Pointless Quilter

 Not only did I Quilt and cross stitch this past year, but I attempted some other crafts.  Some of the things I'm going to show will be some items that I didn't make but that I helped or taught others to make.  I also belong to a craft group that meets once a month and there are a few fun things for that.  And others items are just things I thought I'd try. Craft Group - it's a group of about 14 ladies from my sisters neighborhood (mostly) and we meet once a month and have a great lunch and then do a fun craft.  Here are the crafts I made this year through them.  I wasn't able to make it to all of them so there won't be 12 crafts. I made this apron for one of my craft group friends who had a friend who became a master gardener (I just did the embroidery.) I embroidered on these aprons for us food service ladies for Adventure Club at church. I went to a retreat in the fall with my friend Beth Rhodes and made everyone a little Halloween treat bag. Instead of ...

 It was a good year for me with cross stitch.  I found great comfort making small and large pieces.  If you need the name of a pattern let me know and I'll look it up, but for this post I'm just going to post pictures.  These are not in any particular order.   Sugar Stitches ornaments  I bought a small white tree and some small pink ornaments and put this up in my sewing room. I did this in honor of my mom's dad--my favorite grandpa.  The top says Eat Well, Costs Nothing.  He liked to say that when he would take you out for dinner (because he always treated). Some of these I completed before - I just put them together in a pillow this year. These are Prairie Schoolers annual Santas. Blackbird Designs Gifts for my two stitchy friends in California. Notice I added and quilting below cross stitch. I fully finished this but didn't get a photo of it. This might have been finished last year. Stitched but not framed yet.  I have the frame....