillow back out now & youngest daughter now wants one. lol.

Happy Stitching,

FNSI August.

 I started the day making RSC blocks

after taking a break for lunch i thought i would add the borders to the little tablemat i'd been stitching. Well i should've just stopped at the thinking. I cut the pieces at 6" instead of 10". Putting them aside to hopefully use them in other projects & with the correct size now cut i set to adding the borders. Not as  easy as the look. Quite a bit of reverse sewing until they sat right, still not sure a couple of them are right. Oh well it's done now. All ready for some handquilting

all done & ready for the binding

The Azaleas are blooming nicely this year

This poor plant i thought it was going to die. I repotted it & gave it some fertiliser & crossed fingers. Up until a few days ago i still thought yep it's going to cark it but low & behold it has blooms happening. Yay. The blooms on it a so pretty it would've been sad to have lost it.

Happy Stitching,

FNwF August.

 A little Christmas stitching was my project for FNwF

Cute little reindeer tablemat from Gail Pan Designs Christmas stitching club.

Pop over here to visit lovely hostess Cheryll to see who joined in.

Happy Stitching,