I Just made it !!

I sent a little mason jar snowman with some buttons inside today.

I forgot to take a photo so I will show you the one I made for myself.

 I think the pink works wonderfully for this endeavor 

Next year I am going to start my project a little sooner !!!

Take Care

Patty C

So little time...

... but here's what has arrived in time for the Silent Auction...!

Fa La La
Plum Pudding NeedleArt

Reindeer
Aury

And this sweet little breadbasket I made with the fabric called
"Inspiration"
by
Henry Glass

Sent to Mesa!

I finally sent off my stitched pieces to Mesa yesterday! I just couldn't get to it any sooner... One is the 15-sided Biscornu, one is a pinkeep and one is a hanging pillow. I can't wait to see all the projects! Thanks for letting me join this blog!

Hugs, Maggee

They're on their way!

Nutcracker is one of 5 from Cross Stitch & Country Crafts Nov/Dec 1989

Holiday Spirit, designed by Robin Shappell of Samplerbird Stitchery © 2010

Both projects were fun to stitch up and were a nice re-introduction to stitching after months (it seems) of quilting!  I now look forward to seeing all the auction contributions being photographed and posting.  It's such a heart warming project.  Thanks Cathey for promoting breast cancer awareness and the need for research funding.

Hi every one :) just letting you know I sent my little ornament pillows off to the attic needlework shop on Friday :) 
The design was a freebie from itsdaffycats blog  it was a lovely quick stitch ... I stitched them on 28 count honeysuckle pink evenweave  using colours from my stash  and made them into little pillows with some quilting fabric from my stash pile and some matching ribbons :)
hope you like :)
love mouse xxxxx

Newsletter

Congrats on the blog being mentioned in the Attic Needlework Newsletter!!

http://www.atticneedlework.com/Newsletters/2011/20111013_Newsletter-web.pdf

An Autumn Pixie

Hi everyone!  I finally tried my hand at making a Tilda doll and was happy with the results.  I plan to send this little lady to the auction.  I hope she gets lots of bids.

There are more pics on my blog if you want to take a look.  :o)  I am still trying to get a stitched piece ready to go but don't know if I will get it done in time.  I also have a couple of wallets to send as well as the Stitcher's Tote A Long I made some time ago.

My last piece for the Auction

Hello everyone! I decided to enter this 15-sided biscornu into the auction. I was stitching it for an exchange, but a little voice told me one night that it should go to the Auction instead, so voila! The colors are a bit off, but it is stitched on a medium pink linen, with two varieties of DMC pink thread and mauve-y pink glass beads. Maybe they will take a better picture for the auction! It is a free pattern from Kathrin's blog.




Now on to finishing the other two and getting them in the mail!! This has been fun!


Hugs!


Maggee

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Faith and Joy

Hi everyone! Just put the finishing touches on my contributions to the auction yesterday and hope to pop them in the mail tomorrow... This year, I decided to stitch two donations--sure hope they bring in lots of money for breast cancer research.


First up, is a freebie called "Joyeux Noel" by L'r de Rien which you can find right here. I used white DMC and a 28 ct. dusty pink evenweave and finished it off with a white beaded edge and little bow hanger.


My other contribution is from Little House Needleworks and is simply called: "Faith." The sentiment on this one "Faith is being sure of what we hope for" really brought to mind anyone struggling with a disease or difficult situation. I used a putty colored 32 ct. Jobelan and Crescent Colours and the fabric shown in the background to back it. I was so excited to find it as the colors were a perfect accent for the fibers used in the stitching. This one is finished into a pinkeep with a white satin ruched ribbon and little pearly pins placed along the perimeter.

So, that's it for another year--I so enjoy doing this, Cathey! Thanks for organizing it for us each year...

SWEET LITTLE BERRIES

Sweet Little Berries completed this morning . . .

Sweet Little Berries by Little House Needleworks

stitched on 28~count Cream Cashel Linen with suggested Crescent Colours


My normal pillow finish! with dotty burgundy fabric panels each end and back to match the strawberries at the top.  The seeds on the strawberries were meant to be french knots but they looked so irregular when I had done them I unpicked them and put matching seed beads on instead!

Hope everyone else is busy putting their ideas to fruition.

Thanks for looking
Jane
xxx

Less Than Two Months Left!

How is everyone making out with their donations? I see that quite a few have finished and have even mailed them out! I have to say that I'm guilty in that my donations are still here :oS I must get myself organized!

I want to congratulate Nia because her donations were featured in this week's Attic Newsletter! Hope is absolutely gorgeous :o)

I do have one request from those that are participating...if you have finished your donation, can you please email me privately? I want to be able to get an idea of where we stand so far. Thanks!

A BIRD OF HAPPINESS

Hi everyone from a very wet, windy and gloomy UK!

I've just finished another stitchy item for the forthcoming auction ~ this is 'Happiness', a design from Brooke's Books Publishing . . . .

I stitched this little cutie on 28~count Sand Carolina Linen with the listed DMC conversions, added beads for the flowers, a silver 'made with love' charm at the bottom and the backing fabric is a pale pink and white as shown in the picture.

I hope this contribution will indeed bring 'happiness' into someone's very important life.

xxx

If anyone is interested in the chart, I am more than happy to send it on to you, just leave a comment over at my blog and if there's more than one person interested I'll pick a name next week.

I have two finished ornaments!

Here are two ornaments that I am contributing to the auction this year. This was a  lot of fun.

The first ornament is a freebie design by Veeandco.  The pattern is Never-Ending Hope Ornament. You can find this on her sidebar. This was stitched on 28 count fabric with DMC threads.

The second ornament is a freebie design by Sharon of  It's Daffycat. The pattern is  Jinglebell Reindeer. This was stitched on 18 count fabric and using DMC threads.


Hugs,
Carolyn

BUNNY PILLOW

My first contribution to this wonderful cause . . .

Printemps des Lapins by Danybrod

stitched on Sand 28count Linen with suggested DMC threads

I hope it will be okay, there have been some wonderful stitched gifts posted so far ~ my finishing abilities are somewhat limited but I have enjoyed stitching these bunnies and hope someone else will like them too.

Will this one do?

It's finished-finished...

"Christmas Angel" by MidSummer Night Design found in the JCS Ornaments 2007 issue
I changed out the green for a Blue in the word LOVE to give it different/more color.

I sure hope someone falls in love with it and will pay any price to own it, lol

It will be mailed out soon

Happy ornie stitching!!!!

I finally made a decision

and here is my start

Christmas Angel by MidSummer Designs

from the 2007 JCS Christmas Ornaments issue

First stitched finish for auction!

I finished stitching a piece by Little House Needleworks called (obviously) Be Joyful in Hope, on 25-count Baby Lotion Lugana over one, with random DMC threads. I still have to finish it into an ornament, but at least it is stitched!





Hugs!


Maggee

Another CQ Finish

One more try at a CW type finish. The x-stitch design is by Milady's Needle from the 2010 JCS Ornament issue. You can read more about it on my blog.

Four

Tried something a little different with this one. The design is 'Four' by Monster Bubbles from the 2010 JCS Ornament issue. I loved the quirkiness of it and the cute beaded collars on the birds. I decided to test the waters with a CQ block type of finish.. the first time I've ever done that.

Pink ribbon biscornu

Mission accomplished for 2011! My biscornu is finished and now I have my two contributions ready to fly away :)

On my previous post, I forgot to mention that this is a freebie by Romy from Austria :)