Pink Ribbon Crazy Quilt Purse for Breast Cancer Awareness

 

A portion of the sale of this Pink Ribbon Crazy Quilt Purse will be donated to the Susan G. Komen Foundation.

If you're a cross stitcher, please feel free to download the PDF file of my complimentary, Pink Ribbon Counted Cross Stitch pattern.

If you have a blog, Facebook page, Twitter page, Pinterest account or any other social media that you are part and enjoy, would you please help me to promote this purse?  For my own personal reasons, it's very important to me that this purse sells so I can make a donation to SGKF.  Please link to my website or to this blog post.  Thank you.

Pink Ribbon Crazy Quilt Purse Almost Complete!

I did the silk ribbon embroidery on this Pink Ribbon Purse last night during Dancing With The Stars and then this morning, I did some more beadwork on it:

A little more beading and embellishing and this will be ready to assemble into a purse.  I will make this available in my boutique and a portion of the sale will be donated to the Susan G. Komen Foundation.

I have quite a few new items to list in our shops and then I'll get back to working on this and I'm hoping to complete it tonight during Dancing. 

I'm really excited about this project.  Way too many people cope with this horrible disease.  I have lost 2 friends just this year to it and although my donation won't make a huge difference in the race for the cure, every little bit does help.

Pink Ribbon Purse Progress

I did a lot of stitching yesterday.  Actually, all I really did all day was laundry and stitching and that's okay!  I made quite a bit of progress on my Pink Ribbon Purse:

I'm planning on some Silk Ribbon Embroidery on that vine and I have some glittery pink ladybug buttons that I'd like to add to this.

In other news, Scott and I are heading up to Elkhorn Wisconsin this morning for the final Elkhorn Flea Market of the season.  :(   At least we have Grayslake Illinois Flea Markets all Winter.  And speaking of Winter, I think my Hummingbirds have left for the season.  I always feel sad when they leave.  It seams like it'll be a long time before they return the end of April.

I have loads of stitching planned.  Perhaps I need to do a purse with a Hummingbird?

Pink Ribbon Purse - Ready for Beading and Embellishing

The other day, I mentioned that I'm working on a Pink Ribbon Crazy Quilt purse.  I know way too many people who deal with Breast Cancer in some way and I want to do something to help the cause.  Here is an update on my progress so far:

This is ready for beads, sequins and other embellishments.  When I complete this, I will make it available in my Boutique and I will donate a portion of the sale to the Susan G. Komen Foundation.  I will also make the charted cross stitch design for the pink ribbon available as a free download.  I designed that pink ribbon a few years back in my cross stitch designer days.  I hope to have this ready on or about October 1st since October is Breast Cancer Awareness month.

Pink Ribbon Purse

Where did Summer go?  The leaves are turning orange and starting to fall, it's quite cool in the mornings so I've had to turn the furnace on and our Pumpkin Patch is ready for picking!

 I finished stitching up my 5th cat doll for this "litter":

I plan to sew these this little crazy quilt cat dolls up during the week.  It's always fun to see a bunch of them all together!

So what's my next project?  Well, I have to tell you, the word "cancer" is starting to go through me like fingernails on a chalkboard!  Every time I blink an eye, someone I know is coping with this horrible disease.  I know way too many people who are coping with it, have coped with it or have died from it than I can even count!  And I blame much of it on all the crap that's put into our food!  But that's not where I'm going with this.

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month so I thought I would make a purse and donate a portion of my fee to the Susan G. Komen Foundation.  This is the sewn block:

The pink ribbon cross stitch design is one that I designed years ago.  My friend and model stitcher Kim, worked up that cross stitch piece for me.  I plan to embellish this with lots of white, feminine lace and I'm thinking it needs some white Mother Of Pearl buttons but I'll worry about that when I get that far!  For now, I thought you would like to see the block before I start stitching on it.

When this purse is ready to list in my Boutiques, I will also make the cross stitch chart available again as a free PDF file download for anyone who would like to help the cause.

For now, I have a student coming this weekend to perfect her crazy quilting techniques!  I'm looking forward to it.  And I know when she leaves, I'll feel sad.  I always have a good time with my students!

Breast Cancer Awareness Purse - Stitching Complete!

I completed the stitching on this project last night:



There was a lot of "empty" space to the right of the pink ribbon. I guess I wasn't paying attention to that when I pieced it! Anyway, buttons are a wonderful way to fill in voids like that. These buttons are vintage plastic from circa 1940's.

