Another Stitchy Freebie

Been in a designing mood the last few days and thought I'd share with all of my blog friends.

A bit of simple summer fun stitchin'

This one has quite a bit more back stitching, but is done in all full cross stitches.

Hope you enjoy the design and as always if you happen to stitch this one up, I'd love to see a picture of it. Thank you for wandering to the cabin.

Take Care & Happy Stitchin'

Hugs, Sandy

4th of July Stitchy Gift

I just finished designing this little kinda country/primitive piece for all my blog readers. All full cross stitches and not much back stitching. 

Just click on the chart and the instructions to print them up.

I hope you enjoy the chart, and as always, if you happen to stitch up one of my designs I'd love to see how you finished it.

Take Care & Happy Stitchin'

Hugs, Sandy

2015 Smalls SAL Update

Sadly I have not been stitching at all this last month, at least not cross stitch or Hardanger. What I have done is make up a whole crate of fabric and felt pumpkins.

 These should count since the leaves are all stitched by hand with Buttonhole edges and straight stitched veins. All of the pumpkins, leaves and flowers are hand stitched with hot glue to hold all the pieces together.

I'm working on a tutorial for making the pumpkins and the flowers. Should have that up here sometime soon. Also trying to get my craft/sewing room back in order and trying to get yardages for all of the fabrics I have so I can get back into sewing clothes again. So many ideas running through my head.

That's it for this post, thank you so much for stopping by and having a look around.

So until next time.......

Take Care & Happy Stitchin'

Hugs, Sandy

TUSAL Update

I'm starting to think that I should change the name of my blog to "A Day Late and A Dollar Short" seeing as I have a hard time with posting on time for the TUSAL and the 2015 Smalls SAL. Oh well, at least I get them posted.

Here are my ort piles for the month. Been making felt leaves, tomato and strawberries. 

 

The ort jar is getting rather full.

Found these DMC threads at the thrift store.

Got 45 floss for .20 each and two Pearl Cotton for $1 each.

 

I'll post some of the things I've been making instead of stitchin' later on. Thanks for stopping by and having a peek into my simple life.

Take Care & Happy Stitchin'

Hugs, Sandy

More Hand-dyed Buttons

I tried two more colors for the hand-dyed buttons.

On the left is Navy Blue which came out black and grey, maybe less dye the next time around, but first I need to find more buttons I only have a couple dozen left. On the right is Yellow not a bad look would be great for flower centers. 

They're sitting on a piece of coffee stained and oven dried muslin that I'm going to use to make some primitive pumpkins for the fall. Oh who am I kiddin', I know I'll end up leaving them out all year long because they're just too cute. Here's the first one I made.

"6" wide Primitive Pumpkin"

Every thing is hand stitched and the wood stem is hand wrapped with jute twine. Way to cute to only leave out during the fall season, don't you think.

Well that's it for this post. Thanks for stopping by and having a look around and thanks for any thoughts you decide to leave behind, I appreciate each and every one. 

So until next time.......

Take Care & Happy Stitchin'

Hugs, Sandy

2015 Smalls SAL

Totally missed the boat on this one, kept thinking it was May 29th not the 27th. Oh well, I'll just blame this one on the hubs being off Thursday till Sunday and finishing planting the garden and herb planters. 

"O' Holy Night"

 

Designed by me and stitched on 28 count using DMC threads, it has a spot for me to add metal star as soon as I find the perfect one.

I know it's a bit early for Christmas stitchin', but it's what I was feeling at the time. It's a bit big for an ornament so I'll most likely make a small pillow. I have other Christmas songs in the works just need to get them charted.

Thanks for stopping by and until next time.......

Take Care & Happy Stitchin'

Hugs, Sandy