Coming Soon!

 

I'll release the new patterns right after Christmas so watch my posts and Kitty And Me Designs on Etsy!

Colorful Cat January Error

Everyone, Kris Herber found an error on the January Colorful Cat. The white "fur" with the blue snowflake near the bottom on both sides of the cat's face, should be worked in DMC white (the open stars) and not with the Kreinik 032. I apologize for any inconvenience. 

 

Spring Crazy Quilt Blocks

I stitched these a couple weeks ago.  I found the little cross stitch pieces in with my mom's sewing stuff.  The odd thing is, I think I stitched them.  Not sure why there were with mom's things but I worked them into these blocks.

 I didn't do a good job of cropping the Valentine block.  Some of the buttons are vintage some are new.

I need to order some silk ribbon to dye.  I'm running low on some colors, esp. purples. 

I have 2 more blocks sewn up and ready to stitch on.  I also want to finish up the cross stitch cornucopia that I've been working on.  So many wonderful things to stitch!  Too bad we have to sleep! 

New Releases Coming Soon!

I'm starting to think Valentine's Day and Spring.  Sorry but I can't stand Winter!  The snow, the cold, the wind... oh and then the freezing rain.  Not my cup of tea!

These are new patterns that I'll be releasing later this month.  First is some pretty little Floral Hearts:

 And then, Home Is Where The Cat Is:

 

These will be in my Etsy shop.  

I have a couple of finished Crazy Quilt Blocks to share but I'll do that tomorrow or the next day. 

2026 Colorful Cat Birthday Gift

Here is the 2026 Birthday Cat!  Her name is Bubbles!

 

 

 

To sign up to receive this free pattern on your birthday, hop over to the Fans Of Kitty And Me Designs Facebook Group and join.  Then, watch for Kris's sign up post which she'll have up in the next day or so. 

 

You will receive her on your birthday via email as a PDF download.

 

 

New Releases Are Now Available

The new releases are now available:

Colorful Cat Nickolas

 

Colorful Cat January

 

Colorful Cat February

And in case you missed him, Cobweb is now available. 

Ask for my patterns at your favorite needlework retail store or you can find them at 

Kitty And Me Designs on Etsy .

 

Christmas Star Freebie by Karen Gillespie

Our sweet friend Karen Gillespie, over at Fans Of Kitty And Me Designs Facebook Group worked up this beautiful little Christmas Star Ornament pattern for everyone to enjoy:

You can download the PDF file for this pattern here:

Karen's Christmas Star Cross Stitch Freebie 

 

Just Finished

I've been doing some stitching on my little 6 inch crazy quilt blocks and completed 2 more of them:

When I was packing up mom's clothes, I found this sweatshirt that I made for her years ago.  The little Chippy is cross stitched on the shirt using waste canvas.  I did a lot of sweatshirts back in the 90's!  Anyway, I decided to just cut out the little stitched piece and use it on a block.

The large maple leaf is a pin from Avon.  Remember, my mom sold Avon for years and years!  Anyway, I have a green pin just like it that I used on another block.

Again, the little Wood duck was stitched on a sweatshirt for my dad back in the 90's.  He loved it and wore it right up to the last time he went into the hospital.   So again, I cut out the little stitched piece and worked it into this block.

I must have had blizzard conditions on my mind the other day when I stitched this.  We're getting dumped on today!  Anyway, the silver trim is vintage, probably from the 40's.  I found it at a flea market.  The birch trees on the right are just some fuzzy yarn that I couched on with some grey perle cotton. It's very glittery.  It actually looks like I just dropped a ton of sequins on it!  Ya'll know I love my sequins!

New Video for the Colorful Cats

 So this took me hours to do!  But I thought it would be fun:

 

Coming Soon!

The February Colorful Cat is done:

 

 

 

Also, Cobweb will now be available thru me:

 

I will upload the new designs to Kitty And Me Designs on Etsy this coming weekend.  Also, they will start arriving at needlework shops in the next week as well.

Crazy Quilt Owl Block

This little block is done except for a little acorn pin that my mom gave me awhile back.  As soon as I find it, I'll add it to the red patch on the right.

For now, I'm trying to get Kitty And Me back on track.  My paperwork got all messed up so I'm working on getting things back in order with that.  I wasn't able to do much designing over the past few years so I'm planning out some new designs as well. 

 

Coming Soon!

I will be doing a new series of Colorful Cats designs.  One for each month of the year.  I will release them as I do them over the next couple of months.

