Redwork Books

For those of you who like Redwork, I have 2 wonderful books in my collection. The designs in both books are from vintage Redwork quilts.

The first book, Red & White is a two book set. One contains the history of redwork along with vintage advertisements and photos of antique redwork quilts. The second book in the set contains many of the patterns from the quilts.



The second book titled, Nature's Beauty In Redwork contains 25 beautiful patterns from antique Redwork quilts.



Both books are available from Keepsake Quilting or Amazon.

Sharing Some Of My Books

I don't have any stitching to share with you right now so I thought I would share a few of my favorite needlework related books.





These two books are loaded with wonderful Victorian designs by William Briggs and Co. LTD. Perfect for Crazy Quilting and many other needlework and craft applications. I ordered mine from Amazon. The "Forgetmenot" sprig that I used on my All That Jazz block came from one of these books.

Speaking of the All That Jazz project, be sure to visit Annies Crazy World blog to check on the finishing progress.

Bonnet Kitties In Cross Stitch

I don't have any stitching that I can share with you today. I did start a 15 inch peacock block the other day but it's on my big quilt frame that my husband made for me and it doesn't fit on the scanner. I don't want to have to keep taking it on and off the frame.

So today, I thought I'd share with you 2 of my newest designs for counted cross stitch. These are Bonnet Kitties and they are published by Imaginating Inc. The designs aren't up on their website yet but they are available in stores and catalogs.





The designs are based on real cats, Magic and Katie. They belong to my friend Sylvia who graciously grants me permission to work from photos of her babies for my designwork.

Thank you Sylvia!

Good Luck Block Completed

Good Luck Block Day 7
Originally uploaded by Kitty And Me.

I looked at this for a few days and I decided to add a few little white seed beads around the shamrock. I think they finish it off nicely.

Is there someone out there who downloaded the Doorknocker finishing instructions that I posted on Saturday? If so, would you consider emailing them to me? It would be so much easier than to sit here and rewrite the directions. Thanks!

Another Bunny

Bunny3
Originally uploaded by Kitty And Me.

Well, I don't know what happened to my post on Sewing A Doorknocker but I sure hope it isn't gone forever. It took me 1 1/2 hours to write that up on Saturday. I'll give it a couple of days and see if it comes back. If not, I'll try to rewrite and repost it.

In the meantime, I finished up this little bunny last night. I'm going to add some little yellow seed beads for the flower centers on the egg.

Again, please excuse the cat hair.