I finished something.

When I was doing my cleaning and organizing in January, I found a set of pillowcases that I had been embroidering about 8 years ago. I had put them away so I could work on other projects and....of course.....they were not finished. This past week I didn't do much stitching, but I did work on those pillowcases. Here they are...all finished!!! I think the red I used for the bird is a little bright in relation to the colors I used for the dogwood blooms, but I wasn't about to take it out and redo them. That color will do just fine on my pillows.


It certainly does feel good to finally finish some of the needlework projects I started long ago and just didn't finish. I hope I can keep that up during this year and clean out some UFO's. I won't commit to not starting something new because I think that would set me up for failure and frustation. I'm going to allow myself to start small projects, but no large quilt projects until I finish the ones I'm currently working on.

Do you see a theme going here with this post and the one before it? I just realized both projects were cardinals. I mentioned in the other post that I'm ready for spring. Well, that hasn't changed....and we are again awaiting another artic front. Our windchills are to be about -10F tonight. With cold winds like that....I think the only cardinals I will be seeing are the ones on these pillowcases. All I can say is BRRrrrr!!!