My Bee Pillow Is Finished

 Greetings top all my lovely followers, thank-you for your kind comments.

I was able to get the pillow constructed and filled, I love the look, I love bees am not afraid of them and welcome them into my yard but not on me.

This is a lovely Jardin Prive design.

I started working on my Patrick's Woods, I hope to have it finished by Sunday and then work on the accessories, I did change the colonial knots to French knots, I am not a fan of either but like the French knot better

I was so busy with getting things sewn and beaded for the Church Festival store, which was a success, it was on Sunday with a chicken dinner brats' dogs and hamburgers, I was the chicken girl and worked with three amazing people filling orders.

Mike is doing a little better and we hope he is back on track with his health, after the injection on his back one more time, we hope this helps give him relief it did for a short time, nest is surgery,

Have an amazing week of stitching sewing beading and any other craft you do.

Catherine

Some Stitching Finally

 I stitched on my Jardin Prive square pillow now to construct it, hopefully to finish today.

I really like how fresh and pretty this looks on white, not being a person who like to stitched on white I am hooked

This is my ORT jar, there once was a candle in this jar, I liked it so much I cleaned it out after candle was spent.

This is my favorite way to keep threads with a kitted-up design, I love the rings to hold the threads, this                                                   was sent in an exchange from Kim in Iowa

           This one is an exchange I did back in 2014, Michelle from United Kingdom sent this to me

Today is laundry day and cleaning bathrooms, I hope to be stitching in the afternoon and some beading crystal balls for our Church Festival this coming Sunday, we have a table that sells handmade items I will be adding some stitched items and hand towels.

I will also be working on a table cover for funerals, that will be the table holding the Urns with ashes.

Have a wonderful day it will be a little cooler this week but not too bad, 70s is cool for me.

Gods Blessings

Catherine

I Am Sad by England's Loss

 Rest in Peace beautiful Lady, I am so sad for England's loss.

Queen Elizabeth was an amazing Lady who served her Country well.

Catherine💙

Queen Elizabeth

                                        Queen Elizabeth many Prayers are being said for you

                                                      An extraordinary woman for sure

                                              Such beauty from this Lady inside and out

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I Have Been Busy

 Hello everyone: I am sad to say that it has been a long two months, many things going on and loads of sewing and orders for beaded crystal balls.

I am working on basket donations and beaded crystal balls for our Church Festival, I have done some stitching.

                                                                      First Up

   I completed the stitching for the class Stitchville USA Spring Fling  had via Zoom did back in 2020

                                    1787 Sampler Smalls and an Ort Jar by Erica Michaels

                   They really are pretty when constructed which I will be working on this weekend

                                                            I really like the ORTS Jar

Nest is a freebie I got from the stash reallocation in 2019 at Needlework Guild Retreat

I will be having this framed and give to a friend for Christmas

I do not work on 14 count but felt this fit the design 

This is a design I bought on the net it is a PDF this is called a square of Bee's so I cannot show you a full photo of the pattern 

https://jardinprive.com

This is a Design from Natalie CICHON Jardin Prive

I will stitch the sides this weekend hopefully

I will be starting a design Patrick's Woods A Pennsylvania Pincushion Rollup

I have had this pattern for a few years again another one from stash reallocation at needlework Guild Retreat

I like the brown fabric which was in my stash cabinet for a few years, the count is what I need, and I have some of the threads, I am substituting some colors

As many of you know Mike has some health issues, we are working on getting him surgery for his back lined up and now nurse's want to strike which will put his surgery off, please Pray he has less pain until his surgery, he is hurting so much.

As many of you know I have not commented on your blogs, it is not because I do not want to its just that Google ask for me to sign in and then will not let me sign in, not sure what is happening. 

I read all blogs and comment when google will let me.

Have a wonderful week, soon the snow will be flying here in Minnesota, maybe it's time to move south

God's Blessing's to you all

Catherine

Some Stitching and News

                                   Greetings to all my followers new and my faithful followers

It has been a trying summer so far, Mike had three stents put in this past Wednesday, he had a mild heart attack on Memorial Day weekend, thank-you for all your prayers and well wish's, thank-you from our hearts.

