heart~catcher

I found a darling tutorial here that was just the project

I needed on a cold, snowy day!  All I wanted to do, on Monday,

was sit by the fire, so that is exactly what I did while making

my heart~catcher : )

I am going to show you my process in pictures, but please ask questions

if you decide you want to make one of these little ditties too.  I will be

happy to give you more details if you need them.

Here goes:

Today is another snowy day……

piece,

elizabeth

old hankie

I have old, vintage hankies that I want to use in my Bohemian quilting for

embroidery.  So many of them already have pretty details, so

they will add a lovely touch to my quilts : )

Here is one that I am embroidering my initials in lower case letters.

I finished this ditty with some fabric and lace.  It is ready to be added to my quilt!

More to come : )

piece,

elizabeth

the tale of two buttonhole stitches

I managed to add a couple more ditties to my Bohemian quilt yesterday : )

I used two different buttonhole/blanket stitches.

Do you call them buttonhole or blanket stitches?  I have some research

to do, because I am not certain there is any difference!

I used a regular buttonhole stitch on my willy nilly piece.

I used a closed buttonhole stitch on my circle embroidery.

Now I am ready to stitch up more fun ; )

piece,

elizabeth

slowly working on my bohemian quilting

I am starting to add some pieces to the quilt top!

As I said in the beginning, I am calling this Bohemian Quilting because

I am combining my love of quilting with a love of embroidery.

Now that said, I am no expert on embroidery, and that makes this journey

even more fun.  I will hopefully be learning as I sew(stitch)!

Time to pull out the big guns : )

piece,

elizabeth

little quilt monday~~~l o v e stitches

I made another L O V E mini quilt, but this time I didn't paper piece

the letters.  I used improv piecing, and I am anxious to try and

make the entire alphabet that way!

The fabric is a from my AMH stash and some Robert Kaufman Essex.

My crazy pick stitching was so much fun and the linen

made it easy!  I have wanted to stitch something up like

this for a while, and this small piece was the perfect way to begin….

I will be pick stitching again ; )

This little mini measures 9" X 12".

piece,

elizabeth

l o v e mini quilt

I finished my L O V E mini quilt.  It is a paper piece pattern 

that is found here.   I don't attempt paper piecing very often, but I had

no problem making this little gem : )

I like to work with linen and enjoyed playing with the
Radiant Orchid palette.

You know I love to quilt with the big stitch!

I am not much of a paper piecer, but I found out I can do it

when the pieces aren't very small!

piece,

elizabeth

more bohemian quilting

I am working on the stitching for my bohemian quilt.

Here are a few of the pieces that I have done:

I am waiting to sew them to the quilt top….I have a few

more things that I want to add : )  What fun!

piece,

elizabeth