I am trying to get back to blogging more regularly, so I thought joining a hop might be just the start I needed! I have a small group of friends that exchange postcards with me for different seasons or holidays and we did a Halloween card swap.
I chose most of my designs from Designs By Juju. I think the Happy Halloween & October 31st were in my collection, and I am not sure where or when I got them! :-)
I stitch them on cotton backed with Pellon SF101, and then use a heavier interfacing in the center. The back is muslin fused to the heavy interfacing with a fusible web. These were the cards I sent out~
I just love the effect!
Be sure to visit my fellow bloggers today~~
Wednesday Oct 22
Crazy.boutquilts ----me!
Quilting Between the Rails (on Facebook)
And until next time~
Happy haunting!!
Have you checked out today's posts yet?
Really cute ideas!!
Tuesday Oct 21
I will be back tomorrow!! :-)
And that means blog hop time!!
Check out today's posts~~~
Monday Oct 20
Tuesday Oct 21
Wednesday Oct 22
Crazy.boutquilts ----me!
Quilting Between the Rails (on Facebook)
Thursday Oct 23
Do you hand stitch? Embroider? Cross stitch?
Or are you a knitter? Crochet?
My grandmother was a stickler for always having your hands busy, so I learned to crochet from my paternal gran and hand embroider from my maternal gran. I am sure I gave them both headaches being the only lefty in the family! LOL
Today I want to talk with you about hand stitching. Being left handed, I used to say I was 'allergic' to hand stitching. :-) Then I discovered cross stitching! Oh my! I have been cross stitching for years and love it! But, an opportunity arose to be a pattern tester for Chickadee Stitchery . I applied, not really knowing what I was doing but very curious about 'floss drops' and other ways to store my floss as I am stitching.
Jessica not only chose me to test for her, but sent a wonderful array of patterns, floss, bobbins and things to test and give feedback.
She sent these 2 adorable ornaments!
And she sent an embroidery. I am still stitching, but I love it!
Isn't it adorable?
It sure brings back memories of stitching with my Gran. When I first started with Gran, I had my hoop propped on my thigh as I stitched-- can you guess what I did? Yes! I stitched my project to my pants! I was so bummed when Gran had to cut out all my stitches! Maybe that was why I decided I was allergic? :-)
Now, I so look forward to settling into my chair at night with my projects and just enjoying the process.
Thanks for stopping by!
I was so surprised to find comments on my last post! And so happy to know that someone is still out there!
Until next time~
Happy Stitchin'!
The saying 'time flies when you are having fun' certainly applies to my last year!
Where have I been? Well, here there and everywhere!
My job takes me different locations in western WA and my hubby takes me on camping trips!
And I even found a little time to fly to AZ to meet my newest grandson. You met Miss Rosie in my last post~ she had her 1 year birthday already! Time does fly!
I have been sewing and quilting, bag making and machine embroidering.
This is the quilt I designed and taught as a BOM this year. I just unveiled the finish this week. We sped through the steps a little faster than a true BOM because everyone wanted to be done before the autumn to winter rush. I just need to get it quilted. Its a big one at 95" square.
Oh my goodness! I cannot believe it is the end of August!
Where have I been?
Everywhere!
But recently welcoming this cutie has been the highlight of our summer.
Meet my newest granddaughter~ Rosie.
I've been traveling, sewing, quilting, machine embroidering and pattern testing... and anything else I could squeeze in!
My most recent tests are the Dogwood Pouches-
They are part of a new 4 pattern series called The League of Extraordinary Bagmakers, vol 1
(which means there will be more! :-) )
Today I worked on a little machine embroidery, and if my project works out, I will be back to show you soon!
Keep stitchin'!
Who knew that having a Halloween Hop last week would bring the chilly weather?! We had rain, wind--- the power even went out for a few hours...
