Fans Of Kitty And Me Designs

 

Be sure to join Fans Of Kitty And Me Designs FB group! We have a free Birthday Cat on your birthday, a Kitty And Me Bingo game where you could win a free pattern, lots of work in progress photos and more!!

Come join in on the fun!

Cupcake A Birthday Gift

My mission to help the retail needlework stores will continue well towards the end of 2020 but in the meantime, I thought it would be nice to do something for my Facebook group:  Fans Of Kitty And Me Designs If you haven't joined the group, I would like to encourage you to do so.  We have a great group of stitchers there.  They share their WIPS (works in progress) so you can see the cats and my other designs and how pretty they all stitch up!

We also host a Kitty And Me BINGO game.  If you play, you could win a free Kitty And Me PDF pattern of your choice!!

And we have a lot of needlework retail shop owners in our group who will bend over backwards to help you with your stitchy supply needs!!  All you have to do is ask them for help if you need it.

And if you're working on the Never Ending Sampler, I've moved that group over to the main group.  It's getting a bit challenging to take care of 2 groups.

I will be announcing when Panel 7 will start and I will have some other announcements to share soon as well.  So please hop on over!!  Of course I'll share my news here as well.

Anyway, Cupcake is a birthday gift to everyone in my "Fans Of" group.  Instructions for receiving this free pattern are posted at the group.  If you join and sign up for the pattern, you will receive it in your birthday month.  I know, some of you will have to wait awhile.  But this will be available for your birthday through June 2021.  At that point, I will do a new birthday gift for everyone at the group.

So that's my news for today!  Don't forget about Bumblebee and Ladybug!  My 2 newest releases in the Colorful Cats series.  They are available at retail needlework stores as well as in my Etsy store.  Please use Coupon Code:  STITCH1 if you order from Etsy.

Win A Free Cross Stitch Pattern

BINGO!!  Be sure to join the Fans Of Kitty And Me Designs Facebook group for a chance to win a free pattern!!

Strip Quilted Pouch

I've meaning to post this for awhile now:

This is a little pouch that I made for a friend of my mom's.  She's legally blind and has a guide dog.  She doesn't like to carry a purse.  I've made her several Crazy Quilt cellphone pouches over the years but this time I thought I'd make her a larger pouch so she has room for her keys, phone, rosary and wallet.

I strip quilted the pouch on a muslin foundation, then top stitched lace over the seams.  I appliqued the rose embroidery (from a vintage hanky) on top using heat and bond to hold it in place while sewing it down.  Then I added the trim around the outside.

A few embellishments gives it some sparkle.

I put it all together and then hand crocheted some trim for the bottom with some fancy yarn. 

The chain is removable.  I use the little lobster claw clasps which I hand sewn on and then added the chain.

It's a nice quick gift if anyone is looking for some fast Christmas ideas!

In other news, there's a contest over at Fans Of Kitty And Me Designs Facebook group!  The prize is one of my cross stitch patterns.  Hop over and check it out!

Fans Of Kitty And Me Designs

You're invited to join Fans Of Kitty And Me Designs Facebook Group!!  You can talk with other stitchers, both cross stitchers and crazy quilters, post your stitching photos and ask questions!!!

Never Ending Sampler Panel #2 Band #8

I hope everyone is caught up on Panel #2 of the Never Ending Sampler because today, I have Band #8 for you!

Here is the entire sampler so far:

And here is Band #8 by itself:

This band is worked entirely in cross stitches.  Please feel free to use multiple colors.  You can also add beads if you wish!

And here is Band #8 with the #7 overlap for placement purposes:

Also for today, if you're on Facebook, there are a couple of new groups that you might be interested in. 

First is, Fans Of Kitty And Me Designs.  This is a place where you can post photos of any of my designs (stitched pieces), be it this sampler, my cross stitch patterns or my crazy quilt patterns.

Next, if you love Crazy Quilt Quarterly magazine, you'll enjoy this group hosted by Karen South
Friends Who Like Crazy Quilt Quarterly Magazine.

And don't forget to post your sampler photos over at The Never Ending Sampler Stitch-Along Group!

There's lot's of places to hang out and have fun with stitchers!!!!