Bits and Pieces

This has been a bit of an odd week for me

here in my Hidey Hole.

I can't seem to settle on doing one thing for very long.

Therefore....

I have several different little projects to show today.

Last year I appliqued some wool baskets and flowers

on 5" squares and wasn't sure what I would end up doing

with them.

Here they are without the embroidered stems.

Throughout the year I have been making Friendship Blocks 

with these little basket blocks. 

My thoughts were that this would be a 

large Christmas quilt with the reds and greens.

As you can see, I have four more Friendship blocks to make.

The larger this quilt becomes,

the more I am inclined to make three smaller quilts with four blocks in each one.

I have to add the outside sashing strips and then will decide what to do.

Another applique block is finished for my new project.

At first I wasn't sure about the fabrics I picked for this block,

but now that it's finished....

I love it!

(The little circles gave me fits this time for some reason.)

I have one more block prepped and ready to stitch.

On the knitting front,

I made a Fingerless mitt

using this pattern.

My sister-in-law gave me some alpaca yarn 

and, boy, is this yarn soft!

It's heavier yarn than what I am used to working with,

but it knits up so quickly!

I decided I didn't want the buttons that the pattern called for

and just stitched the cuff ends together.

 The second mitt should be finished in the next day or so,

but I don't want to have to wear these for a LOOOONNNNGGGG time!

I'm linking to Whoop Whoop and Patchwork Times,

so go see what others are creating.

Happy Friday!!