Season's Greetings

 May the beauty of the season bring joy to your heart.

-- Posted from my iPhone

Hello Snowman!

When my secret vintage button jar 

comes handy, there must be something good

 awaiting for me ahead :D

Quiet afternoon

Shhhhh, don't wake her up yet!

Fun Christmas projects

Ta dah!!

Here they are!

"Four Square Christmas"

by Homespun Elegance

Fabric: "Patty" Hand-dyed Linen 40ct @WDW

Fibers: WDW, CC and GA

Size: 2" x 3" finished

They are all ready :D

Are you done with your ornaments?

Busy with ornament finishing.

12 Days of Christmas - Meet my friends

They are all ready to meet you!

12 Days of Christmas & Giveaway

  

When you ran out of something

you really need at the moment,

what would you do?

This and that

"Katy Horn" by CHS

Fabric: 40ct Lakeside Linens, 

Vtg. Exampler

Fibers: Converted to NPI

SAL with Janet and Deb @ LNS

Made our goal for this month with Katy :)

Our last part will be the sawtooth borders

in dark red right inside of the outside borders.

And now what?

And stitching wise...

Katy Horn

by CHS

Fabric: 40ct Lakeside Linens, 

Vtg. Exampler

Fibers: Converted to NPI

SAL with Janet and Deb @ LNS

Well, I thought I've posted this one, too!

Stitching Away

A memory of a good dog...

More sewing

I just remembered that it's my Christmas 

projects all year long this year!!

Sunday's fun

"Blessing Baskets"

Block #3

SAL at TQC

Block Size: 4 1/2" unfinished

Who's having fun?

Christmas QAL - Mar #3

Almost done stitching Santas :)

Christmas QAL - Mar #2

Santa is laying out in the sun!

Christmas QAL - Mar #1

It's that time again

for Christmas QALtoday

over at Joanna's place!!

And more...

*** From far left: "Christmas Ornament"

by Roz Watnemo @ Nordic Needle

Fabric: Northern Cross Linen 27ct Natural

Fiber: Caron Waterflowers #0025 Holiday

*** Center: from JCS Ornament issue 2010

by Nordic Needle

Fabric: Northern Cross Linen 27ct Natural

Fiber: Caron Waterflowers #0164 Cinnabar

*** Bottom right: "Nordic Star Ornament"

by Roz Watnemo @ Nordic Needle

Fabric: Northern Cross Linen 27ct Natural

Fiber: Caron Waterflowers #0025 Holiday

*** Top right: :Hardanger Crystals #1"

by Roz Watnemo @ Nordic Needle

Fabric: Northern Cross Linen 27ct Natural

Fiber: Caron Waterflowers #0025 Holiday

The far left one is my contribution for this year

to BCRF auction@ my LNS.

The rest are still sitting there to be finished.
They are all Hardanger pieces with
some drawn work techniques.

" Quaker Christimas Samplers"

by CHS

Fabric: Vintage Fawn@ Lakeside Linens 40ct

Fiber: Gloriana Silk floss, Rosewood

This is one of my purchases

when I found out about Kathy will be retired

from designing the patterns.

"Les Lettres de Noël"

by Marie-Anne Réthoret Mélin

@De filen aiguille No. 52, Nov-Dec 2006

Fabric: Wichelt linen 40ct Natural

Fiber: AVAS 100/3 Creme & #500

This ons is a companion piece of the below.

I stitched up the first one

a couple of years ago,

then found out I had a little problem

finding the embellishment- extra small beads.

I finally finished up and framed it

about this time of last year

with some great helps by my blogland friends

Emma and Sanae in Japan.

They both saw and liked mine first,

then finshed theirs even before I did mine.

What's up with that? lol

Thank you both and it's that time again

to pull out from the closet to show off!

Right: "Moonlit Garden" Loose Feather #22

by BBD

Fabric: Lakeside Linens 40ct Vintage Dill

Fiber: WDW- called for the chart

I finished my fall house

even before putting my blog on vacation.

That was really fun while our weather

here in Arizona was still extremely warm!!

Then I started another fall project

as I really liked my fall house.

It's Fraidy Felix in black linen with 30ct.

Yes, 30ct in black is not something

I'm used to... 

Here is a lovely antique looking pincushion

I made as a class project last month. 

Linda Danielson@ Samplers Remembered

had a workshop at my LNS.

We learned how to embellish the pincushion

with the lace trim with the antique MOP buttons.

It was such a fun class learning and stitching with

all other participants,

some of us were even from out side of the state!

I've heard she is going to give another class

in early January as it was so popular

between the two classess she's already had.

"Petals for Penny Table Mat"

by Primitive Gatherings

And the last one, but not the least,

I'm also stitching this wool applique mat.

Wool applique is such a relaxing project

without any hustle.

I almost feel so sorry to finish the project

towards the end of it as it's that much fun!!

I think that's about it for now from here.

See you again some time...

 

-- Posted from my iPhone

While I was gone

"Christmas Market", " Church at Christmas" & "Christmas Tree Sale"
From "Christmas Tapestry in Cross-Stitch" by Inga Palmgren
Fabric: Fremme Linen 10B, Bleached
Fibers: DFT #97

Christmas project already? Why not!

This lovely red book filled with Swedish Christmas Tapestries has arrived at our front porch along with some beautiful gifts -will share with you later, last month. You may not the only one who express such a huge surprise to see me actually got hooked up with them. I'm also one of you - still can't believe myself stitched these at all. But sure I did!


I stitched them over one thread with single strand. It went fairly fast and almost blown out from the window!!


Then these blocks are the swap pieces from my friend "m" san. Her hand pieced beauties are the true heirloom pieces!!!

I'm planning to finish them with the fabrics enclosed with - I believe they are from "Pink Chocolate" line?. Not sure how it's going to be like yet, but will try my best not to destroy her original taste...


And I'd like to show off a little more from her package.

The above are designed and hand made by her with my favorite Dresden Plate motives :) The cute pouch on your right is a very good size to keep my all the goodies for knitting. And take a close look at the coaster! Yes, your eyes must be glued on the top part of it, I can see. That is a pin cushion!! What a creative and practical idea, isn't it? The coaster come with a pincushion! I fell love in with this one when she showed off hers on her awhile back, then here is mine now ;)


My B-Day, Christmas and Valentine's Day came all at once!!!


At last, but not the least, this is my favorite part of all. Very detail oriented with a touch of the nice and heart warming scent of what she sprays to the fabrics.

Thank you so much "m" san for such a wonderful things! I still feel like I'm drawn into the deep fabric ocean...

Till next time.

-- Posted from my iPhone