Upcoming Hops with Sew We Quilt

The lovely and sew creatively talented

(don't you just love her newest avatar?!)

of  

(hostess of the most original and outstandingly fun blog hop blog)

 has many of us ready to ruffle... with Amy of Sew Incredibly Crazy

Followed by the madly waving! Thearica of Pigtales and Quilts

To be followed by...signups open next week

If you love to do embroidery, cross stitch or chicken stitch…Mdm Samm offers you this chance to REVEAL your SUPERPOWER!!!

Imagine:

...a great banner for your sewing room,
...or a wall hanging for that special child of yours,
...a reminder of how special they are
...something on your bathroom door to remind you to smile

YOU Have SUPERPOWERS! 

YOU can do ANYTHING

as long as there is some stitching in it..and you reveal your SUPERPOWER!

 Why yes. Of course Mdm. Samm has another hop in the works...

"Soooooon we will be announcing another new hop
about PICNICS….it is time…
and there is no doubt in my mind
YOUR summer will be filled with PICNICS and PICNIC baskets…"

 

Sign up for his many PICNIC BASKET SPECIALS

March and April will be two very exciting months! Are you looking forward to seeing the results of the creative minds participating in these hops? I know I am. And now it is time to get back to dreaming and designing my own flag to wave madly!

Smalls SAL - February 26

Well, behind again. I was working on my I heart heart Gallifrey for February, but really got derailed this last 1 1/2 weeks with the illness of my mother. I am about 2/3rds finished...will get caught up soon.

In the meantime, please accept this other stitchery in its place. I worked on a project for the Don't Let the Door Stop You blog hop, and created a small stitchery with that...also from Vicky Ramage (Comastitch). Pattern available for purchase on Craftsy. I used the stitchery on a door stop. I just love gingham, and fell in love with this pattern.

Initial Heart Swap 2014

Woo hoo, my swap partner received her valentine's giftie...and in advance of the actual date. Now that makes me happy!

Hosted by Cheryll at Gone Stitchin'

My swap partner was Evalina Z of Marsh Lake, YT.  And now that she has received it I can show you the fun things I sent for her...

These are the little packages she pulled from the mailing box. Wrapped in red tissue, they had various button decorations attached.

I love pretty, yet practical gifts. So, I knitted a double heart dishcloth.

I also learned a new technique called the duplicate stitch, where you stitch over top of an existing knit stitch. Thank you Craftsy. This was a new to me technique, but you can rest assured I will be using it again. To use this technique to add Evalina's initials, I needed a cloth with the heart done in knit and not purl like the first cloth...so I knitted up this second dishcloth.

 

And then of course, a dish towel is also required, so I used a towel I had purchased fabric for (with the red stripe down the sides) and hemmed it. Then I used a cookie cutter to trace out two hearts and embroidered them and added her initials.



And lastly, I added some treats...

 

Loose leaf tea from Le coin du The. (The corner tea). There are two types, one is roasted almond and the second a chocolate mint. They had cute little valentine packages complete with chocolate. I also added a mini tube of hand cream (wild rose)...and...the "fragile" package...

A little chocolate box from "The Chocolate Shoppe" (La maison du Chocolat). This darling little box opens up to contain mini heart chocolates and chocolate drops. It was so nicely wrapped that I didn't dare open it to take pictures. But it was tempting! Pat Lowe, the proprietor is a darling woman. Not only does she make awesome chocolate, but she also (annually) teaches a class at the local elementary school so the littles can make their own chocolate. My son loved it when he was there! She is a super sweet woman, and was very happy to learn that I would be sending off a piece of her work to the Yukon as part of my swap.



Finishing up now with just a group shot...

 

Best of all, I'm really glad to have pleased my swap partner with her little gifts! Happy Valentines Day Evalina! Oh, and I meant to mention in my (super quick, scribbled note so I wouldn't miss the post office deadline for mailing), it really is ironic, but my mom's maiden name is Marsh...it made me smile to see where you live.



xox

And thank you Cheryll. I truly enjoyed being part of your swap in 2014!