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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