Another Transfer and Other Stuff

Floral
Originally uploaded by Kitty And Me.

The living room project is progressing. Not fast enough for my tastes but I understand that it only goes so fast.

The wiring for the new ceiling fan is in now. The drywall on the walls doesn't go up to where the new drywall ceiling will be. So, Scott is filling in the gaps every evening when he gets home.

On the Crazy Quilt front, be sure to visit Allison's Works In Progress Blog to see a gorgeous Breast Cancer quilt. This is simply stunning!

My offering today is another of my older "dot" type transfer patterns. I didn't quite get it on the scanner straight but I'm sure you can work with it if you want to. Just click on the photo and that will take you to my Flickr album where you can view a larger version.

I need to get back to my design work. But I'd rather be stitching! Oh, BTW - I've been stitching on my 15 inch peacock quilt and it's coming along nicely. There isn't much I can help Scott with right now so I have some stitching time. Yeah!

Idle Hands....

Vogart 3
Originally uploaded by Kitty And Me.

are the devil's workshop! That's what my grandmother used to tell me when I was little. Perhaps that's where my need to stitch comes in.

I did do some stitching on my peacock quilt yesterday. I mentioned a few weeks back that it's too big for the scanner. We have the camera out right now so when I have a few free moments, I'll take a picture of it.

Anyway, I did some stitching and it felt good. If all goes well, maybe I can have an hour or two later to work on it.

Another verse from an antique sampler that just popped into my mind is this:

"This needlework of mine may tell,
that when a child I learned well
and by my elders I was taught
not to spend my time for naught."

I always liked that verse and used it on a marriage sampler for my living room a few years back.

Today, I've scanned 2 more of my newest vintage transfers from Sherry. These are just so cool! Why does life have to get in the way when there's so much to stitch?!!!

Home Improvement

Sorry I disappeared again everyone! We're doing some home improvement here. Our house had a drop ceiling in the living room. Ick! So we're in the process of tearing that out. Underneath that, there's a tiled ceiling. Icky 50's type stuff. So that will have to come out. Then under that, there are spacer boards which we'll have to pull out before we can drywall. It's ridiculous!

Anyway, I'll try to have something interesting for you tomorrow.

Wool Felt Valentine

Wool Felt Valentine
Originally uploaded by Kitty And Me.

I received this pretty little valentine from my mom yesterday. She designed it herself using woold felt, beads and several different stitches.

Isn't it just too cute?!!

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.