Embroidery and a winner!

I was just texting with my friend Patty in Calif, and I asked her to pick a number between 1 and 70.  Not knowing why, she picked #25 which is PEGGY who left a comment on Sept 2 at 5:16 and loves Notre Dame football.  

Peggy, email me your address and I'll get your goodies in the mail.   (you are a "no reply", so I can't email you).

Thanks Patty.  

Yesterday I went to the Wednesday embroidery group at Sew Many Quilts.   It's been awhile since the group has met because of all the summer activities that go on in the quilt shop.    (I think they met a couple of weeks ago, but I hadn't gotten my mojo back yet).    Anyway, here are some of the projects the ladies were working on.   It was definitely a full house.    (Warning...picture heavy).

Then...when we were all stitching away, guess who came into the shop?   Why it's Bonnie Sullivan of "All Through the Night" patterns.    I showed you her booth at quilt market back in June.    She was vacationing in the area and decided to drop in the shop. I had her stand in front of the rack with all her patterns.  She was so excited to get her picture taken.  NOT!    LOL    But, she was extremely gracious about it.   It was so fun to see her in our neck of the woods.

A bit of trivia:  Did you know that Bonnie's sister is Kathy Schmitz?    A lot of the ladies in the group were working on Kathy's designs. Perfect time for Bonnie to show up!

The shop had her trunk show during the Sisters Quilt Show week but had shipped them back to her already.    These next two quilts were made with Bonnie's patterns.

And now a trip around the shop. 

Christmas is gonna be here before you know it.   Yikes.

Lots of wool!

Check out all the new bolts of flannels that just arrived in the shop. 

My favorite part of the shop.   Civil War and Kansas Troubles fabrics.   Yummy!

So, that was my day yesterday.   Hope you're having a good week.

Hugs, Anne

Handwork

I've been negligent about posting pictures from our Stitchery Group which meets twice a month at Sew Many Quilts in Bend, OR.   So.......this post might get a bit picture heavy.  

Most of the ladies are working on Kathy Schmitz's Sweet Stitches Block of the Month.   It has been a huge hit for the shop.    They meet once a month to get their new block and to get any help they might need. Then, they come to the Stitchery Group to work on them.

 Works in progress...

Karleen recently had shoulder surgery but it sure hasn't slowed her down.   She has been a busy bee working on her wool projects.  

Here's Pat peeking over her Sunbonnet Sue quilt.

Linda is working on the background for the Buttermilk Basin Wool & Needle project.

A Crabapple Hill design.

Cute pattern by Bird Brain Designs.

I'm not sure what the name of this sweet little mat is, but the shop, Sew Many Quilts, will have kits available for purchase.

Even the back is cute.

Sue is working on the cute embellishments on her Tiny Town block.

A little wool project

Some "blackwork" on this flower basket that Margaret is stitching up.  

And Karleen has moved on from Easter to Christmas.   :)

Even a little cross stitch was being done.  

Oops, I didn't get a picture of what I'm working on so I'll just save it for a future post.  

It's a wonderful group of gals who all share in the love of handwork.  It's great food for the soul!

Hugs, Anne

Embroidery

I’ve recently joined an embroidery group that meets on the 1st and 3rd Wednesdays of each month.   We meet at Sew Many Quilts (where I used to work) and we are headed up by Linda, one of the employees who is an embroidery “guru”.  

 

She showed us a new technique (new to us, anyway) of doing the satin stitch. 

This is the front of the design…typical satin stitch.

 

Here’s the back.

 

Now, I don’t know about you, but when I’ve done the stitch, the back looks like the front.   She starts her design by outlining with what she calls a “split backstitch”.  She then kind of weaves the satin stitch part thru the backstitch, but only on the front of the fabric.   I know that sounds very confusing, but maybe you could google the stitch and get an explanation.   Her stitches are always perfection and can answer any question anyone might have.

 

She just finished up this Crabapple Hill Designs pattern “Susan’s Dresden Plate”

 

I love how it combines embroidery, applique and piecing.   It’s a stunner!

 

Margaret was working on this  preprinted  panel called “Covered Bridges of Oregon”

 

and she had just finished up this “Redwork Sampler” by Betty Alderman Designs.

 

 

Here’s another goodie being worked on.  It’s called “Bluebird” by Crabapple Hill.

 

 

There was lots more going on, but I must have been flapping my mouth too much to remember to take pictures.  I’ll do better next time!  

Hugs, Anne