Nice Surprise..

I received a wonderful surprise from 

Tracy Elgersma from Texas.

Tracy won first place at the 

Ellis County Quilt Show in Midlothian, Texas.

Here is her quilt....The 54th

Here is the information she sent along with the picture of the quilt.

"I was so happy to find fabric to do the pattern justice. I did the embroidery in dark navy on a pale gray background. The outside borders were the union gray and blue with the names of the civil war battles. Kathy Bradbery in McKinney TX did the quilting. She did a beautiful job."

Thank you so much Tracy for sharing your quilt.  And thank you for choosing my pattern.

The above quilt was posted with permission from Tracy Elgersma.

Have a wonderful weekend and stitch something wonderful.

Lola

In a second hoop....

I have started a new design 

in a second hoop

Still stitchin',

Lola

Finishes....and new starts.....

So here is a peek at my finishes for the weekend...

These are new patterns.

And here is what is in my hoop now

I will post some more patterns that I will be

 releasing within the next month in a couple of days.

Make it a wonderful week.

Christmas is only....174 days away!! 

(I think)

Lola

Transferring

Since I started doing shows again, I do get a lot of questions about some of my processes that I go through.

So I will be showing more of what I do.

I have been transferring designs, yesterday and today.  

Here is a look at what I am doing.

I started with the Sharpie.  Which is what I normally use.

However, after drawing the "H", I forgot I was not going to use black floss, so I switched to the Micron Pen.

I will be using Red, Blue and probably off white.

And note....I used a brown Micron Pen.

The 3 pics are of a design that I have had

 drawn out for more than 6 months.  

When I get in the mood, or I have nothing 

else to stitch out, I will take a couple of 

days and pull out designs and just 

copy/transfer until my arms ache.

This will be a combination of stitchery 

and applique.  

Now I need to figure out if I will 

do the applique in wool or cotton.

Have a wonderful week!

Lola

Tea Dying

So what do you do when you are tea dying 

25 yards of muslin and it doesn't 

work out the way you want on either batch?

You move to a smaller pot, and.....

Finally....

This is what I was aiming for..........

It's in my hoop....Working on the next pattern!!!

Have a wonderful and safe holiday

Lola