Lots Of Finishing And Some Stitching

    

The above photo is from a class I took last year at the Jungle Ball, these are bookmarks that I was going to make into ornaments, but they are a bit big, they are from the Tiny Modernist, they are her seasonal                                              bookmarks, I love that adorable hedgehog, he is so cute.

This is Simply Santa 2022 Cinnamon Stick from Home Spun Elegance, I did him on a 32 count unknown fabric, most of my fabrics are rescued from stash unloads at retreats, they very rarely have the fabric                                                                 information, just the count or not.

This is the back of the Santa, I bought many wood ornaments from Dollar General after Christmas 10                                                                              cents a piece.

I stitched these way back when and finally finished them, they are from the Cricket Collection Woolen                                           Mittens Two, unknown fabric was used, stitched on 36 count.

This is a mixed media from By The Bay, Donna Bayliss did hers as a small quilt hanging, Donna has a                                                        few others I may do for my pillow bowl

I stitched this on 32 count unknown fabric, Liz Mathews has changed her designing a bit, I still like her earlier design, I did spray the fabric with an antique spray only because I felt the fabric was a bit yellow                                                       for my liking, I hope to have it framed soon

 

 This is my first attempt at needle felting, maybe its not for me, I may try something else later next year

I took the class at Minnesota Needlework Guild Retreat in August. the lady teaching the class was a hoot                                                        with Jessica Huang a wonderful Lady

I do not remember the designer but finished this into a pillow, it will go into my pillow bowl, I added                                                                                         beads

This is a Jerome Thomas design, I found him on Etsy, it is all wool felt I finished it into a pillow for       Christmas, I enlarged the design to use for the pillow, his is a bit smaller and used as an ornament

This is a Kitty and Me design, I have done two of these now, I am going to enter this one into the County                         Fair next year, I just love the eyes on Pamela Kellogg's Cats

Well, that is enough for today, it has been very busy around here, getting the yard cleaned up cutting back tree's branch's and bush's, cutting down all my Stella De Oro lilies and other plants that need to be cut       back, putting all the furniture away and washing windows, its takes a while to get things done.

Please say Prayers for Mike's sister she has been in and out of the hospital so many times we are afraid                                                                        we will lose her

                    I hope you all are getting ready for winter stitching and enjoying this time of year

                                                                       Catherine🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂

A New Kitty and Me Design

 Hello to all: It is a chilly day here in Annandale, Mn with rain on the way we have been without rain for                                                          almost a month, it will be a blessing.

I want to let you know about a new Kitty and Me design, it is of a sun very cute, his smile makes me                              smile, Pamela Kellog has many designs not just cats, please visit her site

                                      She is on Etsy it is kittyandme, have a look at her site on Etsy

                                               I will be posting on what I have been doing soon

                                                                            Catherine

Hurricane Relief Design

Greetings all my friends in Blog land: Please watch the Proper Stitcher on Floss Tube, she is having a fund raiser with Cross Stitch & Crafts you can contact them by phone to order either a paper copy or a PDF.

The design she is using is called: Go Tell It On The Mountain a very sweet design.

Phone number is 423-610-0441 they will, take your information over the phone and all your information.

Please remember this is a fund raiser for so many that have lost so much from the hurricanes

Thank-you from my heart for visiting and commenting

Catherine💙💙💙💙💙

Fall Starts Officially Sunday The 22

 Hello my dear friends, thank-you for your kind words on my last post, I have not emailed thank-yous it has been very busy here with gardening (flowers) and canning and freezing, along with sewing and needlework.

We are changing the siding from venal siding to cedar, it smells so good on the front porch, cedar has such an amazing odor, we are only doing the front porch this year, Mike has to rest a bit every hour before continuing with the finishing. Just a start, will stain all of the siding and flooring and steps when it is a bit cooler.

                        

             I have done a bit of stitching, I finished stitching Blue Ribbon Designs complimentary                                             patterns, I hope to stitch them all, there are other designs she has done

 

                               I started a new design from an Etsy shop, Narax stitch patterns 

                                              Just a little stitching but not enough to show

A few people have inquired about the weight I had made, I use this for holding down the stitching frame on the edge of the table, that way I can have one hand under the frame for pulling and the other hand on top for stabbing the fabric, it works so well for me, I have lost a few pound and have a difficult time at                                                                  the table with a frame stand

                I also had inquiring's about what Kimohumo is, it is a form of braiding, with a weight and a round foam rubber plate, there are slots which the threads are in and on of the slots is left empty so you can braid the cording, for a bracelet or necklace, the weight is for pulling down the braid as you braid                                                                                    along.

