Another set of tea towels.

Here is the set that I made for my grandson, Andrew and his bride-to-be Angela. They had a couples shower for them last Saturday so I finished them up on Friday..nothing like waiting until the last minute. I had debated about adding the little fabric on the corner and I'm glad I decided to do it. I think it added some spark to the towels. Sometimes I wonder if these younguns' really appreciate this old-fashioned gift? I think that some do and some don't!

Green Beans

Cherries

Strawberries

Corn

Onions, I choose to do red onions

Apples

Four Embroidered Hearts Wallhanging

On April 13, 2015, I posted about my flying geese quilt and embroidered pillow that I made with Robyn Pandolph fabrics. I also made this little wallhanging to hang above my bed and I used co-ordinating RP fabrics to go with the quilt.  The outside of the hearts are paper-pieced (not my favorite method to do) and the center is hand embroidered. The whole piece is hand quilted by me too. I am linking with Super Mom-No Cape today so hop over there and check out the rest of the entries. I think it is always fun to see what others have made with their embroidery.  Sew until next time, have a Stitches kind of day......................come back soon!!

Tea Towels Again, Kitties This Time

I am re-visiting tea towels once again. This set is the Kitten towels that I did for another shower gift for grandson Jordan's fiance, Jenna. If you want to see the rest of them you can go here:
More Embroidered Tea Towels, Kitties This Time . I really like doing these and it is something that is so easy to pick up when I'm going to a mini group gathering, or visiting someone, or just want something to do at home for a few minutes.  I hope you enjoy seeing these sets that I have done and I still have more to show you later.  Thanks for taking the time to look. I am linking up with Super Mom-No Cape again this week. You can find her if you click on the following link. Vintage Embroidery and Stitchery.  Sew until next time, I hope you have a Stitches kind of day...

Please, Say Hello to Priscilla

I would like to introduce you to my buddy, Priscilla. She came to live with me about 30+ years ago. I worked on her all winter the year that I made her. She has been a faithful companion and has sat in the corner of my living room continually and has never complained about it.  So, here is Priscilla, still young in spirit, if not in age...I am linking up with Super Mom-No Cape today again, I hope you will hop on over there and see the rest of the links too. .. Sew until next time, have a Stitches kind of day.....

A Little Progress Here

Here is another picture of my first block and I changed the fabric in the upper left hand side, I like it much better. Notice, the reindeer have their antlers now....And then I have 2 other blocks finished, yeah!!! I think I am going to really like this quilt/wallhanging!!!  I'm linking up again this week with

Super Mom-No Cape on her Vintage Embroidery and Stitchery post.  Skip on over there and check out what others have posted, it's fun!!   Sew until next time, have a Stitches kind of day.............

The Wish Quilt

I was determined to sew something yesterday, just to have the feeling of accomplishment. I needed to re-bond with my sewing machine as it had been weeks since I had sat and sewed anything. In 2012, I think, I started the embroidery blocks on The Wish Quilt, a free pattern so generously offered by Red Brolly. She still has the pattern on her site if you want to save it. It's a very scrappy quilt and I like that look a lot.  I have had the blocks all embroidered for sometime now but there are a few applique pieces still yet to do and I'll do them as I piece each block, that's my plan anyway. So I took the leap and pieced the first block, I'm not sure that I like the heart block so it may get replaced but I'll show you and see what you think about it.  I haven't embroidered the antlers yet either so I guess it isn't officially "done" but I wanted to show it to you anyway. I am open to comments from you so feel free to tell me if there is something I can do to improve the look. Do you like the print fabric that I used on the left side?

I am linking up today with Super Mom-No Cape so hop over there and check out the other links. I always enjoy looking at others projects and wish I had time to do more..

If you look closely at the embroidery, you can see that I have added just a small touch of color. See the yellow stars, the green bow and the black mane on the horse. I have done this on the other blocks also, just my way...Sew until next time, have a Stitches kind of day......................................

Bluebirds, One of My Favorites

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Somewhere over the rainbow, blue birds fly ... Why then, oh why can't I? These Bluebird towels were so much fun to embroider..if you want to check out the rest of the set, you can go here:
Bluebird Tea Towels, The Rest of the Story.  I'm linking up to Super Mom-No Cape again today....Just click here and you will get there. Sew until next time, I hope you have a Super Stitches kind of day...

Remember His & Hers?

Do you remember the His and Her's pillowcases? They were popular many, many moons ago.  I embroidered this pair when I was in high school. I remember using the colors that were recommended and I thought it was very daring to use lime green with lavender/purple and blue..then aqua to outline the letters...and bold pink flowers!!!  But I have always loved these colors together and now I treasure these pillowcases.  And I crocheted the edging too!! A couple of years ago, I dug them out and they were so yellowed with age so I soaked them in Oxyclean several times for several days and they came out sparkling white again.  This was just a little trip back in time as I made them over 60 years ago and I still love them even though there isn't a "His" anymore. :-(  I wonder what my kids will do with them when I'm gone?  Treasure or trash???


 I linking today with Super Mom-No Cape, you should go check out what others have shared with us if you like hand embroidered pieces..Sew until next time, have a Stitches kind of day..............

