{{{ finished! }}}

Hello Friends & Folk ~

I finished my little snow-guy last night ~

I named him 'Willy'....

'Willy' shoveling the snow...

I'm having way too much fun lately!!!!

(and I blame Mizz Cheri Payne for this, my latest obsession ~)

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 I wanted to include different techniques into this project...

wool applique

double applique

piecing

machine quilting

free hand cross stitch

&

embellishing

 (buttons, jingler-bells & scarf)

I bound it with the cinnamon-red backing fabric,

bringing the backing fabric 'round to the front and turning it under....

then handstitching it all the way around ~

what I didn't realize I did though, 

as I was machine quilting the finish, 

I mistakenly stitched all the diagonal lines completely to the edges!!

so, 

when I was finished and trimmed the edges, then turned them under ~

I realized the machine stitched lines were now there on the border showing on the front...

(I get SO caught up in creating that I go a little nuts)

A happy accident, because I LOVE how it looks!!!

...kind of like a candy-cane stripe...no?

...then of course I stained the whole thing with my spiced-walnut stain...

making him look very 'PRIMSICAL' indeed...

(that would be my description for Primitive + Whimsical)

...a little wonky, a little folky & alot of fun!

I'm now working on his 'mate' and will introduce you to her tomorrow.

I'd love to hear your thoughts on this being offered as a pattern ~

(( perhaps a whole new pattern line? ))

* Blessed be *

 Lori