Last August Finish-Along for AnneS

I managed to put a couple more finishes to bed last night, and finished two more pieces out of the finishing pile.  First up was a Christmas ornie I finished earlier in the week, and the second is a Mill Hill magnet pillow … I just love all the beads in the fringe and can’t stop playing with it!

new finish tie on pillow

Finished an ornament sized tie on pillow and loved the instructions. Used a Homespun Elegance design for the stitched piece.  The color of the pillow and ribbon are dark green but because of the background is showing more blue.

Flanged Pillow Ornament

You can’t realy tell where the puffy areas end and the flange begin because of the dark coloured fabric. I cheated a little as I used Katrina’s tutorial but appliqued a tatted motif instead

Thanks to you Katrina, I am quite confident now with this kind of finish and will definitely try more!

This is going out to a stitcher friend…I don’t think she reads this blog…at least I hope not

July ornies

Here’s two ornies I stitched and finished over the weekend, Holiday Holly by Mill Hill and the Tree Keeper, a freebie from the Drawn Thread.

More finishes for this weekend

Maybe third time will be the charm. Some more finishes this weekend. Ana

Happy finishes

Just want to add these have been sitting around unfinished for a long time.  Thanks for the blog which inspired me to finish them.  Now about 100 to go. The round ornament uses the metal finishing forms, but I only used one half and felt on the back.

Starting the ball rolling…

OK, here’s my contribution to this special ornament FAL weekend I finished up the 4th, 5th and 6th blocks of my PS 12 Days of Christmas wreath - halfway there now!

I’m looking forward to seeing everyone’s ornament finishes this month and don’t forget - if you post a photo of your finishes on this blog, your name will go into the draw to win some great finishing supplies - bonus!

FAL weekend - Anne S

Unfortunately I’ve only been at home for 3 whole hours the entire weekend thanks to working both days plus a work function Saturday night, but seeing as I set the dates for the FAL I couldn’t go to bed tonight without actually forcing myself to put something together into a finished status … I managed to complete two Christmas ornaments.

The Prairie Schooler Santa is one of Mum’s first ever XS pieces that she stitched for me, and I tried just using a simple finish of quilt batting in the middle of the two pieces of fabric - I’m not entirely sure whether I like this way of finishing, but it was worth trying this new method out.  The second finish was a Lizzie*Kate ornie made simply into a pillow.  I even dragged my ornamental Christmas tree out again for the piccies LOL.

 

I was really keen to do one of my ‘larger’ finishes tonight, but I thought my concentration wouldn’t be up to the challenge … they’ll just have to wait in the finishing pile until next month - the hardest decision will be which one to attack first!

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If you wish to add your finished items to the blog, don’t forget you’ll need to be set up as an author by either Karen or I, so please leave a comment if you’d like to be added to the list.  We look forward to sharing your wonderful creations