The first of the tulip parade.

This is the first two of eight tulips I have agreed to make into ornaments. They are quick to stitch and take a couple of hours to stitch. They make me think of spring.

I am so incredibly LUCKY

I received this mail art today from my friend. Can you believe the work on this? It takes my breath away just to gaze at it. This pattern was based on a chart by Victoria Sampler called Birds of a Feather. It appeared in the Gift of Stitching magazine late last year. As you can see, Lilian made my envelope into a floss tote. I just love it all. Lilian does beautiful work and has taken up specialty work with gusto. I am blown away.

Craft Room Update

I forgot to get a photo before I started cleaning out this room. There was the folding table with the sewing machine. Then beside the file cabinet, there were two plastic roller carts with three drawers each. Three different levels and a difficult space to work in.






Then I had a counter top installed. One level all seven and half feet!!!! Yippee!!!!

Now the roller carts are under the counter. I have started settling in. This is a much more workable solution to my craft room. I am happy dancing.

Presto - - Change O

Netty Nightshade has one whole wall for a orange felt hat that serves as a needle book. There is the scissor wall with a scissors sheath. The scissors are tied on with cording and there are two ghosts protecting the scissors. The double pumpkin in the middle has a snap on the bottom so you can remove it. It is all made of felt and was fun to do. It is an impressive piece. I am glad to have it done. I guess I put about 20 hours of finishing in on this project.

Scream House Finished

The Scream House is done. I am happy dancing for sure. After stitching each of the nine sections together, I spent a day or two finishing up the work. Tomorrow I will reveal the inside goodies. I showed this off recently at a stitch club and it is so much fun to watch faces as you allow it to open up. the top is held closed with the cording around the lower roof edge and the 'moon' shank button on the top.

All framed up

Here are the Halloween ornaments after they were framed in their WhimZi frames. These frames a super quick and easy to work with.

Pretty Wicked

The Just Nan WhimZi project was from last year. I didn't use the recommended DMC colors since I had the silks out for all the other Halloween ornaments. So I substituted those instead.