Patriotic...

My sister, Rose, started this little wall hanging a year or so ago.  She found the patterns in an older Better Homes and Garden book and they left no directions on how to piece them.  She paper pieced the eagle and I think she paper pieced the memorial block in the lower right hand corner.  It was hard for her to modify the patterns, but she did a great job and then hand quilted the wreaths.  The vibrant colors don't really come through in this photo, but the wall hanging is beautiful.  Great job Rose!!

Another UFO bites the dust...

Last year I put together this little wall hanging for autumn....I decided to do the big stitch in quilting. It is very primitive, however, it is done and now I feel like I can do the big stitch on yet another UFO project for Christmas. It is a primitve nativity embroidery that I put together a few years ago. By the way, the big stitch was actually kind of fun and a tip for those trying to thread the needle with pearl cotton--use a needle threader. It makes it easy peasy!!