Lots of stitching

I am so lucky to work and teach at Hobbysew and you get to see so much lovely stitching! Last week at class, it was so lovely to see Karen and Lynn's lovely journal covers almost done. The little suffolk puffs look so beautiful. Just had to take home both the patterns that the ladies made when Lynette was teaching and even an extra one! The first one is Lynn's and her puffs had to be stitched on and she was finished. 

 Karen was just placing her suffolk puffs ready to be stitched.

 On Tuesday, Madge came in looking for some backing for this gorgeous quilt, Scandinavian Rose, by Rosalie Quinlan. I was so motivated to get my patterns out (bought last year) and get started! Can't start till a  few other things are done. It looks lovely in blue.

 Madge had also made these lovely bags with hexagons!

 Doreen brought in her gorgeous woven wool felt quilt which is a BOM by Sue Spargo. It is so gorgeous and it is inspiring to see the stitches used to embellish the wool.

 Doreen had also made this lovely needle and notions book from another Sue Spargo pattern.

Just so inspiring!

Stitching Journal

I recently started to use this lovely journal that was sent to me by my Stitcher's Angel, Gladys, last year. I am a LIST maker and have kept a notebook recording my stitching progress and my plans and even wish lists for years. My last book started to fall apart so it was time to start a new one. This book and its beautifully stitched cover is going to be my stitching journal for the next few years. I love to tick off when parts of things are done and use it as I plan classes and stitching days to keep a record of even small achievements.

Here is a typical page and I do love it when all the spaces left are ticked! It did give me a shock to check through the old book and see how many things were stitched and not made up. I am hoping to finish some of the smaller projects starting with one each week. This is just one page! I think I wrote up about 6 pages of BOMs and other things that need doing!

This blog is wonderful too as a record of work completed but I still do like my little journal.