bit in the last post. Am I covered if I started & finished it?

Not gonna pick apart my lacking machine sewing skills. Or the fact the only felt I have access to in TX (without involving mail order) is the cheap 25 cent a sheet stuff... I think it turned out cute. The pattern is not my own, that belongs to Betz White. You can buy it here like I did if you want it.

The fob is my own "design" and oh boy am I using that word loosely. Two muslin circles sewn & filled with crushed walnut shell. Two (slightly larger) felt circles, button and flowers attached. Blanket stitch together, don't forget the ribbon. Easy peasy.

What brought this on? Talking to Mom yesterday she said needed a fob for her scissors because she keeps dropping them, so far no damage - but you know sooner or later the tips will get chipped. Started thinking about fobs, instead of thought of my Betz set and figured I could make a fob to match.  I think it's disgustingly cute & hopefully will get around to making myself a set.

And more market stuff I WANT.

Go Fly A Kite by Raise The Roof. Slightly snarky & cute; very me.

I did manage a teensy bit more on the Hats & Cats block of Baltimore Halloween.

Two Three problems: I haven't been working on it much at all, I hate the broom bristle pieces with a white hot passion, and I discovered Tuesday I can't needle turn with a bum shoulder. But gads I hate those bristle pieces.

Picture of the perverts:

Broad daylight on the living room couch. Just because the kid's at school doesn't mean you don't have to at least close the blinds.

And because I can not (or is it will not?) pick just one here & there I'm going to throw in some of my favorites from Nashville this year.

Snow Queen's Slipper

Gotta have it. Love the colors, love the thought of a tiny little shoe pincushion (yes I know the idea has been around hundreds of years) wouldn't change a thing about it.

My shoulder is feeling better after being babied all day yesterday and I'm hoping to stitch for at least a couple of hours later today.

so it's not even close to a month of me not posting right?

Whatever. Let's see what have I been up to? Not a whole lot. Reading reading reading. Posting more irrelevant  drivel to Facebook.  Being bad and buying a fat quarter of Champagne Cocktail from Enchanted's shop closing last hurrah (seriously it was NECESSARY, stash rules be damned). And then there was the chart I bought, but again NECESSARY - yes I have a bunny fetish but it doesn't extend towards Easter & I needed something a little more Eastery. Then there's the 10 books I came home with from the used book store. Oops. Ummm... they stalked me and followed me home? I told them no, but they kept coming? And then there's the total bullshit of me straining/tearing a muscle in my shoulder (it's actually at the very top of the trapezius muscle) that's making my life a minor freakin' hell. But other than that things are great. Oh wait, my jeans are getting tight. See what I mean about my existence being hellish?

Now on to the pictures, don't worry if you're all tl,dr that wall of text above - it's not important.

Jenn's Mirabilia RR

Dying of jealousy. Well, mostly - I've seen my RR lately it's a little bit of the awesome. Which is the only reason I didn't swipe Jenn's. (Ok and this truly annoying bit of personal integrity I've got laying around, but I'm working on drinking it to death. Vodka seems to work well. I'll keep you up to date on how it's going.)

I stitched Rosebud Lullaby, too cute no? Finished it up while watching The Wedding Singer, so now you know what Adam Sandler + Drew Barrymore's baby would look like.

Jill Rensel finished up the framing on HoHRH & according to UPS it'll be delivered to my Mom next Monday.

This sucker is 32" wide if it's an inch.

The frame was made by Valley House Primitives & Jill had nothing but nice things to say about the quality of their work. BTW total cost with shipping was approx $300. And that includes museum glass.

I should be stitching a good bit soon. I have an Easter Fair & Square due, one LK flip it over due & the next due, Winter House exchange on HOE, the next Mirabilia RR and Moms bought me the kit (with NPI's & 40ct linen FTW!!!!) of CaHRH. So guess what I'm starting?  If you guessed something not scheduled & that I don't have time to screw around with - you'll probably be right. And you also know me very well.

I suppose I should just admit that I'm only posting weekly now. Maybe once I pick up steam stitching again I'll post more often. But I do have things to share.

I started on Jenn's Mirabilia RR.

The white blob will be Rosebud Lullaby.  Isn't her RR too pretty for words? Wait until you see the whole thing.

I've also decided Marie inviting (& me going) to a local quilting group is the best thing I've ever done to help me towards of goal of actually quilting. I still may not be doing a whole lot, but I am making progress.

6 pieces appliqued down, 18 more to go. Then the embroidery embellishment.  I'm going to try to get at least another broom completed this weekend. The brooms are the hardest part.

And this morning I pulled the last of my first 28 books of the year. I'll start Deeper Than Dead today since it's due back on the 12th.

Which means I don't have much to blog about. But I finally do have a little something. I finished my latest Mirabilia RR piece & my replacement Fair & Square arrived!

Thank you Janice! Aren't they cute? They're even better in person.

Deb's Mirabilia RR

I stitched the two small squares on the bottom right.

I had talked to Deb last month and she said she wanted one of the little seadragons from Bluebeard's Princess, and there he is! And I wanted to stitch the dove from Queen of Peace, so there she is!

Tomorrow I'm heading back to the local quilt group where I started on the Witch block for my Baltimore Halloween. I'm taking the Hats & Cats block that I have prepped but unstarted. Hopefully the group will light another fire under me and I'll have another block to show off soon.