Knocking Out Another Pattern

I started the pattern at the bottoms of the blocks this week, and since this picture was taken, have finished it. All four sides have the upright and slanted cross stitches done. Now on to the next bit! I might get this done before the end of the year.

Sampler for a Friend

I made this sampler last spring and my husband finished framing it last night. It'll be heading out to my best friend next week. He picked out the colors, so he'd better like it! I think my husband did a great job framing it, as usual. He's also saying he's nearly caught up on framing so I have to stitch more.

Foundations Pieced

These are the other five foundations pieced for making ornaments. Since this picture was taken, I've started embroidering one (the middle left). The embroidery goes fairly quickly, so expect to see one or two done this week.

Some Borders and Leaves

I'm almost ready to put in the specialty stitches and the beads on this. I washed it and one of the colors bled, so I'll be washing it again to let that out of the fabric before putting those in. I should have this done in the coming week.

Diamond Ornament Completed

I managed to put this together into ornament form today, too. I think it came out pretty well. My husband says it's one we're keeping, that I'm not allowed to give it away. I think that means he likes it.

Another Ornament Complete

I got my first crazy quilt ornament done today! I'm feeling proud of myself because I'm mailing it out to an ornament exchange EARLY. Go me! This is the first of six I've started - the foundations are pieced on all the others. The exchange is made up of cross stitchers, so I hope this person likes getting something completely different. My husband took a picture of the back, too, so here it is. I think I need to add more decoration to the back on the next one. Oh, and it counts as number 14 of my project challenge!

Chessboard Framed

I finished this chessboard before I started the blog, so there aren't any work in progress pictures of it. My husband completed the frame last night. It took him so long because he did something special with it - it will drop into place as an insert on a table to make a game table. So the frame's in two pieces. I think he did a very good job.