Category — Thread & Notions

The kids are napping and I’m really enjoying some hand stitching on my mini princess and the pea block. I can’t wait to share with you what I have in mind for this little piece of art!

Today is also day 5 of my picks for the FQS Bella Parade. The color of the day today is Robin’s Egg.

For solid coordinates, I selected…

Baby Pink, Gray, and Ivory.

For coordinated prints I selected…

Sweet Broderie Cherry Cutesy Mosaic, My Happy Nursery Shell Leaves, and Bazaar Style Ocean Gems.

Don’t forget to visit Shruti’s blog and try your hand at the prizes!

If you spend anytime on Flickr you’ve noticed a lot of really beautiful hand quilting emerging. I’ve decided to give it a try myself. Corey clued me in to Yarn Bazaar and I last weekend I ordered a variety of colors from them. These are Finca Perle Cotton, size 8.

I plan on using Anna Maria Horner’s tutorial to get started.

I also picked up the Finca color card. It’s really nice – well worth the $12. I just hate trying to match colors on the computer monitor. If anyone is looking for a thread to match a particular fabric, just let me know and if I have the fabric, I will do a comparison for you!

I hope you all have a wonderful weekend. We are going to be doing some work outside now that it has stopped raining. Hope it is nice wherever you may be!