A Return to Simplicity.

Last night I joined up with Cheryll and 33 other friends to enjoy a night of stitching. I prepared a new applique block ready to stitch. Don't know what the finished piece will be yet......maybe a cushion or just a mini quilt, can always figure this out latter! While looking in my stash for something suitable to make the flowers from I came across this piece and decided to use the flowers whole. As I went along I used some of the petals to make the smaller ones and the butterfly wings. Very happy with the outcome. It's a happy cat in the garden! Although it was easy to put together I did do a lot of  Better Homes and Gardens watching so it probably took me longer than it should have to finish.  Anyway,  I have the new Thor DVD to watch today so I can do the blanket stitch around the flowers and  the cat's and butterfly's features. Hope everyone had a great night and thanks for stitching along with me.

Decided to head up to the mountains where the air is cooler and the breakfast hot and inviting to do a little stitching with friends. Nice and green and cool when you get to the top! Who can resist a delicious breakfast followed (much later) by apple pie and vanilla ice-cream? And of course the best of friends to stitch with! We did stitch but I forgot to take a photo! Don't forget to sign up for Friday Night with Friends over at Cheryll's blog .  Don't forget the give-away next week!

Wanting to make some new place-mats I decided to dig into my stash and use up some pre-cut fabric in different shades of blue. I wanted to use predominately dark shades as these would be great to hide food stains.  I started out trying to make round ones but had a little problem getting them to lie flat so switched to square ones. I now have 3 square and 2 roundish! News Flash! Note: Please check back on the blog next week for a special give-away run in conjunction with 3 other blogs. There will be 4 chances to win a wonderful prize!