M-O-O-N spells moon

It is done! My Little Moon Sampler is finished up. Just about an hour ago I made the last cross. Now I only have to find a fitting frame for it.
I only made a small adjustment to the pattern. I stitched the letters for "Friend" a tone darker, because the original color was not giving a strong enough contrast to the fabric.

The name I stitched to the bottom is my Mr.'s last name. We are going to get married anyways, so there is no point of using my maiden name. "Mattila" is a very common name here in Finland, almost like "Smith" in English language. The meaning of it is basically "House of Matti", while the name "Matti" can be translated as "Mathew" or "Mathias".

Emma's Sampler

Juhuu! Emma's Sampler is finished. I didn't make it during the weekend, but over all it is finished now and I'm so happy with it. Today after work, I went to a quilting store for some matching fabric, cause I will sew a little cushion from this sampler. I went with patterned fabrics in brown and rusty red. I think that looks quite fine together.

Another finish!

Juhuu! I made it. Here's my finished stitching of Cheryl's Bouquet. The original is meant to be stitched in only one color. I instead stitched it in no less than 9. At some point while stitching I thought it might get to colorful and restless, but now that it is finished I kind of like it again.
I decided to finish this one into a nice tablecloth for our living room table. Next Saturday is a hand craft exhibition in Wanha Satama in Helsinki and I am planning to go there. Maybe I'll find a nice fabric to finish it up soon.

Butterflies on nine-patches

I finally made it! The Butterflies on Nine-Patches from Dimension Gold Collection petits is finished. Stitching the crosses and half-crosses went quite smooth and fast, but than it came down to stitching just BS, Lazy Daisies and French knots. Not my favorites at all.
I'm glad that it is all stitched up now.

Another finish!

Quite some time ago, I started this SAL called Hearts & Square in one of my Yahoo stitching groups. I got along quite well but since July last year I haven't done a single stitch in this one. Even though there was only one square left to finish it up.
After finishing yesterday the Mystery SAL, I kind of got lost and didn't know what to stitch next. So I went through my huge WIP-basket and found this one in there.

I think I will use it as well for a cushion. This is one thing I can never have enough of. But I also decided that I will continue stitching this SAL on individual Squares and than finish the pieces up to small things like pincushions and ornaments. I just love the designs so much. I cannot just stop right now.

Totales Mysterie is stitched up!

Can it be better than starting the first post of the New Year with a finished project?

I just finished the last stitches of the SAL "Totales Mysterie". I stitched this SAL along with a bunch of other woman in the German Yahoo-Group Marquoir. The design is an exclusive design for this group. I still don't know the name of the designer, but will add it as soon as I know.

I thought I will finish it up as a sofa pillow by adding some bright orange or turqoise fabric, cause these are two of the colors in my livingroom furnitures. But I'm not sure yet. I guess I will go ahead with washing the piece first and than deside what to do with it.