Some Finished Projects

I did some finishing over the weekend starting with my Pansy Purse:



I already used this one yesterday when we went to the Flea Market. Unfortunately, I didn't find a single thing! But we had fun looking at all the great junk so that's what's important. And we saw the whole market before it started raining!

My next little finish is this cellphone pouch that I made for Scott's step-mom for her birthday:



I still have to put the chain on it but I'll do that later today.

I also finished up this Comfort Cat Doll:



I still have 3 all sewn up and ready to stitch but next time I have a sewing day, I'm going to sew up another pile of them.

Last but not least for finishes, you may remember my little embroidered mermaid that I stitched from my vintage transfer collection:



I was going to work this into a whimsical CQ purse but the design was just too big for the 9 inch blocks that I like to do so I decided to sew it into a little doorknocker and send it to Pat for the Comfort Doll project. I'll package this up along with the green cat doll and mail them to Pat later this week.

Finally, I had some time to stitch a bit more on the Model A block:



This theme is a bit challenging so I'm focusing more on color than anything else. I'm planning on doing some more SRE on it later today.

Ford Model CQ Block Under Way

I started stitching on this yesterday:



Margaret, my mother in law, loves sunflowers and I was going to do some on here but yellow just didn't work so instead, I'll stick with creams, blues, greens and browns. As I mentioned yesterday, this is a Christmas gift for Margaret. I thought she would enjoy taking it to all the car shows that they go to. I don't think she has time to read my blog. At least I hope not!

I'm doing some Fall cleaning today and have to run this afternoon for my Flu Shot and then I'll get back to stitching on this.

Autumn Blackwork Cat Counted Cross Stitch Chart

I had intended on retiring all of my past freebie designs but I've had some requests for some of them lately and I just can't say no to anyone! I've decided to add all past freebies to my Flickr site as I have time.

Here is my Autumn Blackwork Cat from 1999:





Click on either image to go to my Flickr site where you can download the large version of the chart & key.

Enjoy!

A New Block

I stitched up the little green comfort cat doll the other day and now it's ready for finishing:



I was asked which line I sew on. The sewing line is the inside line, the basting stitch. I have a tendency to push the envelope with beads so I hand-baste the sewing line and then I know I can't go any further with beads. The outside line is the cutting line. I top-stitch that with my machine to hold the fabrics in place.

So this one will be my next project:



I know a car is a funny theme for a CQ. That's my father in law's antique Model A. This is a gift for Scott's step-mom for Christmas. I'll be making it into a totebag. I thought it would be nice for her to take to all the car shows that they go to.

Anyway, Margaret likes sunflowers so I'll be doing this with yellows, creams and browns. I plan to start on it later today so stay tuned for progress reports.

Pansy Purse Completed & New Comfort Cat

Just a quickie for today. Scott took a couple of vacation days so we've been out and about!

I finished the stitching on my Pansy Purse:



I'm glad I listened to ya'll and changed that piece of lace to what's there now. It looks much better and doesn't distract from the pansy pin.

I'm way behind on laundry so I told Scott I need some "home" time later today. I'll start on another little comfort cat in between loads:



I think this one will be pretty embellished in violet and lavender.

More tomorrow.....