Thursday, July 29, 2021

A Little Challenge...

Good afternoon!! I hope you are having a great day!

 While we were on our trip in June, I visited my friend Barbara (no blog).

We have known each other for many years and like to do joint projects. We share a love of embroidery, cross stitch and quilting, among other things. So it was that I used my Crafter's Edge Crossover II to cut us both little partial kits.

I had purchased mini charm packs of Kansas Troubles 'Prairie Dreams' and I used the smallest tumbler die to cut the mini charms. A set for each of us. The challenge was very simple~ make something with your tumblers. :-)

Well, Barbara got busy before I was even gone LOL and cut herself a bunch of solid tumblers to match the small ones in the kit~ she made a template from an already cut tumbler.

And she proceeded to make and hand quilt (!) this adorable mini~

Sorry, I could not rotate it properly. :-/ BUT isn't it adorable?!!!!
 
when I got home, I had a jillion and one things to do and while I had my tumblers right next to my machine, and my idea in my head, I just didn't find the time to play until today. :-)
My tumblers are sewn together. (click on pix for closer views)
I found a scarecrow coloring page and simplified it and I am going to embroider it and them attach it to the side of my tumblers. :-)
 I will start stitching tonight and hopefully you will see it finished pretty soon! 
 
BTW~ that little Tumbler Die worked great!! It comes with 5 different sizes, but the small one fit the mini charm pack perfectly.
The Crossover II is still on sale until the end of the month  ;-) ;-) 

Be back soon with a finish!! (I hope!) LOL
Happy stitchin'!!


2 comments:

Sara said...

It is fun to work on project with friends. I think that is part of the reason I've enjoyed the Saturday Sampler at The Pin Cushion for so many years. We all are working on the same thing, but yet each one is unique in the end.

Both of your projects look adorable with those little tumblers.

Canuck Quilter said...

How lovely that you have a friend to do such challenges with. Barbara's tumbler are adorable. I think your scarecrow will pair beautifully with yours.

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