Start with a finish! Penguin coasters and igloo holder

So let's start things off with something that I have actually finished!  I probably bought this kit back in junior high or early high school and it was so close to being done its just painful.  All I had left to do was to whip stitch the edges of the coasters.  That was it.  Everything else was done quite a long time ago.

I found it again while digging through some boxes hoping to find a needle with a large enough eye for assembling my current latch hook project.  The mostly finished project was in one box and all of the yarn and instructions were in another.  When I didn't find a satisfactory needle in my search I resolved to get the darn thing done!  I finished it in a few hours while rewatching the end of the first season of Fringe with my family. 

The name of the kit is "Holiday Igloo & Penguins" from Bucilla, and according to the price tag I apparently bought it at Michael's.  It's 10 mesh plastic canvas with acrylic yarn that was all included in the kit to make five coasters and a holder.

Here's the igloo holder.  It's very cute and I really like the Christmas lights.  I think it has a decent amount of detail and don't remember it being too tricky to assemble.

 Open it up and you'll find the coasters snugly tucked inside.

All of the coasters have different designs with penguins doing various winter activities.

The backs were a mess, especially with the border alternating colors, so I bought some craft felt and stuck it on the back.  I really think it finishes them off well.

I'm really happy to be finished with something, especially something that I have had for so long.