Cross Stitch Patterns inspired by nature, animals and the holidays by designer Pamela Kellogg of Kitty And Me Designs
Tuesday, September 06, 2005
Laren's Blackwork Shirt
For those of you who love blackwork, be sure to visit Laren's The Needle's Excellency blog to see an update on her blackwork shirt. You'll have to scroll down just a bit. It's absolutely breathtaking! I can't wait to see what this looks like sewn together.
A Ray Of Sunshine
It's difficult not to get caught up in the sadness of the aftermath of Katrina. The uncertainty is everywhere. Those who have lost everything aren't sure where or how to start rebuilding their lives and those of us not directly affected by it, feel helpless.
Through my friend Gina in the wonderful land of OZ, I found the most beautiful weblog. Rose Cottage is a blog by Laurie who loves vintage linens and beautiful china and roses. Laurie and her family live about 5 minutes from Biloxi, Mississippi. They lost just about everything to the hurricane. Laurie's family is fine and their computer survived so Laurie has been able to keep her readers updated on how she and her family are doing.
A ray of sunshine came to Laurie and her family from under the wheelwell of her car the other day. Nala is a little kitty that somehow managed to survive the hurricane. Please visit Laurie's beautiful Rose Cottage blog if you'd like to see Laurie's new little kitty, a bright light amidst the darkness.
Through my friend Gina in the wonderful land of OZ, I found the most beautiful weblog. Rose Cottage is a blog by Laurie who loves vintage linens and beautiful china and roses. Laurie and her family live about 5 minutes from Biloxi, Mississippi. They lost just about everything to the hurricane. Laurie's family is fine and their computer survived so Laurie has been able to keep her readers updated on how she and her family are doing.
A ray of sunshine came to Laurie and her family from under the wheelwell of her car the other day. Nala is a little kitty that somehow managed to survive the hurricane. Please visit Laurie's beautiful Rose Cottage blog if you'd like to see Laurie's new little kitty, a bright light amidst the darkness.
Hot Pink Peacock Update
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.
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.
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...
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