A new finish and something to share.....

 First off, I went up to my LNS...Needle Orts.....yesterday and she had in this very cute set of minature accessories.  There's a magnet for holding your needle in place on your fabric, a 2 inch ruler, a hornbook and a thread holder.  All but the magnet have claw hooks on them so you can attach them to anything you like.  Well mine I have attached to a larger claw and then attached them to my scissors.  Aren't they the cutest???  

I also finished the Sweetheart Tree Mini Quaker Pincushion I was working on.  I stitched it on a natural/red Graziano Linen using a beautiful silk fiber.  I also attached some buttons to the upper right hand corner just for decoration.  If you are interested in this, check out my store.

I read about this on another blog and I thought I'd see what the interest is here.  The Sweetheart Tree design you see above would be mailed by me to someone along with a skein of floss or silk.  The person who is chosen to receive this, must have a blog and also must drop whatever she is stitching at the moment in order to stitch this design in a timely manner.  She would then put it on her blog and ask for someone to accept the pattern and a skein of floss from her.  It's kind of like a round robin and the object is to see how many people we can get to stitch this design.  Let me know if anyone is interested in this because I think it would be fun to see what someone else could come up with.

Blessings as always,

Barbara

Sweetheart Tree La Fleur.....question....

 What you see above is what I have stitched on this design.  Now you can tell from the below picture, that this is suppose to have the flower in the center but that's where I'm stumped.  I want to turn this into a biscornu so I can't stitch the center design.  I would love to hear suggestions on what I should do to accomplish this.  Also, the fabric I am using is an overdyed grey green and I'm stitching it with an HDF silk called Salty Sea.  The design calls for these little blue button but the entire time I've been stitching this, it's reminded me of life under the sea.  So instead of these little blue buttons, I'm going to use pearls but I don't know if I should use cream or white.   What do you think?  Also I'm going to use a mother of pearl button for the center.  

I love her original design but it just wasn't working for me.  Ever have this happen to you or am I just weird?  LOL

As always, Barbara

A Wonderful Day at the Market

Today was the day that my local LNS displays all the new goodies she returned with from the Nashville Market. As you can tell, I was in 7th heaven and it was very hard to get my feet back on the ground. I limited myself to just my favorite designers so I could keep the expense under a manageable figure....I'm not sure my DH would agree. LOL

Dinky Dyes new scissor case which comes with the silks and the matching scissors. Very cute!!! I love doing the Sweetheart Trees designs on the checked Graziano linen and this one looks very sweet. Shepherd's Bush had a freebie when you purchased the silver charm that went with it. This one is a darling sheep atop a hill with a tulip charm.

These are two of the designs I have awaited impatiently for. I am dieing to start the Lighthouse biscornu from Rosewood Manor and the With My Needle Huswife from Ellen Chester is just beautiful. I love stitching her designs.

Prairie Moon has come out with Black and Red Sampler II and since I had number I it was a no brainer that I had to have it. LOL And then there is La-D-Da. I absolutely love all of her designs and love stitching them.

Just Nan had some wonderful items this time but I limited myself to just these two. The vintage winder I have plans for so stay tuned to see what I do with that and the Needle Tweet is for my daughter, Jenn.

Ever since I stitched the Jenny Bean pinkeep, I have fallen in love with these designs. I broke down and purchased the fiber pack for this one....saves on time pulling threads don't ya know.

And last but not least....Blackbird Designs. I truly think they outdid themselves this market and there was nothing that didn't make it into my bag. The Manor book has some of the most beautiful pincushions they have ever produced and my fingers are itching to start them.

So let me know what you think about my purchases and what you think I should start first. I always have a very hard time with that one.

As always,

Barbara

Ladybug, ladybug Fly Away Home......

Yes it's a ladybug biscornu that I stitched for a sweet friend who collects them. If the pattern looks familiar, it's because it's a Sweetheart Tree one but done with different colors. This was fun to do and I'm hoping C.......... likes it.

As always,

Barbara

Sweetheart Tree Wedding Sampler

I thought I would share this with you. One of my customers had me stitch this for a friend of hers that's getting married. I will confess, Sweetheart Tree designs are a bugger to stitch and the less I see of them, the better. LOL