Hugs and Stitches,Pat
Sunday, May 8, 2011
Saturday, May 7, 2011
Look What is Out Now!
Last week while looking at a magazine I saw an advertisement for the Spring/Summer issue of Better Homes and Gardens Quilt Sampler. Love this magazine. I think that I have every issue. One of the shops listed was in Henniker, NH. Since we were going that way last week we decided to check out a new (to us) quilt shop. The magazine is nice but not as nice as some issues in the past. Maybe because there was not a real primitive shop this time around.
What a find. Quilted Threads is a beautiful shop in an old remodeled building. No pictures were allowed inside the shop. As you walk in you are in heaven. They had Japanese fabric in the first room. OMG!! I have never seen fabric that beautiful. I could have bought a ton of it. At $30.00 a yard I decided to wait until I knew what I was going to use it for. This is a picture from the magazine. That little porch is where all the Japanese fabric is.
This is the sign in front of the building. In a quaint little New England town.
Here is their quilt that is in Quilt Sampler. Beautiful! I touched it when no one was looking. It is made out of the Japanese fabrics. Kits are available and very reasonable.
This was my purchase. I think that I am going to make a pillow with this fabric.
If are lucky enough to live in the Henniker area you probably already know this shop. If you are in the area it is well worth a stop. The shop is clean and bright. The owner is lovely and her helpers were funny and knowledgeable. I know that my friends and I will be taking a day trip back to visit Quilted Threads, maybe in the Fall. I will be back soon to share our venture to the Celebration of Needleworks. Until then...
What a find. Quilted Threads is a beautiful shop in an old remodeled building. No pictures were allowed inside the shop. As you walk in you are in heaven. They had Japanese fabric in the first room. OMG!! I have never seen fabric that beautiful. I could have bought a ton of it. At $30.00 a yard I decided to wait until I knew what I was going to use it for. This is a picture from the magazine. That little porch is where all the Japanese fabric is.
This is the sign in front of the building. In a quaint little New England town.
Here is their quilt that is in Quilt Sampler. Beautiful! I touched it when no one was looking. It is made out of the Japanese fabrics. Kits are available and very reasonable.
This was my purchase. I think that I am going to make a pillow with this fabric.
If are lucky enough to live in the Henniker area you probably already know this shop. If you are in the area it is well worth a stop. The shop is clean and bright. The owner is lovely and her helpers were funny and knowledgeable. I know that my friends and I will be taking a day trip back to visit Quilted Threads, maybe in the Fall. I will be back soon to share our venture to the Celebration of Needleworks. Until then...
Hugs and Stitches,
Pat
Sunday, April 24, 2011
JUST BY THE SKIN IF MY TEETH
All of the projects from my last post are finished and are proudly displayed for Easter. Starting with the Easter Bunny or The Spotted Hare. I filled this pin keep with so much sawdust it should be bulging at the seams. I kept filling and pushing the sawdust down with a spoon. The more I pushed the the more I needed. I can not tell you how much sawdust is in this little pin keep. In this photo it looks like I could add more. But I'm not. It is finished and I love it. This pattern is now available on Stacy Nash's website.
The pin keep is straight. The problem here is with the photographer!! ME.
Those little stitches that Stacy uses are a bugger to make. Mine are bigger and they are staying just as they are.
Those little carrots are the cutest little things. I tried everything to get a sharper end on them. I was afraid I was going to push right through the fabric.
This is the last view. This pin keep will live in my sewing room.
My wool project is hanging on the wall. Love him!
The lovely cross stitch is on the inside. I just may prop the lid on the box or leave the top off entirely so the stitching can be seen. I may use this little box for my stitching supplies as it looks like Spring to me and not just like Easter.
On Thursday of this week three friends and I will be going to Nashua, NH to The Celebration of Needlework. I am so excited I can hardly wait and so are my friends. There is not a thing in this world that I need but I am going anyway! We have been going for years and we have such a great time. I am sure that there is a funny adventure awaiting us. There usually is. Unfortunately Several of them involve me. The girls get lots of giggles. When we first started to go we drove over and back on the same day. Now we make a four day long weekend and mini vacation out of it.
