WIP and new to me 301A

My dear husband found another Singer 301A with the card table (tan instead of black) for me for Christmas. 
I used it to make the Leaves blocks for Natalie Patton.  Natalie is making quilts for those who lost their homes in the fires recently.
It's a free paper pieced pattern that she will send to you via email if you ask her for it.  Her Facebook page is here.  She has several youtube videos to show how she makes these blocks that you can see here. 
I had the pleasure of visiting Gatlinburg for a weekend in the 1970s and the beauty of the sights and sounds are so vivid in my memory that it still takes my breath away.

I have made a little more progress on my snowscape that I showed in my last post.  I chose 18 count fabric so it would be close to the size of a Christmas card but there are a lot of 1/4 stitches which (although not impossible on 18 count) are a little easier on 14 count.

Wishing a wonderful New Year for all.

As a man thinks in his heart, so is he. [Proverbs 23:7]

A Finish and a WIP

I finished this small free chart from the facebook page of Pat Carson--Because YOU Count!

This is a start of a Christmas card that obviously will not be finished in time for Christmas this year.  These are free charts available here at cross-stitching.com. You have to register to download any free patterns but it is free to register.

I hope everyone has a very Merry Christmas.

As a man thinks in his heart, so is he. [Proverbs 23:7]

Joshua Finish and more

It feels like the last chart in this leaflet took as long as the other seven combined.  I still have the other leaflet of New Testament charts but I may not think of that until after Christmas
Thanksgiving at our house was so wonderful and relaxing.  Good food and good people are a great combination.  I can only hope that everyone enjoyed the day as much as I did.

I also wanted to share with you a crocheted yoda that my 10 year old grand daughter has finished.
She has always been a free form crocheter but now that she has learned to read patterns she wants to make all of the star wars characters in the book she has.  Lucy Collin is the designer and I believe she is coming out with a second  book of more star wars characters.

As a man thinks in his heart, so is he. [Proverbs 23:7]

Baby Quilt Finish

I don't know of any new babies but I couldn't help myself when I saw this picture (CLICK HERE).
I cut 6.5 inch squares of fabric and then made 6.5 inch 9 patch blocks.  I had to google to find out what size to cut the setting triangles on the sides and the corner triangles.  This is about 43 inches square.
I am going to give this to my daughter this weekend since it seems she has so many friends who are having babies.
I have not cross stitched much lately but if I can stop thinking about baby quilts for a while maybe I will have a finished cross stitch soon.

 EDIT:
I forgot to mention that I make the baby quilt on my "new to me" Singer 301 machine.  Once again my dear husband has brought me a present from his yard sale travels.  I can't tell you what a treasure this machine is.  I spent years thinking that a Singer Featherweight was the be all and end all of sewing machines and I would be ever so happy to have one of my own - and all of that is very true.
I never heard much or thought much about a Singer 301 but I must tell you I love the way it sounds and sews.  It's a great fit for me and we bonded so quickly.  It is shown in the sewing table that I use for my Kenmore which is about 3/4" taller so I had to put a board under the 301 so the top would be flush with the surface of the sewing table.  I believe this is called a "short bed" 301.


Happy stitching

As a man thinks in his heart, so is he. [Proverbs 23:7]

Quilt and Jonah Finish

I finished this quilt for my daughter's friend who just had a tiny baby girl. My daughter was here for a visit the last couple of days so she was able to take it with her when she left this morning.
It was so much fun to make that I almost think I should just make another one and hold onto it until another baby is born.
This quilt is called "On the Go" and it available as a free pattern HERE.

I finished stitching the Jonah sampler and started stitching the Joshua 24 sampler (the last chart in this leaflet).

The holidays will be here before I know it so I am so happy with the stitching I have finished so far this year..

Have some Happy Stitch Days.

As a man thinks in his heart, so is he. [Proverbs 23:7]

Jonah sampler wip

I have started the Jonah sampler so after this finish there will be one more sampler from this leaflet.
I want to start some Christmas themed projects so I hope to finish these samplers before the end of the month (fingers crossed).
Have a great time stitching.

