My DMC Floss Case

My wonderful husband had this made for me for my birthday. It is mainly made of solid Rosewood .

It is 100 % wood except for the knobs. No screws,nails, etc.,The man that made it hand crafted every inlay and assembled every piece by hand. It is the most magnificent birthday gift I had ever received. It holds all the DMC floss with ease. It has a gold plate that says: "To Patti Love, Bob" under the lid.

Mary Wigham update

Uploaded a new picture. I figured if I get the perimeter done the rest will go quickly.

Stitching Treasure Box 2

 Stitching Treasure Box by Homespun Elegance: Picked this little cutie up today at my LNS and finished it this evening. Even came with the cute little sheep waxer. A Sandra Sullivan design.

Mary Wigham Sampler Begins

So here she goes. I decided to focus on it a little bit and maybe I'll get it done this year. I am stitching it on 40 ct linen using NPI silks.This is a free sampler chart from the Needleprint Blog sight. Our sampler guild Sampler Guild of the Rockies is doing it as a year long stitch along. It can be downloaded here. http://needleprint.blogspot.com/.

Big Butt Witch - Rhodes Butterfly Pinkeep

My exchange person for the Pinkeep Xchange is witchy crazy so what better design to do?

July Ruby Sampler Sweetheart Tree Designs

Stitched for my daughters birthday

samplers from my wall

Sheepish Designs-Man of Sense

I though this was an appropriate sampler to serve as our wedding sampler. Of course that was 10 yrs ago.

Anne Powell God Bless America

I stitched this for my brother who has been in the Army almost 30 years.

Anne Powell Welcome in pink & Home Sweet Home

These were stitched years ago but never posted on my blog

Anne Powell Welcome

This is the 2nd one of these I have done. The first was in pink for my mom. This is for my daughter's new home. Stitched on 28 ct linen w/ DMC floss.

Lanarte Haenraets Flowers

 Finished this to go with a vase I have full of similiar flowers. It is  stitched on 28 ct Cream Laguna

The frame is simple yet the stitching stands out-

My Victoria Sampler Spring Biscornu

A Victoria Sampler freebie from her web sight
http://www.victoriasampler.com/

And They Sinned by Examplar Dames upclose

Several people have asked to see closeups of my sampler so here they are.

The framing was done by Fancimats in Littleton, CO

My wonderful biscornu

This is the biscornu I got from Jenn in an exchange. It is huge and has these cutest little frog princes on them ie: The Frog & the Princess. I just love it. It is a Barbara Ana Designs called

Frogscornu

Prairie Schooler Bremen Town Town Musicians

Being German I just loved this design when I saw it. I stitched it on 28 ct

sand linen using DMC floss.

My Mailart

This was my first Mailart exchange and I truly enjoyed it. my recipient loves Blackbird Designs so I took Quaker Garden motifs and bands from the chart. They wouldn't let me take a picture of it after I stamped it in the Post Office. This is the front.

The back opened-the fabric is Blackbird Design fabric with little birds.

The back-I found a lovely button at JoAnns of a red cardinal which I attached on the way to the Post Office.

Victoria Sampler Summer Biscornu

I stitched this for a biscornu exchange-it was a VS freebie-isn't it lovely? I used 28 ct linen and DMC linen threads and chinese silk.

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French Sewing box design

chart can be purchased by contacting: Janice Wood janicecounts@comcast.net

The box is called Mien from Ikea. Type that into the Ikea search and voila!

Mary Beale Sampler Wreath

Such a wonderful easy design to stitch. The finishing was a little tricky. Stitched on Natural Belfast linen using DMC floss. Now to shape it.

Lucky Sheep by Shepherds Bush

I just love their little sheep kits. Now to find a frame.

Feb & March Ornament

Finally got my ornie for February sewed. It is Shepherd's Bush Santa's Flight from the JCS Ornie issue 2009

March is also from the same magazine. I did one before for an exchange and loved it. It is a Jeanette Douglas Design.

Crochet baby layette

My niece in England is due in May. She's having a little boy so I made these for her.

One set is new born and the other 12 mth size