Slow stitching finishes

 Each night I find myself doing some kind of needlework:     And now I have a couple finishes to brag tell you about, 

First of all I have finished the cross stitch I started in June It is an old pattern ( Purchase price 1 dollar) from Homespun collectibles.  It is completed on punch paper.  I am not quite sure how I am going to display it yet.  But I liked the pattern so much , I ordered a few more online. 

Secondly,  I have finished a quilt! YEAH!  

This is a hearty quilt !  Ha Ha!  But it has been created to donate to an organization that works with kids who have parents who are deceased or incarcerated.  They meet once a week for dinner and a program or a fall and spring session of 13 weeks each.  

These are some of the blocks up close. Each one was made of a variegated fabric 

Here is the hearty quilting done by a member of my quilt guild. 

Also here shows the colorful backing.  I do NOT like to piece backs.  So I buy extra wides and this one is from Connecting Threads and comes in white and black.  I love the silky feel of the fabric and used it also as the binding and the cornerstones. 

Full frontal!  Each block is 10 by 12. 

Yeah!  So pretty and colorful and a lap size.   No outside photos; it is raining cats and dogs not hearts.