This Weekend Only

Save 20% on all PDF download patterns in my Etsy store:

Offer good Friday August 19 thru Sunday August 21.  

https://www.etsy.com/shop/Kittyandme?coupon=SUMMERSEND

(Excludes the Autumn Mystery Stitch Along)

Free Autumn Cross Stitch Pattern

Autumn Freebie - Count Your Pumpkins

All of my complimentary patterns are available here:

 
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/9273nt8f5n2stur/AAAWNAwO97z30Rfa9nppfOARa?dl=0

 

Four Seasons Mandalas Cross Stitch Mystery Stitch Along AUTUMN

Just a quick note to let you know that the listing for the Autumn Four Seasons Mandalas Mystery Stitch Along in now available for purchase in my Etsy store.

The Summer Mandala is also available as a complete pattern, both as a professionally printed pattern leaflet and as an Instant Digital PDF Download.

Here is the completed Summer Mandala

 

Part 1 of the Autumn Mystery will be released on September 1, 2022

McHenry Illinois Landmark Crazy Quilt

 I completed another block for the McHenry Landmark Crazy Quilt:

This is the Nicholas Bohr Stone House built in 1911.  It's located on Broad Street here in McHenry, Illinois where I live.  

This is the 2nd house that Nick Bohr built for his family.  He was a stone mason and plastered a lot of the of the historic homes and building in the early 1900's.

This is a traditional Victorian style crazy quilt that I started back in 2017.  Each block is 9 inches square and pieced by hand on a cotton foundation.  

Here is a photo of all the blocks so far:

If you click on the photo, you can see a larger version.

All stitching is done by hand.  The lace is either vintage or antique and the only embellisments are a few vintage buttons.

I have 6 more blocks to do and then I can start to assemble it which I will do on the sewing machine!

Some of the buildings on this quilt are no longer standing.  Many of them are.  I will put together a book with photos of the individual blocks and a brief description of each landmark.  That book will benefit The McHenry Area Historical Society.  I'm on the board and I'm also on the McHenry Landmark Commission.

Anyway, first I have to complete it.  I'm thinking it will be 7 blocks across and 5 down.  Since it will be displayed somewhere in town (I have a place in mind), I think that arrangement of the blocks will be more visually appealing than to assemble it lengthwise. 

Complete List Of Colorful Cats

I was asked if I would post a Complete List of the Colorful Cats and where they can be found.  The shop exclusives are included.  All the other ones can be ordered from most retail needlework stores or from my Etsy shop:

Complete list of Colorful Cats:

310 (exclusive) - Keepsakes Cross Stitch

America (exclusive) - Stitchery X-Press

Applejack

Blizzard

Bumblebee

Butterfly (exclusive) - Cross Stitch Boutique

Candy Corn

Celebrate

Cherryberry

Cobweb (exclusive) - Cobweb Corner

Confetti (exclusive as birthday gift to Fans Of Kitty And Me Designs Facebook Group)

Cupcake

Cupid

Delightful (exclusive) Needleworker’s Delight

Easter

Egbert

Emerald

Freedom

Gingerbread

Grapevine

Hollyberry

Jeannie

Jelly Bean

Jingle

Kitty (exclusive) Kitty And Me Designs

Koala

Ladybug

Lemonade

Liberty

Lollypop (exclusive) Hobby House Needleworks

Maggie (exclusive) Maggie's On Main

Maple Leaf

Mardi Gras

Mermaid

Midnight

Mistletoe

Mozart

New Year

Nightmare

Pansy

Patrick

Phantom

Pharaoh

Poinsettia

Pumpkin (exclusive) For The Stitcher’s Soul

Rainbow

Rosebud (exclusive) 123Stitch

Sapphire (exclusive) Stytching Country

Shamrock

Shortcake

Snowflake

Spooky

Sunflower

Sunrise (exclusive) - The Crafty Framer

Sunset (exclusive) - Stitch By Stitch

Valentino

Watermelon

Wildflower (exclusive) Craft Gallery