XOX

Felt pillow inspired by the project in the Colorful Stitchery book. It is an easy, breezy project resulting in a glowing response from a little someone.

Happy Valentine's Day!

For all my "Colorful Stitchery Stitchalong" friends, I made this embroidered Valentine! I am overwhelmed by the creativity and enthusiasm all of you are putting into your fabulous work. The thing that makes me the most happy is that everything is looking different and original. As an author, the most joyful part of my job is seeing what others do with my ideas and seeing where they take them on their own.

Thank you all for sharing your stitching lives with all of us. There really are some fabulous projects on this blog, aren't there?

Happy Valentine's Day!
Kristin

Needle book

Made for a swap. I sat with Kristin's book in my lap and stitched.

Fennel Fix

I covered two holes in my sweater with a little bronze fennel. Read about it on my blog.

Jan-Knit's Green Hat

This crocheted hat is my own design. I embellished with colorful yarn embroidery and mother of pearl buttons. Blogged here.

airplane!

This is my first attempt at completely original embroidery. I used 3 strands of DMC floss to add an airplane and some little stars to a craft apron for my airplane loving niece. I just used a split stitch for the airplane, it couldn't have been easier. In fact, I think the hardest part of this project was making the drawing on the fabric. My niece loves it, and it looks so cute on her!

Blogger Upgrade - Trouble Happens!

Hi Everyone! Last weekend, I finally switched my blog account to the new blogger. I had avoided this knowing it was going to make more work for me. And yes it did entail a few hours of fussing around. I always avoid upgrades on software because of this!

Anyway, the Colorful Stitchery Stitchalong also got automatically upgraded as some of you have noticed. I think the new blogger is great because there are some fun features (Labels especially) and it seems to be a little easier to work. But some nasty stuff happened too!

The list of contributor's has shrunk to a miniscule amount. I am stumped as to why because on my administration list, it is still long and everyone who joined is still listed.

When you change to the new blogger, you have to sign in with a google account (yes, I had to make a new account and now have a new password). It looks like all of the "new contributors" are those who have switched to the new blogger. But if you haven't upgraded yet, your name isn't listed.

So, please don't think that I took your name off the list.

Can I ask a favor though - can someone try posting (if you know you are a member but not listed) and see what happens. Then let me know.

Thanks for understanding - isn't technology wonderful?

Wool Purse & Bag

Little gifts for my sweet grand daughter.

Felt Christmas ornament

Kristin's blog and her book- Colorful Stitchery and Kid's Embroidery have been so inspiring to me. I made these at Christmas as little gifts for friends.
And some more hearts-

This wool heart was made from some wool from a wool suit, washed, then used...as an ornament for my son and daughter-in-law...

I hope to do lots more embroidery this year- I am inspired, and by the other posts I see on this Stitchalong blog!

Grace's Bear

I made this cute little bear today for little Grace, my friends one year old daughter. The idea came from Julia's Bears in Kristen's Colorful Stitchery book. The bear is super cute and an easy afternoon project.
Happy Stitching!

Little Monster

Another post for the "children's art" category. Sophie and I collaborated on this piece, a gift for our friend's baby girl. She drew the monster, cut out the pattern and then drew the features with a pen on the felt; I embroidered the face and then blanket stitched the doll together.

Apparently, the little girl already had an "Ugly Doll", so our toy was dubbed "Monster". Despite having a face you hate to love, little Anna adores her Monster.

25-Year Old Stitches

I had to chuckle when I suddenly remembered something I have in my 'saved treasures' closet to keep for grandchildren. This was a shirt I embroidered for my daughter (now 36) when she was about 7 years old. It was on chambray fabric and the enbroidery was done with DMC floss. I thought they were cute then, and I still think they are a really fun peek at childhood.

quirky cushion

Hello Stitchers! I've been meaning to share a couple of my projects for a while, and I'm finally making time to just do it :o) I am not super experianced at embroidery, but it sure is fun. I've done some cross stitch and a little ribbon embroidery and a little crewel. I recently completed one of Kristin's stitchery kits, and it was so fun to do! Here is my brilliant orange cushion on my purple-y blue couch. I love the way it came out, and it really wasn't as difficult as I was afraid it would be. I can definitely recommend her kits for all skill levels of stitchers. Next time I have a little project of my own design to share.

Keep on stitchin'!

Knitted foot warmer

Found this wool/nylon yarn on sale and thought it would make a great foot warmer for chilly nights and sitting quilting or sewing. It works up very randomly. The colors go well with the cushions in my wicker rocker in sewing room. I'll stop back with the finished product.