A Gift and Some Finishes

Recently I ordered some pin books from a very sweet lady in the UK. I was introduced to Angela through a mutual online friend. Angela had so many wonderful patterns to choose from that I couldn't make up my mind which ones I wanted. I left it up to her to select some for me. What a job she did. They are all beautiful. Angela made all four of them a gift to me. I don't want to give any of them away now. If you are ever in need of a beautiful little handmade pinbook please check out Angela's selection of pin books here. http://www.picturetrail.com/sfx/album/view/24032668 . Thank you so much Angela. I will treasure mine always.

Next I have a couple of small finishes to show . The first is a Homespun Elegance pattern Snippet's and Stitches I. I purchased this pattern last year. It came with a lovely piece of vintage lace. I put my lace in a very safe place so I wouldn't loose it. Well guess what? When the time came to sew in on I could not find it. So I used a piece of lace I had on hand. After I had it framed I found the lace. I put it in a small Ziploc bag and now it is among the missing again. Why didn't i just leave it with the pattern to begin with? Sometimes I do the most foolish things!! Anyway, I love the way it turned out. I love the little frame too. It's from Michael's.

Last but not least is a BBD pattern Woodland Berries. It is from their Loose Feathers Mystery Sampler Summer from last year.

Below is a close up of the frame.

It was a fun stitch. I love this frame too.

It is almost dinner time and tonight is Idol. What talent they have this year. So I am off so I will not miss a minute of tonight's show. Who are you voting for?

Hugs and Stitches,

Pat

HAPPY ST.PATRICK'S DAY

Hugs and Stitches,

Pat

THEY ARE BACK!!

I love them!! I could eat them year round.

Hope you are finding lots of time to stitch and eat chocolate too.

Hugs,

Pat

Pay It Forward! Would You Like to Play?

It's been a long time since I participated in a Pay It Forward. This is the first time I have taken part in a cross stitch PIF. I have played along on quilting PIF's and had so much fun.

I have been reading Cathy's blog for quite some time and really enjoy keeping up with her. A few weeks ago she posted that she was participating in a PIF on Maureen' s blog Maureen's Mountain of Stitching. I commented on her blog and was one of two people chosen to play along. This Pay It Forward was started last November by Karen at Stitching and Sharing . Since I will be receiving from Cathy, I have agreed to "Pay It Forward" to two lucky stitchers. If you would like to receive a gift from me, then you also must agree to do the following:

1. If you win, you must be willing to post this PIF on your blog and do the same for at least 2 people.

2. Send no less than 5 stitching related items per person within the next 365 days.

3. Items can be DMC, other threads, stitching needles, straight pins, buttons, scissors, ribbons, ect. - a combination of items such as 3 threads, 1 pack of straight pins, and 1 pack of stitching needles or just 5 threads.

4. The items must be new and not used.If you are interested in participating and would like to receive a Pay It Forward gift from me, please leave a comment on this post by Wednesday February 29th. Make sure you include your email address (or have it available in your blogger profile). If more than two people express interest, I will draw two names.

Miss Cathy had 365 days to get her supplies gathered and mailed out. Well, she certainly is a speedy little gal! I have already received my package.


This is what I found when I opened the box. Every thing wrapped so pretty. A sweet little card and Chocolate.

Inside I found a corner gauge, hand dyed chenille, Cathy's favorite needles( and mine too!),CC floss (QUEEN BEE very appropriate for me) and a beautiful pincushion.

Cathy made the pincushion. It is in an old zinc canning lid. She did a great job. On the top of the cushion she added some of her mom's tatting. By the way her mom is 79 years young. It is beautiful!

Here is everything all together. Thank you again Cathy and Cathy's mom.

I hope that you will play along and keep this PIF going. I do not have a LNS, but I have a few gifty things ordered. I will be attending The Celebration Of Needlework's in NH the end of April where I will shop until I drop looking for some new goodies. My gifts will be sent out before May 15th. If I give myself 365 days to send my gifts off, I will forget what I bought them for! Come on, leave a comment. I know you will not be disappointed.

Hugs and Stitches,

Pat

Not Sure If This Is Legal...But

I am not sure if photocopying a pattern from my own book to use while I am stitching it is legal ....But let me show you why I do it!

You can imagine what my book would look like!

I am back a little later than I thought that I would be to show you a finish. The stitching has been completed for a while. Now I need to have it framed.

I am very pleased with my finish. I have been working on birthday projects so I can't show them yet.

Have you been to Pinterest? OMGosh!! Love it! Be back soon.

Hugs and Stitches,

Pat

First Post Of 2012

2012 wow! I feel like I went to bed on Halloween and I woke up the middle of January. Time is flying by way to fast. I hope that everyone had a wonderful Christmas. Did that Jolly Old Elf bring everything that was on your want list? I am sure that he did. The new year has been quiet and an icky brown here in upstate NY. The temperatures have been unseasonably warm. No snow UNTIL TODAY. It is very messy out with a rain/ snow mix event. Most schools in the area were closed today. Tonight the temps are dropping and we have ice everywhere. I have been wanting snow. It reminds me to be careful what I wish for.

