September 02, 2012

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. 

August 17, 2012

Shepherds Bush freebie

Now to figure out how I want to finish it

August 12, 2012

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

August 11, 2012

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!

August 01, 2012

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

July 24, 2012

SGR Greek Thread Minder


Greek Thread minder for a dear friend of mine in Canada.


July 09, 2012

Margaret Cottam Sampler Pt 1

The tree on the left has one stitch off than the one on the right. Add it if you want both exactly the same.

June 24, 2012

Little House Needleworks Famine Relief chart link



Little House Needleworks Famine Relief chart
Diane Williams of Little House Needleworks decided to offer this chart on her web site and kindly ask that you consider making a donation to your charity or maybe World Vision or UNICEF before you begin your download. Both organizations are working hard to provide food and assistance on a large scale to bring an end to the suffering they see daily.



June 16, 2012

Needle roll



Sampler Guild Annual retreat Needleroll project

Bear quilt

This is a quilt a friend of mine did. Isn't it beautiful? Its all applique.

June 15, 2012

Back of Bless Our Home

Lizzie Kate "Bless Our Home"


Sampler Guild of the Rockies Annual Retreat project.
I added my daughter and her husband's initials and mailed to them for their new home.
It was stitched and mounted on matboard layers.



June 11, 2012

Ort Catcher front


One of  our Sampler Guild Annual retreat projects. I loved doing this. had been a while since I had done any applique type projects. This was fun and quick using wool felt and basic embroidery stitches.


Ort catcher inside

Inside with catcher

Greek Thread Minder


Front
A Sampler Guild project. I stitched this for a dear friend of mine




 

Back with Greek lettering

Inside
 


Finished Precious Moments Baby Sampler

Hope to get it framed this week. Its for my niece in Englands new little boy.
I changed the info part since the pattern was limited.

June 10, 2012

Tudor Rose Mystery Story and Sampler

Last Friday I saw this on a blog and fell in love with it. Wen to Amy Mittens Web Sight and tried to decide if i was goin gto order it or not. I decied to wait. And much to my luck!! I went to our http://www.samplerguildoftherockies.org/ annual retreat and lo and behold!! One of the ladies there had the kit for sale in her Stash reduction sale. I mean how lucky was that????

Tudor Rose Mystery Sampler close up

Tudor motif close up


Close up of the Tudor Motif

June 03, 2012

Shepherds Bush Wandering Vine afghan

I promised this to my youngest for Christmas this year. Its been a fun quick stitch using the #5 threads on Anne Cloth. Squeezing it in between samplers & other commitments has been a challenge tho. Now to get the border completed.

May 26, 2012

Strawberry Shortcake afghan

Strawberry Shortcake afghan for my daughter. I stitched this a few yrs back. Just now found the picture.

Afghan 3

Afghan 2

Wildflower Afghan

This afghan I stitched a few years back for my mom. Just now got pics on it. I used several wildflower charts and Anne cloth. She uses it as a tablecloth.

May 10, 2012

The Happy Couple

Just had to post a picture of my beautiful daughter and her new husband.

April 29, 2012

Mary Beale pincushion

Stitched this for a pin cushion exchange for our Sampler Guild of the Rockies annual exchange.

April 18, 2012

Completed Band 11 on The Loara Standish sampler. You can see it here Loara Standish Sampler Blog