Hello all. "Happy Valentine's Day."
I hope you all are well on this fine day.
What a roller coaster of the weather. We have had our "arctic blast" in my corner of the universe with rolling blackouts around the city, water restrictions, school closure for about five days, and a service call for our heater, because the city increased the gas pressure causing my furnace an auto shut off. Needless to say, no one was working for cheap that day and gave my service guy some of my stash $$. The city heads are still answering questions on a number of all of these things.
So started the domino effect. Since I did not want to stitch by candlelight, one of my projects did not get done and had put me a little behind and to help things along, I had to include my moments of my lazy curb.
Alrighty. A big thank you to you all for all your comments. I so appreciate them very much.
Ok. Here is what I've done in the meantime.
1. BBD: Anniversaries of the Heart, Valentine Rose, attributed to DH, who celebrated his birthday this month.
I was not all that crazy about the mortar in the house but it did make the block look more masculine, so I continued with it.
2. I enjoy hand applique and have not done any of this techniques in a very long time; and when I recently saw this Folk Art Tribute BOM, by Dawn Heese (Linen Closet Quilts) that started last year, I thought I would give my hand a try at this technique again. I finished the first block and have four more prepared with freezer paper. The challenge is to use what you have in your stash, I even managed to stay in one bag. Here is what I came up with this bird and heart block.
After a brief chat on red work embroidery along with an enabling photo, I thought I would pull out the next two pieces of stitchery and red work.
3. Gail Pan Designs, A Christmas Wish BOM (love)
4. Pacific Patchwork Seasons (no longer available as a freebie)
She is now posting another freebie called Home Sweet Home, which I think is another darling design of which I plan to do also.
5. And finally, I will leave you all with my weekend stitching. An embroidery Valentine's finish. Finished as a pillow.
This is it for me. I hope you all enjoy the pics.
Hugs and Happy Valentine's Day to all of you.
Always, "enjoi".
I hope you all are well on this fine day.
What a roller coaster of the weather. We have had our "arctic blast" in my corner of the universe with rolling blackouts around the city, water restrictions, school closure for about five days, and a service call for our heater, because the city increased the gas pressure causing my furnace an auto shut off. Needless to say, no one was working for cheap that day and gave my service guy some of my stash $$. The city heads are still answering questions on a number of all of these things.
So started the domino effect. Since I did not want to stitch by candlelight, one of my projects did not get done and had put me a little behind and to help things along, I had to include my moments of my lazy curb.
Alrighty. A big thank you to you all for all your comments. I so appreciate them very much.
Ok. Here is what I've done in the meantime.
1. BBD: Anniversaries of the Heart, Valentine Rose, attributed to DH, who celebrated his birthday this month.
The only changes I made were to add the initial in the door and changed the color in the background of the door.
I was not all that crazy about the mortar in the house but it did make the block look more masculine, so I continued with it.
2. I enjoy hand applique and have not done any of this techniques in a very long time; and when I recently saw this Folk Art Tribute BOM, by Dawn Heese (Linen Closet Quilts) that started last year, I thought I would give my hand a try at this technique again. I finished the first block and have four more prepared with freezer paper. The challenge is to use what you have in your stash, I even managed to stay in one bag. Here is what I came up with this bird and heart block.
After a brief chat on red work embroidery along with an enabling photo, I thought I would pull out the next two pieces of stitchery and red work.
3. Gail Pan Designs, A Christmas Wish BOM (love)
4. Pacific Patchwork Seasons (no longer available as a freebie)
She is now posting another freebie called Home Sweet Home, which I think is another darling design of which I plan to do also.
5. And finally, I will leave you all with my weekend stitching. An embroidery Valentine's finish. Finished as a pillow.
This is it for me. I hope you all enjoy the pics.
Hugs and Happy Valentine's Day to all of you.
Always, "enjoi".
Jackie
22 comments:
Lovely stitching! All these pretty embroidery pieces make me want to do some (again) but I think I'd better stay with the cross stitching I'm committed to for awhile (for now, anyway!) Thanks for the inspiration!
Wow! You've been busy! Beautiful stitching. Love the 'feel' of your blog. Happy Valentine's Day!
Goodness, gorgeous things, so sorry about the loss of stash money!
Your embroidery is very pretty. I am sorry you had to lose some of your stash money. Have a Happy Valentine's Day!
Your embroidery, your applique work and your Anniversaries of the Heart are all splendidly gorgeous Jackie!
Love it all Jackie!! Your applique is perfect!! Wanna do mine?! LOL The Valentine pillow is adorable!!
Love your little embroidered pillow! Too cute.
Some great finishes, Jackie. You're right about the hubby's piece being masculine, and your valentine pillow is so pretty in pink and red. All of it including embroidery and applique stitched to perfection.
hugs,
babs
Hello again and happy belated Valentines Day!
Sorry to hear about arctic blast and it's side effects..we have only arctic freeze, it is under -20 celcius and will keep so for a week!
Your stitchings look really fab, upper pic is so Valentine!
Hi Jackie sorry to hear about the loss of stash money :( Gorgeous bits of stitching there girl :) I haven't tried hand appliqué yet with quilting but I do like what you have done :) love the piece you are doing for DH :) love mouse xxxxx
Well-done, Jackie. As usual I love looking at your blog and your stitching. They are wonderful! :) Cathryn
It is so nice to see so much embroidery being done again--that brings back a lot of nice memories from my teen years! Love all your pieces, Jackie--especially the BBD...
Your embroidery is beautiful and I love your Valentine Rose.
Your stitching, applique, and redwork is GORGEOUS!!
I'm a wannabe quilter and redworker. Gotta find more time!
You have been busy with so many great things. That Valentine pillow is so sweet, I love it.
Your stitching is lovely. I hate it when bills have to come before stash money. ;) Thanks for sharing.
Brenda
You are a multi-talented crafter, aren't you? Love all your 'heart' felt Valentine stitchings! Great job on one and all.
Beautiful stitching! Love all your work.
Bisxxx
Lovely stitching in all of it!!
Your applique block looks fantastic! Hope you continue with the BOM!
Congrats for all the great work Jackie!
Thanks for the inspiration!!!
Hugs
Jackie, your blog is always a feast for the eyes! I love the BBD, and I didn't know you did all the other embroidering arts as well. I guess I did that, which led me to counted cross stitch eventually. I have so much invested in cross stitch I'll never do a fraction of it, but seeing yours is going to have to do for now, LOL! I love looking at your hand applique and the redwork and just ALL of it! You do such wonderful stuff! I envy your photography and stitching talent!
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