I'm Of To Visit My Folks........

I'm off for a week to give my folks a little TLC...And hoping to find lots of warm sunny weather....One of my favorite people in the whole world, Angie ( my little sister) Is going to make me beautiful with a hair cut and color...this pumpkin guy is for her as a little thank-you for a day of beauty...she really deserve about a million pumpkin guys nothing can repay how great I feel when she is done making me pretty.....
If you look up in the left hand corner of the picture you will see a ball of fluff.....And that is another one of my favorite thing, Reilly my stitch en dog...I can't believe I haven't posted a picture of him yet....He is always two step behind me right now he is asleep on the floor under the computer...



When I sew he is asleep under my sewing machine. When I stitch his is asleep on the couch right beside me if I stitch something small he is on my lap....I really think he sleeps 20 hours a day the other 4 hours he spend following me up and down the stairs. I know when he looks up at me sometimes he is thinking can't you just stay in one room I am just getting comfortable...But he just keeps coming I never find myself in a room with out him...You have to love that...



I know in my last post I said I was done making pumpkins....Not so I found I still needed to make a larger spooky and a few more small pumpkins which made me happy just another excuse to spend the day in my sewing room......


Then last I though I would share the cat I just finished I absolutely love him....The pattern is from Country Stitches I love all of Brenda's designs I have been sewing and stitching her creations for years....And of course I have a ton of her designs stashed to work on later.....But don't tell my husband after all these years he still doesn't under stand a girl can nerve have enough project to work on...(just kidding)
Keep stitching, Nancy

One More Pumpkin.....

I have been filling orders for pumpkins and when I think I am almost done I find a reasons to make one more pumpkin...This is my latest pumpkin a white pumpkin with a spooky patch.... I used the same patch that I used on spooky the cat...The last couple of pumpkins have been a bit smaller...





Then I thought it might be fun to have an autumn pumpkin....Tied with a silk ribbon...I must say I love silk ribbon you can find the greatest colors and I love the texture...


Now I really have to stop with all the orange and black and move on to Christmas or I'm going to be terribly behind....I have a ton of fun Christmas ideas that I can't wait to get started on....
Thanks so much for stopping by and for all the kind comments I truly appreciate every one, Nancy

I'm Having Fun With Finishing Work...

I have met the nicest people in blog land. Josie ask me if I could do some finishing work for her which gave me an excuse to spend the day in my sewing room as I have said before that off course made my day this is a pear cross stitch she sent me... I put an 1 1/2 inch boarder around the pear and decorative embroidery stitches around the border and outer edge of the pillow and topped it off with a small velveteen pear in the corner...I would love to give credit to the designer of the pear but I don't know who designed it...If any one out in blog land know who the designer is would you let me know........
I knew someone out in blog land would know who designed the pear and pumpkin....Chrissie (blog.. Me and My Shadow) said they were designed by JBW designs called French Country Pear and Pumpkin....Thanks a bunch Chrissie....



Next she sent me this pumpkin cross stitch probably designed by the same person...I finished the pumpkin into a bag with two different fabrics ...I stuffed the bag with cotton batting then added twigs and rosemary coming out of the top and tied it all together with black ribbon...
Josie told me to just use my imagination in finishing her items. It was really fun to see what I could come up with..I have one cross stitch item left to finish for Josie it is a winter stitchery. I'm still think about what might be fun to do with that one......If any of you love to stitch but hate to do the finishing work....I would love to help you out it would mean another day in the sewing room for me and of course that would make me happy...
Thank so much for all your kind comments and for stopping by, Nancy

TDIPT Mercantile.....Update.....

Wow... I love the 15th of the month...Today at 6:00 I get to post my new items on TDIPT this as be a fun adventure for me I never get tired of sewing and creating I could spend my whole life doing only that... But thank goodness I have a tons of people around me that need me... So I spend every spare moment I can in my sewing room....(The cross stitch pattern for the pumpkin was designed by The Stitcherhood.)


Please check out TDIPT for this months offerings...I'm sure there will be a lot of scary and spooky offerings this month from all the talented artist to make your Halloween fun...

Jaxon was helping me take pictures so I had to post a picture of him too just because he is so darn cute.....I'm really sorry I am one of those grandma that can't get enough of there grand kids I'm sure this won't be the last picture of him I share.....
Thanks so much for your kind comments and for stopping by, Nancy

Spooky.....

I can't believe school has started and the last holiday of summer is over....I love fall but I really hate to see summer end... Here in the northwest our summer hasn't been very hot my pour tomatoes are tiny and green I don't think they will ever ripen before the frost comes ...I have been reading about your gardens out there in blog land and love all the pumpkin pictures ..I'm sorry to say I planted orange, white and Cinderella pumpkins and every one I have is still green..Oh well I guess I'll have to get pumpkins at the local fruit stand to decorate my front porch...
My latest project was spooky the scary cat and his little friend and sidekick mouse..My scary cat is made out of osanburg then painted black and time worn...The little mouse is made out of wool then time worn...With the word spooky cross stitched on the pocket...







I've also been working on strawberries this design is from Nicoletta Farrarito...




The red strawberry is stitched on prairie cloth. Which I dyed red I have also dyed prairie cloth orange for pumpkins and black for spooky's pocket. I find when I stitch something on prairie cloth that I am going to stuff it is super easy to stuff it even and get the shape I want ...The red strawberries design comes for a antique sampler......
Well that's all the stitching news I have for today.....
Happy stitching, Nancy