Stitch Along with CSF

Asian-Inspired Mailart

2011-05-04T15:02:00.000-07:00

Designs from book "Oriental Odyssey" by Joan Elliott
Fabric: 18ct Antique White Aida
Fibers: DMC
Embellishments: Pink fabric lining, Asian coin, and snaps
Stitched by Meari
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Ebenezer - Progress 4-10-11

2011-04-10T18:43:00.000-07:00

Jingle Bells Xmas Tree Farm - 4-3-11 Progress

2011-04-05T16:46:00.000-07:00

Christmas Quaker Bellpull - 3/27/11

2011-03-27T18:01:00.000-07:00

Christmas Village Progress - 3/20/11

2011-03-20T17:17:00.001-07:00

It's comin' along....

KP

Shabbat Tabletopper - 3-13-11

2011-03-13T19:22:00.000-07:00

Dutch Treat. Progress as of 3/13/11.

KP

Gingerbread Stitching House - Progress 3/6/11

2011-03-06T17:40:00.000-08:00

Victoria Sampler

KP

Angel of Hope - 2/27/11

2011-02-27T15:51:00.001-08:00

Lavender & Lace

Four Seasons - 2/20/11

2011-02-20T16:28:00.001-08:00

By Victoria Sampler. This is one of four designs in the kit...

KP

The Witches Wheel - Progress 2/13/11

2011-02-13T19:50:00.001-08:00

By Glendon Place.

KP

Progress - Santa's Village - 2/6/11

2011-02-06T12:26:00.001-08:00

Slow start....SO hate working with silks....

KP

Ebenezer - Progress 1/30/11

2011-01-30T15:35:00.001-08:00

Progress and One Finish

2011-01-29T03:33:00.000-08:00

Been stitching away here in SE Wisconsin...Here is a photo of my first finish of the year - Snow White by Little House Needleworks.
And I have pulled 8 projects to work on for 2011 (aside from smalls that I will be working on in between...) Here are pictures of my progress so far on 3 of them (I work on each one for one week).
Above is my start on Victoria Samplers' "Christmas Village".

And this is my start on "Christmas Quaker Bellpull".

And finally my start on Victoria Samplers' "Jingle Bells Xmas Tree Farm".

More to follow....as progress is made...heh...

KP

WIP Monday

2011-01-17T04:12:00.000-08:00

This is HAED QS Fragile Heart. This is a freebie SAL that I am doing on their board. I will be stitching on it all week.

Sunday is Halloween SAL and I am stitching on Poof Hat by ursula Michael.

O Christmas Tree

2010-12-27T19:42:00.000-08:00

I started this last week. It is O Christmas Tree from Angel Stitchin , out of one of the JCS Ornament issues.

TMQ is Finished!

2010-12-27T07:58:00.000-08:00

Design: Treasured Memories Quilt Afghan
Designer: Lois Winston
Magazine: The Cross Stitcher, Apr-Aug 1997
Started: 1997 ~~~ Finished: 2010
Fibers: DMC
Size: 41x67"
Stitched by Meari

Silvery Tree - Mill Hill

2010-12-27T07:26:00.001-08:00

The last of the six Mill Hill Festival of Trees series.

KP

Holiday Spirit

2010-12-18T17:19:00.001-08:00

Holiday Spirit
Designer: Samplerbird Stitchery
Fabric: 28ct White Cashel Linen
Fibers: DMC Color Variations
Time: 3.5 Hrs to stitch
Embellishments: Beads, Runched Satin Ribbon
Stitched By Meari

Victorian Tree - Mill Hill

2010-12-14T17:06:00.001-08:00

5 down...1 to go!

KarenP

Snowflake Tree - Mill Hill

2010-12-02T15:39:00.001-08:00

From the Festival of Trees series.

KP

Blessed Be

2010-12-01T18:01:00.000-08:00

Blessed Be
Designer: Plum Pudding Needleart
Fabric: 32ct Brown Linen (Brand Unknown)
Fibers: DMC
Stitched by: Meari
I changed the wording to Needles and Pins since I knew I was going to make it into a needlebook. I stitched just the pumpkin for the back cover of the needlebook.

Quaker Snowman

2010-11-30T05:38:00.000-08:00

Quaker Snowman
Designer: Midnight Stitching
Fabric: 32ct Maroon Linen (brand unknown)
Fibers: Six Strand Sweets, DMC
Embellishments: Runched Ribbon
Stitched By: Meari

Just Nan Christmas Workshop Etui

2010-11-26T05:13:00.002-08:00

KarenP

Gingerbread House Tabletopper

2010-11-26T05:13:00.001-08:00

KarenP

Couple of Mill Hill Finishes

2010-11-26T05:11:00.000-08:00

Old Fashioned Tree
Forest Tree

KarenP

A Couple Finishes

2010-11-20T06:09:00.000-08:00

Mill Hill Festival of Trees - Cardinal Tree

Keep Christmas In Your Heart - Stoney Creek

KarenP

Hi!