The Celebration of Needlework is always the last weekend in April. This is what we drove in last year.
The weather was terrible!! I think the worst weather of the winter.
When we got to NH we stopped for a little....Stitch Therapy here!
And did we need it. It was our first actual visit to this shop. I think that we had all ordered from there before and visited their website. This year I will take some pictures.
Happy Easter everyone. I hope that you are all spending the day with family and fiends. Stay safe and don't eat too many jelly beans!
Hugs and Stitches,
The pin keep is straight. The problem here is with the photographer!! ME.Those little stitches that Stacy uses are a bugger to make. Mine are bigger and they are staying just as they are.
Those little carrots are the cutest little things. I tried everything to get a sharper end on them. I was afraid I was going to push right through the fabric.
This is the last view. This pin keep will live in my sewing room.
My wool project is hanging on the wall. Love him!
I decided to follow the directions and place the cross stitch on the inside of the box lid. I glued the cute vintage stamped paper on the top of the lid.
The lovely cross stitch is on the inside. I just may prop the lid on the box or leave the top off entirely so the stitching can be seen. I may use this little box for my stitching supplies as it looks like Spring to me and not just like Easter.
On Thursday of this week three friends and I will be going to Nashua, NH to The Celebration of Needlework. I am so excited I can hardly wait and so are my friends. There is not a thing in this world that I need but I am going anyway! We have been going for years and we have such a great time. I am sure that there is a funny adventure awaiting us. There usually is. Unfortunately Several of them involve me. The girls get lots of giggles. When we first started to go we drove over and back on the same day. Now we make a four day long weekend and mini vacation out of it.
I would love to see a moose. Not close enough that anyone would get hurt, but out in a field in the open would be nice. Maybe this will be the time. Each year I hope and I keep my camera on my lap ready just in case. Keep your fingers crossed for the moose and for nice weather.
The Celebration of Needlework is always the last weekend in April. This is what we drove in last year.
The weather was terrible!! I think the worst weather of the winter.
When we got to NH we stopped for a little....Stitch Therapy here!
And did we need it. It was our first actual visit to this shop. I think that we had all ordered from there before and visited their website. This year I will take some pictures.
Happy Easter everyone. I hope that you are all spending the day with family and fiends. Stay safe and don't eat too many jelly beans!
Hugs and Stitches,
Pat
Sunday, April 17, 2011
Projects In The Works
Here are a few of the projects that I am working on. This pattern is "Bunny Tails" by Brenda Gervais. The pattern combines wool applique and cross stitch. I appliqed the wool to prairie cloth instead of using the cross stitch fabric that was suggested. It has taken some time but well worth it. Still a bit more before it is finished. 
This project is a kit I ordered from Country Sampler. I was unable to attend this class last year. They had some extra kits and I purchased one. The class was taught by Stacy Nash. I love her patterns.
The pattern fits inside the top of an oval paper mache box lid. It is so pretty to put on the inside....hmmm. I really like the stamped bunny too! What to do, what to do?? I have to cover the box with fabric. I applied shoe polish to the inside of the box and the lid top. What a SMELL!!! I didn't think that I would be able to use the box ever again. I was sorry at first that I had used the shoe polish. I was very pleased when it dried that there was no lingering odor. I really like the look of the shoe polish. I guess these designers know what they are doing and I should have had more faith in Stacy. You can see the difference the shoe polish made if you look at the pictures above and below.
Here we have the Spotted Hare pattern by Stacy Nash also. This project was another part of the class that Stacy taught. This is to be made into a pin keep drum. I love the colors and the fabric for the top and bottom of the pin keep match perfectly.
I only hope that mine looks something like this!
This project is a kit I ordered from Country Sampler. I was unable to attend this class last year. They had some extra kits and I purchased one. The class was taught by Stacy Nash. I love her patterns. 
