March 1, 2022

 The UFO for March is #3.

In addition to finishing the butterfly pillowcases and the baby afghan, I finished a second set of pillowcases, 3 Christmas ornaments, and a lap quilt made with a panel.

These ornaments were a true UFO!  I bought the booklet and the plastic shapes back when Chris was in lower elementary school--his first grade teacher displayed the one he gave her for Christmas for years.  I had these done except for hot gluing them together.  So these must have been embroidered at least 38 years ago--took a long time to finish!! And I just noticed that the church is not centered!  Completed 2/23/22. 

  This lap quilt finished at approximately 50X60, smaller than I would have liked.  I'm glad I tried the French Braid border as I haven't used it before--but it took a lot of time and  had a lot of starts and stops!  I made this very similar to the sample that was at the Sewing Corner of the Ace Hardware in Thayne, WY.  I added the outside border and corrected one error (they had all the braids going one way except for one border).  I'm happy with it.  Completed 2/23/22, a NewFO using a panel.             

  

The set of pillowcases were finished with piping that was purchased when Hancocks in Casper closed (20-30 years ago).  I don't like the purchased entredeux as well as what I made on my Designer Diamond--the holes are too large--but it is much faster since the heirloom entredeux stitch probably has about 10-15 stitches for each hole.  (I have just found out that stitches C8, 5, and 10 can be used for entredeux on the Epic2!). So, as we were watching Justified on TV, I thought about using a couple of rows of purchased lace as an edging--and I have a lot of lace purchased when Hancocks, Casper, closed!  The next day I auditioned what the pillowcases would look like with the lace--and didn't like the look.  But in that drawer, I saw peach piping (purchased same place, same time!) and it matched the 3 shades of floss used on the pillowcases--and that's what I used.  I think I like it better than a single row of crochet that I used on the other set of pillowcases.  I have only 1 set of pillowcases left to embroider/finish.  Completed 2/17/22 (from scratch).