Some finishes

Yesterday I attended my EGA's Christmas in July.    We had some great projects.  And better yet, I have even finished two of the three.

First, ribbon candy.   This is the sample.   The pattern is Ribbon Candy Ornament by Calico Crossroads.

Stitched on perforated paper, this is my progress---that's a 15 inch log piece of paper.   It's a lot of stitches!

These are little 2 1/2 inch by 2 1/2 inch paper boxes created and personalized.   Paper and ribbon is from Stampin' Up.   Pattern from www.pootles.co.uk/2015/05/22  Good for party favors, votive candles,  hostess gifts, showers.   Change them up with any color and paper combinations.

And last was this design from The Drawn Thread.  I put the final stitches in it this morning.   I changed it up a bit by adding beads and mixed smyrna crosses in with the algerian eyes.  Got an idea of how I am finishing it....but that is another day.

Other things I have been working on.  I have finished a quilt top.  This is from a weekend retreat a couple years ago held by The Quilt Box in Exton, PA.  

I have been working on it for about a half hour each morning assembling the rows before work.  I am ready to make that quilt sandwich and put on the binding which will have to wait.  Mr. William is coming for a visit next weekend.   He is coming by train and of course he is bringing his mom with him.  I need to decommission the dining room as quilt central for their visit.


And trust me, all my corners do not meet so nicely.   I was editorial with what I shared!

Buddy has helped me when I worked on the binding.

And a class finish to share.   I took a class in the end of June with Beth Seal of Summer House Stitche Workes at Stitches Unlimited in Lancaster PA.  It is called "My Grandmother's Needlebook" 

Here I have it paired here with a bag I purchased from Faye Rigsby, The Carolina Stitcher.    This was from the Prim Stitchers Retreat.   Beth Seal provided the motif to attendees prior to the retreat.   If we brought the stitched piece and two 1/2 yards of fabric, Carolina Stitcher made you a bag

The smaller bag was a gift to attendees at the Prim Stitchers Retreat.  It was also stitched by Carolina Stitcher and part of our welcome package.

This has become my grab and go bag for working or when heading out the door to a friends to stitch.

Hope to keep up this wave of finished projects as well as hope to return to more frequent posts and more important to catch up on all the blog posts I have missed.

Thanks for stopping by and keep on stitching.

More chocolates

I must be on a sweet tooth roll.  This is something I stitched this years ago.   I am not quite sure but I think it was a Little House Needleworks chart.   I had the vision to make it into a box of candy.  

Before I started to assemble it, I decided to backstitch the pink border as well as each chocolate piece. I got the mat board cut, I then wrapped it with fabric for both the inner and outer box and then stitched the box pieces together.  I cut layers and layers and more layers of batting and laced the stitched piece over the batting with a mat board base.  

All that was left to do was to put it in place with some acid-free double-sided table.  Not my best finishing job but from the top of the bridge it is ok.  

 But more important, one less unfinished finish in my completed projects baskets.  

Thanks for stopping by and keep on stitching!

New Start

Kind of not much stitching going on for me.  I've totally lost my mojo for the Corsica River SAL.......However,  I did  manage a few stitches on a new start.......like I thought it would jump start the mojo or like because I just wanted to......no matter.

But first up,  at the last EGA meeting before the summer break one of the members taught us how to make calorie free chocolates.    EZ-PZ and if you didn't add the beads, each can be done in under 15 minutes.    Pretty cool.     I see more of theses in my future

 More fake food I can torture my children with.

Oh Blogger why won't you cooperate and let the 'rotated' photo stay rotated?!

This is my new start.  I'm hoping that starting a new project will help me get back in the  groove.   This is Jarden Prive’ ABC de la Brodeuse.  I am stitching with the charted DMC floss on 27 count banding with one thread, over one thread.   I had wanted to convert the chart to a horizontal band rather than stitch it as charted vertically but just didn't have the mental energy to rechart it.   So it is stitched as charted.   Easy stitch and great sense of accomplishment when each motif is completed.  So easy to complete a word or flower even if you don't have a lot of time to stitch.

Lastly, I had ordered shelves back in May and finally got them put up.   I got this idea from an Open House at Patty Yergey's home in lower Delaware.   Patty Yergey is the designer for Samplers Revisited.  She has some original designs but also charts antique samplers.  She said she was tired of putting holes in the walls when she rearranged her samplers.    Great idea for me to change out the holiday stitches and no problem to rearrange items.

Thanks for stopping by.....and keep on stitching.