Some Finish’s And A Start

I did finish my class project from Blackbird Designs back in April, I just love this, I will construct it on Wednesday or Thursday.

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This is the pin keep and box top! I love the shuttle colors of this design, some pinks I wish were a little more prominent.

I just love the. Bluebird 

The above is the Victoria Sampler Pin Cushion Top, I love the beads as flowers.

The above is the Needle Needle Emery and Pinkeep.

Below is the project I am working on now it is a design from Tammy Black Scattered Seed Samplers, I am loving this so much, Tammy does amazing designs.

Mike has pneumonia, he thought he had it licked, he was on anti-biotics for ten days, however he in not one to stay still, he just had to take down more branch's and do yard work, this made it worse, today he went to the doctor, now its steroids and a stronger anti-biotic, he never listens to me, I guess that's how some men are, they just do not listen.
So this evening it baked chicken for the high protein content to help him get better.
It is sunny today and just beautiful to sit out and read and stitch, however rain begins again tomorrow, ugh.
I hope your week is going well, thank-you for your beautiful comments about the photo of my Mother and myself, that was taken about 20 years ago, I have aged by now as you can guess, oh well its life, I am still alive and stitching beading and enjoying what I have.

Hugs
To You All
Catherine

Happy Mothers Day

I am not a mom to humans but a mom to Krissy and Blondie.
Happy Mother's day to all the Moms.

Happy Mothers Day Mom, I miss you so much.

Catherine

DIY Reusable Tea Bags

I just had to post this for all us tea lovers this is a great idea. Enjoy the video.
Please make sure you prewash your fabric.

Catherine

Almost Finished Stitching Class Project

Greetings My Dear Friends: I hope today finds you stitching away.

I am almost finished stitching my class project from Spring Fling in April sponsored by Stitchville USA, Deb does an amazing job each year with getting teachers and choosing a beautiful venue for the class.

I finished three of the pieces on Monday evening, I am so excited to be able to get to the finish line and construct the pieces.
This is the Huswif, it will hold needles scissors and threads,  at first I was not sure I liked the colors, the three pinks are so close in color its hard to tell them apart.

                                                               This is the Pin Cushion

                                                                   This is the Box Top

Many of you have written and asked about the scroll rods, I never like scroll rods until I tried the EZ Stitch No Basting System, this is Velcro that is amazing, I have put permanent EZ Stitch on both rods, my stitching stays taught and lets me stitch away after tightening the rods, the stuff is not inexpensive, it is so worth the money especially since I do not have to be crabby when the fabric slips like before EZ Stitch.

If you try this system please remember to pull one thread where you are going to attach the Velcro, this way you get a straight line before attaching the EZ Stitch Velcro.

  If you try this system let me know how it goes and if you like it or not. I love using this method this way I can have one hand under the fabric for the needle and one on top, I get so much more stitching done this way instead of stabbing and pulling the needle with one hand.
( I hope you understood what I have explained)

This is a photo of the back of the fabric with the EZ Stitch on it.

Todays forecast is: Rain and a boatload of stitching after I work on the Alter Cloth for Church.
Happy Stitching my dear friends.

Catherine

Jo From Senendipitous Stitching's People's Choice

I have decided to join Jo over at http://serendipitousstitching.blogspot.com for the May People's Choice this months choice is Flowers, please pop on over to see what Jo has been up to.

My Flower Choice:    

Some of these are very old designs coming out of Cross Stitch And Country Crafts Magazines, I still have a few of the magazines from the 80s and 90s, some beautiful designs were made way back then, not just goose and basket designs.

So sorry about the color of the photos, not sure why the camara was acting up like this.

This basket and rose colored flowers was an exchange from  Sarah, she did a beautiful job on stitching and finishing, it is the Blackbird Design Unicef Of Pinkeep's.

This Biscornu is from Conny,  it is her own design http://remakeremixreuse.blogspot.com

This was another exchange from:  Conny From Holland, it was part of a Blackbird Designs exchange.

This is a Victoria Sampler  Pin Keep, I made this a few years ago it was from a class retreat.

This was from a Blackbird designs Retreat Friday evening class.

This was a kit I bought from my friend LaRue, I just love the bright color of  Blues.

I did this several years ago I just love the bee's and the Pink Flower, the framing was done by Cindy Johnson who is a master at framing.

This is my newest framed piece, I finished this this winter. This is a Blackbird Design from a class from a couple of years ago ( do you see a pattern with Blackbird and me)

Well that my peoples choice for this month, next month June I believe is going to be Peoples Choice Mermaids, this will be a fun one to see from other stitcher's, stop over to Jo Blog, address link is above.

Hugs
Catherine

A Very Late Update

i am so behind on posting, I have done some stitching every night, I am happy to say I have made some progress on my Blackbird Design Class Project.

I will hopefully have this piece finished by Saturday.

Thank you to all who left comments on my last stitching post, I have emailed thank you to some of you and will send the rest out tomorrow.

Thank you to those of you without emails.

Catherine

Remember this

Just a test

Trying To Get Caught Up With Stitching

Greetings all: I hope your week is going well.
I have been busy with a jewelry sale at Church which was so much fun, we had a goodwill offering and made a boatload of money, people are so generous, the President of the CCW at Church wanted to do this it was a blast.

