Color and Compostion Classes Lesson 1 Stitched Pieces

I thought for today I would share a few photos of the stitched pieces from my Color and Composition Class.  The theme for lesson 1 is Forget Me Not.  The required colors are pink for the background and blue for the stitching.  A stitched counted cross stitch piece that I designed was also a requirement for this block.

This is Jane's block:

Jane did a great job conveying the forget me not theme.  Her inspiration was the little forget me not flowers as you can see.  She did very well balancing the blue throughout the block and I love how she trimmed out her stitched piece.

This block is Kathleen's block:

Again Kathleen's inspiration was the little forget me not flowers that we see so often in Victorian graphics.  Kathleen did great balancing the block with the blues and using a variety of stitches to create tiny flowers through out the block.  And notice how Kathleen trimmed the stitched piece.  A lovely herringbone stitch all the way around it!  Beautiful!

And this block is from Cris:

Cris has been fighting an eye infection so she isn't as far on her block as she would like to be but I wanted to share it anyway.  I love the fabrics Cris used and I love how she trimmed out her stitched piece.  Cris has a lovely memory of her grandmother that she plans to express through her block.  It's a "think pink" theme since her grandmother died of breast cancer.

Finally, and I've shared this before but here is my block:

For me, the phrase "forget me not" represents my 3 kitties at Rainbow Bridge.  Francis, Garfield and Simba.  If you look closely at the little basket at the top left-hand corner, there are 3 kitties in it.

Lesson 2 will be released on Monday, January 21, 2013.

Etsy Valentines

For today, I thought I'd share the rest the Etsy Valentines that mom and made:

Yes, mom and I have been quite busy on these since before Christmas.  These are the last of our 2013 Valentines.  I'm not sure what mom is going to do next but I started another purse.  And I still have one to sew together.

Pink Crazy Quilt Purse

Finished this up this morning:

Ya'll know how much I love pink!  This pink crazy quilt purse is loaded with vintage millinery flowers, lots of stitching, beads and sequins!  I crocheted the edging and hand sewed that on.  It's perfect for Valentine's Day don't you think?

Pam Kelloggs Cats and Quilts Counted Cross Stitch Patterns

My 12 original Cats and Quilts Counted Cross Stitch patterns are now available at Magcloud:

These are my original 12 Cats and Quilts designs, one for each month of the year.  I still have some many stitcher's still requesting them.  I thought this was the easiest and nicest way to make them available.

Pink Crazy Quilt Purse

I mentioned in my post yesterday that I had just finished up another purse.  This crazy quilt purse is pink.  Ya'll know I love pink!

I hope to sew this up over the weekend along with another one that I made back in October (I think).  I'll post another photo when I have it all put together.