Fiesta Ware Dishes Are On the Shelf!

I'm so excited! Last night I finished my wall hanging for the MIL and it turned out so cute. I definitely need to do something like this for my kitchen!

I took the general advice and did a stitch just inside the edge of each dish in the color depicted. Then I stippled the walls in white. Let me just say, this is only my 3rd FMQ attempt and the first time ever I would actually call what I did stippling. The other time I tried to stipple and pretty quickly crossed a line. Then I would give up and just say I was doing loops. Did I cross over a line this time? You betcha! But not NEARLY as much as before and it looks more like stippling. I still need LOADS of practice but I am pleased with the effect.

Yeah, yeah, not perfect I know, but much better  than before. And those cup handles? Those were a pain and none are exactly the same, but they're done.

I also added some littel swirls in the brown to make it look like knots in the wood, sort of a wood grain effect.

It may just be because this was a smaller piece to work on but I felt like I did a little better keeping stitch length the same during FMQ. Not a lot, but a little.

As far as the elves go this morning, well, they had a little unwelcome guest. It seems they came across the doghouse for one of Thing 1's American Girl pets and decided to play in it (I would say "play house" but I don't want to start any unseemly elfin thoughts in your heads!). Unfortunately another of Thing 1's little friends decided he had a way to quickly vacate the premises.

Gosh, I hope Santa knows how to get skunk stink out of elves...