Christmas cards - refurbished cards for my Mom

 I have refurbished a few dozen Christmas cards for my Mom.  She is now 86 and it takes longer than it used to when she makes cards so I decided to make a few for her to take the pressure off of getting so many done before Christmas.  She likes cards that feature the nativity so I have saved the fronts of commercial cards that have been donated to me for reuse that feature Mary and Jesus for her.  It was a pleasant day in the craft room and it is so good to be able to do a bit for her after all she has done for me.  

We are blessed!!!

Therese

Slow Stitching - trailer journal cover is finished

My Trailer Journal is finally finished.  I have been working on it for a while and it is finally finished.  I used my Teesha Moore inspired patches machine stitched together to make the cover for a composition book to create the journal.  After that, I started adding stitching to all the patches one at a time.  It was great to be able to do any sort of stitching and be inspired by the fabric design as well.  I used embroidery thread in either coordinating or contrasting colours depending on the look I was going for.  It has been a very fun project and I am glad to have such a creative and interesting cover for our trailer journal.  Once we have filled the composition book we simply have to put in a new one and we are good to go!!

This is the front cover.

This is the back cover.

insides     

Below are some close ups of the stitching in the patches.  

Therese