Blog GiveAway

Maggie is having a wonderful giveaway on her blog. A CQ journal she made. You have till November 15th to sign up to have a chance to win.

Long time to post

Hello everyone! Just wanted to say I have been busy since my last post. Just not with stitching. You can see what I've been up to by visiting my dyeing blog. I will be posting to that blog more than this one for a little while cause I am working on deciding what colors I will be using for my 2012 quilt challenge. I will be dyeing different color values to see which ones I want to use for this project. I have been taking a lino class also learning how to make my own stamps. So between making stamps and dyeing fabrics I will be very busy for awhile. You can see what I've done so far here .

Red Anemone

As I stated below, I got behind on my lessons and this is the reason I got behind. I wanted to do this thread painted flower. It's called the Red Anemone. I am pleased with how it turned out. I done this flower for three reasons.
1. In my group CQI this months challenge is flowers other than roses.
2. I am practicing these thread painted flowers first to add to my crazy and sane quilt so that by the time I get these done I will be able to do these flowers for
3. my 2012 quilt challenge.
I want to get the practice in so that hopefully my flowers will be outstanding on my 2012 quilt challenge.
My plans for this quilt is to do flowers (thread painted, stumpwork, maybe brazilian embroidery) insects, small animals. The title will be Crazy Bout Nature. I am hoping to hand dye my fabrics for this quilt using the compliments, split compliments, etc of the threads I use for the thread painting. Will see how this goes.

Lesson 5

I finally got lesson 5 finished. I'm not happy with the pic, didn't turn out to well. I have gotten behind on my lessons. Trying to get caught up. lol!

Block 2

Here is what the second block looked like before I started on it.

And here it is after my additions

I purchased Nancy Eha's Bead Creative Like Crazy and used the pattern from her book for the beaded feather stitch. It's a wonderful book to have in your collection.

Lesson 4

I am so loving these lessons! I was really proud of this lesson. Can't wait for the next one. I bought the book Long and Short Stitch Embroidery by Trish Burr. It has some beautiful flowers in it that I want to do.

Blog GiveAway

Pat Winters is having an awesome giveaway on her blog . Go take a look at the beautiful bird nest necklace she will be giving away to some lucky person.

Crazy and Sane

In the first block I had added one of my tatted flowers to it. With the background colors the tatting wasn't showing up that well. So I decided to do a little thread painting to cover the background up. I think it looks lots better now. Now to move on to the second block.

New Embroidery Stand

I'm in love.....lol!! Really though I am so glad I purchased this embroidery stand.
I am so tired of my hoops leaving marks,,now I won't have that problem anymore. I'm going to go buy another scroll the same size as this one , that way I will be able to keep my projects on them till I'm done. I'm fixing to be doing stumpwork and gold work so I needed something to be able to keep my work in. I got this at Hobby Lobby, but don't ask me the name of it. Threw the box away and can't remember. lol Oh well!
Now I have a place for my work where I can sit and stare at it till it speaks to me.

Big Giveaway

Jo at No Matter Where I Go, I always meet myself There is having a fantastic giveaway for her 600th blog post.
Take a look at Jo's Etsy shop at all her beautiful items for sale. Jo also has a vintage Etsy shop. Talk about some awesome items there!