Many outdoor things were up to me which I will not complain about, Mike never lets me mow the lawn and this in one thing I am able to do for him and enjoy.

I have had time to stitch in-between sewing and doing laundry for Church, I am also doing Eucharistic Adoration at least four times a month.

So this is a class project that Stitchville USA did by Zoom in 2020, however I do not have a web camara and cannot do Zoom, I was able to figure it out on my own.

                                                          I am really enjoying this design

This is the ruler done on silk gauge

(not sure why it is looking bumpy in the photo)

 

I bought some wood items from a very sweet man in the Ukraine, some of the money he raises from selling these items go to help fight for their freedoms that are being taken from them by Russia.

He is on Etsy WonderlandUkraine is his site, he also has cross stitch designs for sale and a few other items, please stop by and visit his site.

                                       This is a needle minder, it is so well made and beautiful

This is the scissor case, I so love this item, it is beautiful

The little mushroom in the case will have beads added to it and made into a scissor fob

                                                                 His work is amazing 

                       This is the beaded wood piece I did last month, I am thinking I will make                                                                                      this into an ornament for my tree

     This is an ornamental bird house, and a woodpecker is trying to make it his/her home, so cute, he                                                      is pecking away at making the hole larger

The temps here have been in the upper 80s and low to mid 90s with very little humidity which makes it easy to sit outdoors, I have to stay out of the sun due to skin cancer on my hand, I enjoy the shade as       much as the sun.

I hope you all are having great weather and getting loads of stitching done, until next time.

                                                                          Catherine

Let The People Choose Over At Serendipitousstitching

Found these on Pinterest, Jo at https://serendipitousstitching.blogspot.com is hosting the July Let The People Choose, the theme is cats, check it out on her site.

I do not have stitched cat designs but wanted to share these photos, the below photo is of Blondie The cat, she is a sweet baby who loves to lay on my chest and neck.

                                                                  This one is too funny.

                                       This cracks me up Blondie likes to sit on my keyboard.

 

                                                     Have a safe and wonderful fourth of July

                                                                           Catherine

Check This Site Out

 https://wizardi.com I found this site by accident, there are some fun designs and many free designs.

If you enter the code all in caps you get a 5% discount DIAMONDC

I will have the link in the upper right hand corner of the main page.

I hope you like the site and what they have to offer.

Catherine

Some Stitching And Some Cool Weather

 I started working on a class project that Stitchville put on by Zoom, I do not have a web cam so was only able to stitch the kit on my own, I really like this set from Erica Michaels Needleart Designs a 2020 class.

I love the threads, the thread holder was from an exchange way back in I think 2010, Joanie no more blogging, exchanged this I use it most then my other holders.

                                                The pins and thread are interesting and useful.

                                Look at the beautiful ribbon from Lady Dot Creations, so prety.

This Orts piece is done on silk canvas, I do like working on silk, not so much filling in the empty spaces.

I need to put these floss tags together and add the punch holes, I bought these fromhttp://happinessiscrossstitching.blogspot.com she has some lovely patterns and other items in her Etsy Shop, stop over and have a look at Lynn's items for sale, you will not be dissapointed.

I found this amazing site on Etsy, I just had to buy this amazing wooded beaded design, I am looking forward to working on it.

This is the Ukrainian Flag that came with the kit, thank-you Anton Gladkov, his site on Etsy is WonderlandUkraine, he has loads of designs and so many wonderful items in wood for sale.

Look at the cute wood thread keeper, it came with the kit and needle .

 This is the wood ornament that the beads get stitched onto.

Here is the sweet card he sent along with the kit, it was faster shipping then I expected, he said about six weeks it came in two.

So this is the little trouble maker here in the Laurent household, he was in the laundry room somehow got the laundry basket door open and took out Mikes underwear and decided to wear them, we were laughing so hard he was mad at us, what a hoot he is always into something everyday.

I want to let a few of you know why i am not commenting on your blogs, Google will not let me for some reason, these are the blogs

Blacksheeps Bit Of The Web

Life Outside The Washing basket

My Craft Works

Rough Terraine

Melanie The Wip Slayer

Shelly An Arizona Stitcher

I do read and follow you all but am not able to comment not sure why.

Until next time be healthy

Catherine