Linking with Super Mom-No Cape today

Here is a cute little pillow that I made a few years ago to go with a quilt that I made for my bedroom.  It says "The flower garden is also my garden of thoughts and dreams...The thoughts grow as freely as the flowers and the dreams are as beautiful."  I loved the sentiment and the flowers around the border. I used just one strand of floss to embroider them. It was a free pattern off the internet and I'm sorry that I don't remember where I got it and I haven't found the pattern since, if anyone knows, please let me know.  The quilt is used on my bed spring through summer, it is really pastel and I always look forward to putting it on the bed every year.  The fabric collection was called "Secret Garden" I'm pretty sure and Robyn Pandolph was the designer. Still one of my favorite collections.

The above pictures are the border which I designed with Robyn Pandolph motifs. I didn't have a pattern for the quilt, I just made Flying Geese blocks until I had enough, sewed a long piece in between, machine appliqued the border, and then more Flying Geese!! It was machine quilted by Nancy Anderson and I love what she did with the quilting. Today I'm linking to Super Mom-No Cape. She hopes to have a Linky party every Monday for something embroidered that you want to share. Click on the link above and go check it out, you will find her blog very interesting to browse around. ......Sew until next time, have a Stitches kind of day..................

I've Surfaced!

I think I have been on a self imposed sabbatical but it's time I surfaced on here and get some current posts published soon. It was a lot of baseball, watching 2 grandson's play, on 2 different teams. Weddings, my 3rd grandson to get married and a great niece the week following.  And then I just got out of the habit of posting, does anyone else ever get in the same boat???  Back in May, when I made the puppy tea towels for my future granddaughter-in-law, my daughter-in-law "ordered" a set of tea towels for their 20th wedding anniversary in June ..so I got busy and made the next set.  I chose Bluebirds to embroider and they were fun to do.  So here are the Bluebirds!!  Now I have several more sets "ordered" so I guess I should just keep on embroidering tea towels for everyone in the family. My daughter's both tell me that their towels are all worn out and new ones are really needed. Okay, then!!!

So until the next time, I hope you have a Stitches kind of day......................

Another Year, Another Set of Tea Towels

I have another Grandson, #3,  getting married this summer, so I made another set of tea towels for the bride-to-be. This time I embroidered Puppies and I think they came out pretty cute. I think I will just have to keep a set going all the time as other family members seem to think they need a set too! My daughter-in-law has "ordered" a set for their 20th wedding anniversary that's coming up in June!! I best get busy if I want to have them done by then..Here's the set that I made for Amber...

Thanks for looking and I will try to come back sooner than I did this time. This is such a busy time of year and I just have too much yard to get cleaned up now..I hope the rain has stopped for a few days now and it will warm up to normal temperatures for a while. Sew until next time, I hope you have a Stitches kind of day....

            A family stitched together with love seldom unravels

More Embroidered Tea Towels, Kitties This Time

Gee, I am surprising myself with another post so soon, it's only been 2 days since the last one but I wanted to show you the other set of embroidered tea towels that I just finished on Saturday for the bridal shower on Sunday (yesterday).  Yesterday, we (7 of us) traveled to Humphrey, NE for Jenna's bridal shower..she and my grandson, Jordan, will be getting married on August 3rd..Jenna's Aunt and cousins hosted the shower and of course, Jenna got many nice gifts. Here are the pictures of the tea towels, and I believe I got the free patterns from the Needlecrafter site again.

On this set I added the corner fabric again but this time I just went straight across the top instead of curving. I learned something from this, it was much easier to tuck the ends of the rick-rack under at the edge of the towel with the curved top. The curved top would be my choice from now on, if I decide to use the fabric. I do think it adds to the towel but I'm wondering what will happen to it, if the towel needs bleaching to take out some stains?  I think Oxy-clean would be my answer for that.  Oh well, I need to get busy here and get the ring-bearer pillow finished this week, (that's my deadline) for the July 6th wedding. It will be here before we know it!!!  Sew until next time, have a Stitches kind of day.........................

Bunny Tea Towels

 Do you like hand embroidered tea towels??  I don't think I know anyone that doesn't. I embroidered these and gave them for a shower gift to my grandson's fiance. I know they are a rather old-fashioned type of gift so I put them in a 9x13 woven patriotic basket for presentation..I hoped it would make it more of a "modern" gift!!  I think Jessica really like the gift though....Now I have had "hints" from both daughter's and daughter-in-law  that they would like a set also.. Plus I have 4 more grandsons and 2 granddaughters that will eventually get married, I suppose...I guess I will just have to keep on making them forever.  ;-)  Wow, I don't know just how long it would take to make that many more sets of towels!! I like using the towels that are hemmed on all 4 sides, they seen to be a better quality then the ones that aren't hemmed all around. I added the little corner fabrics and rick-rack and thought it added a lot to the towels too!!

 These patterns were free on this website: Needlecrafter.com She has a lot of very nice embroidery patterns on there for free. I'm working on a set of Kitten ones and need to get them finished today, I have another shower tomorrow..I had better get my butt in gear or I won't get them done....Another grandson getting married in August, oh, it's a busy summer for me.....Sew until next time, have a Stitches kind of day...