Winter Wallhanging, and Some Slow Stitching

It's been a busy week with lots of commitments, which means I didn't get a lot of sewing done.   My hand quilting project is coming along.  After I finish the cross hatching, I will add more quilting to each block. 

I found a winter 5" charm pack in my sewing room and decided to make a wall hanging with it. The white on white snowflake fabric was also in my stash and pairs nicely with the charms. I made lots of HST's and then arranged them in a barn raising pattern on the design wall.  I am in the process of sewing them together.  This will be donated to a silent auction fundraiser which is taking place at the end of the month so this will get done quickly. 

I am stitching the second last tree on my Fall Forest cross stitch.  This is a Satsuma Street pattern. 

A friend and I went out for lunch and a wander around Port Stanley today.  The women in Port Stanley were busy knitting and crocheting poppies all summer--they made over 15,000 5" poppies which have been used to decorate the community for Remembrance Day.  The local Legion is in the background of this picture--the red across the front of the building is a blanket of poppies. 

You can see the difference between the knitted and crocheted poppies in this picture. 

The ginkgo trees at the local park where I walk each day still have most of their leaves, but soon they will all fall at once and create a yellow carpet on the ground underneath the trees. 

Finn likes to provide moral support while my daughter reads or works on her crochet. 

Our burning bush is burning this week.  The birds like to eat the berries. 

I will link up with Kathy and Frederique as usual. Have a good week.