Thursday, February 3, 2011
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Books Have Arrived!
Look what the UPS man just delivered!
Woot! Woot!
For those of you that have ordered autographed copies...I'll get busy writing...and get them in the mail to ya'll just as soon as I can! Of course, you'll get an email with your delivery confirmation tracking number when your book go's in the mail.
Some will go out today...and I hope to get the rest of them in the mail by tomorrow! For the international ones, I'll get postage estimates for you...and email you about that soon too.
Oh, I'm just so excited!!
For those of you that have ordered autographed copies...I'll get busy writing...and get them in the mail to ya'll just as soon as I can! Of course, you'll get an email with your delivery confirmation tracking number when your book go's in the mail.
Some will go out today...and I hope to get the rest of them in the mail by tomorrow! For the international ones, I'll get postage estimates for you...and email you about that soon too.
Oh, I'm just so excited!!
Welcome Little Raylan!
Raylan is the newest addition to our family. He is my grand-nephew...my little sister Jan's son/DIL first child. He is 2 1/2 months early...and weighs 2 lbs 12 oz. He will be in the Neonatal ICU for 4 to 6 weeks until he gains enough weigh to go home. Mom is doing good...Dad is a nervous mess, but doing fine too!
Photo is a little blurry...but it is from Jan's phone...and I pulled it from Facebook...so that's even worse!
A bit of trivia for you...I was also a preemie. Born at 1 1/2 pounds...then lost weight! Had pheumonia when I was 3 days old. But, I certainly made up for it. Hey, perhaps that explains my love of food!! I HAD TO EAT...so it ingrained in my brain! Yeah, that's the story I'm going with!!
Hugs to all!
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
TDiTM Stitch #132
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Monday, January 31, 2011
One World One Heart 2011
Hi, my name is Kathy...and I'm a Needle Artist. My love is anything stitched...quilts, crazy quilts, crochet, cross-stitch, beads, embroidery,...you get the idea I'm sure. If this is your first visit, it is probably because of OWOH 2011...and if not, read on and I'll tell you all about it...and give away a gorgeous Swarvoski perle and crystal necklace that I created.
I am proud to participate in the 2011 One World One Heart Event!!
One World One Heart is a worldwide event for bloggers only. It gives all those who blog a chance to meet and mingle and form connections with those they may not have otherwise met from all over the world. In the past 4 years this event has grown to over 1,000 participants with lasting friendships (and even one love connection) formed along the way. Think of it as a GIGANTIC open house allowing you to travel without ever leaving your home........going from blog to blog(in various countries) seeing the wonder each one has created and meeting all the fabulous people behind those blogs. As a bonus each blogger participant will offer up a "door prize or prizes"....just for dropping by, saying hello and seeing their world. It's really that easy.
And here is our door prize at Shawkl!!! A stunningly gorgeous pearl and crystal necklace!
The pendant is a vintage drop, and is spectacular! My blog reflects my current passion for beading in jewelry and in crazy quilt embellishments...and my constant needle-art adventures.While you are here...look around...I post a lot! And many of those posts are of the How-to nature...in some type of stitching or beading. So, hope you enjoy your visit!
THEN, leave a comment to this post so you will be entered in the drawing!...and at the end of the event (Feb.17) I will choose the winner of my necklace by use of a random number generator. The winner will be announced on my blog on the 18th of February...and I will attempt to email the person or persons to let them know they have won (so make sure your profile is up to date so your email is accessible)...I will also ask for a mailing address in that winner email. All bloggers are eligible...this is open internationally!!
The door prize will be mailed out within 3 days AFTER the event ends. So, happy One World One Heart!!!
We have a WINNER...Congrats to Naomi of Beeshebags! And she has replied to her notice email and I'll be sending the necklace off to Australia! For those that did not win...and I'm sorry (I didn't win anything this year either)...but stick around, my daughter's birthday is the 4th of March...and I'll be having a give-a-way to celebrate! So check back then!
I am proud to participate in the 2011 One World One Heart Event!!
One World One Heart is a worldwide event for bloggers only. It gives all those who blog a chance to meet and mingle and form connections with those they may not have otherwise met from all over the world. In the past 4 years this event has grown to over 1,000 participants with lasting friendships (and even one love connection) formed along the way. Think of it as a GIGANTIC open house allowing you to travel without ever leaving your home........going from blog to blog(in various countries) seeing the wonder each one has created and meeting all the fabulous people behind those blogs. As a bonus each blogger participant will offer up a "door prize or prizes"....just for dropping by, saying hello and seeing their world. It's really that easy.
THEN, leave a comment to this post so you will be entered in the drawing!...and at the end of the event (Feb.17) I will choose the winner of my necklace by use of a random number generator. The winner will be announced on my blog on the 18th of February...and I will attempt to email the person or persons to let them know they have won (so make sure your profile is up to date so your email is accessible)...I will also ask for a mailing address in that winner email. All bloggers are eligible...this is open internationally!!