All I left to do now is to assemble it. When I go into town later this week, I'll pick up some handles for it and can hopefully put it together over the weekend. I still have my little Patriotic cellphone pouch to assemble too. Guess I'm a bit late on that one!

For today, I'm going to sew up a comfort doll for Pat's Comfort Doll project. Mine will be a kitty. I mentioned Pat's project to my mom yesterday and she is planning to make one too!

I'm not sure I'll be able to start stitching on mine right away as I still have some commitments that I have to contend with but at least it will be ready to go.

Breast Cancer Awareness Purse Update

As promised, I have an update for you on my Breast Cancer Charity Purse:



Many of my readers have told me that they don't care for the color pink but I must tell you, it's one of my favorite colors!

Anyway, I'm still working on the seams and having a great time doing it!

The lace with the velvet ribbon in the center is a vintage piece. It was in a bag of old lace that I bought in Dubuque Iowa the very first time that Scott and I went to Galena. This charity purse has been in the back of my mind for awhile so I was saving that trim specifically for this project.

The lace to the right of the pink ribbon was a gift to me from Susan N. It's another piece that I've been saving for something special.

I haven't decided yet on what to do to the left of the vintage trim so later today, I'll probably start on some beading.

I guess that's all I have for today. I need to get going on my design-work for the day. The sooner I get that done, the sooner I can stitch on this!

News From Kitty & Me

As Sharon would say, grab a cuppa and settle back while I share some updates and news.

First, I met with Maxine yesterday and we re-evaluated what to do with her quilt. She loves what I've done so far. Since she wants to hang it in her shop and make it available for purchase, we have to consider her investment and be sure that it will be profitable for her.

My suggestion to her was that I add a few more large "points of interest" here & there to balance it out and then scatter a few more small floral motifs here & there. She agreed that my idea sounded great so that's what I'll be doing.

I can probably complete it in another week if I focus the majority of my attention on it. This coming week however, I have a huge pattern job to do for Bucilla so I will put Maxine's quilt on hold until the following week when I can really focus on it and get it completed for her.

When I finish this quilt for her, she another one that just needs some repairs. Wait until you see that one! It's absolutely beautiful! And it won't take me too long to repair it as the damage isn't too extensive.

In the meantime, I decided to start a purse project that I can work on in the evenings. You know I need to stitch or I just don't feel good! Anyway, I pulled this block from my drawer of ready to stitch projects:



As you can see, it will be a Breast Cancer Awareness purse. The pink ribbon is one of my own cross stitch designs. I'd like to say a special thank you to Kim, my dear friend and model stitcher who kindly took the time to stitch this up for me.

When I complete this project, I'll be listing it in my Etsy shop and donating a portion of the proceeds to the Susan G. Komen Foundation. I'll be starting on this project later today.

If anyone is interested in the charted Breast Cancer Ribbon design, you can find it in my Etsy shop.



All proceeds from the charted design will be donated to the Susan G. Komen Foundation.

If you've been following my blog all week, you know that I've been listing some of my previously discontinued charted designs in my Etsy shop. I've also listed several of the designs that are currently on my main website. They are there for a limited time only. Once they are gone, I will be discontinuing all past designs permanently. I strongly suggest that if there's something you want, to order it now. Again, all designs currently on my main website and in my Etsy shop will be permanently discontinued.

I've decided to drop my main website down to one page only. Since I blog everyday, there's no point in maintaining a regular website. We will eliminate all pages including my complimentary designs. If you're still wanting The Millennium Cats patterns, download them now! What will be there are links to my blog, my Etsy shop and my Flickr site. The web address and my email address will remain the same.

On a final note, my mom has been de-stashing her sewing room again and has asked me if I would sell some of her cross stitch and quilting things for her. Rather than clutter up my Etsy shop with everything, I decided to list her stuff on Ebay:



I'll be working on doing that this afternoon. What I don't get listed today, I'll do throughout the week when I have time. If you're interested in seeing what I have, you can search by my username "kitty-and-me" .

Ok, I guess that's the news for now. I doubt I'll have time to post an update on my B/C purse tomorrow. We're going to a flea market in the morning and then to my sister's house in the afternoon for my niece's birthday. I'll have an update for you on Monday and hopefully, will have some cool flea market finds to share with you!