Finally!

I finally got the Summer Breeze quilt done!  Well pretty much done, the last thing I need to do is run it through the wash again to get rid of the blue lines from the quilting.  Unfortunately that's going to have to wait for tomorrow because it's raining in buckets outside!  But fear not!  I do have pictures to share with you today!

I've been browsing around on the web and came across boatloads of embroidery things and it got me all excited!  I don't have much embroidery experience but I'm definatly gaining some.  A while ago I did some note cards for my SIL for her birthday.  The patterns I found were retro and I thought they fit her taste.  They mostly came out pretty cute, everyone enjoyed the cat clock one.  My down fall with this is I didn't take any pictures of the finished product.  :(  Anyway where this is all leading is I got both of the embroidery books that Aimee Ray put out.  I'm really in two minds about these books.  Yes they are very helpful, did I need both of them?  Absolutely not.  If there is anyone out there that's thinking about getting one of these books I would suggest going with Doodle Stitching the Motif Collection.  This book has pretty much exactly the same things as Doodle Stitching does only the projects are different and you get page after page of just designs, which is what I'm looking for in an embroidery book.  Doodle Stitching the Motif Collection also has the added bonus of coming with a CD that contains all the designs in convenient .tif files so you can size and edit to whatever your project calls for.  Although if I were putting books like these out I would make my second book for intermediate-advanced levels and show more intricate stitching rather than having the basics in both books.  One it sells more books and two those who would buy both books don't feel like they wasted money.

This is a design from the Motif Collection, it's a WIP

I made this card for a friend of mine.  She was in a car accident recently and is having a tough time with recovery.  I stuffed her box full of chocolate too!  I think the happy chocolate hippos were the perfect touch.  I can't take credit for the actual design, I Googled 'daisy bouquet' and 'bow' then used Photoshop to combine them.  I added a cute font to follow as well.  I decided to do this on fabric and then attach it to the card.  I haven't quite figured out how to do a proper satin stitch through paper.  I definatly really enjoyed making this.  I just hope she enjoys it as much as I do!

Just a random card I did a while back, can't remember where I found the design