Blog Guidebook

Check out the Blog Guidebook if you have a blog and want to share it! They also have other helps and even a new Club for bloggers! I'm so happy to have found them as I want to improve my blog and learn more about blogging!

And grab my new button from my sidebar...that Blog Guidebook helped me to create...WITH the HTML code! I'm so proud of myself! Thanks Lyndsay and Sarah!

Butterflies

Butterflies make wonderful additions to crazy quilt blocks. Here is a whole bunch of small charts that you could cross-stitch on scraps of Aida to have ready to put into your patches. They would be great to create scissor fobs with too! And you could use the charts to create beaded versions!

Here's one I just stitched up to show how they might look...

It will make a great center patch in a needle book! What other ideas do you have for these butterflies?

Can you Imagine?

This photo is from a fashion magazine published in the late 1880's. Can you imagine how much these bathing suits would weigh when wet? Yikes!

Or maybe ladies were not allowed to actually GET into the water then....

Scissors Fob

Over at the Friendly Stitchers Yahoo Group, we're having an exchange of scissor fobs. A fob is something that dangles from your scissors (or keys) that helps you to locate them. My exchange partner was Jeannie, and I mailed this fob to her on Monday. She got it today, so I can share photos with ya'll now and not spoil her surprise!

Recognize the little bird chart? It was posted here.

The other side is a monogram for "J". This was my first stitched fob to create...and I loved doing it. Think I'll make some more!

Lady Elf

If you like elfs you might like to embroidery this design. If you don't like elfs, you could easily "round out" the top of her ear to make it a lovely lady portrait.

Easter Egg Chart Three

Okay, here is last of the Easter Eggs in the trio. I sure hope someone out there in blog land stitches these up and posts a photo in the Yahoo group. You know how long it takes for me to get anything done lately! So, I'm shooting for next Easter! Ha!

And here is the symbol chart with color to guide you of course...I love color charts!

Lastly, the legend so you know what DMC colors the design was created in.

However, you can use your own palette if you wish!

Easter Egg Chart Two

When I think of Easter, I remember lots of really cold mornings attending sunrise services. Then, almost immediately, my mind jumps to Easter egg baskets, egg hunts, and finally...rests quite soundly on "chocolate bunnies". I love chocolate...and especially love chocolate in the shape of a bunny! Yum!

So, one of these three eggs HAD to have chocolate bunnies on it!

I also like marshmallow PEEPs, but I'm not sure about a big blob of yellow on an egg...so, I think I'll just enjoy them in real time! Perhaps an Easter lily, or some other type of flower...okay, back to the chart making!

Here is the legend. And larger photos will be in the files section of the Yahoo site.

Easter Egg Chart One

I'm working on charts for Three Easter Eggs. Thought they might make a great bell pull if lined up vertically; or each alone would be good for a framed piece or a pillow. Here's the first one done...

I'm still working on the other two, and will post them when they are finished. Here is the stitch chart for this first one...

And the stitch color legend. This is charted in standard DMC colors, but these could be changed easily to use up scrap colors I think too.

You should be able to right click the photos and save them to your computer and print. If the image is too small I'm uploading a full size photo to the Yahoo Group Cross-stitch photo album...it is over 10M so too large for here!

Also the chart is for Aida 14...because that is the default for the software. You can stitch it on anything you like, I'd prefer linen or 18 count Aida myself...depends on what I have on hand of course too!

How Many Colors Do You Have?

It's time for all the gorgeous Spring Colors of nail polish to come out. So, I'll be watching for sales at my local drug store!

Here's my current stash!

And I use these for painting charms! Well, sometimes my nails too...but, mostly...it for brass and pewter charms!

So, watch out for those sales papers..and stock up!

Have a minute? Have a stamp? That's all it takes to make a child smile...

I'm re-posting this from Pat Winter's blog:

"Do you feel like making a 12 yr old smile? This was sent to me by a trusted friend. What do you think? Feel like making this 12 yr old smile? I Do! If you do, read on." "RECEIVED A NEWSLETTER IN THE MAIL YESTERDAY FROM ONE OF MY QUILT SHOPS...THIS WAS IN THERE AND I FELT LIKE I NEED TO PASS IT ALONG. PLEASE FORWARD TO YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY AND LETS SEE IF WE CAN HELP MAKE THIS HAPPEN FOR THIS LITTLE GUY......

Max Low is a 12 year old from Neola, Iowa. He has

been battling cancer for half of his life. His 

doctors recently told his parents to enjoy the time

 they have left with him. His wish is to get 1 million 

cards. He has currently gotten 23,000. If you would

 like to help Max get his wish,please send a get 

well card to the following address: (I'm sure a 

postcard would be just as wonderful)

MIGHTY MAX LOW

C/O GREG AND BAMBI LOW

P.O. BOX 111

NEOLA, IA 51559"

How about it? Have a minute to slip a card into

an envelope and address it? Not sure what to 

say...How about "Thinking of You, Hoping you 

are having a Sunny Day!" ... If you don't

have a card...fold a sheet of paper and draw a 

smiley face on the front :)

I'll be sending a "thinking of you" card out in the 

morning sinceI don't have any "get well" cards. 

How about You? I would love to know that all 

of my blog followers could spare enough

time and energy to make a child smile...blessings

to you! Sending hugs out to everyone!