New Facebook Group for Crazy Quilters

Hi everyone,

For all the Facebookers out there, there is a new group for Crazy Quilters:

Friends Who Like Crazy Quilt Quarterly Magazine and Crazy Quilting is run by long time crazy quilter, Karen South.  If you don't know Karen, she does beautiful work!!  Be sure to see her article in the Summer 2017 issue of Crazy Quilt Quarterly magazine!

Available at Magcloud

Do hop over and join Karen's group!  You can share photos of your work, discuss your projects and Karen offers some very nice give aways too!

Never Ending Sampler Stitch Along Panel 2 Band 15

Today I have Band 15 of Panel 2 of the Never Ending Sampler Stitch-Along project!!

We're nearing the end of the Panel 2 now!!

Here is the entire sampler so far:

And here is Band #15 by itself:

This is worked simply with cross stitches and backstitching.

And here is the Band 15 with the Band 14 overlap for placement purposes:

Have a great weekend everyone!

Free Autumn Crazy Quilt Blog Background

While I was waiting for some things to upload, I worked up another free Crazy Quilt Blog Background.  This one is for Fall:

I know it's a little early but it popped into my head!  Anyway, copy the code below and paste it into your HTML Gadget thingy!!  This for Blogger/2 column blogs.

<style type="text/css">
body { background-image : url(https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4420/35660346023_7c1e260cac_o.jpg); background-position: center; background-repeat: no-repeat;  background-attachment : fixed; }
</style>

<script type="text/javascript">
var div = document.createElement('div');
div.setAttribute('style',"position: absolute; left: 0px; top: 30px; z-index: 50; width: 150px; height: 45px;");
div.innerHTML = '<a target="_blank" href=" "></a>';
document.getElementsByTagName('body').item(0).appendChild(div);
</script>

Never Ending Sampler Stitch Along Panel 2 Band

Today I have Panel 2 Band 14 of the Never Ending Sampler Stitching-Along.  Here is the entire sampler so far:

And here is Band #14:

This band is worked with cross stitches, back stitches and a large fan stitch.  Use beads or french knots on the bottom of the fan.

Here is a closeup of the fan:

And here is the overlap pattern for placement purposes with Band #13:

Happy Stitching Everyone!

New Cross Stitch Sampler

I've been working on a series of new cross stitch patterns inspired by bible verses.  There's so many that I love so I have my list and work on the designs as I can.

I just finished up John 15:5 I Am The Vine :

The 5th design in my Counted Cross Stitch Series titled, Inspirational Sampler. Inspired by the bible verse, "I Am The Vine, You Are The Branches" John 15:5, this design is worked with Sampler Threads by The Gentle Art but I have included the DMC equivalents. On 28 ct over 2 fabric threads (or 14 count Aida) the stitched area will be 6 5/8 inches wide X 10 inches high. The stitch count is: 94 X 140. 

Available at Magcloud:   http://www.magcloud.com/user/kitty-and-me

And at Etsy:  http://www.kittyandme.etsy.com/