Luck Truck and March Stitches

 I was looking for another St. Patrick's Day stitch to do and I found Luck Truck on Pinker N Punkin Quilting Blogspot.

https://pinkernpunkinquilting.blogspot.com/2022/03/truckin-along-in-luck-truck-st-patricks.html  It's about 3/4 the way down the page. Melisa gives out a lot of charts that she creates. This truck is really cute!

I started Luck Truck on Sunday, February 18, 2024 on 16 ct Fiddler's Cloth and the called for DMC.  The white sheep did not show up so I changed it to a gray color #3 DMC.  I finished stitching on February 20.

Then I started on March which I stitched on 18 ct Aida Morning Mint from Atomic Ranch.  The green is very light and the cloth is so soft. The threads I used were WDW Blue Spruce, CCW Chopped Chives and DMC Ecru, 500, 340, 973, 3799. I started stitching on Wednesday and finished on Thursday the 22nd.

I figured I needed to fully finish these soon.  

It was nice and sunny on Monday, March 11th and I went to work!

          I bought this piece from Hobby Lobby months ago and did not know what to put on it.  

I glued on a magnet so I will be able to use this backer for another project 

- maybe another truck by Melisa!

I think this looks real cute.  The ribbon came from Factory Direct Craft.com. 

The shank button was from my stash.

1-1/2" Brown and Green Taffeta Stitch Gold Wired Edge Ribbon - Ribbon and Trims - Craft Supplies - Factory Direct Craft

I decided to use this backer from Dollar Tree for March.

I used this fabric behind the stitching and finished with a yellow rick rack.

I glued right to the backer because I would not use it for another holiday piece.

The finished pieces on my display.

Luck by Bent Creek

 I saw this pattern on a flosstube by Helen D. So I bought it!

I started it on February 10th using an old piece of fabric - 30 ct Old Mill Java and a mix of Gentle Arts and DMC floss.

I'm looking through my calendar and remembered that we lost electric on February 13 at 9:43 am and did not get it back again until February 15 around 3:30 pm. That really sucked!  We live in the country and need electric for heat and water.  We could use our gas stove top but not the oven.  We melted snow to flush the toilet.  Really makes you glad when the electric comes back on and you can flush!

I finished Luck on February 17 and fully finished it on March 3rd.  I used a wood piece that I bought at Dollar Tree. I painted it Lime Green with the JoAnn Fabrics paint.

Then I went digging in my fabrics for backing stuff.  I made a couple of mistakes with this project.  I did not cut the batting to fit the sticky board. I could not get a smooth edge.  Next time I will!  

And I made my middle piece too large but I like how it came out.

                            I decorated with a few things I also got at Dollar Tree.

 

I also made a little shamrock for this holder.  I was in Michaels last week and 

saw this so maybe that is where I bought it and from Joann Fabrics. I used a scrap piece of 16 ct Fiddler's Cloth and WDW Curry and CCW Eve's Leaves.