Tiaras

These are tiaras that I made for my great-granddaughters. The four-year-old said, "This is the most beautiful crown I have ever seen!" Now wouldn't that melt a ggrandma's heart...The designs came from Dainty Stitches. They are very inexpensive and easy to stitch. The big problem was to find a headband that would fit in the small slots. I finally found some that were just right at Dollar General. Now I have some for the next greats. Aren't they beautiful? The dark one are really purple. I also gave them net skirts. They were beautiful princesses.

Merry Christmas

A very Merry Christmas to all of you. Last year I made new stockings for all of the family. This year we added Landon, so his is the only stocking that was needed. I am sure that he will look forward to hanging his stocking in the coming years.

Some of last year's stocking were a bit big and I have heard complaints that it takes a lot of items to fill them. I bet some are not complaining...

More pictures after Christmas.

More Blocks from Garden Nouveau

These are my latest two blocks from the Garden Nouveau book by Vicky Lawrence. The tulip block is 12 1/2 x 18 1/2. I am using a Bernina 830 with the jumbo hoop. These blocks can also be completed with the mega hoop. These blocks have multi-hoopings. Anna Aldmon, digitizer, has done an excellent job of providing registration marks for hoopings and has an excellent set of directions. Anna has a website that shows the blocks in a different colorway.
The designs are available for machines that have large hoops.

Block 5 of Garden Noveau Quilts

Anna Aldmon continues to send me digitized blocks to stitchout. This is the fourth block that I have completed. Each block is a shining star and will stand out in a quilt of stars. You will have to get Vicky Lawrence's book, Garden Noveau Quilts, to see the beauty of this quilt.

Second Garden Nouveau Block

This is block 4 in the Garden Nouveau quilt. It is fascinating to watch the designs stitch out. Anna Aldmon has done a terrific job of digitizing the designs. She has the most comprehensive directions that I have used for quilt blocks. Check out my last post for all of the particulars about the quilt and where you can find more information.

New Project

This is a block from my newest project. I am testing the Bernina format (ART) for the digitizer of Vicky Lawrence's Garden Nouveau quilt. Anna Aldmon is the digitizer and has the disks ready for Viking and Pfaff embroidery machines. The hoop can be 200 X 260 or 200 X 360. She said she should have her website available next week but you can

email her at annaaldmon@grandecom.net.

You must purchase Vicky's book to complete the quilt. The embroidery format is in addition to the directions for the quilt. The original quilt is hand applique. I am so excited to try the quilt in machine applique because everyone who knows me knows that "I do not want to touch the needle."

Vicky's quilt is hanging at the Overbrook Quilt Connection. Roxane has the Garden Nouveau books available and also has Anna's embroidery patterns.

15-Minute Table Runner

These are 15-minute table runners that I have made while waiting for an embroidery design to stitch. While Roxane was gone to Houston, she asked me to make one of these for a shop sample. Wow! they are just so easy that I decided they would make great gifts. I showed the Thursday sewing group at the shop and they started making them too. They really can be made in 15 minutes or less.