The pattern fits inside the top of an oval paper mache box lid. It is so pretty to put on the inside....hmmm. I really like the stamped bunny too! What to do, what to do?? I have to cover the box with fabric. I applied shoe polish to the inside of the box and the lid top. What a SMELL!!! I didn't think that I would be able to use the box ever again. I was sorry at first that I had used the shoe polish. I was very pleased when it dried that there was no lingering odor. I really like the look of the shoe polish. I guess these designers know what they are doing and I should have had more faith in Stacy. You can see the difference the shoe polish made if you look at the pictures above and below.
Here we have the Spotted Hare pattern by Stacy Nash also. This project was another part of the class that Stacy taught. This is to be made into a pin keep drum. I love the colors and the fabric for the top and bottom of the pin keep match perfectly.
I only hope that mine looks something like this!
Very cold and windy here in upstate NY today. High wind warnings are in effect. Come on Spring, I am waiting for you!! In the meantime I am going to be stitching away. I would like to have these projects ready for Easter. The crunch is on!
Hugs and Stitches,
Pat
Thursday, March 24, 2011
HELLO, HELLO. REMEMBER ME?
Hopefully I am back in blog land to stay. I have tried to keep up with my blog list but sometimes it was just to hectic to do so. Now I am going to try harder and do better at this blogging business.
On my first post back I would like to share with you a Christmas gift I received from my friend Margaret in Spain. This package was mailed in the early part of December. As some packages do, this one took the long way around to get here. Margaret was very worried around Christmas when she had not heard from me. She was sure that the package was lost and was never to be seen again. I told her to have faith and believe that it would arrive soon. Well near the end of February the package arrived looking in great condition for being in the postal system for two months.
Inside looked pretty good too.
Then I ripped that pretty paper and bow off and found this treasure inside. OMGoodness a new stitching bag. I just love it. It is so big and Margaret added extra pockets to the inside. I take my bag to stitching every Tuesday. As you may know Spring has not arrived here in NY yet. I am still waiting for it. ( I did see a Robin this week. yea!!) We still have snow, ice and lots of dirt all over everything from sanding and salting the roads. Because of her fabric choice, putting my bag in and taking it out of the car several times still looks great.
Don't you just love it? I sure do.
In the two smaller packages I found these beautiful cross stitch ornaments. I hated to have to put them away until next Christmas. The fabric is so fine and the stitches are perfect. Everything that Margaret does is beautiful.
I treasure all my goodies from her.
Thank you again Margaret. I love all my goodies. I treasure our friendship more than anything.
On my first post back I would like to share with you a Christmas gift I received from my friend Margaret in Spain. This package was mailed in the early part of December. As some packages do, this one took the long way around to get here. Margaret was very worried around Christmas when she had not heard from me. She was sure that the package was lost and was never to be seen again. I told her to have faith and believe that it would arrive soon. Well near the end of February the package arrived looking in great condition for being in the postal system for two months.
Inside looked pretty good too.
Then I ripped that pretty paper and bow off and found this treasure inside. OMGoodness a new stitching bag. I just love it. It is so big and Margaret added extra pockets to the inside. I take my bag to stitching every Tuesday. As you may know Spring has not arrived here in NY yet. I am still waiting for it. ( I did see a Robin this week. yea!!) We still have snow, ice and lots of dirt all over everything from sanding and salting the roads. Because of her fabric choice, putting my bag in and taking it out of the car several times still looks great.
Don't you just love it? I sure do.
In the two smaller packages I found these beautiful cross stitch ornaments. I hated to have to put them away until next Christmas. The fabric is so fine and the stitches are perfect. Everything that Margaret does is beautiful.
I treasure all my goodies from her.
Thank you again Margaret. I love all my goodies. I treasure our friendship more than anything.
I will be back soon with more gifts both given and received.
Hugs and Stitches,
Pat
Sunday, October 31, 2010
Boo!!
Happy Halloween Boys and Ghouls. I hope that you have a safe and fun day. It is cold and wet here in upstate NY. Not the best night for trick or treating. Don't do to much of this....
I am off to get my cider and doughnuts. I will get extra if you would like to stop by.Hugs and Witches,
Pat
Friday, August 13, 2010
AUGUST ALREADY???
