Rose Garden Handbag Continued

Pink Hankie CQ
Originally uploaded by Kitty And Me.

I had a few hours to stitch on this yesterday afternoon. I added my signature cat, did the vine and silk ribbon rosebuds, added some beads to the lace and then did the little scallop at the top right. Those are fly stitches done on 8.5 count waste canvas. I really like the way it looks and have a lot of ideas for embellishing that. I just have to pick one of those ideas!

You probably can tell that I really only use a small variety of stitches on my crazyquilts. Every now and then I do something new and I've certainly gained alot of ideas from Sharon's 100 Details in 100 Days posts not to mention my own series of charted borders. But the point I'm making is that new crazyquilters shouldn't be intimidated by lack of stitch knowledge. If all you know how to do is the feather stitch, then by all means, cover every seam with feather stitches. Each one can be worked in a different thread color and embellished a variety of ways.

I do however encourage stitchers to try new things and Sharon's blog is a source for embellishing ideas!

100 Details In 100 Days - Day 21

Motif Rosebud
Originally uploaded by Kitty And Me.

Here's another little cross stitch motif for you to use on your crazyquilts. The floss #'s represent DMC 6-strand embroidery floss.

Coming tomorrow - violets!

Rose Garden Handbag

Pink Hankie CQ
Originally uploaded by Kitty And Me.

This is my latest crazquilt project. I started on it yesterday. I love the hankies that have the rayon machine embroidery on them. They make a lovely focal point on crazyquilts.

I find them at flea markets and antique shops for only $1! Yesterday, I found 8 new ones! All with the original tags still on them!

Anyway, this will be a handbag. It's 6 inches wide by 8 inches high and I'm trying to give it a rose theme. The lace to the right is a piece I found yesterday. Yards and yards of it for only $3.00. I handpainted a small piece of it for this project.

More tomorrow....

100 Details In 100 Days - Day 20

Motif Pansy
Originally uploaded by Kitty And Me.

We all know that there is more to crazyquilting than just covering the seams. I decided to do a few small cross stitch motifs for you to use on your crazyquilt projects.

I recommend 14 count waste canvas for these and DMC 6 strand embroidery floss. Use 3 strands for cross stitches and 1 strand for backstitching.

You can also stitch them on Aida or Evenweave and then sew them onto your foundation fabric. If you stitch these on 14 count cross stitch fabric, you'll only need 2 strands of floss for the cross stitches.

Click on the image to go to my Flickr site where you can download a larger version.

Please respect my copyright on these patterns.

100 Details In 100 Days - Day 19

I'm a little late in my post today. I ran up to a flea market this morning and found some great old patterns, some vintage lace and other little vintage do-dad's for my crazyquilt obsession! I'll share some of those things later this week. In the meantime, here are today's offerings for the 100 Details In 100 Days project. As promised, these are based on Redwork but you can of course, do them in any color that you wish:



1 5/8 inch wide on 8.5 count waste canvas



1 1/8 inch wide on 8.5 count waste canvas



1 1/2 inch wide on 8.5 count waste canvas