As a man thinks in his heart, so is he. [Proverbs 23:7]

Remember the Rainbow

I just put the last stitch in the Noah Sampler and it struck me that the promise of the rainbow is a suitable theme of reflection for me on this day.

Happy Stitching

As a man thinks in his heart, so is he. [Proverbs 23:7]

XS and FW Table Finish

I finished the Coat of Many Colors so there are 3 more samplers left to finish in this booklet.  I was thinking about making a small quilt with these samplers at first but now I wonder if I could make a small book with them - plenty of time to decide how they will get finished, though.

DH found this Featherweight card table at a yard sale several weeks ago - it didn't look very happy but he thought it would clean up nicely with some work.

My goodness he does wonderful work!  The table looks brand new to me.  There is a piece of the table that lifts off and the Featherweight machine sits down in the table so the bed of the machine is level with the table top.

I really appreciate how he keeps an eye out for my favorite hobbies - cross stitching and quilting - when he is out yard sale hopping.

Happy stitch days, everyone.

As a man thinks in his heart, so is he. [Proverbs 23:7]

Daniel and Quilt Top Finish

I just found out that picasa web albums are being moved to google photos. Unfortunately I am not able to get to my photos at google photos because my web browser cannot be updated to their requirements.
My Windows 2000 system is not being supported by any web browser that I can find so it won't let me update to their most recent version. The online photo sharing sites I have tried to join have system requirements that I am not able to meet at this time.
 I was able to load my photos to facebook so I could post them here but I fear I must get a newer machine soon.

I have finished the Daniel sampler and started on the Coat of many colors

I finished a new quilt top for our bed.  The quilt I made in 1999 is getting a bit worn out.  I was inspired by a quilt I saw on the Quilting Board which you can see here

 Here is a better picture of the fabrics used in the quilt top - they came out so dark in the picture of the top above.


Edit:  I forgot to mention that the last picture is a few leftover blocks on a piece of black fabric. I think I will have enough leftover partial blocks to finish into a small lap quilt for the living room.
I normally fret for many days laying out quilt blocks and moving them around to be sure the layout is what I think is perfect but I didn't have any place to do that with this queen size top so I just started sewing them together. I can see several spots where I would kept moving blocks around so none of the fabrics were repeated next to each other. I actually like the randomness and it certainly saved more than a couple of days of fretting over the layout.


Happy days of stitching

As a man thinks in his heart, so is he. [Proverbs 23:7]

Liberty is Finished

I have finished Little House Needleworks - Liberty.  It's not really framed - I placed it under this frame to see if it's the frame that I want to use.
I mixed up the blues when I stitched the star on the right in the top row - the dark blue was supposed to be in the middle with the lighter blue around it. 
I don't think I will frog this mistake but will think of it more as a design change I meant to do.
Have some great days of stitching.

As a man thinks in his heart, so is he. [Proverbs 23:7]

2 WIPS and a Finish

I started Daniel in the Lion's Den from the book of Bible Samplers.
Then I was overcome by a wave of patriotism so I had to go through my stash and find a patriotic cross stitch - nothing too large so I could quickly stitch a finish, right?

I chose Little House Needleworks - Liberty.  Such a cute little chart but as you can see I am only about half way through the stitching so far.

I did spend some time putting together this patriotic quilt banner.  I was thinking of using it as a banner over the kitchen window but it may be a bit too big for that so I am in search of a better spot to hang it.

Enjoy your stitching.

As a man thinks in his heart, so is he. [Proverbs 23:7]

Bible Story Samplers

I finished the 23rd Psalm Sampler and the Ten Commandments Sampler.
The next chart in the leaflet is Daniel in the Lions' Den but I am not sure when I will start that one.
There is so much to be done that it's hard to focus sometimes - not such a terrible thing though.
Have a great week of stitching.

As a man thinks in his heart, so is he. [Proverbs 23:7]