A Poinsettia

The poinsettia added to my son's crazy quilted Christmas stocking is not perfect, but for a first attempt, I am not complaining!

While using the open base needlewoven picot stitch to make a sea star in 2015, I thought about how well it could work for a poinsettia on a Christmas crazy quilt.

In January of this year, I saw some of the beautiful flowers Michelle of MooshieStitch created using this stitch and knew I would add one to this stocking. Following the layout in this tutorial that Michelle shared at Feeling Stitchy, I created this poinsettia.

Size 8 red and green perle cotton was used to create the petals and the leaves. Gold Mill Hill petite seed beads were used to fill the center and to embellish the background of this motif area.

Thank you so much for stopping by!

Renee

This is Day 19 of the 31 Day Blog Writing Challenge hosted by www.muppin.com. You may read more about it and find other participating blogs here.

QS Red Hearts Update - December 2017

My Heaven and Earth Designs "QS Red Hearts" cross-stitch, based on artwork by Ching-Chou Kuik, will be my International Hermit and Stitch Weekend (IHSW) project until it is finished.

This was last month's photo.

My goal is to add at least 600 stitches a month. I suppose the positive side to waking up way too early all weekend was the extra stitching time. 

I added 952 stitches and finished another diagonal section - reaching the bottom of the piece.

31,553 of 46,990 stitches are complete.

The project is 67.15% complete. (It was 65.12%)

Pages 1-4: 100% complete

Page 5:        45.43% complete. (It was 42.62%)

Page 6:          7.44% complete.

Page 7:        47.09% complete. (It was 31.78%)

Page 8:          0.09% complete.

Page 9:          0% complete.

In 2017, I added 13,385 stitches to this piece! Only 15,437 to go...

Thank you for visiting!
-Renee

IHSW is the 3rd full weekend of every month. You may find more details about it at Random Ramblings, here. The IHSW Facebook Group is here.

This is day 18 of the 31 Day Blog Writing Challenge hosted by www.muppin.com.

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Buttons and a Wreath

The final seam on the crazy quilt stocking I am making for my son is another quite simple one. 

Red and green buttons were sewn on.

For a motif, I disassembled an earring.

Using clear polyester quilting thread, I attached the wreath to the stocking.

There are three more motifs I need to add to the stocking to complete the embellishments.

It should be finished before Christmas Eve.

I am wishing you all a wonderful week! Thank you for visiting.
-Renee

This is Day 17 of the 31 Day Blog Writing Challenge hosted by www.muppin.com.

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More Happy Mail!

Look at the wonderful mail that arrived from ThermOWeb yesterday!

As some of you know, I am participating with my first quilting block of the month.

Amy at Sew Incredibly Crazy and some of her very talented blogging friends offered a Sun, Sand, and Sea Block of the Month.

(Here is a link to the blog posts at Sew Incredibly Crazy. 

And you may find my blocks here.

Joan at Moosestash Quilting has finished here quilt and it is here!)

ThermOWeb is one of the wonderful companies sponsoring the Sun, Sand, and Sea Block of the Month.

In October, I won a drawing after completing this block and entering it in a linky party.

ThermOWeb sponsored the drawing and I won all of the goodies shared in the first photograph.

The timing was perfect, as I used the last of my roll of HeatnBond Lite to complete this block. 

 I want to thank ThermOWeb for sponsoring this block of the month. I love their products! 

I also want to thank each of these bloggers - not only for being so talented - but for being incredibly sweet and supportive. 

They have made my first BOM experience SEW much fun!

Amy at Sew Incredibly Crazy

Carla at Creatin' in the Sticks

Carol at Just Let Me Quilt

Joan at Moosestash Quilting

I also encourage you to check out the 2018 BOM. 

The theme is: It's a "Wild" Life.

Details are here and each block is free the month it is released.

Thank you for visiting!

-Renee

This is day 16 of the 31 Day Blog Writing Challenge hosted by www.muppin.com.

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A Quilt Label

One of my UFOs (unfinished objects) is a quilt I made back in 2005. 

It is going to be gifted, but needs a label and a hanging sleeve.

Tonight, I finished the label. This is how it looked before adding the recipient's name.

Sometime prior to 2005, I purchased this little book at The Stitchin' Post in Sisters, Oregon. Make Your Own Quilt Labels: Volume 4 was written by Kim Churbuck. It contains several darling sketches and easy to follow instructions.

Now, I just need to sew this and the hanging sleeve onto the quilt. (I was a complete novice when I made the quilt this will be added to. It became a UFO when I realized it needed a hanging sleeve and learned that should have been sewn on with the binding... Wish me luck!)

Thank you for visiting!
-Renee

This is day 15 of the 31 Day Blog Writing Challenge. You may find more details and other participating blogs here.