Eskimo and Indian

I have another design already... these are catching me!

I now have an eskimo in my around the world series :D

I am so happy with how she turned out. Though this character could be a guy since they both wear (in the photos I found) very similar outfits.


I also have an Indian as well. I am motivated by these designs.

I love this cute little one :D





I've done these all on the same strip because I can. They look so cute together!!!!

I'm loving making this series :D

Just a reminder everyone that my something new linky will be going up on the 28th. We're halfway through march. What new things have you tried already this month?

Happy Stitching,
Caitlin.

New Design - Geisha

I have finally put a new design up on Etsy! It's taken a while because I was trying to do one design and crashed I couldn't work out the colours so I decided to do something entirely different and here is my new series.

This is hopefully going to be part of an Around the World collection if all goes well.

So meet my Geisha

I've done her up on a bookmark fabric so I WILL make her into a bookmark eventually. It will be a matter of time.

I love the colours and I'm really happy with the way the piece turned out. It is all on the same base as my Christmas designs so will be the same height. This only took me a couple of hours to complete so wouldn't take a child very long.

It's all in full crosses so could be done on plastic canvas to create dolls to play with. I can see a whole set appearing at my house soon if I let Lana loose with her needle.   

I feel motivated to make an Eskimo next!

Enjoy and Happy Stitching,
Caitlin

Cup of Tea?

Well it's the perfect weather to be sitting down with a wonderful cup of tea. Although the sun is starting to come out from behind the clouds this morning it was pouring down rain. I have been in a cuddle down and stitch/crochet mood this weekend.

When I wasn't winning the softball Grand Final that is!!!!!!!!!! It was an awesome way to end the softball season. We have come so close many times before but this year was our year! I was so nervous on Saturday that come Saturday night I was drained. I curled up in bed with my crochet and a book and didn't move!

Back to the reason you are all here. I assume you want to see stitching photos :D I have been powering along with afternoon tea and managed to finish the column. There is lots of black then suddenly lots of confetti.

Before

After

 It never seems like much until you count how many stitches that is. I think I've done almost 1000 stitches in that small column. I still love this piece.

I don't think I've shown you the awesome bags my mum made. Each of my big projects on the millenium frames now has a calico bag to protect them from dust and dirt. It will fit the project with or without the stretcher bars in. I love how much nice than the pillowcase it looks. And my big frame for Masquerade Pale Dawn is in one bag not two pillowcases.

Now I did say crochet as well.

You can see the start of the blue row happening here as well. I love the way the colours are going in this piece.It is great to sit down and just crochet when my head is exhausted and concentrating just
isn't going to happen, or when I really need to keep reading that Terry Pratchet!


Now I asked a question at the beginning of this post.
Does anyone want a cup of tea?

I'm enjoying my gorgeous owl mug and my Twinings Australian Afternoon Tea. I have to have milk in tea but rarely do I put sugar in. Only when I want a really strong Assam Bold. I used to be crazy about leaf teas and although I have a lot I'm usually too lazy to bother. I do have a pretty purple teapot and mug when I do make up a pot.

How do you have your tea?
Do you have a favourite mug?
Milk and sugar?

Curiosity is getting the better of me :D


Happy stitching,
Caitlin

Turtle, Turtle

I have been having fun, I keep wanting to sew at the moment and I was searching through my stuff and found fabric I had already cut out to make a teddy. Sooo I just had to sew it up. I have made one other teddy in this fabric which I gave to my cousin's kid. I knew I had enough for 2 teddies and I managed to sew up this one and finish him on Friday. Now I didn't post about him for no other reason than I forgot! I know that's bad of me.

I had a hand model helping me. He had to do the rabbit ears behind the teddy! It now belongs to him and is called Marshall.

Now those people who have been paying attention will be wondering what this has to do with turtles. Well once I started the teddy I opened a dam! I had to grab out to fabric I had picked to make a turtle and start it. This meant photocopying the pattern pieces onto card and cutting them out.

Then cutting out the fabric and all that fun stuff.

 Here I was on Monday with my makeshift ironing board out on the floor. I use a towel folded up to make a nice ironing board since I don't own a real one. BUT being a quilter means I must at least own an iron. I don't use it for anything but ironing fabric for ornaments and patchwork things but I have it.

After a bit of sewing which was surprisingly quite easy. (It's less fiddly than some of the other ones I've done.) I have a finished turtle :D 

 

Oops we have another photo bomb! Both a teddy and some rabbit ears this time! 

 

 I love working on these patterns they are so easy to understand. Both the Teddy and the Turtle are from Funky Friends Factory. An Australian lady who designs the cutest patterns. I only have a couple of her designs but I do want more.

I have already picked out the colours and cut the fabric for another turtle which should be finished in a couple of days at this rate! 

I joined a linky party :D because I could. I'm learning new skills!

I will be back soon with some stitching updates. I have actually been stitching as well on Afternoon Tea no less :D It's not much but it is something!

Happy Stitching,
Caitlin 

New Finds

I had my softball semi final yesterday afternoon and it was the BEST fun ever! We played really well as did the other team (23-19) but we WON!!!! I got a home run the first time I came up to bat and did a couple of awesome catches at third. We go into the grand final next week and if we keep playing at this level we will be great!  

After that I rushed home then we went to my bands trivia and auction night last night which was a LOT of fun :D it was 70's theme. Though I wasn't organised enough to dress up but the table we were at was and they brought spare hats. I wore an Indian headband and I thought I looked wonderful. Though I wasn't organised enough to get a photo but one of the other ladies did but I just need to get it from her.

James didn't want me taking a picture but this one is halfway decent. I love the blue hat on him!

In the auction part I bid on a couple of things but only won two. My book cover went for $10 but to a lovely little girl so hopefully it is loved!

I won a cushion and lavender satchet set from my fellow trumpeter. Her embroidery is gorgeous it's so neat!

 The second auction I won was a suitcase FULL of fat quarters. 34 in total! Lana has already bagged the pink one for me to make her teddy with. There was also a notebook and scissors and cool stuff.

 Unfortunately I lost this one which is a stunning cross stitch of a butterfly. It looks so gorgeous and the stitching was soooo neat!

 All in all last night/yesterday in general was a wonderful day and now I need to plan what to do with my new wins. It was all for a good cause to help us get to New Zealand for our music tour this year.

Happy Stitching Everyone,
Caitlin