Rachie's Laundry

So, like all good projects - the house remodel is never really done! As many of you know, we spent 4 months remodeling our house from top to bottom this summer. The one thing we didn't do was the laundry room - why spend money on a laundry room right? Well, right about the time we were done cleaning the rest of the house what do you think went out? If you guessed something in the laundry room - you would be RIGHT! Yes, our dryer died. Now of course, you don't just replace the dryer - you get a whole new set, and if you're going to get a new set you of course you NEED the biggest, baddest thing on the market and if you get the biggest baddest thing on the market you have to paint and put in new baseboards and rip down the old shelf and put up cabinets and stain the cabinets to match the kitchen. I mean - I am not out of line here right? You do HAVE to do all of those things. Well, suffice to say I promised myself a cute little embroidery to top it all off so I spent 5 hours stitching out 65,000 stitches yesterday so I could hang this little baby on a wall next to the garage where no one will ever see it. Oh the things we do when we like creating stuff!

Grandma's Memory Quilt

Amado and I made this photo quilt for Grandma Money for Christmas. I used 3D picture stitch to embroider the photos of Amado at various ages during his first year. I then

quilted it all together. Total time included photo manipulation - about 15 hours, but it is a priceless memory for Mom.

Name Snowflakes

I got this great idea from the SE yahoo group. Aren't they cute - and so easy to do. I used 7mm Curlew font and the Encore function. They took about 10 minutes each to stitch out. I made one for all of the babies celebrating their first Christmases. They aren't the most gorgeous thing, but they were fun, fast and easy and the end product looked o.k. I think these would be great for a school party. Maybe next year!

Snowflakes FSL

So I am part of the SE yahoo group (which I love and highly recommend - see my links) and there was a lot of talk about FSL snowflakes with some gorgeous pictures so I wanted to give it a try. Of course I first imagined myself quickly doing hundreds of these things to decorate my entire house - well at 30 minutes a piece it just didn't happen, but they did make great little gift sets for Grammy and friends. They are fun to make and I'd like to try some more creative threads to see what happens. I used standard embroidery thread in my upper and bobbin and 1 piece of wash away stabalizer that I didn't rinse out thoroughly so they came out nice and stiff for hanging. They are great fun and very easy to make!