The McHenry Landmark Crazy Quilt Final Block

 The final block of the McHenry Landmark Crazy Quilt! I just finished this yesterday.

Started in 2017, this is a traditional Victorian style Crazy Quilt pieced and embroidered entirely by hand on a cotton foundation fabric.

 

Each of the 30 blocks featuring a McHenry Landmark is 9 inches square. All lace is either vintage or antique. I used vintage Mother Of Pearl buttons to make the little spiders. The Victorians loved spiders, so each block has a spider and spiderweb.

 

The next step of the process is to assemble it. I will do this on my sewing machine! It will have a 3 inch border around the outside and a sleeve on the back for hanging.

 

When it's entirely complete, I will be doing a presentation on this project for the McHenry Landmark Commission and The McHenry Area Historical Society. I expect this will event will be in the Fall of this year.

 

I'll post photos of the assembly process when I get to that. I need to do some calculating and pick up the supplies for finishing it.

 

Here are all 30 blocks "Photoshopped" together:

 

If you click on the photo, you can enlarge it to see it better.

 

I'll be rearranging the blocks for visual balance.

 

Complexity Of The Colorful Cats

Karen Gillespie graciously put together a spreadsheet laying out the complexity and simplicity of The Colorful Cats designs.  This list includes the number of DMC threads, Kreinik threads, specialty stitches and buttons needed for each pattern.

You might find this helpful in determining which of the cats you would like to stitch.  You can find a downloadable PDF file here:

Complexity Of The Colorful Cats Cross Stitch Patterns

Thank you so much Karen!!

Also, be sure to join Fans Of Kitty And Me Designs on Facebook!!

New Releases

Spring is just around the corner and today I have some fun new releases to share with you!

First are 2 new Colorful Cats, Morning Glory and Violet.  These are floral themed cats each with a button, one from Mill Hill and one from Just Another Button Company.  Perfect for Spring and Summer stitching! 

I also have some whimsical Happy Birthday Bookmarks.  These are great little gifts for any book worm!

All new designs feature beautiful, glittery Kreinik metallic threads.

In other news, the Spring Mandala Mystery Stitch Along now available for purchase in my Etsy shop.  The stitch along will start on March 1st.

Be sure to ask your favorite needlework retail stores to carry my patterns.

They are also available in my Etsy store.
Use Coupon Code: STITCH1

Until next time, Happy Stitching!

Pam

Four Seasons Mystery Mandala Stitch Along Project SPRING

 

The Four Seasons Mandala Mystery Stitch Along is a year long, 4 part Mystery Cross Stitch Project, one mandala for each season. Designed by Pamela Kellogg.

Summer, Autumn and Winter are complete and available for purchase as full charts both as a professionally printed pattern leaflet and as an Instant Digital PDF Download.
The Spring Mandala is the 4th and final in this series.

Each pattern will be the same size - 125 stitches square.

Each mandala pattern will be broken down into 4 parts.

Each part will be released every 2 weeks for 8 weeks.

Part 1 of the Spring Mandala Mystery will be released on March 1st.

Part 2 will be released on March 15th.

Part 3 on March 29th.

and Part 4 on April 14th.

The Stitch Along chat will be held on my Fans Of Kitty And Me Designs Facebook Group however, if you don't care for Facebook, you do not have to join.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/fansofkittyandmedesigns

You're welcome to just stitch the project on your own.

Each of the four Mandala Mysteries will be $12.00.

The pattern files will be PDF downloads.

Please check your ETSY messages. When I receive your order, I will send a confirmation message with the link to a Dropbox folder where the files will be uploaded on the specified release dates.

If you have any questions, please message me via Etsy.

Please respect my copyrights!!

Fans Of Kitty And Me Designs

 

Be sure to join Fans Of Kitty And Me Designs FB group! We have a free Birthday Cat on your birthday, a Kitty And Me Bingo game where you could win a free pattern, lots of work in progress photos and more!!

Come join in on the fun!