Tippi, Pickles, Lucky, Ginger and Edgar

 Hi all -

I hope everyone is doing well! We made it through the cold snap and are enjoying a couple of sunny days with highs in the 30s. It feels so balmy and wonderful!

I've continued to work on my Dog Park quilt designed by Elizabeth Hartman. I was able to complete 5 more dog blocks this week:

Dog Park - Tippi Block

Dog Park - Pickles Block

Dog Park - Lucky Block

Dog Park - Ginger Block

Dog Park - Edgar Block

Each block is a lot of work, but I'm getting into the swing of things. I should have all of the dog blocks finished in the next week or two. I did make a mistake in the Pickles block. I mixed up the two outer ear units so the ear is more pointy that it should be. I don't think this will be noticeable to anyone but me so I'm waiting until later to decide whether I'll fix it. The units both touch the outside edge of the block, so It won't be that difficult to fix it if I decide to do that.

For a rest from the dog blocks, I also made several Mini Coin Purses from Bernina's WeAllSew blog. 

Mini Coin Purses

I'm on Bernina's email list and they send out "weekly inspiration" emails with short blurbs for projects in their blog. I saw this in one of their emails and thought it would be a good stocking stuffer for my sisters. I made the pink one first to figure out the pattern. I liked it, but I put the hook too far down on the side. I'll keep that one to hold knitting notions in my project bag. The other two are nicer and will be stocking stuffers next Christmas.

It's too dark in my sewing area to do much after the sun goes down, so in the evenings I generally do handwork. One of the projects I've been working on is the embroidery for my Posy Pocket Handbag designed by Crabapple Hill. 

Posy Pocket Handbag - Embroidery

I concentrated on the basket and ribbon first so that the flowers will subtly sit on top of the basket and to make it easier to avoid smashing the french knots with the embroidery hoop. I should be able to finish this in another couple of evenings. 

Finally, I've also made progress on my Boublay scarf designed by Laura Nelkin. 

Boublay

This kit came with a set of two small balls of yarn (designed for making socks) and the pattern is written so you can use one or both balls of yarn in your project. I was thinking I would stop with the first skein, but now I'm thinking that I would like it bigger so I'll probably continue on with the second ball of yarn. I'll decide when I pick up this project again, probably later this week.

Nancy