A Cute Pillow, A Wonderful Surprise, and The Supplies Arrive

I made a really cute pillow! It is made from the softest velveteen fabrics that you can imagine. I used my embroidery machine to make the shamrock on the sheep and the pillow, and then I appliqued the sheep to the pillow, in addition to the other embellishment. I did some fancy stitching with my Pfaff 4.0 Expression. Boy, do I love that quilting machine! The body of the sheep is a bit raised to give the illusion of real fur, and I found a fabric that was perfect for that. I hope that you can see how the body of the sheep is upraised a bit! It is just too cute! I love sheep, so I had to do this one!

Then, a friend Marguerite sent me The Teen Now Magazine, which the camera could not catch without a terrible glare, so I will have to just tell you about it...It is a magazine that she sent me because it was a special Twilight issue. I have read it from cover to cover, and loved it. It is looking like Rob and Kritin , who played Edward and Bella might be getting married. How neat is that! She also gave me a fat quarter and some charms.....All just because....Thanks so much! It meant the world to me!

Finally, the rest of my supplies arrived from Crafty Alley in Kerry, Ireland. I now have all the supplies to complete the journal...Yeah!

I got two packages of chipboards, a tin of flowers and other embellishments, two sheets of shiny black 12x12 paper, a bottle of Distress Ink, a large Archival Ink stamp pad in black, which is great when stamping over a background that you created from Ranger Inks, several packages of tags and other items that can then be inked and stamped, and finally some Gel Medium, which is great for putting magazine pics or any pics onto a journal background, as it will make the pics look like they are a part of the page, instead of how it looks when it is just glued on. It is really amazing! So, I am set now.

I will be finished the journal in the next week and will continue to post the pages that I make.

I ordered the supplies for the circle quilt today. I got the Quilts and More Magazine from the Fat Quarter Shop, which has the pattern in it, and then some lovely black and white fabrics, pink and white fabrics, and basic fairy frost white to complete the quilt. Wait till you see the fabric!

I also ordered some crochet books from Amazon UK. I will start the quilt when I finish the journal and get the supplies.

Well, that is it for today....really a lot of wonderful news, and hopefully, your day went well too!