And yet another reindeer



One more to go. This one is for an exchange so I still need to make myself one. I used a different dye lot of 30 ct Abecedarian.

Another reindeer



Made this one for my sister.

French Hen by With Thy Needle

Teresa Wentzler English Garden Welcome

Finished this a few years back but wanted to add it to my blog. 

Happy Thanksgiving

Shepherds Bush Design

Give Thanks by Primitive Hare

Primitive Hare Freebie

2012 Ornament by Plum Street Samplers

Paulette Stewart was generous enough to design this exclusively for
The Sampler Guild of the Rockies  annual ornament. 

With Thy Needle and Thread Design: Rudolph & Co

For an upcoming ornament exchange. Now to make myself one. 

Country Stitches

Whispered by the Wind Freebie

Whispered by the Wind



Isn't it just beautiful?



Permian 1830 stitched by Pat Stroud

A friend of mine stitched this and I had the pleasure to see it at our sampler guild meeting today. It was magnificent.

With My Needle Sewing Box scissor fob.

This is part of a design made ecspecially for our Sampler Guild by Plum Street Samplers designer Paulette Stewart
Inspired by A Plum Street Samplers design , the project coordinators of our group came up with a sewing box. We will be doing a box with a stitched top and adding smalls to it. This is my fob front and back. It's stitched on 40ct Examplar over one using GAST and Weeks threads. The completed set can be seen here.The Needles Promise

 

Witch Pumpkin by With Thy Needle Designs

Another wonderful design from Brenda Gervais of With Thy Needle Designs. She has a wonderful online shop Country Stitches or you can get your local needlework shop to order for you.


I just love her designs and they always please me when I am finished. She gives just great directions.

As you can see my stitching is awkward under the band. I was going to redo it but the needle left holes. Better to draw a faint line to cross evenly. I did the back and it looks alot better but it is a primitive design right :)

I picked up the fabric & flowers at Hobby Lobby. These seemed to give it a Fall look. I am hanging it up and leaving it even tho it has a little witch on it. I am German and have a kitchen witch for good luck and this will be her little ditty bag.

Wonderful Christmas give away

Christmas Giveaway

Happy Halloween

Hers me on the way to work.

With Thy Needle & Thread-On Pins and Pumpkins

First Floss Ring

Took a scrap stitched piece and made this. Wanted something to add to my floss ring.

Shepherds Bush- H is for

From the Fold Series

Town of Halloween from The Primitive Hare

Designed by Isabella Abbiati for the 2012 Just Cross Stitch Halloween issue

Pincushions at the exchange.

Pin Cushion exchange

Went to http://www.fancimats.com/ and had a wonderful time at a pincushion exchange. I got this beautiful one in return.

Halloween Tree

For the Victoria Sampler SAL

VictoriaSampler Yahoo Group

Boo!

A cute Autumn freebie

From http://www.thestitcherhood.com/

Shepherds Bush October

Autumn pincushion

Autumn- A freebie by The Sewing Circle. Stitched with
Needle Necessities Fall Foliage on 32 ct sandstone linen. 

Hand dyed coffee stained linen

Wanted some stained fabric for Halloween projects and the last piece I ordered was $30 for a small cut so I thought..I can do this. So I took some instant coffee and 32 ct cream linen & messed around with it til i came up with this. Will work perfectly for what I want it for.  Don't recommend it for something like a sampler you want to have around hundreds of years from now because i am sure the acid from the coffee will eat thru eventually but for a Halloween ornament or quick picture it will do.

Thistle pincushion from the Textile Heritage Collection

For my husbands Scottish Aunt Vi

Front

This was from a scissor fob kit.
I plan on using the rest of the kit to make me the fob.

back

Summer pin cushion exchange

My gift from Diane in a summer smalls exchange. Makes you yearn for the beach. 

Dahlia quilt

Made by my husbands Aunt Vi. It's just wonderful. 

Quilt

Aunt Vi and another of her quilts 

Scotland Quilt by Vi James Island of Raasay

What a beautifu quilt she made. All the symbols and colours symbolize something Scottish. 

Back

Finished Summer exchange

Shepherds Bush freebie

Now to figure out how I want to finish it

Margaret Cottam by Lori Markovic; La D Da Designs completed





Margaret Cottam correction sheet removed

I noticed the correction sheet Lori from La D Da sent me had more errors than expected. She skipped one stitch on the right, added the symbol for Baked apple on the berries instead of Sheneckly so its best to take your original chart and try to read thru the shaded area between the top and mid sections the best you can. Or change the triangle symbol to the plus sign and add an X on thr far right. This  will make it match the original chart

Fancimats pin cushion

Wen to Fancimats/ to pick up Hilda the Witch by Brenda Gervais of  With Thy Needle at Country Stitches and it was Cindy's birthday celebration. I dropped off a small gift & card and received this lovely pin cushion and some wonderful cake!

12 Days of Christmas Needlework chair pads at York Cathedral in York UK

a Partridge in a Pear Tree.

Saw these wonderful chair pads in a little classroom inside the York Cathedral. they were needlepointed and just wonderful.

2 Turtle Doves

3 French Hens

4 Calling Birds

5 Gold Rings

6 Geese-a-Laying

7 Swans-a-Swimming

8 Maids-a-Milking

9 Ladies Dancing

10 Lords-a-Leaping

11 Pipers Piping

12 Drummers Drumming