I am not a fan of the cording that is used, I may try something else to make a bracelet, maybe a soft wire or leather

I am a Teresa Kugat Patreon follower, Teresa has a stitch along and has many patterns that come with some of the tiers, I pay only 20.00 dollars a month not including tax, it is so work it, the designs range from rug hooking, needle punch to stitching, here are a couple of designs that are from the Patreon membership

I hope to start Santa Ted and Ann soon

I did buy a design the Sacred Heart I will stitch for the priest at our Church for Christmas, if I do not get it done by then maybe for his birthday

I love this design; I have a feeling I will be stitching it more than once or twice next year

This is one of the class's I took at Minnesota Needlework Guild last month, 

it will be a beetle when finished, but in my colors 

Starts out this way

This is how far I got in class, I hope to finish it this weekend, I have been so busy

Here are few photos of the teachers designs she has finished, she is so talented

Are they not fabulous?

The teacher was: Jessica Huang and amazing little lady who had such a fun and humorous attitude

I would love to take another class from her 

I still have more to show but will save for another post, I had to leave early due to someone being ill and could not take the box class which I have not started yet, also I do have more to show from the gift bag we received 

Have an amazing week

Catherine💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙

Hello My Friends In Stitch World

 Greetings my dear friends, August was a very busy month, lots of VA appointments for Mike reevaluation  of benefits, we are still in the dark as to weather he will have a reduction or addition of funds.

The first week I went to the Guild Retreat had a ball the first day, I took two class’s, one a Kumohimo class and a felting class finished both which I will share in my next post.

I was so lucky to have found a bag a big bag of Gentle Arts threads, now I do not usually buy specialty threads unless I have too now I have almost all the colors. I asked if anyone was interested in the bag no one in the reallocation room was I was the lucky girl. So sorry babout the Sid way photos they would not turn.

 

I also was able to get four books A cross stitch Christmas, Seasonal Sensations, Seasons Of Memories,

Heart Of the Holidays and A Season To Remember, I love these books.

Stitching update:

I did finish a Pamela Kellogg design Kitty and Me designs, (so sorry about the wrinkles) I love her cats, however I am not a fan of Krienik threads which there were four used.

I am going to have Michael’s frame him for me 

I was able to fully finish a Christmas ornament I stitched a while back, I love Santas

I made myself a weight for a frame, sometimes I like to use a tv tray and lay a large stitching frame on the table and use a weight at the top to hold the hoop or frame, weighs about seven pounds

Time to start dinner and relax a little then down to my sewing room for mending and sewing, have an amazing week and wish and pray for Peace around the world

Catherine

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I Have Another Post

 Greetings My Dear Followers: Thank-you for your comments on my last blog post a few days ago,

            I hope you were all able to get thank-you from me, if not I will check back to make sure.

I did do a lot of stitching sewing and mending when I was not able to post on Blogger, so I am doing a                                                 little at a time to keep from having such a long post.

This design was sent to me from Marilyn in Wisconsin (no Blog) she is so kind to send this to me as a                      kit, I am a nut for needle rolls, this is one I had not seen before, Thank-you Marilyn

                                                This is a Shepherds Bush Folk Heart from 1999

                   stitched on 28 count Lavander Mist Cashel Linen two strands DMC over two threads, 

                                          For some reason the kit photo will not upload so sorry

 I stitched this for Christmas, my sister-in-law loves a pink Christmas

Please forgive me I do not remember the designer

These two designs I stitched earlier this summer, they are both from Marly's site, she has an amazing page of freebies, please visit her site https://samplersandsantas.blogspot.com

She has some amazing pear designs for free

stitched on 32 count unknown fabric, most of the fabric I have does not have a name or count I need to count the threads, most of the fabric I have, have come from stash reallocation tables at retreats

I did buy another item from Blue Ribbon Designs, I am a nut for Pin Pillows, this one caught my eye for                                                     the yellow red and the tiny, adorable Owl

Belinda has so many lovely finished items to choose from, she also has cross stitch, quilting and other items you may enjoy buying https://blueribbondesigns.blogspot.com please visit her site she has links to                                                                               her Etsy Shop

