CJ STITCHING AND BLOOMS

Stitching is My Passion...Sitting in My Comfy chair and stitching Brightens My Day and Soothes My Spirit..

I have loved working with wool for many many years. For this event I only had time to put together 2 small projects.. Along the right side of My sidebar you will find some other wool projects I have created in the past...

I have been wanting to created a Autumn Door Hanger for years..I pieced this pumpkin together many years ago and then I store it away. I cannot even find the pattern anymore. I recently found it and knew it was time to finish it.

Several days later and hours of stitching I have the Happy Autumn "Crazy Patchwork Pumpkin" door hanger.. I used 100% hand-dyed wools along with hand-dyed spun fibers..I added lots of bead to give it sparkle.

What do you all think??

Some of the stitches I used in the Crazy Patchwork Pumpkin are:

(1) Drizzle Stitch

(2) Blanket Stitch

(3) Palestrina Stitch

(4) Running Stitch

(5) French Knot Beaded Stitch

(6) Chain Stitch

(7) Feather Stitch

I also made a "Heart Pincushion" with a Folk Art Autumn look.. I placed Autumn motifs on it to include a Pumpkin, Acorn, Leaves, Star, and A Handmade with Love symbol. I created this pattern myself.

HAPPY AUTUMN

I also created a small Autumn Bay Window display of some neat looking gourds and a pumpkin. A few days ago I crocheted 2 wee Pumpkin some Autumn Leaves and a Acorn. I also added a Wet Felted Pumpkin I made a few years back.

What do you think??

CELEBRATING 7 YEARS OF BLOGGING.

This Month I am "Celebrate 7 Years of Blogging by having a wee "Give Away" .....

This past Summer while I was caring for My Mom I spent the evening crocheting. I fell in love with the "Granny Square Pincushion Pattern" by Emma. Emma's blog is called "LuLuLoves" I made them in lots of sizes and colors. I simple could not stop making them. LOL

I used the Granny Rose Pattern from Astri's blog called
"Apple Blossom Dreams" ..
It is such a wonderful crochet Rose, I love it.

I made this pretty"Granny Square Heart" for the give away too. The pattern I found at Ulta's blog called,
"Paper Wool and Yarn".. I made 2 hearts and stitched them together and then added a pretty flower..

I made up this wee star fish for a gift in this give away too.

I found the "Simple Star" pattern at Rachel's blog called " Cornflower Blue Studio".

I took 2 of the crocheted Stars and crocheted them together and before I completed this I stuff the middle to give it a 3D look and then added some beads....I really like this sweet little star turned into a "Star Fish"!!

I also love to do wet wool felting. I used scented bar soap and wrapped in lovely wool roving and wet felted it. So very easy to make. This felted soap is also in the give away.

So I have 3 gifts to give away to "Celebrate My 7 Years of Blogging.
My Sweetie will draw 3 names and the gifts will be given in the order below.

(1st Prize) Large Crochet Pincushion...

(2nd Prize) Small Crochet Pincushion and Felted Scented Soap...

(3rd Prize) The Crochet Star Fish and Crochet Heart...

Here are the Details for My Give Away.

(1) Leave a comment on this posting.
(2) Bonus: Leave me another comment and tell me you are a Follower for an extra entry.
(3) The Give Away will close on September 29th @ 5PM
(4) Randomly chosen Winners will be announced on September 30th.
(5) I will ship Internationally..

I value all My Blogging Friends and with these Wee Gifts "Handmade With Love"I hope they will show My Appreciation to you all.

So I am using up my Yarn Stash bit by bit. Here is just some of the Encore Yarn I used this Summer.

Here are some of the other Granny Square Pincushion I also made for Christmas Pressies this year.

Click Here to read about the "Stash-Buster Challenge" and the September Link Party..

Thanks to Linda and Ana for this wonderful Idea..

I Greatly Appreciate you all stopping by to visit My Blog and I always enjoy reading your kind comments.
Now that I am home once again I have started visiting my blogging friend which I have really enjoyed doing... I wish Everyone A Wonderful Happy Autumn...

Hugs Judy

Gorgeous Moon Flowers Blooming In My Garden along with Sweet Autumn Clematis.

Wednesday, August 28, 2013

HAPPY TO BE BACK TO BLOGGING I HAVE MISSED YOU ALL SOME SUMMER FUN and HAPPY PINK SATURDAY

Greetings Everyone,

I am so VERY Very Happy to be back to My Blog and back to visiting with My Dear Blogging Friends. I have "Missed" visiting you all. I will be catching up with you all very soon.