Well it is ISHW International Stitch & Hermit weekend, I love this weekend I do get lots of stitching done.
A little over a week ago I started the needleroll piece from Blackbird Designs Retreat, I am almost half finished with the stitching.

Above is where I was Friday, the below photo is where I am at 16:00 this afternoon, I hope to get more done this evening.

We are in the process of taking down four fifty foot trees, this is Mike with one of his new toys,  he also bought a big chain saw.

                                                                           Giggles

The weather is getting better here finally, I hope you all are having great wesather.

Hugs
Catherine

S Stitching Update & A New Project In The Future

Hello to all my Dear followers: Thank-you for your lovely comments on my last post, to those of you who do not have email's thank-you for stopping by.

I have done some stitching, I started on Friday evening stitching on my Blackbird Design Pear, I have done so much, I stitched on Saturday and a little yesterday, I hope to have this finished by Wednesday.
I am not sure why the photo shows a lighter fabric, the sample at retreat looked like the fabric I am using, maybe its the light? who knows.

I was so happy to come home from grocery to find a box on the counter, I opened it even before putting the groceries away, it was my Victoria Sampler Strawberry Pin Cushion kit.
I will start this after I finish with the Blackbird Designs Class Projects.

My friend asked me how could I afford to buy so many things, I said we started to save when we first got married and have retirement funds, not just Social Security, she is struggling and cannot understand my hobbies.

The snow is melting, the sun is peeking out every once in a while, hopefully the rain will miss us on Wednesday.

Have a great week stitching, beading crocheting, quilting and whatever other hobbies you have.

In advance thank-you for your kind comments and for your visits.

Catherine

Some More Photos of Snow and Retreat

I just have to post the photos of the snow we are getting today, I am so sick of snow but when outside and its falling, its so beautiful, we live in a small golf course community, it is so quiet and with the snow falling I love it.
I do want spring now, hopefully it will be warm again soon. Look how big the flakes are.

I have to tell you I met three Ladies who were from out of state who said they were Blog followers of mine, they do not have Blogs themselves but do follow, that was so exciting for me, I will not print their names because I did not ask for permission to do so, it was such  a pleasure to meet them, I almost cried I was so happy, I believe it was their first time at this Retreat, I hope to see them next spring.

I have a few more gift photos to share, now I am not sure if you know this but I use notepads and notebooks all the time, I keep notes of all the events and volunteering I do.
My Dear Friend LaRue gave me a Cactus notebook, I am loving this for two reasons, it came from her and it has a cactus on it.
I used to grow cactus before my cat decided to eat them thorns and all, I will get more when she goes to kitty heaven someday.
Thank-you LaRue.

I won the first prize Deb at Stitchville USA gave out this is way up my alley, I love samples of items, this has a sewing kit with the tiniest scissors thread and needle, soaps for cleaning hand washables, a nail file and hand wipes, this is a must to have, the soap does not need to be rinsed out how about that.

I also did get a pair of scissors, they are black and oh so cute.

I also received a carrot bag with goodies in it from my friend Kathy, it is adorable, thank-you Kathy.

I am a pencil user, the eraser will come in handy, I am always writing when I stitch or am on the net looking and reading blogs, when I see something someone is stitching I write down the designer and design name, this will come in handy.

Okay this is my last brag then I will stop.

Linda a sweet little lady who I call little girl gave me counting pins, they are a beautiful color aqua blue, believe it or not I do use counting pins.

Well enough bragging so sorry, I get so excited at Spring Fling every year.

Happy Spring  I think!!!

Catherine

Hello My Dear friends

Greetings Friends: Thank-you to all who do not have emails to send thank-you for posting comments on my last post.
I have been very busy, I have had several funerals from Church friends and Mikes Cousin this past two weeks.
I am excited to tell you I had a retreat last week-end, on Thursday evening a few of us arrived to have a relaxing time and loads of fun.
I was the second person to arrive, Judy was the first, I have to tell you she is an amazing stitcher, her cross's are perfect, I would love to stitch like her.
Many arrived at about five or later.
We eat a lite supper and have a few cocktail's, fun and more fun.

Blackbird Designs were the Designers, I am telling you they are amazingly beautiful, not only outside but inside too.

These are the projects:  Rope Pear, The box can be bought at Hobby Lobby, this came with the kit.

This is the Garden friends Bag, I am so loving this, the design is so sweet.

This is the  Summer Flocks A pin Pillow, so cute.

This is Hollyhocks Were There, this is a hufwife, I call it a needle roll.

These come with all the fabric threads and trims with box to finish all.

We had so much fun I sat a an amazing table, do not get me wrong the table I sat at the last few years was full when I arrived so I sat with four ladies, ( I really missed LaRue and Sue this year) not sitting together.

I sat with a Lady from Texas, she made me this: 

She copied the piece and made a box top label, they match, she is so sweet, a very funny Lady.

This was from my dear friend Kathy, she is such a sweetheart.

I do not want to make this a long post, I will post the rest of the gifts I received on my next post.

This is what is happening here: Thunder, snow rain sleet and more snow plus hail,  today.

We have so far seven inch's of snow not including rain hail and sleet.

Time for dinner, I will be showing you my progress and the Alter Cloth I am working on for Easter Sunday.

Have a great weekend.

Catherine