Lots Of Finishes!

Well, I did a lot of finishing on Saturday. The first thing I finished was my Breast Cancer Awareness purse:



One of these days, I'll get better at taking photos! I can't seem to get my things lined up right so they're straight in the picture.

Anyway, this is ready for it's new owner. I'll be doing another one down the road a ways. Kim was kind enough to stitch the ribbon again for me.

Next, I finished my little Patriotic Cellphone Pouch:



I have to run into town and when I get back, I'll list it in my Etsy shop.

Speaking of my Etsy shop, I've decided to drop my showcase in Richmond. It's costing me more than I'm making so I'll be bringing my things home at the end of the month and I'll list everything over at Etsy when I have time.

Last but not least, I finished up my kitty for Pat's Comfort Doll project:



I will be making more of these! I love how this came out. I also have an idea for an angel doll and a butterfly!

Also, my mom made 2 dolls for Pats project:



Aren't these cute? Mom always packages her things up so nicely! I'll get a box out and get everything ready to send to Pat in the next day or so.

In the meantime, I still have to do the finishing on my Tarot card bags. That's my plan for today. And perhaps, I might be able to squeeze in some time to sew up another cat!

Comfort Kitty - Stitching Complete!

I finished the stitching on this little kitty yesterday:



I have a huge stack of pieces that are ready for finishing so I'll be running my sewing machine most of this weekend.

Today's finishing will include this kitty, the B/C Awareness purse and my "better late than never" Patriotic Cellphone pouch!

Stop by tomorrow to see how they all come out!

Comfort Kitty Doll

I spent yesterday afternoon and evening stitching on my comfort doll for Pats Charity:



I'll probably finish this up today. If so, I hope to get it sewn up over the weekend and ready to send to Pat.

After that, I'd like to get to some more stitching on Maxine's quilt. I'm going to set myself up with a few small embroidery patterns to work on here and there. These may be things that I'll stitch and then applique onto Maxine's quilt later. I think it would be easier to embroidery them off-site and then sew them onto the quilt with some trim or lace around the outside.

Antique Embroidery Patterns

I've just scanned and uploaded 4 antique embroidery patterns from my collection. These are from a magazine but there's nothing on these sheets that indicate which one. Nor are they dated. Judging by the pictures in the advertisements on the back, I would say they are circa. 1900.









These patterns are by the Richardson Art Embroidery Club, 220-224 Adams Street, Chicago Illinois.

Click on one of the images to go to my Flickr site where you can download the large versions.

2nd 1916 Tatting Booklet Uploaded

I just finished scanning and uploading the 2nd of my 1916 Tatting Booklets:



Old And New Designs In Tatting by
Sophie T. La Croix
Copyright 1916

Click on the image to go to my Flickr site where you can find the booklet (what I have of it) in it's own album.