Sunday, March 29, 2009

Finished! Finito! Fertig!

Will you dance with me? I put the final stitches in BOAF Red Reindeer last night and it is now finished!


Birds of a Feather - Red Reindeer
36 Count Meadowlark Linen
Weeks Dye Works Fibers

Then I must also share with you my Hello Neighbor Round Robin. This little beauty started circulating in July of 2007. I asked each stitcher to incorporate something significant to where they live into their square. My square is in the middle and I thought the LHN Lakeside Lodge design reminded me of Minnesota (10,000 lakes). Over the past almost two years it traveled to Carol in New Hampshire, Michelle in Texas, Katrina in Colorado, Judith in the Netherlands, Kathy in Arizona (and Ontario!), Erin in New York State, and Annemarie in the Netherlands. We had one problem stitcher in our group so when my RR came home to me late last year, I had one empty square. Dear Vonna kindly offered to stitch it for me, and so the final square is from Vonna in Indiana!


Hello Neighbor Round Robin
32 count Vintage Light Examplar

I intend to stitch a simple border in between the squares and around the entire piece. When I get that done, I'll share one more photo with you! Isn't it gorgeous? I'm grateful to all my online stitching friends who stitched on this beauty!

27 comments:

Melissa said...

Wow, Cathy, your PN piece is just beautiful. I've been seeing so many pictures on blogs that are screaming at me to start them. This is definitely one of them. Your Neighborhood RR is also gorgeous. Great job!

Kim B said...

CONGRATS! What a beautiful finish!!!

How sweet of Vonna! Your neighborhood is lovely!

Heather said...

I LOVE that first one, it is so pretty, those simple patterns are so cool. I need to do one of them someday :)

Congrats on getting your NRR back all finished, isn't is great to? I need to finish mine as well, just add some things to the border.

JillMN said...

Congrats on another finish--it is very cool! And your neighborhood RR turned out very nice.

Kathy A. said...

Lovely finish on your Reindeer piece.

It is nice to see your RR back home and with all the squares stitched!!!
It looks gorgeous. Congratulations. It was a real pleasure sharing this RR with you and I hope we stitch together again one day.

Melissa said...

Congratulations, Cathy, for both of these. The BOAF piece is really sweet. I have this chart and will have to pull it out for this year! The neighbourhood is just wonderful and so nice of Vonna to step in to finish.

Theresa said...

Congratulations on you finish!!!! The PN piece is gorgeous!!!! I love your neighborhood!!!!! It is such a precious piece~

grace said...

Congrats on your finish, it looks absolutely lovely. :) Looking at it is making me want to stitch all day!

Unknown said...

Lovely work! Clap Clap Clap! LOL! :)

Deb said...

Congratulations on your finish. I love the design. And your H&G is so wonderful. To think that you have stitching from around the world! Can't wait to see the border that you add to it!

Gabi said...

Congrats with these 2 gorgeous pieces finished.

mainely stitching said...

Oh wow, I love your NRR!!!! And your BOAF is just perfect. Wonderful!!

Julie said...

That RR is gorgeous! And your newest piece is so pretty. You should be dancing!

Margaret said...

Congratulations on your finish! And I love how your round robin piece came out -- gorgeous!!!

Denise said...

Cathy,
This is great! I love all of the
houses representing the area/country that the stitcher is
from -- how special!

Deb said...

Hi, Cathy! Your Red Raindeer finish is awesome. I know this is one you wanted to stitch for a while...congratulations!
Hugs, Deb

CindyMae said...

What a beautiful finish! I am dancing with you!!! I absolutely LOVE the RR!!!! I have never done one but I have thought about it.

Brigitte said...

Red Reindeer is a very beautiful piece, congratulations on finishing it. What will you be doing with it? Frame it?
I had already seen that wonderful RR on Vonna's blog. It's one of these RRs that could motivate you to take part in one, as everything goes together so harmoniously.

Nicole said...

Beautiful finish Cathy! I just love this design!! :)

Nicole said...

P.S. your neighborhood RR is also beautiful - it turned out very nice!

Karoline said...

Red Reindeer is gorgeous as is your RR, congratulations

Anonymous said...

Congrats on the wonderful finish, and on the awesome round robin!

Dani - tkdchick said...

Congratulations on your finish! Wow your neighbourhood turned out beautifully!

Katrina said...

Congrats on the finish, it's very pretty! Love your Neighborhood piece too :-).

Andrea said...

Two wonderful finishes.

Sonda said...

That finish is wonderful! And your neighborhood looks awesome. How wonderful to have it in your hands!!

Michelle said...

It turned out fantastic! I'm so glad you were able to get Vonna to stitch in your blank square!! Love it! Funny, I was just thinking about my block yesterday because the bluebonnets are in bloom again.