This was a design I won from a Youtuber, Heartstring Samplery My Wish For You

Stitched on 32 Count Kunzite Linen

Just for giggles

I will post again soon, I have so much top show but do not want to make it a very long post for fear of losing followers

Have an amazing Blessed week

Catherine💙

I am so happy to be able to do a post after all the problems I have been having with Google, hopefully                                                                          that is in the past

Below is a design I stitched a couple months ago, I took it to Michaels to have framed, I really like the way it turned out, it is a design from A New Creation a site on Etsy, I have bought another design from                                            this designer, I plan on starting the stitching in October
 

I love this design, I stitched it on an unknown linen count is 32, I will frame this one myself as soon as I find the right frame so sorry about the wrinkles, I just wanted to get it posted

This design is from Pamela Kellogg Kitty and Me designs, it is from the Colorful Cats series, this is my second design of hers I have stitched, the fabric is again another I cannot remember the name of however it is stitched on 32 count a very open weave linen which I do not like but I wanted to stitch it on a blue fabric

I have bought a couple of things from Blue Ribbon Designs, Belinda has some amazing items for sale

The front and back of this adorable bag, it is perfect for my cheater glasses, pencil, scissors and other itemshttps://blueribbondesigns.com

Please check her site out she has quilting and cross stitching on her site

I stitched this a very long time ago, it is a design from the Stitching Fairy, I love this to bits, again it is stitched on an unknown fabric, I have a load of fabric from stash reallocation at Minnesota Needlework Guild retreats, https://happinessiscrossstitching.blogspot.com

Please check her out

I do have a load to show you but do not want to over bear this post in case something goes wrong while posting, it has been cool in the evenings here which is unusual for August in Minnesota, tomorrow it will be in the upper 80s on monday in the 90s, this is okay with me I will still be outdoors, we have been working in the yard a load this year, we have had a load of rain which Mike has had to mow twice a week two weeks this summer he mowed three times in 8 days, I have been deadheading flowers to keep them fresh looking.

We did have to buy a new PC and the same week our iPhone pooped out, it was a very expensive week, I told Mike this covers my birthday, Christmas and our anniversary for gifts for me

Mike is still have problems but seems to be able to handle the pain from neuropathy, he is an amazing man, he says that he is where God wants him to be

I will try and post again this coming week, i want to tell you about two retreats that I was at

Have an amazing week.

Catherine💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙 

What A Month It Has Been

 First of all thank-you to my faithful followers for staying the course with me in my absence, we have had a spendy month of July, first the computer started acting like an arse, then both our cell phones decided to make us angry, Mikes battery was about to blow up, my phone stopped some features like browsing the net, at AT&T the young man helping us took the battery out of Mikes phone and ran it outdoors saying it was ready to burst that is why Mikes phone died.

I tried posting on my IPAD but the photos kept coming up wonky, so I gave that up, then we had to get a new tower for the PC, well Best Buy was not a good experience, they talked us into a package of protection and also saying that it would get our stuff transferred over faster and instead of waiting a couple of days it was almost two weeks without a PC, now I am not an angry person ever but this really got to me, now as to the photo of the cat eating Mickey, well I had to put a photo on my blog so the woman could understand what I was talking about when I could not load photos, she asked what Best Buy could do for us, I told her that there were several issues with the PC, so that is the dilemma we had for over a two week period.

I am leaving for a stitch retreat in a few hours, I will be posting about that trip[ on Monday.

Thank-you all for hanging in there with me, I love all your comments and really appreciate them.

Catherine💙💙💙💙💙

Some Stitching Lots of Rain

 I hope you all are having  an amazing week, it has been busy here, I am splitting my Stella De Oreo day Lillie’s and transplanting them to the side of the driveway, hot and lots of digging, I will share photos when I am finished

It has been raining a lot but loving the green trees and the fresh air smell after the rain

I am working a bit on Sweet Liberty from Samplers and Santa’s, this is a design from Marly over at Samplers and SantasHTTPS://samplersandsantas.blogspot.com, she has so many lovely designs for free.

I hope to have this finished and get some fully finished things done by Sunday, have an amazing weekend

                                                                              Catherine

Happy Fourth Of Jully

 God has Blessed us with a wonderful free country, we are lucky.

I hope this Holiday is a great day for you who celebrate

Catherine