Friday Night with Friends (FNwF)

It was an absolutely beautiful sunny day to end the week. The daytime temperatures over the past couple of days have been in the high teens / low twenties, which is just glorious for mid-winter.

I didn't get as much sewing done with the FNwF girls as I had planned, but I did work on my Gossip in the Garden project.

The evening started out with me making a HUGE pizza for dinner (and lunch/snacking the next day). My oven is a 900 cm and I used the slide-in oven tray for the giant pizza. It's the bottom of the grill tray, so I lined it with baking paper first, which made removing it really easy. The stack of pizza pieces below is from that one pizza.

I've now machine appliqued around the pieces for the main centre block and worked on the hand embroidery. I'm using a perle 8 cotton for this embroidery. It doesn't stitch up as nicely as 8-strand floss, but I didn't have a shade of brown that would work.

I like where this project is headed and I hope to finish of the rest of the stitching this afternoon and then begin work on the next block.

Stop in and visit FNwF host Cheryll and see what everyone got up to creating and making last night.

PS: Also, thank you everyone who left a comment and sent me messages about how a tutorial on how I use word art to create custom lettering. I will try to get one up in the next week or so.

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14 comments

Pink Rose7/4/20, 10:41 AM
Good morning Anorina wow your pizza sure looks yummy,you bake such lovely food. And boy your block looks amazing i love your beautiful work,well done my friend xx
ps hope you have a lovely weekend
Yvonne7/4/20, 11:58 AM
I love your applique stitches but that pizza had me drooling!

Yvonne
sewyummy.ca
Karen's Korner7/4/20, 1:04 PM
A very cute block. Love the teapot and that pizza looks yummy.
Rosemary B❤️7/5/20, 5:33 AM
Their Friendship revolved around Tea and ..... pizza!!
I love pizza and your hand work is beautiful
kiwikid7/5/20, 9:27 AM
Your block is looking wonderful and that pizza looks amazing.
retdairyqueen7/5/20, 10:07 AM
Your Gossip and Garden looks great as does that pizza
Cheryll7/5/20, 11:33 AM
Lots of lovely stitching...and YES that pizza looks delicious...xox
Michelle Ridgway7/5/20, 5:02 PM
Yum and yum! That pizza looks delish! Gossip is looking lovely. I like your thread choice xx
Teresa7/5/20, 10:03 PM
Enjoying reading your blog. I ordered some of that charcoal air purifier. I love to see stitching for quilts and am curious about the thread you are using - the brown. Looks different from anything we have around here, can you tell me the maker of this thread? Love your blanket stitch, looks perfect.
FlourishingPalms7/6/20, 12:36 AM
Delicious-looking pizza there! I'm a push-over for pizza. Any day. Your block is looking good. Pretty embroidery! I love doing handwork and anticipate starting an appliqué project soon.
Susan7/6/20, 11:19 PM
yummo for the pizza - your Gossip quilt is gorgeous
Maria7/6/20, 11:56 PM
That pizza looks devine !!!
Pretty Gossip block you are working on ..
Ondrea7/7/20, 3:19 PM
Your applique block is so beautiful. Great colours.
Sharon Kwilter7/8/20, 1:56 PM
Your applique is so so tidy. It looks wonderful.