Despite feeling like I was hit over the head with a baseball bat due to a sinus infection of some sort, I did some more stitching on this block yesterday.
I embellished the row of yellow daisies next to the feather with some sequins and beaded the other row of yellow daisies.
I also did some tatted flowers using the same thread as the the lazy daisy flowers on the vine and sewed them on to the vine adding some yellow beads for flower centers. This gave the vine a more 3-D look.
I also did my usual plain tatted edging and added that above the peacock feather. I hope to feel up to working on this some more later today. I have to do some real work for the time being though.
Janet, one of the girls from my chat board, asked me if have any of my CQ's finished. Well, hopefully in another week or so, I'll be unveiling my 30 inch X 30 inch whole-cloth crazy quilt that I did back in the Spring. I have the binding on it now and just have to add the sleeve for hanging and my quilt label to the back. As soon as I can get it completed and hanging on the wall, I'll get some photos to post here.
I've finished many of my 9 inch blocks into either pillows or doorknockers so I'll pull some of those out and get photos of them as well.
I don't mind "finishing" at all. But I would always rather be stitching so I usually wait until I have a few things needing finishing and then I do several all at once.
Cross Stitch Patterns inspired by nature, animals, holidays and scripture by Pamela Kellogg
Tuesday, September 06, 2005
My Garfield
As promised, I'm sharing with you another of my kitties today. This is Garfield, named after the cartoon cat.
My Garfield turned 14 years old the end of July. He's big and fat and fuzzy and crabby, Crabby, CRABBY! He's so much like the cartoon cat, it's uncanny! Although we do not feed him lasagna!
Garfield weighs in at 18 pounds, he's extremely fear aggressive so we have to tranquilize him to get him to the vet's office for his shots. He's untouchable, meaning, no one but Scott and I are allowed to touch him. I don't know how he got to be that way because he's been with us since he was 6 weeks old. He's never been abused and has never wanted for anything.
But for Scott and I, he's a big, fat, cuddly teddy bear. So soft and mushy and he buzzes really loud!
As with Lucy and Simba, Garfield was also rescue. Although we did not rescue him. We adopted him from our vet's office.
My Garfield turned 14 years old the end of July. He's big and fat and fuzzy and crabby, Crabby, CRABBY! He's so much like the cartoon cat, it's uncanny! Although we do not feed him lasagna!
Garfield weighs in at 18 pounds, he's extremely fear aggressive so we have to tranquilize him to get him to the vet's office for his shots. He's untouchable, meaning, no one but Scott and I are allowed to touch him. I don't know how he got to be that way because he's been with us since he was 6 weeks old. He's never been abused and has never wanted for anything.
But for Scott and I, he's a big, fat, cuddly teddy bear. So soft and mushy and he buzzes really loud!
As with Lucy and Simba, Garfield was also rescue. Although we did not rescue him. We adopted him from our vet's office.
Monday, September 05, 2005
In The Pink Peacock Has A Tail!
Despite feeling a bit under the weather yesterday, I did some more stitching on this block. Now the peacock has a tail!
The jewelry piece was a pin that I found a flea market. IT's quite sparkly even though that doesn't show up well here. Scott cut the pinback off for me so I could sew it down and get it to lay flat.
I also worked on the seams some and will get back to it here shortly.
More tomorrow...
The jewelry piece was a pin that I found a flea market. IT's quite sparkly even though that doesn't show up well here. Scott cut the pinback off for me so I could sew it down and get it to lay flat.
I also worked on the seams some and will get back to it here shortly.
More tomorrow...
Simba
I've posted alot of photos of my Lucy. Mostly because she's facinated with the camera and will sit still long enough to have her picture taken. So Scott takes alot of photos of her.
I do have 3 other cats and I want to share their pictures with you as well.
This is Simba laying in the chair here by my computer. He'll be 9 years old the end of this month.
Yes, he's fat and mushy and just as sweet as can be. He's very gentle, doesn't have an aggressive bone in him and so shy that when the doorbell rings, he hides under the bed!
I named him Simba because when he was a baby, his little profile reminded me of the baby lion in The Lion King movie.
Scott says he's not the brightest crayon in the box and that is true. Be he's so sweet and so beautiful and he lays next to me when I stitch and I love that.
I do have 3 other cats and I want to share their pictures with you as well.
This is Simba laying in the chair here by my computer. He'll be 9 years old the end of this month.
Yes, he's fat and mushy and just as sweet as can be. He's very gentle, doesn't have an aggressive bone in him and so shy that when the doorbell rings, he hides under the bed!
I named him Simba because when he was a baby, his little profile reminded me of the baby lion in The Lion King movie.
Scott says he's not the brightest crayon in the box and that is true. Be he's so sweet and so beautiful and he lays next to me when I stitch and I love that.
Sunday, September 04, 2005
Hot Pink Peacock Continues
This is how the block looks as of now. What you see was done on Friday. I didn't get to working on this yesterday but I will today.
The rhinestone piece that I have will go on today along with the "tail feathers". And we'll see what else I come up with!
The rhinestone piece that I have will go on today along with the "tail feathers". And we'll see what else I come up with!
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