New Patterns and Some Stitching

I've been busy doing a lot of sewing the past couple of weeks.  I enjoy pattern writing and explaining how to sew things step by step.  I made this quilt in different fabrics a couple of years ago and wrote a rough draft of the pattern then.  A few weeks ago I decided to remake the quilt in Lori Holt fabrics and double check the pattern draft I wrote.   The result is the quilt below called Dresden Blossoms.   You can purchase the pattern in my Etsy shop LuAnnsLooseThreads.  

I'm still cross stitching a lot and have a lot of Sunflower stitching to work on.  I wanted a table runner to go under my tiered tray that will hold my sunflower stitching.   I came up with this table runner below and wrote and published a pattern for it.  You can click on the link in my sidebar to purchase that pattern.  

I've been in the mood to get back to stitching some hexagons, so I decided to jump in with some other hexagon stitchers over on Instagram and do the Tea and Cake quilt from Judy Newman's new book, Quilts for Life 2.  This has been a lot of fun so far.  The book gives a general idea of the layout of the quilt.  But it's kind of like a choose your own adventure quilt.  Right now I don't have a plan, but I'm enjoying getting back to stitching hexagons again.

Here's the book that contains the pattern.

Here's some of my small cross stitch projects.  The two small pillows are free patterns from   Melisa at Pinker N Punkin blog.  She has a lot of other free patterns that are really cute.  A lot of them are my "to do" pile.  

This pattern is called Freedom and the designer is Monica from Monica's Stitching Studio.  I love this Uncle Sam with his flag and eagle.   You can find this pattern and more of Monica's Designs in her Etsy shop found here.   Now we decorate our cross stitch with some fru-fru, so I've added a bow, stuffed gingham star and a Patriotic pick.  Cross stitch is a lot of fun this time around.  I cross stitched a lot back in the late 1980s.  Now there are patterns that are small enough that we can finish them in a couple of days.  The finishing (making into little pillows or framing with different fabrics behind the stitching ) takes almost as much time as the stitching itself.  The possibilities are endless.  

We had a fun July 4th barbecue with hamburgers, hot dogs, brats, potato salad, and fruit pizza made by my two Grandsons.  I found this trifle dish on sale at the grocery store, so I made this banana pudding trifle.  (My other trifle dish went to Goodwill because I didn't think I'd ever use it again.)   

Thanks for stopping by for a visit.

I hope you are finding some time to stitch today!!!!!

Switching to a New Email Subscriber Service

 Good Monday morning

I wrote my first blog post here in August 2008.  At some point I added the box over on my sidebar that allowed you to subscribe to my posts by email.  In the past Blogspot has used Feedburner to allow you to get notices when I post here on my blog.   But for some reason, Feedburner is going away.

So I've signed up with a service called Follow It.  You will probably have to confirm your subscription again since I'm using a new service.

The email will be from follow.it.

When you open the email, it will look like this.  Click the link in the green bar, and you will continue to receive updates from my blog.   




If you are a blogger and haven't switched over from Feedburner yet, email Follow It.  When you click that link and their page opens up, there is a box that pops up at the bottom that says "Send us a message."   They were very helpful and emailed back and forth with me until I (hopefully) have made the switch.  I believe Feedburner is going away on July 1, and if you don't switch to another service, you will lose your subscribers.  

Those of you that follow me, thank you.   I'll be back later today or tomorrow with a quilt/cross stitch post.

Hope you are finding some time to stitch today.

Thank you for visiting!

Patriotic, Wreats and Hexagons - Checking In

Hi Everyone

I'm just checking in after several months of being MIA.   I'm just making sure that I can still remember how to do a blog post and to see if there is anyone out there that is still reading my  posts.  

This is a quilt that I made a couple of years ago.  It's just a pattern that I made up.   I have it hanging up in my kitchen using the yardstick hanging idea from Janet that blogs at Rogue Quilter.    I love Patriotic decorating and will post more later.

I've been making wreaths the last couple of weeks.   The wreaths below are all made from a tutorial on YouTube from Priscilla at Stitching with the Housewives.   Priscilla and her daughter, Chelsea, are cross stitch pattern designers and have a you tube channel.  

 

This one is made from small tulip stems from Michaels.  

These really are easy to make.   Once I stopped dropping the roll of wire and getting the grapevine wreath to stop sticking to everything, it was pretty easy.

This one is on my front door now.  It is made from 4 different geranium branches from Michaels.

I've been doing mostly counted cross stitch for the last several months.   Lately, I've been thinking about pulling out my hexagons and starting a new project.   More on that later.

This post is mainly a test to see if I still remember how to do a post and see if anyone is out there reading this.   

Thanks for stopping by for a visit.

I hope you are finding some time to stitch today!!!