My Adam and Eve's...and finishes~~~

Greetings all!!!  Guess I have been away a little too long....Blogger has switched me up for some reason, so please bear with me....

First off, I am so, so loving my Adam and Eve reproduction sampler....BUT, when I saw THIS smaller Adam and Eve on Vonna's blog, I knew I would have to stitch it up....

So, multi-tasking A & E's.....

Adam and Eve

Little House Needleworks

32 ct Vintage Navy Bean

specified overdye threads

(Poor old Adam has a "dear in the headlights" look on his face!) 

And, I continue to work on my reproduction Adam and Eve Sampler SAL with Terri and Marylin....Those ladies are so dedicated, that my measely progress looks kinda pitiful next to theirs...Ahh..But, its all about enjoying the ride...no?....  Here is my progress on this graceful sampler....

Adam and Eve Reproduction Sampler

Cross Stitch and Needlework Magazine

May 2009 issue

36 ct linen, Terri's overdye conversion 

(Adam and Eve have already turned gray haired evidently!!)

And, of course, I completed my June CCN cottage.... I did omit the flying daisies however....

June Cottage

Country Cottage Needleworks

36 ct exemplar, specified threads

Lastly, I want to leave you with a little tease.....

Monday I finished sewing up one of my recently stitched items.... AND, as soon as I was done, it jumped in a  mailing envelope  and informed me it was flying away for a weeks vacation to Terre Haute, Indiana!!! Imagine the look on my face!!~~~~But, its only a one week vacation stay, so, I suppose I can live with it.... tee-hee...(More on this in my next post....)

In the meantime, here are a couple snaps to tease you with....

I fell in love with Barbara Brackman's 1862 Battle Hymn fabric....
LOVE those flags!!!


Here's hoping your summer days are peaceful and filled with linen and threads.....

Faye

~~A Stitchers Heart~~

~~Hello all~~

I have been busy stitching and finishing the 2012 Little House Needleworks ~A Stitchers Heart~~

It was a fun stitch as it came with all the necessary overdye threads and rick-rack...

Here is the finished product....

A Stitchers Heart

Little House Needleworks

Crescent Colors overdyed threads and 1/2" rick-rack

I first had to rescue the poor rick-rack that was in my kit....Somehow it was all balled up in packaging and needed a good ironing....So, iron your supplies before you start...

I have to admit when I re-read the directions and it told me to make a slit in the backing fabric to turn the heart inside out, I thought there must be a better way!! So....I came up with this.....I sewed a flap in the back by overlapping the fabrics...

After you put a small amount of stuffing or padding in, you just hem stitch this flap shut...

Doing it this way allows you to sew completely around the heart with no distortion...

Then rouch and attach the rick rack....

Back side of finished heart....

This was a super fun stitch for me and was so thankful I had brought

 this partiular homespun with me ... It turned out to be a perfect match to the BeanSprout rick-rack!

With Easter behind me, I am now working on a Patriotic design by Sheepish Designs....I hope to finish stitching and fabricate it into something useful for the Patriotic corner of my craft room....You know me....It will be a little bit of a twist from the designers framed model.. We'll see how things go tomorrow...2 more days until I am heading back home....

Here's hoping you are also having a fantastic week!!

Always,

Faye

Just a couple more finishes ..Patriotics of course!!

What can I say??? I love the red, white and blue~~

Here are a couple more goodies I finished this month that now need to fitted up in the perfect frames..

Liberty ~ 1776

Little House Needleworks

32 ct Flax Belfast

specified overdyes

And....I couldn't resist stitching up this beautiful design.....

Flag Day

With thy Needle & Thread

32 ct Limestone Belfast

DMC flosses

I just HAD to stitch up this design because of this chubby guy....

tee-hee....Isn't he the cutest????

Ok, that's it for now........

Its suppertime~~

Faye