Honoring the Fourth!

I decided it was time to a finish so this past weekend I worked on a project that I almost forgot I had stitched. In honor of the Fourth, I pulled out My Country Sewing Set and set about finishing it. Everything has been stitched to awhile as you can tell by the date, it just needed to be assembled. The box is a limited edition Hershey Kiss tin that was available in 2007. 

Lined Hershey Kiss tin

My Country Sewing Set
Fancy Work






There is one more piece of the set that I not attempted yet. It is an emery.  The emery is a one inch pyramid that resembles a Hershey Kiss when complete. I will have to try that later when I can devote some more time to it.


Silent Night
Little House Needleworks
2011 Ornament series





My other stitching was on my ornament. I just need to finish the house and add some snow and it will be done. 
Thanks for stopping by,
Gwen

Fourth of July update

Happy Fourth everyone, Hope you are having a great day.

Last weekend I was fortunate enough to be invited to NY to take a class with Jackie of It's Fine-ally Finished. Jackie taught Hands to Work, Hearts to God. This is a super project with Jackie's flare for beautiful and functional smalls. During class we worked on the lining for the Shaker carrier and started finishing the pieces that we had pre-stitched. I need to finish some hand stitching on my liner then it will be done. My lyre waxer pocket is done (middle left of 2nd picture on IFF site) and now I am working on the thread pail (gold piece upper right in 2nd picture on IFF site). Hope to have some pictures to share soon.

I do have 2 things that I finished on Friday night. One is my BBD Stocking that I started last month:

BBD: Winter Carnation
Fabric: 28 ct Coffee/tea dyed a la Vonna
Fibers: per pattern

and the second is a Mill Hill Kit that I did in honor of The Fourth of July.

Mill Hill: Flag Star
Perforated paper
Fibers and beads from kit.

Here is a link for a freebie chart if you would like to get started on your patriotic stitching: Quaker 4th of July , Thank you Aury.

Hope everyone is having a safe Fourth.
Thanks for stopping by,
Gwen