Sweetness

Last weekend I attended an antique fair at the local fairgrounds. I was pleasantly surprised to see many delightful antique items. Most of them were out of my budget but I did walk away with some sweet Victorian paper ephemera. When I lived in southern California I used to love going to the flea markets on the weekend. This is the sort of thing I would find out there.

I like to think about how these pieces of card stock were saved for so many years and wonder who had them in a scrapbook for so long. And who they were passed on to over the decades. I especially love the images with kitties!

How beautiful I think this one is of a girl at the sea shore. Ah, how romantic too.
I was so smitten with this one that I decided to incorporate it into a new banner! This is the first time I have successfully made a banner for my blog. Yay!
Last weekend I also finished up Swoon block 3! Slowly but surely getting there...

And I made 3 blocks for the FWQAL. The blocks, clockwise from the top left, are 56 Maple Leaf, 55 Linoleum, and 54 Kitchen Woodbox. I'm still not sure how many I'll end up making. Perhaps I should stop now and make throw size FWQ? Then I think I may be disappointed in myself if I don't trudge along and make all 111. That was the reason I joined the QAL after all....
I hope you are enjoying your weekend! Tell me, what's going on?

Champagne Truffle

Eeeeep! Pure cuteness! Have you heard about Amanda's Dessert of the Month cross stitch club? Price is a deal at $16.95 for 12 cross stitch designs to be delivered monthly. Hurry on over to her blog for info on how to join yourself. There's still plenty of time to get on board! :)

I stitched up this truffle over a few night's time and it was so much fun!

Hope you are all enjoying your weekend!

Swoon Block 2

I am determined to finish my Swoon quilt in 2012! I managed to finish block 2 on Wednesday. Yay! Only 7 more to go. :)

How was your week? Here's to a great weekend!

Downton and Farmering

Yay! It's 2012 and that means that it's finally time for Downton Abbey! Who tuned in last night? I was chomping at the bit all day waiting for it to start. It's definitely my most favorite thing on television. I have an aunt and uncle who live in the UK so they've already seen season 2. When they were visiting last week I said " I absolutely do not want to know what happened in season 2!" LOL.

YES!!

Downton must be taking over the world because I even saw a segment on it during the evening news tonight. *sigh* It's such a feast for the eyes. The story line is also riveting!

Lest you think I have forgotten about sewing, I haven't! I've been farmering again. It feels good to be working on these blocks again after so long. These are blocks 49, 50, 51, 52, and 53. Beginning with the top left and working clockwise are Hovering Birds, Honey's Choice, Honeycomb, Jackknife and Hovering Hawks.

I am not sure I will actually make all 111, though that was the plan when I started this QAL. The primary reason being that all 111 make a HUGE quilt. Well 83 inches by 103 inches is pretty big for me. Plus, that would be way bigger than I need for my bed. I am thinking I may go for the Twin Size quilt...73 inches by 92 1/2 inches. It requires 83 blocks so I'm only 30 away from what I need. Yay!

How's 2012 treating you so far? Good, I hope!