This is Halloween and Client Finishes

I am so excited that I was able to get this awesome piece from Stitching with the Housewives stitched up, fully finished, and added to one of my Halloween vignettes this year! I just love the farmhouse look to this piece. It's just such an amazing design!

PATTERN:

"This is Halloween"

DESIGNER:

Stitching with the Housewives

FABRIC:

28 ct black Jobelan

FINISH:

Double mounted fabric flat on a frame

I've also been VERY busy finishing for clients, and working on premades for my Etsy shop. This time of year is always very busy, but this year it seems to be way more hectic than usual. These were a couple of my favorite finishes over the past few weeks. Make sure to follow me on Instagram or Facebook to see more!

PATTERN:

"Farm and Folk"

DESIGNER:

Heartstring Samplery

FINISH:

Mounted fabric easel

PATTERN:

"Cottages of the Month"

DESIGNER:

Country Cottage Needleworks

FINISH:

Mounted fabric flats with bows

PATTERN:

"Autumn Blessings"

DESIGNER:

Shannon Christine Designs

FINISH:

Mounted fabric flat on a wood easel with bow

PATTERN:

"Good Company"

DESIGNER:

Plum Street Samplers

FINISH:

Double mounted fabric flat on a wood hanging blank with bow

DESIGNER:

Stitching with the Housewives

FINISH:

Mounted fabric flat ornaments with bows

These ornaments served as models for my premade red and white mini check ornaments found in my Etsy shop: Premade Red Mini Check Ornaments

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Spring Has Sprung

 Hello Friends!

Today I'm working on switching out my spring shelves upstairs, so that means "Spring Has Sprung" from Plum Street Samplers has to go!

I found this lattice piece at Hobby Lobby a few months ago, and it was the perfect size for this piece. I was even able to double mat it and attach greenery.

I stitched the pattern on 32 ct Vintage Country Mocha Lugana and made a few adjustments to the chart. The original pattern calls for some winter aspects but since this piece stays up from March to May, it didn't seem appropriate with all of my other decor. Just something to think about if you want to stitch this piece but are hesitant because of the winter elements!

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Winsome Pair

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How stinkin' cute is this "Winsome Pair" pattern by Plum Street Samplers? I absolutely love it!

I stitched it on 32 ct tea-dyed Lugana using a blend of DMC colors I had leftover from my last patriotic design. I was originally going to frame it, but it was small enough to fit in one of those rustic wood easels from Michaels, so I matted it with some patriotic homespun fabric and mounted it to the front. I edged the stitched piece with cording and added a bow with cover-button center. It's SUCH a cute stitch!

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Week of Fall Finishes

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This week I worked on getting some of my fall stitches FFOed as well as working my way through my To-Finish pile from other stitchers.

I started with my Autumn Whirligig tart that I finished like all of the other Whirligigs I finished this year. I made some changes to this design including changes to the color and then edged the piece with some brown and orange fancy trim.

STITCHY DETAILS:

Pattern: Autumn Whirligig

Designer: Heart in Hand

Fabric: 28 ct tea-dyed Monaco

Colors Used: DMC 838, 930, 729, 433, 422, 3777, 730, 3826, White

Then I finished up this cute fall stitch as another one of those rustic wood ornaments I had finished a few weeks ago. This type of finish is basic and simple but I like that I got to play around with some color through cording and ribbons.

STITCHY DETAILS:

Pattern: Fall Squared

Designer: Lizzie Kate

Fabric: 32 ct Platinum Lugana

Colors Used: DMC 838, 3834, 782, 433, 422, 919, 3826, 730

This last fall FFOs of the week were stitched by Dana.

STITCHY DETAILS:

Pattern: Deer Friends

Designer: Plum Street Samplers

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Pattern:  I Love Fall

Designer: The Frosted Pumpkin Stitchery

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Pattern: Raven's Reply

Designer: Luminous Fiber Arts

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Finishing Frenzy

Hello Friends!

Getting a little crazy in the studio the closer we get to the holiday season, but I'm enjoying every minute!

I finished this adorable Merry Making Mini: 31 October by Heart in Hand as a small ornament. It's matted with black and tan homespun fabric and then mounted to the front of this black, rustic wood piece that hangs from a wire. I made some cording to edge the design with and then added a Halloween bow with pumpkin button center.

It's a quick, cute stitch so you still have time to get this one done before Halloween.

STITCHY DETAILS:

Pattern: 31 October Merry Making Mini

Designer: Heart in Hand

I finished these four pieces from Dana, and then immediately moved all four of them up in my WIP pile. We've figured out that Dana and I basically love and stitch the same exact things, so I see this happening a lot.

STITCHY DETAILS:

Pattern: Sunflower Barn

Designer: Needle Bling Designs

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Pattern: America

Designer: Little House Needleworks

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Pattern: Birds & the Bees

Designer: Heart in Hand

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Pattern: Halloween House Trio

Designer: Waxing Moon Designs

After I finished Dana's pieces, I moved on to Katrinka's Halloween piece finished as a tart.

STITCHY DETAILS:

Pattern: Jack in the Hat

Designer: Threadwork Primitives

Then I rounded the day off by finishing the Goodness and Plenty trio I had stitched up over the last two weeks. My stitchy friend, Robin enabled me on these pieces. 

STITCHY DETAILS:

Pattern: Goodness & Plenty

Designer: Plum Street Samplers

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Hello Summer and Featured Shop

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I finally got around to FFOing "Hello Summer" by Plum Street Samplers. Because of it's size, I had to use one of the large rustic plaques I bought at Michaels as the base, especially since I wanted to add some coordinating fabric as a background. The backing fabric I chose is a remnant I found at Hobby Lobby that reminded me of denim and I liked it for this piece because it complimented the piece without being too busy.

Both the stitched piece and the fabric are mounted to this plaque and then I just made some bows out of patriotic ribbon and twine and made a cover button center out of the faux denim fabric. I didn't stitch the words at the bottom of the chart because I didn't want to limit this piece to summer. This piece is large (over 12 inches wide) but it was a joy to stitch.

STITCHY DETAILS:

Pattern: Hello Summer

Designer: Plum Street Samplers

Fabric: 32 ct Platinum Lugana

Colors Used: DMC 3721, 931, 422, 3781, 3021, 3011, 224, White

I also finished these butterfly gift tags as part of a custom order from Shelly over at Shelly MARIPOSA Design.

Shelly MARIPOSA Design features jewelry for the mind, body and spirit. She has amazing, beautiful pieces you will love and she accepts custom orders.  If you love unique jewelry or are looking for a special gift, make sure you check out Shelly's shop. You will love her handmade pieces!

https://www.etsy.com/shop/ShellyMariposaDesign

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