Patterns: Mermaid Circle

Mermaid Circle by Aimee Ray

Isn't this new pattern, Mermaid Circle by Aimee Ray hypnotic? Aimee talks about the pattern on her blog, she's used crayon tinting and colour gradient floss for this pattern. As Aimee says, she had a hard time picking a colour to stitch this up with and she thinks aqua blues and greens would look great to, which is certainly something I'm tempted to try or maybe all monochrome in black, hmmmmmm, choices, choices . . . .

Trust the Universe

poem cushion, originally uploaded by chunkychooky.

I like stitched words... This is lovely.

Have you stitched any words? Are you going to? Would you tag your pieces with 'stitchedwords'? To help find them.. :-)

Vintage Deer

 

Beautiful embroidery in progress by Jaime (Sew she sews)! Love all the Lazy Daisy Stitches, the neat stitching and the colours are just perfect. I don't know about you but I really want to stitch this pattern too. Like right now! Well you can get your hoop out because Jaime has shared this vintage gem here for all to enjoy. Thank you Jaime.

Good luck, Mr X Stitch!

Hi everybody! Just a quick note to spread the word about Jamie Mr X Stitch Chalmers' big day tomorrow. He's been shortlisted for an Art Bursary, and tomorrow he'll be making a presentation to the Board explaining why they should choose to award the Bursary to him. Exciting stuff!



So please, take a moment to check out his post about it and send him some positive thoughts. I know he'd appreciate it. :)

Perfect colours

100 stitches - #14 roumanian stitch, originally uploaded by big B.

This is YUMMY.

...the stitching isn't bad either! ;-)

Winner of the Quick and the Thread Giveaway!

 It looks like we have a winner! Helena, it's you! Please email your address to unafloresita AT gmail DOT com, so we can send your free author-signed copy of The Quick and The Thread to you!


Helena said...
I just read and very much enjoyed Lye in Wait, the first in Cricket McRae's homecrafting mystery series. I've also enjoyed the Cottage Tales of Beatrix Potter series by Susan Wittig Albert (a mystery series featuring Beatrix Potter). October 29, 2010 12:53 PM


Thanks to everyone who entered and left a comment - check those out for a lot of great book suggestions! Thanks again to the author, Gayle Trent (Amanda Lee) for finding us, and for all of you guys for making this another great giveaway!!! :)

Patterns: Rosie and Bear

September, November and December Rosie and Bear patterns by Bustle and Sew

I have to admit I squealed with delight when Bustle and Sew released the first three patterns from the new Rosie and Bear pattern set, I think they're incredibly cute! I had been tempted to try a calendar series for a while now and as these patterns look like something I can happily get my teeth into, I'm really looking forward to sitting down and starting to stitch these, once I've got all my Christmas sewing out of the way first of course (ah the demands of this time of year). I think the fur on Bear looks fun to try and I love the extra details like the filled in apples and the optional doily rain clouds. Plus as usual with Bustle and Sew patterns, they come with comprehensive, detailed instructions. You can purchase the patterns for download here.

Cross Stitched Pumpkin

Elsie Marley shows you how to make this wonderful skull pumpkin. I love the vintage folk art feeling to it. So eerie!

The Quick and The Thread: Mystery novel giveaway!

The Quick and the Thread: An Embroidery Mystery
by Amanda Lee

First of all, disclaimer - I am not a book reviewer, so this is not a real book review. :) I do have an English degree, love mystery novels, novels in general, etc. - but none of that really qualifies me to do a real review. I'm just your average yo-yo who likes to embroider. But - would I miss the opportunity to read an EMBROIDERY mystery novel and share an author-signed copy with you guys? I think not! So, here goes. :)

This book found me at exactly the right moment - I've been on a mystery novel kick - reading through all the Southern vampire mysteries by Charlaine Harris, and I'm halfway through the Harper Connelly series. I LOVE mystery books with a female protagonist, and one who embroiders - I can die now! :)

The main character in this novel is Marcy Singer, who's just opened a small embroidery shop called The Seven Year Stitch (do all embroiderers share our love of awful puns? I think so.) On the night of her grand opening, she finds a body in her storeroom, with a mysterious message scratched onto the wall - and there begins the mystery. There's a bit of romance, some love triangles, lots of puns, a cute dog, embezzling, prison visits, and of course, embroidery!

I thought this book was terribly fun, and I loved the descriptions of Marcy's store and her embroidery projects - you know that little jolt you get when you meet someone who loves to embroider? Well, I'm hooked and already waiting for the next one!

I'd like to thank the author, who found us and was sweet enough to share an advance copy with me and offer an author-signed copy to one lucky Feeling Stitchy reader!

To enter the drawing: Leave a comment on this post with your 2 favorite mystery novels. If you're not into mystery, just tell us your 2 favorite books. That way, we'll all come away with something good to read! I'll close the comments at 6:00 PM Central Time, Sunday Oct. 31 and choose 1 random winner.

Want an embroidery mystery novel? Well, hurry up and leave a comment! :)

Boo!

 

How cute is this spooky spider duo?  And I spy a pretty neat satin stitch too! There's still time to stitch these two critters before All Hallows Evening.You can get the free pattern on Aneela Hoey's blog. 

Pastel Cross Stitches

Christmas present cross stitch, originally uploaded by kittykill.

I must admit that normally I am not a huge cross stitch fan. But this is really great!

Love the image. Love the colours!

Stitched houses

embroidery, originally uploaded by lovelaughquilter.

So cute, right?!

Love all the different stitches and textures in the houses.

Delicious flowers

Embroidered velvet bag, originally uploaded by AsiaMc.

Nice use of the bullion knot! Atleast it looks like bullion knot.

What do you think, Nicole..? ;-)

Patterns: Mary Jane

It did not rain on Mary Jane by glassmountain

Oh I love anything with a fill stitch and anything with umbrellas and well this is so cute! The pattern is Mary Jane by Etsy seller LiliPopo (known as glassmountain on Flickr).

Christmas Stitches Embroidery Class

Got a list of peeps to craft for this holiday season, but no ideas? Our very own Carina just let me know about an online embroidery class she'll be doing from October 25 to Nov 21. Ahem, that's 3 days from now!

There'll be lessons and projects and patterns, and if I know anything about Carina (which, I think I do) it will all be amazing stuff!

To learn more about her class and see some sneak peeks, visit her blog. Or, hop on over to register for the class. If you're a Feeling Stitchy reader, be sure to enter the coupon code: CHRISTMASFS (so she'll know where you came from). Bravo, Carina - looks like fun!