The door prize will be mailed out within 3 days AFTER the event ends. So, happy One World One Heart!!!
We have a WINNER...Congrats to Naomi of Beeshebags! And she has replied to her notice email and I'll be sending the necklace off to Australia! For those that did not win...and I'm sorry (I didn't win anything this year either)...but stick around, my daughter's birthday is the 4th of March...and I'll be having a give-a-way to celebrate! So check back then!
Sunday, January 30, 2011
TDiTM Stitch #130
This stitch continues the herringbone base stitch...and is simple to execute.
The templates help keep the stitch base straight and neat...although, I'm sure some of ya'll are much better at embroidery than me...and could do this without the templates. Perhaps, one day...I can too...but right now, they help me out immensely.
Saturday, January 29, 2011
BJP 2011 January Still Going...
Now that the round robin blocks are done for this month...I can get back to working on the January Journal Page for Beading Journal Project 2011. Here is where I am on my dragonfly...
If you want to see where I started...check out the tags for BJP2011 in the sidebar. There is still a lot of beading to do in the wings...and I don't have an idea on completing the blue wings yet...but, it will come...all in due time says my muse! Here's a close up for you...isn't the "bling factor" great with this!
One thing I have definitely learned...start with smaller projects! This dragonfly is about 7 inches long and has a wing span of about 6.5 inches. So, it's taking a lot of seed and bugle beads to fill it up! I'm not sure what the February project page will include...but, the insect will be small! That might help me to get both of them finished by the end of February. Okay...back to beading...
Friday, January 28, 2011
BE Block for Karrin
Brazilian Embroidery is beautiful! And, I wish I could really stitch in this technique..so, I've joined the Brazilian Embroidery International Group on Yahoo. Hope I learn something! But, before that...I signed up to participate in a round robin exchanges on Crazy Quilters International Yahoo Group...titled Brazilian Embroidery. My first block to stitch on is Karrin's...
Karrin actually created two blocks...the first one was lost in the mail, so it had to be re-created. So, this block required some priority attention when it was received to keep the rotation mailing date from slipping...but, I'm done and it is going in today's mail! Yeah! Karen's instructions included her desire for the finished block to have some bias binding in a vertical and horizontal position...as a window pane...and she wanted the completed block to "be as though you were looking out of my window". So, I added the bits of tape (bandage type) to mimic where the bias binding would go. Since there are four ladies stitching on this...that also divides the stitch space nicely. The Brazilian Embroidery part of the block for me is the flowers...
The pink ones are done in French Knot at the top and Raised Cup Stitch below; the daisies are Detached Chain Stitch; and the little loop flowers have Cast On Stitch green heads with white Bullion Knot flowers. If you look closely at the top photo...you will see that the sky is simply light blue seam treatments...just to add texture and fill the space. The tree truck is stitched...
and the leaves are velvet leaves from a little bunch of silk flowers. I stripped them from their wire stems and stitched them down by a simple back-stitch in the shape of veins. Then I added the "oranges" which are glass iridescent beads. The "ground cover" is tiny little flowers of lace that I detached from some yardage trim I had.
Karrin actually created two blocks...the first one was lost in the mail, so it had to be re-created. So, this block required some priority attention when it was received to keep the rotation mailing date from slipping...but, I'm done and it is going in today's mail! Yeah! Karen's instructions included her desire for the finished block to have some bias binding in a vertical and horizontal position...as a window pane...and she wanted the completed block to "be as though you were looking out of my window". So, I added the bits of tape (bandage type) to mimic where the bias binding would go. Since there are four ladies stitching on this...that also divides the stitch space nicely. The Brazilian Embroidery part of the block for me is the flowers...
The pink ones are done in French Knot at the top and Raised Cup Stitch below; the daisies are Detached Chain Stitch; and the little loop flowers have Cast On Stitch green heads with white Bullion Knot flowers. If you look closely at the top photo...you will see that the sky is simply light blue seam treatments...just to add texture and fill the space. The tree truck is stitched...
and the leaves are velvet leaves from a little bunch of silk flowers. I stripped them from their wire stems and stitched them down by a simple back-stitch in the shape of veins. Then I added the "oranges" which are glass iridescent beads. The "ground cover" is tiny little flowers of lace that I detached from some yardage trim I had.
Thursday, January 27, 2011
English Garden Finished for Maureen
The last steps in completing Maureen's English Garden block is the beading...here is the finished block.
The silkie had some little pearl beads added to the embroidery "frame"...
Tiny little iridescent flowers were added to the top row of stitched flowers, and butterfly beads were placed here and there to fill in empty spaces...
The bottom two rows were stitched with small filling stitches like the knotted blanket stitch...and tiny beads added for more texture.
You might find it interesting to know that the finished size of this block is six-inches square, so the scale is smaller than a standard twelve-inch block would be. It's ready to mail out...but I'll hang on to it until the due date.
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