I've put aside the hexagons and the quilt in the making for the time being to work on an embroidered gift for a friend of mine's birthday. I made her a set of embroidered tea towels (and a purse, but I didn't photograph that yet).

I thought I'd share some of the pictures, since I think they're really cute. The patterns for the embroidery are all from the same place, Sublime Stitching.

I love her! I added the "R" in the apron, because my friend's name begins with an R. I love how she came out!

This guy is a dancing fool.

This is the other guy's friend, not in a gay way, they're just friends...

This is a close up on the second dancer's hair - it's made with french knots. I've been trying to figure out the secret to french knots for YEARS and all of a sudden (and 10 youtube video clips later) it just clicked. Now I want to put french knots on literally everything. Also, note how I messed up the guy's nose and made it look kind of Michael Jackson-y.

This final picture is something I am working on for me. It's also from the Sublime Stitching website and it's a tote bag with a pre-printed image for embroidering. My husband was at a conference last weekend, so I spent my time playing with the dogs and working on this. I just finished it last night but have not yet taken a picture of the finished version.