Our county fair began this week.  I have never entered my work into any type of judging before, but was so very happy to see my Golden Tapestry with a blue ribbon on it this morning.  😊  That has made my day!  You can see my work and progress on this Anita Goodesign tapestry through several posts here.

Loudoun County Fair 2017 - Blue Ribbon

 Just a few other quick projects done lately...

Made a few mug rugs.  This one with the sewing machine is for me.  I have it in front of my machine and I use it as a tool mat while I work.  The in-the-hoop embroidery design came rom Appliqué Corner, and the sewing notion fabric came from JoAnn's.



I made a couple mug rugs for two ladies at the conference center who are working with me to plan our annual sewing guild's summer retreat.  This in-the-hoop embroidery design is free from Sweet Pea Embroidery Designs group on Facebook.  I edited it a bit to remove the name and flower that was on it, and personalize the name and add a different flower.


I found a cute tag on Pinterest to go along with a mug rug, just in case the recipient has never heard of one before.  I typed them up and printed on card stock and tied it to a goody bag.

Ready to go.  Explanation tag included. :)

My neighbor asked that I personalize a blanket for her nephew going off to college.  She brought me a nice twin-size Land's End fleece blanket.  She wanted a large monogram in the center, and the college name in the corners.  I found a large circle monogram font that goes up to 7.5" from The Itch 2 Stitch.  Also from a large Times Roman font on Etsy from Digitizing With Love.  Both stitched out nicely.

The circle monogram is a large 7.5" diameter.

I monogrammed a soft minky baby blanket from Target, and made a few in-the-hoop fuzzy bunnies to go along with a baby gift.    The bunny designs came from Artistic Threadworks on Etsy.