Days of Delight - 2022 BOM by Val Laird

 Another UFO that I finished this month.  I started on this BOM back in January 2022 and kept up with it until October which for some reason, I stopped working on it.  I challenged my quilt club, Stitchin Friends, in January of this year to name three UFO's they would complete during 2024.  This was one that was on my list and therefore I got busy and finished it this year.  It now hangs proudly in my kitchen and each morning when I make my coffee, I update my calendar.

There is a separate embroidery for each day of the week and each Month.  The numbers are 0,1,1,2,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9.

Its just the right size to hide the fuse box that hanss between the two cabinets.  This used to be my laundry room and when we took out the washer and dryer, hung cabinets we could not cover up the fuse box and it has always been an eyesore that I cover up with small wall hangings :)

2009 BOM Christmas Wish by Gail Pan

 Its been since September that I posted.  Time sure flies when you are busy busy busy.

Today I completed a 2009 BOM by Gail Pan.  I have had the embroideries completed since 2009, but never got around to making the wall hanging.  My granddaughter, Tess, is putting together an art showing at our church where members can display their art that depicts the true meaning of Christmas.  She did this last year for the first time and it was much appreciated by the congregation.  She asked if I had something to enter, and really all I had was a Nativity scene that I made and it has hung over my mantle for many Christmases.  She wanted to use it again, and I agreed, but I also wanted something new.  I remembered these blocks made so many years ago, and decided to finish up the wall hanging.  I worked all day yesterday making the wall hanging and hemmed it this morning.  

I did have to change one block, that said "Magic" which she did felt was inappropriate for the spiritual aspect of the art show, and suggested I use the word Faith.  So I also had to make a new block for Faith, and was so pleased that I still had the background fabric and the matching embroidery thread in my stash.  Haha...I have had it for 15 years now, and probably much longer than that.   Sound familiar?