Some Finishes

It was a busy day, but a relaxing day. Two projects were taken to completion, and I baked a cheesecake. The cheesecake was done in four stages, and so it took quite a bit of time, but it gave me time to do other things while I waited for this part or that part. I'll try to remember to take a picture of it when we cut into it tomorrow. The red cranberries against the white cream cheese make such a festive dessert.

Here's what I did in the sewing room today:

The little housewarming "quiltlet" is all ready to go now. It still needs a hanging tab. I'll use the ring tab off tonight's catfood can for that.

I had those four hot fix nailheads in my nailhead stash, and so I used those at the corners of the stitchery. We'll be taking this to our friends in Bend this coming weekend.

Then I finished top-stitching my little Quilter's Helper,

and added the borders.

And that one is going to the quilts-to-be-quilted pile. The pile is growing. This one probably won't get quilted until January or February.

Next up, I'm going to start working on the next Irish door. I think this one is the 9th of the 12 I want to make.

I've pulled some fabrics, and I'm ready to get started next time I sew. That will no doubt have to wait, however, because tomorrow is a big cooking and family day.

This being Tuesday, it's time to link up to:

Today's theme is Christmas quilts, appropriately enough. I haven't made a lot of Christmas quilts, but I do have a few. One of my favorites is this "Winter Wonderland" quilt. I fell in love with this pattern from Crabapple Hill Studios when I saw it made up as a redwork project. I had little hope I'd be persistent enough to stick with all that embroidery. Nevertheless, I kept seeing it in quilt shops, and finally, I had to buy it. It marked my return to embroidery because I learned to love embroidery again while I was working on it. You can see close-ups of the embroidery and the quilting at this blog post from November of 2011 when I entered it in the online Christmas Quilt Show at Sewcalgal.

I doubt I'll be blogging tomorrow or Christmas Day either, and so I want to wish all of you a Merry Christmas, happy celebrations, and safe travels. But I can't go without sharing this that I saw on Facebook today.

Fleas Navidog!

It makes sense to me that the cat is positioned where the King of Kings would ordinarily be.