Etsy Valentines

I've been busy as a bee these past few days, trying to finish up my valentine hearts and my valentine cat dolls.  All are ready to list now and will start on them today.

In the meantime, mom and I made a few simple, yet pretty little Valentine ornaments:

These pretty Valentines are at Etsy.

I'll post photos of my Crazy Quilt Hearts shortly!

Forget Me Not and Valentines

First, I'd like to say thank you to everyone who decided to take my Crazy Quilt Color and Composition Classes.  I'm thrilled to know that there are so many stitchers out there who want to learn my techniques!

I thought you would like to see a close up photo of Lesson 1 - Forget Me Not:

Lesson 2 will be released on January 21, 2013.  I'd also like to mention that if you signed up for Lesson 1 and plan to document your progress on a blog, website or photo album, please email me the link and I will post them here on my blog so every one can enjoy your photos!

And speaking of Valentines, I just listed 2 pretty Valentine's Day Door Hanging Pillows by mom over in my Etsy shop:

This pretty Pink Rose Door Hanger is made with a vintage hankie.

And this Valentine Heart Hanging Pillow is crayon tinted and hand embroidered by mom!

My Valentine Cat Dolls are all together now but I don't think I'll have time to list them until over the weekend.  I'll post photos when they're available.

Color and Composition Classes Lesson 1

Good Morning everyone and Happy New Year!  2012 was a challenging year for many of us and not necessarily in a good way.  But instead of looking back at unpleasant challenges, let's look forward to new, fun and exciting challenges!

I'm pleased to announce the release of Lesson 1 of my Color and Composition Classes.  If you're new to my blog and would like to learn more about these online Crazy Quilt Classes, please click the above link.

*The theme that we'll be working with for Lesson 1 is Forget Me Not. 
*The color scheme is pink, blue and white/cream.
*The techniques we'll be using are:  counted cross stitch, applique and seam embroidery beadwork

Crazy Quilt Color and Composition Lesson 1 is available as a digital download and as a hard copy and it can be ordered from Magcloud.

The 25 lessons will run as a stitch along so I've set up a Flickr group where we can share photos and discuss the lessons.

If you have any questions regarding this series of crazy quilt classes, please feel free to email me or leave a comment for me here on my blog.

Again everyone, Happy New Year, Happy Stitching and I'm looking forward to seeing everyone's projects!

Another Valentine Cat Doll

My last cat doll for this Valentine's Day:

I just finished this up this morning.  I have to run for groceries and then I'll pull backing fabrics for my cat dolls and get them ready to sew up.  I don't think I can get them stuffed until I get to JoAnn's tomorrow for polyester fiberfill. 

Stitching Valentines

The week between Christmas and New Year's is always busy for me.  My cousin has some time off of work so I get enjoy an extra day with her.  Scott and I like to go our antique malls where I always find a few little goodies to use on my crazy quilts for the upcoming year.  Then there's my annual trip to the big Super JoAnn's on New Years Eve.  We have a small JoAnn's here in McHenry but the Queen Mother of JoAnn's stores is in Algonquin.  Lot's of traffic between here and there so I always ask Scott to take me there for a nice shopping spree on New Year's Eve.  Talk about living the high life huh?  LOL!!!!

On New Years Day, I do my end of year paperwork and then mom and dad come over.  We order Chinese and mom and I sit and make our plans for our Etsy products for the upcoming 6 months.

I'm still stitching up Valentines.  I love Valentine's Day and I love making things for Valentine's Day.  Here's one of my projects that I finished up this past week:

I'll probably spend all day on Wednesday sewing my Valentine's together.  Then I'll have to stuff them all and get them ready to list at Etsy next weekend.  Not sure I can get everything done by next weekend but I'm willing to give it the old collage try!

In other news, Lesson One of my Color And Composition Classes will be released first thing Tuesday morning, January 1st.  Be sure to stop by here that morning if you're planning on taking my classes.  I'll post a direct link over to Magcloud where you can order either the digital version or a hard copy.

I guess that's my news for today everyone.  Hope you all had a nice Christmas and hope you're having a great weekend!