The Second Advent Surprise

                                I am so excited to share with you the second Advent surprise

I am not sure why this photo and the last photo have shown up but if I knew how to delete them I would,                                 does anyone know how and can instruct me on how to do so?

This is a lovely design by Cross Stitch Antiques

I plan on doing this on a different colored fabric sometime next year

I also signed up for the Jingle Ball, I had fun last year and wanted to do it again, you can meet many lovely stitchers in the zoom rooms

The class's I am taking are Teresa Kogut  Frosty Garland

I am not going to do a Garland I will be putting them on sticks like her Santas are done

I have finished stitching them, they are so cute

The next class is Peony Basket by Lori Pengelly

I will not be using white fabric I plan on using a lite pink instead with the wool penny's

So sorry about the wrinkles and the bad photo, it is very dark here in Minnesota and cold

I also am taking a class by Lindy Stitches' I just started stitching them so no progress

I think they are so adorable

I went to an antique shop and found a cute little pin cushion in the shape of a man's shoe

Thats all for today Happy Blessed Holidays to all who celebrate

Catherine🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄

Merry Christmas To All Who Celebrate This Beautiful Season

 Hello to all my faithful followers, it is so lovely knowing that we may be miles and oceans apart that we are friends.

Thank-you to all who have commented on my last couple of posts, so sorry I have not sent thank-yous by email, I have been trying to comment as much as possible but seem to not be by my PC to do so with all that is going on in our lives.

I did try to stitch from stash this year because I wanted to do an Advent event, I did do only one the Kitten Stitchers Most Wonderful Advent Box, I am so happy I did, it was expensive but I think it will be worth it.

The 1st of December is a design from Blackbird designs, Noel, it is so lovely I plan on starting it in the new year sometime. This is the box all the items came in, it is so pretty and useful, I will only open one on the respective day of its package number, I will not peek and hope that if you did the Advent Box you will not open and share what the other days are, I like as many others to be surprised.

                       This is the line-up for the 25 days, I am excited to see what else is in here

I love this design

I went thrifting yesterday, thought about not going but am so happy I did, I found an amazing box, many p[eople looks at it but put it back, for a whopping 19.99 at Savers, I found a Madeira three drawer box, it                  is almost full of threads I can use with my embroidery machine  and hand stitching 

                                                          The box is in like new condition

I did make a Civel War pin cushion, it was easy but putting the crushed walnut shells was a task but I got                                                                                it done

                             I plan on making a few more in different wools, I love this design

I am not going to make this post long I will be back tomorrow with what the second Advent surprise is,                                               have and amazing week filled with stitching crafting

Catherine🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄

Happy Blessed Thanksgiving To All

 Happy Thanksgiving to all my faithful followers, thank-you from my heart for all your comments and                                                                             loving emails

Catherine, Michael,

Blondie The Cat 

and Mikey

Teresa Kogut And Prayers for Jean At Attic Needlework

 Teresa Kogut on her Patreon site has asked for all to Pray for Jean at the Attic Needlework shop, she needs healing Prayers.

Catherine🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂

Thank-You Veterans For Your Service

           

          Thank-you from our hearts for your service and dedication to this beautiful country USA

The above photo is of my husband and his flag in the Veterans Memorial Park here in Annandale, MN.

Each year I buy one for him, he was in the Navy during Vietnam conflict, one for my Uncle he was a Marine in Korea and one for the unknown soldier.

Catherine

Have You Heard That Teresa Vinette is Having An Advent Box Again This Year

 This year Teresa is doing her Advent box again, it is a bit spendy but look at what is being offered,  https://kittenstitcher.com, she may still have some box's left but hurry.

Catherine🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂

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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