Sun City Stitcher
Formerly Colorado Stitcher who is now stitching in the Valley of the Sun.
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Monday, May 16, 2022
Saturday, May 14, 2022
Elements by Carolyn Mitchell
I told you a bit about this in this catch-up post from September 15, 2021. I have worked on it here and there since and finally finished it! I am not sure I will be brave enough to finish it as a tray, but I put the snaps in the corners just in case. There are so many long thread stitches, I am afraid to use it and catch them!
The colorway I chose was Fire and you can see it is well named!
That about covers it for now!
Saturday, April 2, 2022
Beaded Bermuda Reef
Hello!
Last Friday and Saturday I was so thrilled to attend an IN-PERSON workshop given by my local ANG Chapter, Saguaro Stitchers. Kathy Rees of Needle Delights Originals taught her Beaded Bermuda Reef. It was a very fun project and not too big. We used 8" x 16" stretcher bars. It is full of lots of fun thread colors, stitches and textures.
We made the beaded fringe in class. Below is my progress to see if it is long enough.
Monday, February 14, 2022
Happy Valentine's Day
I finished this fun little stitched design from the Rainbow Gallery by Erica Michaels. It is a free chart from Rainbow Gallery, part of the 2000 Stitcher's Surprise Series. It is not stitched as designed, I used it as a monochromatic challenge where we use one color of thread. I did it all in DMC Variations #4210. I used bee charm I had on had (shown in second photo). I used some rose colored 28 count even weave I had in my stash and stitched it over two.
Tuesday, February 1, 2022
A Couple of Flat Folds
Last month I taught a workshop to my local needlework club on how to do a flat fold finish.
I had 4 students and it went quite well, all but one had their pieces all put together except for the cording. We have started back our monthly programs and February we will be making twisted cord!
Here are two pieces I finished in the flat fold manner. The cactus has purchased cording and the heart has cord I made using two colors!
The Saguaro is from a Banar designs kit from the 1990s and the heart is from a local Littleton, Colorado needlework shop retreat. So, I do not have a lot of information on either of them other than that.
I had planned to put the Saguaro in our March expo sale, but I like it too much and I am keeping it!! But I have the chart someplace and can make another one for the sale. Maybe not for March, but there should be one or two sales in the fall.
Monday, January 31, 2022
What's for Dinner?
Tonight, I decided to use my Pampered Chef Rockcrock Dutch oven to make Chili!
It was super easy. I first saluted some onions in the pot:
Saturday, January 15, 2022
New Cooking Gadget/Adventure
Hello, I recently became an Independent Consultant for Pampered Chef. You can find my website on my ABOUT page. I wanted to share with you this fun new product. I think it is my new favorite!
Now, before you groan and wonder if this will turn into a cooking blog, NO, this will still be primarily a stitching site. I just might throw in a few fun cooking things once in a while. I just navigate and tell stories better via a blog than on facebook (I do have a separate FB page for my Pampered Chef business by the way). Also, the company does not want us to have a dedicated Pampered Chef blog, but they do allow mention of product in our lifestyle blogs. I guess no hard sales either. So, since I tend to be a boring rule follower, I did not create a separate blog, I will just use this blog.
Here goes:
My new favorite cooking tool is the Rapid-Prep Mandoline. I have (but not for long) a traditional mandolin and as you can see there are blades and lots of chances to get cut with this one. I always worried when they were in the dishwasher, fearing them getting grabbed the wrong way and gave alerts to my hubbie that sharp stuff was in there.