This is January.  Don't you love those shades of blue!!! 

 

Sane and Crazy Stitching

Thought I'd share my current stitching projects:

First, I started on this beautiful Cornucopia by Kooler Designs Studio awhile back:

I had to hoped to complete it by Thanksgiving but I'm not sure that will happen.  I'm still in slow motion on some things.  Still winding down from everything and I get tired sooner than normal.  I just had to run on adrenaline for so long, taking care of mom and dad and the house, it's going to take awhile to settle down guess.

I started on this little Crazy Quilt block yesterday:

 

The little cross stitch owl is a freebie from Shannon Christine Designs.  She has some really pretty patterns.

I'd like to get back to some of  the vintage iron-embroidery patterns too.  I have a huge collection of those charming little patterns, including mom's now.  I want to get back to using them.

But, one thing at a time! 

I'm thinking come Spring, I might adopt another little Russian Blue cat.  I miss my Bleubird so much, I still can't believe I lost him at only 11 years sold.  The Russian Blue cats have amazing personalities and characteristics. 

If I do adopt another little one, I will name him Sherman after the Sherman family line on my mom's side.  I spent so much time on that line of the family and I'm still working on it!  They moved around back in the 1800's more than we do now!  Anyway, I thought Sherman would be a cool name.

 

 

Cats And Hearts Complete Series As PDF Downloads

The Cats And Hearts Cross Stitch Pattern Series is now available as a complete set of digital PDF downloads.  They are available here:  kittyandme.etsy.com

I can only upload 5 digital files to Etsy so you will have to check your Etsy messages for a message from me containing a link where you can download all 12 patterns.  Please give me 24 hours to send that message. 

 

 

Free Christmas Cross Stitch Pattern

 I've uploaded a new Free Christmas pattern to the Freebie list!

This cute little birdie with holly and berries would be a sweet little Baby's First Christmas ornament!

Download the Bird And Holly Cross Stitch Freebie here. 

And you can find all of my Free Cross Stitch Patterns here. 

Also, be sure to hop over to my Etsy shop and use Coupon Code:  GIVETHANKS to save 20% on all PDF Cross Stitch Patterns.  Offer good thru Sunday November 9th. 

Thanksgiving Sale !

 

 

This weekend only, save 20% on all PDF download patterns in my Kitty And Me Designs Etsy shop.

Use Coupon Code GIVETHANKS 

Coming Soon!

 

Slowly trying to get back to some sort of routine.  I just did a new Colorful Cat for Christmas and redesigned my leaflet cover.  What do ya'll think?  This will be available soon.  Watch my Kitty And Me Etsy shop.

Wild Turkeys

I don't have any stitching to share at the moment, but I thought you would enjoy my little visitors.  These are wild turkeys:

 I counted 17 of them in the yard:

 

They take their little stroll thru the neighborhood around 8:00 am and then sometimes another one around 4:00 in the afternoon.

They eat the bird seed that falls to ground from my feeders. 

Cross Stitch Pumpkin Block Finished

I woke up quite early this morning and decided to stitch on the pumpkin block:

It's a cloudy, rainy day here so the photo isn't great.  It's brighter than it looks here but it's done.  I'll start on this one next:

The cross stitch owl looks a little washed out due to the dreariness of the day today.  The design is by Shannon Christine Designs.  This is a little freebie on her website.  She has tons of pretty patterns so do hop over and take a look at her work.

 

 

Cross Stitch And Crazy Quilting

I had a bunch of little cross stitch pieces that I did over the years.  They were the perfect size for 6 inch crazy quilt blocks:

 

So I spent Saturday sewing them up.  I started stitching on one over the weekend.  Had to do the pumpkin first since it's October:

I don't remember who the designer is because I stitched this a few years ago.  I like to give credit where credit is due but I just don't remember.  It might be a Lizzie Kate design. 

This is the block before I started stitching on it:

I don't stress out over doing curved pieces.  I just top stitch them and then sew trim over them.  This afternoon, I'll started adding my beloved beads and sequins to this block.

If anyone is interested, all back issues of Crazy Quilt Quarterly Magazine are still available in my Etsy shop. 

On Sunday, I ran over to the local farm market to get some pumpkins.  They have a little petting zoo every year in the Fall.  I fell in love with this little guy:

I could have spent all afternoon just playing with him.  He was so sweet and really seemed to enjoy the fact that I'm a sucker for animals! 

