Happy Halloween

 

A little needle punched pillow I made a couple years ago.  I found the orange lights this year and simply wrapped the pumpkin with them. I hope you have a spooky Halloween, I'll be spending the day on the couch, a cold hit me like a ton of bricks yesterday. I don't even feel like stitching......I must be sick....time for one of many naps today.

Have a good Halloween!

Valentine and Who has the biggest Mess???

I finished my punchneedle "Wings of Loooove" (as hubby would put it) and made this wool heart shaped pillow to put it on, or as hubby would say (cutsey-wootsey pillow) The edges of the punchneedle are turned under and secured before stitching to a piece of black wool with the large pinked edge, don't know how else to describe the jagged edge. Then the wool is whip stitched to the heart. I used rusty wire for the hanger and added a rusty key and ribbon to finish it off. This will be displayed at my LQS with the valentine stuff.

Have you seen Nicole's little game of showing off your messy cutting table. I thought this would be a good time to jump right in and show what a mess I'm working with. I think to play along I'm to list 15 things on my table. Nicole will have a vote for the messiest table. Can I spy 15 things on this table? Hmmm.....not a problem.

1. Open tin, holds my Micron Pigma pens
2. mechanical pencil
3. 2 zippers in plastic bag
4. pattern for sewing case I'm working on
   
5. post-it flags and post-it notes, hmmm that's 2 things or is it one???
   
6. wool needlecase, how did that get there...must have fallen from the shelf up above
   
7. cutter
8. rulers which I'm not using for the current project
9. various magazine that have nothing to do with the project I'm working on
10. Buggy Barn pattern, quilt is finished and quilted and ready for binding
11. 2 piles of fabrics from older projects
12. metal washer peeking out from under the basket
13. Easier for mechanical pencil
14. Batting in bag
15. Scraps of fabrics and pieced back for sewing case I'm currently working on

Oh how embarrassing but fun at the same, I know there are more of you out there....come on show us your messy cutting table.

Happy Halloween!

I made this needlepunched "Jack Be Nimble" pillow last year. The pattern is from Country Stitches, I did the pumpkin face a little different than the pattern by filling in all with the black. I used all my favourite Halloween fabrics that I had saved for that special project. I didn't have much of this fabric, I wished that I had more.

I wish everyone a happy and safe Halloween. Don't forget to give lots of treats to the tricker treaters coming to your door.

BBQ and Little Pear

The family BBQ went really well (only a small fire, more later). We don't have a very big deck but still managed to have 12 people sit comfortably. Before the BBQ, we all had a nice time watching Shakespeare in the park (there's a park 1/2 block from our house with an open air theater). A Mid Summer's Night Dream was playing, they had enough comedy going on that it didn't matter if you weren't familiar with the story.

Now back to the fire in the kitchen. My SIL was making roasted veggies in the oven, she said "I only used a tablespoon of oil"....well that tablespoon cause a small fire in the oven. The smoke was billowing out of the oven, the smoke alarm went off and then the house alarm when off too. Apparently, we have a very LOUD horn on the back of the house....everyone could hear that going off. My DH couldn't remember the alarm code so it was a while before I realized it and came in to shut it off. No damage done just a lot of excitement.

My Little Pear is finished, the pattern is from Stone and Thread. I started this a few months ago and dropped it for a while, actually I forgot about it until my girlfriend reminded me. I will probably look for a nice frame to put this in.

Hummus Recipe

1. 1 1/2 to 2 cups cooked chickpeas (rinsed and drained) take out any loose skins
2. 2 cloves of garlic chopped
3. 1 tablespoon olive oil
4. 3 tablespoons fresh squeezed lemon juice
5. 1/4 cup tahini paste
6. 2-3 tablespoons water
7. 2 teaspoons cumin

Mix all ingredients in blender or food processor until smooth. Add more lemon juice to taste. Add water if mixture is too thick.
Yummy....Enjoy

Other Crafty Projects

Since I don't have any quilty projects to show or any that I feel like working on right now. I decided to take pictures of my Punchneedle projects I've completed. I didn't realize I had done so many and this doesn't include the Halloween and Christmas projects or the ones I've given away.

If you haven't tried punchneedle this is the time. It's fun, quick and very easy to do. Punchneedle is using embroidery floss to create miniature rug hooking, they are not very big and can be finished in a couple of days. Patterns come with the pre-printed pattern and all you need is a needlepunch and hoop.


Tulip Basket by M. Shaw is 5 1/2" x 3 1/2".












Another M.Shaw pattern.




























Crow with watermelon in basket by Threads That Bind is 5 1/4" x 3 1/2".



















Chicken's by M.Shaw is 3 1/2" x 5 1/2".















Ruffled Tulips by Three Swans Studios. The punchneedle carrying case is my design. I hope to have a pattern for this soon.















I currently working on this Pear "Green Anjou" pattern by Stone and Thread, it's 3" x 3 1/2". And this is showing the inside of the carry case above, pockets for pattern, hoop, needle, scissor, thread and needle threader.