Transfers At The Needle's Excellency

For those of you who are into vintage transfers, it looks like Laren has aquired some new ones. Be sure to check out her "Sally Perkins" Vogart transfer. I have never seen this one here in the US and I've never heard of Sally Perkins. If anyone out there can shed some light on this, I'd love to hear from you!

Birth Of A Hummingbird

Most of you know, I love birds! Especially the tiniest of all birds, the hummingbirds! Kathy, aka Mad Stitcher, sent me this link and I thought my readers here might enjoy it! Bird Of A Hummingbird is a series of baby hummingbird photos, from birth to leaving the nest. Be sure to see all 6 pages.

EZ Board Message For My Cross Stitchers

Just a quick note to let you know that the BB is up and running. The redirect from the old server to the new server is not working. (I'm so surprised!) You'll need the direct link to get in. Click here and then bookmark it and you shouldn't have anymore trouble.

Butterfly Block Update

Butterfly Block4
Originally uploaded by Kitty And Me.

This is what I did Saturday. I didn't stitch at all on Sunday. It was very hot here. We had gone out in the morning to pick a few things up and although we have central a/c here at home, I just didn't feel right after being out in the heat so I did something I almost never do. I just sat and watched TV most of the day. Very unusual for me!

So, now I'll go and add some more stitching to this!

Butterfly Block Update

Butterfly Block3
Originally uploaded by Kitty And Me.

I think I forgot to tell you what fabrics I used on this block. The dark blue is crushed velvet, the grey is taffeta, the pink and the light blue are silks and the print in the center is cotton.

I didn't have alot of stitching time yesterday. I added the silver braid and covered the seam to the bottom right of the butterfly. I used 3 strands of a Needle Necessity hand dyed floss for the feather stitching. The french knots are made using some DMC #3 Perle Cotton that I hand dyed myself. That #3 makes really nice french knots! The white lace is vintage. It was in a shoebox full of vintage lace and crocheted piecses that I found at a flea market back in May. The pink ribbon has metallic gold on it. I'll be sewing that down today.