Finishes for 2024 and looking forward to 2025

It is time for the annual roundup of craft finishes that occured in 2024!

January 

I finally finished stitching October Morning for the first finish of 2024, but then had to deal with bleeding floss when I washed it. This is how it looked before washing.

It looks much better now, but it is still waiting to be framed.

February

I finally finished a UFO this month that had been hanging around for 4 years. It had been a birthday gift. This wooden box used a whole lot of floss as the perforated stitching area was about 1/4" thick. Thankfully I had a whole lot of random inherited floss that was perfect for it.

March

March saw yet another UFO finish. This cross-stitched/embroidered apron is now ready to be a hostess gift someday.

June

There were two finishes in June. The first was a gift for the newborn grandson of a friend. I think this little lamb is adorable. I plan to make another one of these for my 2nd granddaughter who is due in March.

I also finished the cross-stitching on Pumpkin House. 

July

Overall Sam was completed! This quilt was started by my mother years ago. Before she became bedridden, I took the blocks out of the drawer where they were stored and worked with her to decide on the fabrics needed to make a few more Sams. When I visited her I would applique the rest of the Sam parts to the background fabric and then decided with her the embellishments for the hats and the buttons on the overalls. I finally finished this quilt one year after her passing.

 I will enjoy it for a while and then give it to my son eventually just like my daughter now has the matching Sunbonnet Sue.

August

 I finished the first Christmas ornament this month. This felt gingerbread man with be for my granddaughter. I gave it to her at Thanksgiving. 

I also finished stitching the first of two Prairie Schooler Santas. 

The second Christmas ornament that was finished this month is for my grandson, though I never posted the completed ornament. This is it before it was stuffed.

 

I gave also gave this to my grandson at Thanksgiving when we had a big celebration. 

September

I finally finished the flimsy of my daughter's quilt! That was a super big accomplishment. 

The Pumpkin House that I finished stitching in June was made into a pillow.

 A Crow's Pick was stitched and finished into another pillow this month. Here it is on display with Pumpkin House. I love how they both turned out!

November

I had decided to try my hand at hand-quilting a whole cloth pillow top. I finished the quilting in November, but it has still not been made into a pillow. 

I will probably get around to assembling the pillow in the new year.

Another Prairie Schooler Santa was stitched.

 Neither has been made into a pillow yet. That seems to be a trend. I am hoping to do so before I put away my Christmas decor. They will be ready for display next year.

It seems I was busy in November. I also completed the quilting and binding my grandson's I-Spy quilt. 

I gave it to him when my son and his family visited for Thanksgiving.

December

Most of my time in December was spent binding quilts. First I finished my daughter's Log Cabin Star quilt. (Judy Martin's Timberline pattern).

We will be visiting with her and her family soon and I will give this to her and her husband. 

I  finished my granddaughter's I-Spy quilt the day after Christmas.

She will be getting this soon also when her parents get their quilt. 

All in all there were 17 needlework items finished this year with 4 of them still needing final finishing touches....framing or making into pillows. I am most impressed with myself for finishing the Log Cabin Star quilt as that was a multi-year project that took a whole lot of patience to assemble. 

Now to look forward to 2025. First off, I plan on steadily working on the Woodland Babies birth announcement.

 I added a few stitches since last week, but Christmas and binding the I-Spy quilt took most of my time. Baby girl is due in March so I have some time. Once she is here I will start making her a Christmas stocking of her own. I have a couple of ideas that I have passed by my son and daughter-in-law. The final decision is theirs.

Once again I will make each grandchild a Christmas ornament. There will be three to make next year. I have already decided on them.

I will continue to work on Three Boats. 

I am currently on the 7th of 24 pages. I predict that this will be a WIP for many more years. 

Now the following project is a long term UFO. I recently picked it up again to work on during a car ride. It is a Creative Circle Kit that is probably from the 1980s. Maybe earlier. 

I have worked on it intermittently in the ensuing years. I am not a big fan of this kind of overall embroidery. I would like to finish it sooner rather than later and have it framed. 

As I mentioned in a previous post, I am hoping to start work on this quilt.

This coming week or the next, I am plan to print all of the pattern pages and sort through the fabric that I have purchased. I am not sure whether or not I have enough different colors of fabric. This is EPP pieced so I also have to watch some videos on the process and make sure I have the correct materials. 

That is all that I currently have planned for 2025, but you know that I will find more crafts to keep me busy. 

I did get a new treat for Christmas. My son and his family gave me a rotating cutting mat. 

This will definitely come in handy for future quilts. I could have used it with those I-Spy quilts for sure. 

I want to wish everyone a Happy New Year! Best wishes for a happy and healthy 2025!

Thank you all for stopping by!