This is a project that I started at the very end of last year. It is a BBD Woodland Berries. It is stitched on 32 ct Light Vintage Examplar fabric and I am using the called for colors in silk. It is a bonus pattern in with the Loose Feathers Summer pattern. I am enjoying working on this fabric and very happy with the progress I have made. I like the size of this project. I have decided that I am going to work on a few smalls for a change. My last several projects have been good size samplers (which I love) but I need a quick finish. I have several picked out but I need to finish this one up first. Then, of course, market is in February and I will probably change my mind again because I am sure that there will be a hundred new patterns out there that I will have to have!
I will be back soon to show you a few finishes and some beautiful gifts that I received from my stitching friends. Enjoy your weekend. Here in the US it's a long one. I hope that you find time to do lots of whatever makes you happy. I am going to be putting the last of Christmas away and inside stitching. It's going to be very cold here this weekend. Take care.

Hugs,

Pat

Happy New Year

Welcome 2012! I am wishing you a year filled with good health, happiness and joy. Have a happy and safe holiday.

Hugs,

Pat

MARGARET HAS DONE IT AGAIN !!

I recently received  some belated birthday gifts from a dear friend in Spain.  Margaret is a very thoughtful and giving person.  When the package arrived I ripped into it opened it very carefully.  This is what I found . A whole package of goodies. I read and reread the card.  I thought that it was Christmas instead of my birthday.

                               

 First I found a project bag.    It was made from the same fabric that Margaret had used to make me an over sized tote bag.  You can see the tote here  just scroll down.

 Inside was another wrapped gift.  I have been lusting for one of these for a long time.

 I especially love this one as May is my birth month and I love Lilly Of The Valley.  This alone would have been a wonderful gift.

This is the backside. It matches beautifully.  The back is as pretty as the front.

 A little zippered notion bag to hold all my notions,  a pin cushion, needle book and scissor fob  were also in the package.  I just love everything and I love that they all match.

 The needle book opened, the backside.

This is the inside.

I love the little charm on the fob.  It was very hard to get a good picture of it.  It says made with love.

The front side of the fob.

 Here is the pin cushion.  The stitchery goes all around.  Margaret's work, as you can see, is beautiful.  She takes such small stitches and they are so even.  I think that she measures them.

 The top.

I love my gifts Margaret.  Thank you so much.  I treasure our friendship more than you know.  When Margaret sent my tote bag it took months to get here.  Even after that,  she put all the work into all of these pieces and mailed it off again.  Thankfully, this time it took just about a week to arrive.   When my friends saw the tote bag they each wanted one for Christmas this year.  Now they want the accesories too.  Sorry girls, not this year!  If you would like to see more of Margaret' work you can check out her blog here.

Thanks so much for stopping by.  I hope that you all have a great weekend.

Hugs and Stitches,

Pat

A SNICKER AND A GIGGLE TOO!!!

Earlier this month Darlene did a post titled "A Snicker And A Giggle". She showed a picture of the inside of the waste basket in her sewing room. She said that if we took a peek in ours we might find the same. Well there hasn't been a lot of sewing going on around here but I did take a peek any way. Here is what I found. Dove milk chocolate wrappers. Love them!

That night before I turned the light off in my sewing room I looked in my basket again. I had topped it off with a wrapper of Jelly Belly Popcorn flavored jelly beans. Love them too!!

Thanks Darlene I did get a giggle.

Below is a cross stitch finish that is at the framers to be framed. The Pattern is Beneath The Sunlit Sky by BBD.

I have also been making some pumpkins. They are not quite finished yet. I will show them completed in my next post.

Can you tell which one I made?

I hope that everyone had a great weekend. I did.

Hugs and Stitches,

Pat

I WILL NEVER FORGET

Pat

I Had Company Yesterday!

I had company yeaterday!
She was very loud, messy and very rude. She arrived before I was even and out of bed. Just one house down from here a very, very old tree was uprooted. My street was blocked off for most of the day

She brought all kinds of people with her.

Along with these people she brought police cars and firetrucks. A fireman was even at my front door warning me about her.

While she was here we watched a little television.

We had some wine and nachos.

Some chocolate for dessert.

We did some stitching.

At ten o'clock, after many hours of her howling I said goodnight Irene went to bed. I could still hear her well into the night.


This morning I woke up to a bright and sunny day. She had left. My helpers are here cleaning up after her.

Usually I like company BUT I hope that I never see the likes of her again. Goodbye Irene. We still are dealing with lots of flooding here. I hope that it is sunny and safe where you are.

Hugs and Stitches,

Pat

Happy 4th Of July

Happy 4 th of July. I hope that you have a fun and safe Holiday weekend.

Enjoy.

Hugs and Stitches,

Pat