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

SGR Greek Thread Minder



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



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.

Precious Moments Baby sampler framed

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.

World Vision

UNICEF

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.

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.




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.