How can that be and it's almost half gone. I have such mixed feelings about this month. It has been very HOT and we have had some really bad thunderstorms, high winds, and rain. The days are getting shorter. I know that our summer is sliding away. Soon the Fall season will be upon us. I love the cooler days but I know what is right around the corner after pumpkins, cider, doughnuts, hay rides, and beautiful Fall colors. Oh well I will have more time to sew and stitch.
I have been keeping out of trouble adding to my stash. Below is the pattern Hedgerow Birds by BBD. Loose Feathers pattern #40. The last in the Loose Feathers pattern line. It is a project bag stitched on 20 ct Straw fabric over two threads by Weeks Dye Works. The fabric looks very old almost like burlap but it is very soft to touch.
The pattern calls to work with three strands of floss. I started stitching the border using two strands to see how it looked. I liked it so I am going to stitch my bag using two strands of over dyed floss. The fabrics on the right side of the picture are in contention for the lining. Does anyone know who the fabric in the middle is by? I love this one and thought that this piece was by BBD. I have been unable to find it anywhere. I know it is an older line. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I would like to line it with BBD fabric.
Some Christmas stitching here. Just a sneak peek as a little teaser.
I started Willow House by BBD last summer. It is now finished and even framed. The framed picture will be posted soon.
Simple Joys by LHN is below. I have been stitching on it for about a week. It is a smaller project than the others that I have been working on. It has worked up fast and I love the color combination in this project.
This little Quilt is from the book Remembering Adelia by Kathleen Tracy. I am going to use buttons for the center of the flowers after it is quilted. I love the Orange Peel quilt in this book too. Kathleen has a blog. For some heavy inspiration and some drooling check it out.
Finch Song by Shepherd's Bush is below. I started working on this project in the Spring. I love the soft muted colors of the silk floss included in this kit. Someday I am going to visit Shepherd's Bush. It is very near the top of my" Bucket List".
Below is my Garden Angel. I think that it is by La D Da. I don't have my pattern right near me. Two of my friends have this stitched. I have tried to beg, borrow, and steal theirs to no avail. Sooooo I am stitching my own. I have liked this piece for some time. I have already stitched 2010 on it so I have to finish it this year.
I also joined a BOM My Garden by Lynette Anderson. The shop that I signed up at did not offer a fabric for this BOM. I am still undecided which fabric I will use. 
I have a bit of work cut out for me as you can see. Now if I could stay home and work on them I should have some finished projects soon. It is very difficult for me to refuse a road trip, a chat on the phone, or a glass of wine though. I have a quiet weekend planned. I hope you find time to do Your Thing this weekend. Be safe.
I have been keeping out of trouble adding to my stash. Below is the pattern Hedgerow Birds by BBD. Loose Feathers pattern #40. The last in the Loose Feathers pattern line. It is a project bag stitched on 20 ct Straw fabric over two threads by Weeks Dye Works. The fabric looks very old almost like burlap but it is very soft to touch.
The pattern calls to work with three strands of floss. I started stitching the border using two strands to see how it looked. I liked it so I am going to stitch my bag using two strands of over dyed floss. The fabrics on the right side of the picture are in contention for the lining. Does anyone know who the fabric in the middle is by? I love this one and thought that this piece was by BBD. I have been unable to find it anywhere. I know it is an older line. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I would like to line it with BBD fabric.
Some Christmas stitching here. Just a sneak peek as a little teaser.
I started Willow House by BBD last summer. It is now finished and even framed. The framed picture will be posted soon.
Simple Joys by LHN is below. I have been stitching on it for about a week. It is a smaller project than the others that I have been working on. It has worked up fast and I love the color combination in this project.
This little Quilt is from the book Remembering Adelia by Kathleen Tracy. I am going to use buttons for the center of the flowers after it is quilted. I love the Orange Peel quilt in this book too. Kathleen has a blog. For some heavy inspiration and some drooling check it out.
Finch Song by Shepherd's Bush is below. I started working on this project in the Spring. I love the soft muted colors of the silk floss included in this kit. Someday I am going to visit Shepherd's Bush. It is very near the top of my" Bucket List".
