My Next Project

If any of you don't already know, I love to embroider... please refrain from "old lady" jokes ;). I really do, though, because it was something my mom taught me when I was young and it's a very relaxing activity.

Last Thanksgiving, with a lot of my mom's help, I was able to complete my first major project - a Precious Moments quilt. I think I started sewing the blocks toward the end of high school and I finally got serious about it last summer and ended up with 20+ blocks finished. I'll post some pictures of the final product...

TA-DAAAA!!!!















Here's a closer shot of the middle blocks:















And here's a close detail of one of my favorites - a hobo-ish clown:




















Now here's my dilemma... I can't decide what to do next. I absolutely LOVE Peanuts (Charlie Brown) and have been wanting to make a quilt with all the characters and possibly even a short comic strip, but I'm, believe it or not, having trouble finding good enough pictures. What I usually do is find ones from coloring books to trace, but I only have the Charlie Brown Christmas book and there isn't a whole lot of versatility in it. I bought a couple of collectors books to find some stuff in there, but I haven't had time to look at it much. If you know where I can find some coloring books, please hook me up!!!

Here are my other options... I'm still contemplating them. I can do a Mercer Mayer quilt or possibly a "little miss/mr. men" quilt. Here are a couple of examples:

Mercer Mayer is an author of the "little critter" books. My brothers grew up reading them... er... actually, they grew up to my sister, parents, and I reading them to my brothers :). They're great books and the characters are really cute. I'm sure I could find plenty of pictures.




















And, of course, just about everyone knows about the "little miss sunshine" type characters.

"Little Miss Sunshine"








"Mr. Happy"








So I guess what I need from you readers is your opinion on what I should try next. I have a stack of Peanuts pictures, but I still need some more. Also, please let me know if you find an online coloring book store or something cool and helpful like that. I will appreciate any feedback! Thanks and have a great weekend!