Another Block

This is another block that I don't think I ever posted.  I'm pretty sure I did it last Summer when my dad was sick:

The beaded piece in the center is a Mill Hill beaded pin that I made years ago.  I used to love making them when they were more beads than stitches.  The little pink rhinestone piece in the bottom left corner came from mom.  I think she got it at Michaels or Hobby Lobby.  She never went anywhere with buying me something.

I still have a few Crazy Quilt Cat Dolls in my Etsy shop:

 

I've pre-packaged them for gift giving.  Not sure if I'll do any more anytime soon.  

I need to sew up some more 6 inch blocks, I have my McHenry Landmark Quilt to finish, I'm working on a cross stitch project for Thanksgiving and I have a ton of things that need to be sewn together.  Not to mention that I haven't used my Kitchenaid in like, forever!!  And I've been wanting to make some cookies!  But I'm still burned out and have to pace myself.  Not at all like me but it is what it is.

Winter Block

Thank you for your kind comments everyone.  Yes, it's been a long, hard road for quite a few years.  So still in the "one day at a time" thing.

I don't think I ever posted this block.  I think I did it when my dad was in the hospital.  I found the little reindeer ornament at an estate sale quite a few years back.  The purple snowflakes were in my mom's stash.  I still have more.  The little trees and polar bears are buttons from my stash.

Some Stitching To Share

After losing my parents and packing up the house and then losing one of my little cats, I've taken some time to get my own house back in order.  I still have a few loose ends to tie up and a few things to organize and put away but I'm doing it a little bit at a time.

I have been stitching and have a few things to share.

First, I started this piece last Summer when my dad was sick.  I just finished it about a month ago:

The pattern is by Kiralyn's Needlearts and she's on Etsy.  She has some of the sweetest patterns!  I'm sure I'll purchase a few more of her patterns once I stitch up some of the things in my stash.

I also stitched up one of the new Mill Hill Magnet kits:

 

I used to really enjoy making the little beaded kits but lately, I'm finding them really tedious and they're just not using as many beads as they used to.  I don't buy as many as I once did but I thought this one was really cute.

Over the weekend, I stitched up a crazy quilt block:

The pumpkins are a pin and earrings from Avon.  The spider web is worked with a metallic, variegated sewing thread.  It's similar in weight to Kreinik's Blending Filament.   It was in with my mom's sewing things.

So basically, after being a caretaker for so long and getting things settled from my parents house, I'm taking a little time to "get my brains back in my head", to quote my mother.  She used to say that all the time.  I'll get back to designing but I need some time to wind down from the stress.  

I also have my parents dog.  When my dad's hip broke, I had to bring him to my house so he's been with me almost 2 years now.  My mom was legally blind and he was her 3rd seeing eye dog:

His name is Ozzie and he's a beautiful yellow lab.  Good as gold and sweet as can be.  But he's scared to death of the kitties!  Ozzie came from Leader Dog For The Blind in Rochester Hills Michigan.  He'll be 8 years old around Thanksgiving.

Crazy Quilt Cat Dolls

It's been awhile since I made any of these.  I actually made them back at Christmas when it was terribly cold outside but I never got around to listing them.  My little Crazy Quilt Cat Dolls are now available in my Etsy shop.

 

I only have 4 for right now so if you want one, don't wait!!  Shipping is free!

 

Bleu

 Bleu - 2014 - 2025

Colorful Cats Surprise

If you missed out on the Colorful Cats Surprise when she was a birthday gift, she is now available at Kitty And Me on Etsy.

 Use Coupon Code:  STITCH1

Dad

Shortly after my mom past away in April of 2023, my dad got sick.  I took care of him for a year and he passed away on November 4 2024.

I spent months and months packing up the house and finished up just a few weeks back.

So that's why I've been MIA for so long.  I try to stitch when I can but I'm burned out now and will get back to it when I can.

I'm just now starting to think about designing again.  It'll probably be a little slow going and I don't plan to go back to full time work, just part time.  

One of my little cats is sick with Irritable Bowel Disorder.  No rest for the weary right!  Giving him meds is a nightmare.  This isn't my first rodeo with cats and meds but I've never had one fight me like Bleubird does.  Thankfully, the meds aren't forever and hopefully he'll start responding to the treatment soon.  He's only 11 years old and has only been getting meds since Thursday.

A couple weeks ago, I was at the McHenry County Historical Museum.  They have several beautiful Crazy Quilts and some antique samplers on display among other cool textile things.  I'll share photos next time.