Something New

Ive decided to try my hand at embroidery...something fun i can do while i watch TV at night. I have a collection of quilt squares that were hand sewn by my Grandmother or Great Grandmother (my Aunt needs to take a look at them to know for sure, however, this piece is for her, so ill have to dig out some of the others for her to look at :)
Anyways, they are fairly simple, and some of the fabric choices were unusual(this piece is made from satin and corduroy)...she definitely worked with scraps of any kind, a true quilter! :) Anyways, i had three squares that matched, so i sewed them together and thought some embroidery would jazz it up a bit. Ive only just started the embroidery, but thought i would show my progress so far. I am really enjoying it, and love trying new stitches. Did i just discover a new hobby......yikes....that could be dangerous! :)

Speaking of embroidery, i gave this kitty cat a face over the weekend. Sadly i only had one response from my cat survey, so i decided to go with a pillow design, which meant no button eyes. I still want to quilt the top before i make it into a pillow, so i hope to work on that later this week. I have some new hand quilting designs i want to try out....i must be on some sort of hand sewing kick lately!
Well, thats the latest up here on the mountain!
Hope everyone has a fabulous week!
cheers~
lisajo