The Summer has passed all to quickly. I would like to share with you all some of My Summer Photos.

First, I purchased this very lovely Lacey Looking and Artistic Crocheted Rose Clock from Astri's etsy shop on her blog at
"Apple Blossom Dreams".
I have this very lovely clock in our Sun Room where we spend most of our time during the nice sunny and warm days of Summer. I love it.. What do you all think??

This Summer we had an unexpected visitor to our front yard.. It was a real JOY for us to discover that Mommy Duck pick My Garden as a place for her nest. Huge Smile.

She hide her nest behind My Day Lilly and Under our Bay Window.. We live 2 blocks from their owner's place where he has a pond for them. It is mystery how they choose just the right place for nesting. Can you believe 15 eggs in all????

And of course while we were gone Mommy Duck's Sweet Ducklings hatched and we missed this wonderful event. BUT we knew the person who owns the duck and he took photo for us while we were gone. He told us 10 hatched and two were lost. Mommy Duck has not come back to our yard to show us her ducklings yet.

We truly enjoyed their visit to our yard this Summer.

My garden has had a bit of a challenge this Summer. The ongoing saga of deer which have become so use to human in our community they come right into our yard and eat everything in site. Only One pretty pink bloom from my Hydrangea Bush was saved.

A new back yarn fence is going up while I write. Huge Very Big Smile.......

My Lime Light Hydrangea Bush did well. Look at those impressive blooms. I love them.

Because our Summer has been so hectic we decided to escape to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan for a week. Up North it is so peaceful, relaxing and there is very little traffic to deal with. It is a very spare populated area so a very special place to visit. We did wonder a bit into Northern Wisconsin too.

These lovely 'Murals" ( click on Mural and you will find many more) are in the town of Ashland, Wisconsin. In the brochure about the Murals they say this town has the most Murals than any other town in the USA. Every old historic building has a Mural and I only got a few photos of these beautiful pieces of art.
I really LOVE Murals. What do you all think??? Any special Mural in your communities??

We also visited "Porcupine Mountains State Park" which is located in the far Western part of the UP. In the top left corner is a photo of the pristine and gorgeous "Lake of the Clouds".

During our travels we visited 3 Fiber shops. Huge Very Big Smile.

The first fiber shop we stopped at is in the very quaint Marina town of Hessel.. It is on the Northern shores of Lake Huron in the UP.

"Woolderness Fiber Art Studio and Gallery" was "Heavenly" to visit. The owner hand dyed and spun the loose fibers above for me. Her website is very lovely please have a look I am sure you will enjoy it.

Knit-N-Purl is a very unique and lovely yarn shop in Marquette, Michigan. No website. The two balls of yarn was spun by the owner of a local sheep farm.

While on vacation My Dear Friend Shirley from Toowoomba, Qld. Australia sent me some very lovely hand dyed curls. I plan to use them in a project soon. Shirley has a wonderful stitching blog called,
"Stitches and Life"..
Thanks Shirley you are very kind and generous..

The Yarn Holder and the very soft and beautiful "Baby Alpaca Grande Hues was from a very unique shop called, "Dutch Oven Yarn Shop" in Alanson Michigan.. She also has a very nice website so please have a look.

While Up North My Sweetie and me spent many relaxing and fun hours walking along the sandy and rocky shores of Lake Superior. Every beach was unique with being either very rocky or very sandy.

We were searching for Pretty Stones or Beach Glass. We found both. Not lots of Beach Glass but lots and lots of Pretty Stones. My Sweetie has several artistic plans for them that I will reveal in the future.. vbg

This trip was a very Happy and Relaxing Trip for us that rejuvenated "Our Spirits" from the hectic pace of our lives.

Thank you all for your continue support of My Blog and your very lovely comments... They are all greatly appreciated.

I leave you with One Last Photo of My Wet Felting Soap Project. I plan to do more "Wet Felting" in the near Future.

My "SEVEN" year Blogging Anniversary is in September ... I can hardly believe it has been this long.

I have truly enjoyed sharing all 'My Artistic Projects" with you all over the years. I am planning a Nice Giveaway the middle of September sometime. I hope you all will come back for another visit. Thanks

I am linking to
Pink Saturday.

Hugs Judy