Look What I Made!

I picked up two framed finished from the needlework shop last week. This is Z's panda:

He went with me to the shop and picked out the frame. I'm not sure how well the color is coming through in the picture, but it's a shade of green that is one of Z's favorite colors. He was so excited. He doesn't know that I picked it up. His birthday is this week and I think I'm going to wrap it up and give it to him as part of his birthday presents.

Aunt J's Daydreaming Angel is back also:

I think she came out really pretty. I can't wait to send it to her for her birthday.
Look what I made! It's a needle book:


Yesterday the kids were at school and I was finished with my cleaning, so I was surfing the web looking for interesting blogs to read, and I came across this one: http://focusonfinishing.blogspot.com/
I had always wanted a needle book, but thought they were hard to make. The directions that she had on her blog made it seem really easy that I thought even a novice like me could try it. So I looked for a small design that I thought would be good for the cover, went through my box of fabric scraps to see what I had on hand and at 9:00 pm last night I was sewing away. It's not perfect, but for a first try, it's not bad. I love trying new things like this. I feel like I've expanded my horizons!

Comments

Wendy said…
Your stitching looks so wonderful in the frames!
March 24, 2009 at 7:06 AM
Suzanne said…
they look great! see my blog for another award!
March 24, 2009 at 10:45 AM
Sarah said…
They both turned out great! I am sure he will be thrilled with the Panda...love the frame you chose.
March 24, 2009 at 1:45 PM
tkdquintmom said…
GREAT job on the needlebook! You should be proud! Now, you can send that Mr. Panda my way, you're son 'might' understand! LOL
March 24, 2009 at 3:25 PM
Ranae said…
Your framed pieces look fabulous.
You did a fantastic job on the needlebook, very nice finished
March 24, 2009 at 7:02 PM
Louise said…
wow! You do beautiful work!
thanks for the award..can't quite figure out how to copy and paste the award to my blog :/
guess I forgot? lol
thank you , I will try again!
Hope you have a great day today!!
Love your blog,
Raggedystitches,
Louise
March 25, 2009 at 5:09 AM
BeckySC said…
Hi there :)
Thanks for visiting my blog :) I appreciate it :)
Your framed pieces look great :)
March 26, 2009 at 2:56 PM
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