Project Bags

I have been busy making vinyl project bags which are available for purchase.

These bags are approximately 10 inches wide x 9 inches high. The fabric is from Blackbird Designs Beach House Collection. The cost of these project bags are $15 plus shipping costs.

I also have these 3 pink ribbon project bags. The cost is the same for these bags plus the shipping costs.

I you are interested in either project bag or both, just send me an email which is in my profile.

A couple of exchanges, and famous or infamous???

Here is my Fair and Square exchange from Faye. She stitched "Christmas Elegance" by Milady's Needle with Belle Soie--Creme de Menthe. Faye did a wonderful job of stitching and I can't wait to get this finished into an ornament for my tree.

Thank you Faye.

This is the Fall exchange I sent to Melissa for the Friends Stitching Through the Seasons blog.
I stitched Lizzie Kate's Sampling Halloween Quick-it. I finished it as a box

Here's a look at the inside. I also included a witch scissors.

I also sent these goodies in the plastic tote. A Kelmscott Needle minder, some halloween socks, note pad, note cards, pen, buttons and beads. I really had a great time putting this together for Melissa.

Today I received my copy of Clara Ellen by Blackbird Designs. It was very exciting to see my name in print as the stitcher of this pattern. I really enjoyed stitching this piece.
Thanks Alma for letting me stitch this design:)

Well now I am off to do some more sewing. I have been making stitching portfolio's and some vinyl project bags. Check back again.

Happy Stitching!!

Stitching Portfolios ......

I have been busy sewing. I made myself this stitching portfolio out of Blackbird Designs quilt fabric from the Beach House collection.

This portfolio is approximately 13 inches wide by 10 inches high when closed. It has an antique button on the front flap and snaps closed.

Here is a picture of the inside of the bag. The inside lining is a coordinating quilt fabric from The Beach House collection by Blackbird designs. This stitching portfolio is large enough to hold an
8 1/2 x 11 inch book, plus your linen, fibers and any other items for your project.

This is the smaller portfolio version. The approximate size of this portfolio is 10 1/2 inches wide by seven inches high when closed. This stitching portfolio also has an antique button and snaps closed.

This portfolio will hold a book that is 8 1/2 x 6 inches plus your project items.

I have made up a few of these stitching portfolios to sell.

If you are interested in buying one of these please email me using the email in my profile.

WHO IS ELLA? And model stitching......

So Jill and I ran to Joann's to check out the Labor Day Sale stuff that we thought we needed. Jill wanted some DMC and I was looking at the omnigrid ruler that was on sale--50% off. Well $60 later for both of us and look what we found. A new gingher scissors we didn't even know about. Because you always have to check out the scissors when you are at Joann's.

Here they are: Ella's. Kind of funky I think.

Since our little stitching group has a "scissors pack" we only have to find 4 more. We bought the three that were at my Joann's.

What a great way to start out our Labor Day Weekend!!!!

Also I can share now that I am doing some model stitching for Blackbird Designs.
Click on the link to see "Clara Ellen" which was my first model stitch.

I hope everyone has a wonderful holiday weekend.

Happy Stitching:)

Happy birthday to my wonderful hubby.......

Today my hubby caught up to me. He is now 50!!!!

Happy Birthday David.
This picture was taken in June went our grandson Silas was born.

Here is Silas as of a week ago. He has grown so much. But what a cutie!

Here are three more of my LHN ornaments. I have one more stitched ornament to finish and just bought the newest pattern on Sunday, so for the most part I am pretty much on track with my ornaments.

I have really enjoyed stitching these ornaments and I am happy with the finishes.

I stitched up the latest Lizzie Kate seasonal fob last Friday night and finished it up on Sunday.
It always feels good to get projects done. Now if I don't run out of life before I get all my other projects done I will have it made. I should probably quit buying stash then:)

Again, thanks for stopping by. Now I am off to do some birthday boy stuff.
Happy Stitching.

Overdue retreat post and more.....

Ok as promised two weeks ago, here is the last update on retreat. I meant to post much sooner but as usual just been busy. First I wanted to post what I had did for the girls for retreat. I stitched these floss tags and made some marking pins with crystals. Also made a long stick pin. The crystals are in the colors each of us have. This design is part of Country Cottage Needleworks called Mermaids. Cathy B also used this designs for a fob for each of us. Great minds think alike!

Here is a photo of the rest of the goodies I gave. Each year I try to make a pillow case, plus we now have a small retreat pillow and I make a cover for that pillow too. Then I also gave a small piece of fish fabric.

This fob is from Lori. She didn't have time to finish it, so I did get this finished off into a fob.

Now I am revisiting last years retreat. The theme was snowmen. I wanted to make these quilts for last years retreat but had other life events going on. So this summer I got on a quilting frenzy and sewed up these five quilts. Next year's theme is Pink Flamingo's!!!!

I also had this quilt kit and finally got around to putting it together. I just love the colors in this quilt.

Then I made these two quilts with fabric I have had for a couple of years. I always wanted to use the fabric for something and when our daughter was home from TN she had this pattern and I just got busy and did a lot of cutting and sewing.
I tried my hand at making a carrot pincushion. There is a tutorial on eHandcrafts blog. Not to bad for my first attempt.

This is Blackbird Designs Rose Garden. I stitched it during retreat and finished it into this pin pillow. I stitched my dad's initials and year of his birth on this pillow. I thought it would be a nice remembrance of him. He has been gone many years. I was six years old when he died.

I have wanted to stitch this piece for a while now. It's LHN's Traveling Stitcher. I finally finished the stitching this week. With that being said I then made the needle case and pouch for this piece.

Instead of using a tie and buttons to close these pieces I used snaps and then just sewed on a button. I got these buttons from an antique shop and thought they were just right for this project.

Last but not least I finished this LHN ornament. I have them all stitched up to date but have the 3 previous ones that need to be finished.

I have also been doing some model stitching which I can not share right now. Thanks for taking time to read this long post.

Happy Stitching!!!

A very happy dance...........

Just a quick update on the Friendship book. As you can see Jill and I have our books done. I can not tell you how happy I am to have this finished. It was quite a challenge!!!!! This seemed to be a very painful finish for me. I just could not wait to have it done, not sure if it was because I just wanted to stitch and not spend all of my retreat on this finish or what. But I have been doing the happy dance since about noon today. My Friendship book is on the left and Jill's is on the right. We stitched our pieces on 36 count flax and I used Belle Soie Enchanted Forest. Jill used a threadworx fiber number 1157. I must say after all the work our books turned out very well.

Here is a look at the book opened

and the other side.

After I finished my book I got back to work on this Blackbird designs Rose Garden. I stitched it on 30 count St. Valentine's Blend with Crescent Colours Cappuccino. I stitched this for my dad who passed away many years ago when I was six. I stitched his initials and year of his birth in this piece.

Lori finished her LHN scissors bed. Hers is on the left. I did mine earlier this year and made my own bed. Just thought we would take a picture of both of our scissors beds.

So there is an update of retreat 2010. I am sure I will have one or two more posts before the fun ends:)
Thanks for checking in and Happy Stitching.