Below is my Garden Angel. I think that it is by La D Da. I don't have my pattern right near me. Two of my friends have this stitched. I have tried to beg, borrow, and steal theirs to no avail. Sooooo I am stitching my own. I have liked this piece for some time. I have already stitched 2010 on it so I have to finish it this year.
I also joined a BOM My Garden by Lynette Anderson. The shop that I signed up at did not offer a fabric for this BOM. I am still undecided which fabric I will use.I have a bit of work cut out for me as you can see. Now if I could stay home and work on them I should have some finished projects soon. It is very difficult for me to refuse a road trip, a chat on the phone, or a glass of wine though. I have a quiet weekend planned. I hope you find time to do Your Thing this weekend. Be safe.
Hugs and Stitches,
Pat
Sunday, July 4, 2010
Thursday, July 1, 2010
OMGOSH!
OMGosh where does the time go? On my last post I wished everyone a Happy Easter. I must have gotten lost on my egg hunt. Well not really. Now it is July. I have been busy like everyone else. Let me share with you a bit of what was going on in my little corner of the world.
First, I had a birthday. I was not to excited about being another year older but I received a beautiful cross stitched picture that I have wanted for a very long time. I believe that it is a La De Da pattern. I love it. Thanks Karrie.
I have had several pedi's and have enjoyed every one of them.
I have taken care of my roses.
I have planted my flowers.
Christmas is not sneaking up on me this year. I have been working away on my gifts. I can't show you the front side yet as I have some very nosey friends!! I am kidding guys. I am still not showing the front!
I have been working away on my BOM's. I have even started two more. I will show you those later. This one is from the http://temeculaquiltco.blogspot.com/ in CA. I love this one. Pieces are all done in wool and it will fit, when finished in a 18x24" ready made frame.
This one I joined at http://www.jjstitches.com/ last year when I was in WI for Boxwood and Berries.
I am way behind as usual. This is the second block. I have the third one started, but I am still waaaaay behind.
Some stitching with friends.
Eating and catching up with them too.
I went to a quilt show. What fun. Beautiful quilts and great vendors. More to follow soon.
This is some progress on a BBD cross stitch I started last year. Since I took this picture I have made even more progress. As you can see I have been busy. This has been the first week that schools here have been out so I also have my two grandchildren home all day. Heaven help me, it is going to be a long summer! I have been working on this picture sitting on the deck watching my grandchildren in the pool.
Our weather has been on the wet, windy, cloudy and chilly side here. This weekend, all four days, is going to be in the 90's. No happy medium here. I will be back soon with some shopping pictures. Till then...
First, I had a birthday. I was not to excited about being another year older but I received a beautiful cross stitched picture that I have wanted for a very long time. I believe that it is a La De Da pattern. I love it. Thanks Karrie.
I have had several pedi's and have enjoyed every one of them.
I have taken care of my roses.
I have planted my flowers.
Christmas is not sneaking up on me this year. I have been working away on my gifts. I can't show you the front side yet as I have some very nosey friends!! I am kidding guys. I am still not showing the front!
I have been working away on my BOM's. I have even started two more. I will show you those later. This one is from the http://temeculaquiltco.blogspot.com/ in CA. I love this one. Pieces are all done in wool and it will fit, when finished in a 18x24" ready made frame.
This one I joined at http://www.jjstitches.com/ last year when I was in WI for Boxwood and Berries.
I am way behind as usual. This is the second block. I have the third one started, but I am still waaaaay behind.
Some stitching with friends.
Eating and catching up with them too.
I went to a quilt show. What fun. Beautiful quilts and great vendors. More to follow soon.
This is some progress on a BBD cross stitch I started last year. Since I took this picture I have made even more progress. As you can see I have been busy. This has been the first week that schools here have been out so I also have my two grandchildren home all day. Heaven help me, it is going to be a long summer! I have been working on this picture sitting on the deck watching my grandchildren in the pool.
Our weather has been on the wet, windy, cloudy and chilly side here. This weekend, all four days, is going to be in the 90's. No happy medium here. I will be back soon with some shopping pictures. Till then...
Hugs and Stitches,
Pat
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