Monthly Hang-Ups

My daughter-in-law Amy found these at a secondhand store somewhere.  There are two sets of 12, two for each month.  September, October, November, and December were almost complete.  January through April had the appliqués fused to the background, and that was all.  I finished them, except for the wire.  I've ordered it; it will arrived in a few days.

Vintage button from my mother's button box.

Two vintage buttons from my mother's button box.

(I think the 'R' and 'I' stand for 'Reading' and 'Irregular Verbs'.) 😏

I was hand-stitching up the last little bits, turning them right side out as I went along, using my Oxmoor House point turner:

I sewed another block... turned it... reached for the point turner...

It was gone.

I looked high and low... and then I looked low and high.  I looked in the trash can.  I looked under my sewing machine.  I looked under my laptop.  I looked in the other sewing room.  I looked in my pockets.  I gave up and went for my other point turner, which isn’t quite as pointy.

Flash forward:

I finished stitching shut the hole on hanging block #6.  Reached over to lay it on the stack –

Uh, wuzzis?  There’s sumpthang sorta hard and plasticky inside this thing.

?

Oh.

Yes.

Quite so.  (In a Winnie-the-Pooh tone.)

So I ripped it back open and extracted my Oxmoor House point turner.

The end.

Coffee Cup Potholders, a Soup Tureen, and a Soup Ladle

This afternoon, I finished putting the binding on the coffee cup potholders.

The cups and 'steam' were cut with my new Sizzex eclips2 cutting machine that the children gave me for Christmas.

Just finished the striped candle last night, using melted wax from other candles, one layer at a time.  Right now the scent is pumpkin spice.

The fine china cup, saucer, and dessert plate used to be my mother's, and are quite old.

Quilting on potholder back

Scene on potholder back

Soup tureen we will also give the newlyweds.  I'll fill it with bags of Bear Creek soup.

The wooden ladle has been ordered and is on the way.

Quilting Coffee Cup Potholders

These will be a wedding gift for a young couple who will be getting married in about three weeks.  The groom is son Caleb's brother-in-law.

Seven 9" potholders on the frame

Back of potholder

Off the frame, trimmed, and ready for binding

Miniature Fleece Blanket, Fur Scarf

Miniature fleece blanket made with the 5" squares cut from the corners of the knotted fleece blanket... and a little Ty beany baby lion to go with it.

Instead of regular seams, I overlapped the pieces and used a feather stitch to hold them together, in order to have less bulk.  I used white fleece for the back.

I found a soft, soft piece of faux fur in my stash a few days ago; I got it in a clearance bin at a fabric store somewhere.  I split it lengthwise, sewed the ends together, and lined it with doeskin satin.  It will look nice with my black leather coat.