A Little More Stitching

Two more embroidered blocks to go and it's time to start piecing. I've read through the pattern and it looks like those prairie points are going to be the least of my worries.

Learning to Love Redwork

This project is giving me a whole new appreciation for traditional redwork. It's just so pretty! And easy, since there aren't a lot of decisions to make about colors combinations.

I like some squares more than others. The apron is adorable and the sewing machine is just okay and the little dress is somewhere in between. But once I get them all stitched and put together with the pieced blocks, it's all going to be wonderful.

I'm still saving little ends of embroidery thread for the Totally Useless Stitch Along. There's a lot more in my little measuring cup than I had in last months' post, most of it red.

Vintage Vignettes

I've got a ridiculously long list of embroidered quilts I want to make and that list keeps getting longer. If I make some of the little ones that'll make room on the list for more big projects, right?

Mom and I saw a shop sample of the Vintage Vignettes wall quilt and both fell in love with it. It's got everything -- cute redwork and pieced pinwheels and a prairie point border (although I can't guarantee that I won't get skittish and skip the prairie points!)

Compared to the blocks I spent last year stitching, these seven little squares shouldn't take long at all to get done.