2010-10-27T19:32:00.000-07:00

I tried to rejoin CSF Yahoo group but didn't get accepted. May I come back to post on here?

Shelleen

C is For Cure

2010-10-05T13:16:00.001-07:00

Design: C is for Cure
Designer: Lizzie Kate
Fabric: 14ct Baby Pink Aida
Fibers: Six Strand Sweets
Time: 4 Hours
Date: 10/5/10
Stitched by: Meari

Gentle Menagerie

2010-10-05T04:53:00.000-07:00

Designer: Diane Brakefield
Magazine: Cross Stitch & Country Crafts, Mar-Apr 1991
Fabric: 16ct White Aida
Fibers: DMC, Kreinik
Started: July 5, 2010
Finished: September 4, 2010
Framed: October 4, 2010
Stitched by Meari

Meari's Monday WIP 9/27/10

2010-09-27T08:06:00.000-07:00

I've been working on TMQ a lot lately. Last week, I ended up re-charting the poem on TMQ because I wasn't sure it would fit in the space I had available on the afghan. Then I did some stitching. Here's my progress so far:

Other WIP pics can be seen HERE.

Sand Castles Mailart

2010-08-03T05:51:00.001-07:00

Design: Sand Castles
Designer: Erica Michaels
Fabric: 14ct Beige Aida
Fibers: DMC
Stitched by Meari

Cancer Awareness Blackwork

2010-07-19T09:56:00.001-07:00

Design: Cancer Awareness Blackwork
Designer: Kristine Herber, Dragonfly Stitches
Fabric: 14ct ecru aida
Fibers: DMC (962 & 963)
Embellishments: Seed Beads, Charm, Braided Trim
Stitched By: Meari

ABC Lessons

2010-06-21T12:57:00.000-07:00

Design: ABC Lessons
Designer: Lizzie Kate
Fabric: 28ct opalescent linen
Fibers: Crescent Colors, DMC
Started: Feb 2010
Finished: June 2010
Stitched by Meari

Frame Detail

Marque page Amitié

2010-05-03T10:05:00.000-07:00

Design: Marque page Amitié
Designer: Liselotte
Fabric: 28ct linen
Fibers: DMC
Time: 3 Hours
Stitched by Meari

Kokeshi

2010-04-27T06:11:00.000-07:00

Design: Love & Devotion
Designer: Lucie Heaton, UK Cross Stitcher March 2010
Fabric: 14ct Baby Pink Aida
Fibers: DMC, personalized colors*
Stitched by Meari

Custom matted and framed by Meari. You can't tell from the photos, but the mat is light gray marble. The frame came from a thrift store. It used to be an UGLY brown and those little "notches" at the top and bottom were painted gold.

Meari's WIP Monday 3/1/2010

2010-03-01T09:48:00.001-08:00

I've been working on LK's ABC Lessons. Here's my progress so far:

Karen P's Monday WIP on Sunday

2010-01-10T14:32:00.000-08:00

Happy Birthday tabletopper from dutch treat designs....

KarenP

Spring Floral Tabletopper WIP

2010-01-03T06:33:00.001-08:00

Got a lot done on this one this week, but didn't quite get it done, so back into rotation it goes! This is the Spring Floral Tabletopper from Dutch Treat.

KarenP

KarenP's Monday WIP

2009-12-28T03:30:00.000-08:00

Resurrection Tabletopper by Dutch Treat Designs.

Ice and Bo Tabletopper

2009-12-24T08:06:00.001-08:00

Figured I'd better get going on these tabletoppers!! I have about 10 more to finish, so...will be a tabletopper year in 2010, I think! Tabletoppers and a couple of Just Nans I want to get finished.

KarenP

Ornament Finish

2009-12-23T12:29:00.000-08:00

Design: Joy
Designer: Little House Needleworks
Fabric: 28ct Hand-dyed Linen (don't know what kind)
Fibers: Six Strand Sweets, DMC, Kreinik Blending Filament
Embellishments: 1/4" ribbon
Stitched by Meari

Fall Humbug

2009-12-08T17:57:00.001-08:00

Design: Autumn Leaves
Designer: New Berlin Co.
Fabric: 32ct White Evenweave
Fibers: DMC
Stitched by Meari

Karen P's Christmas Stitchings

2009-11-24T06:57:00.000-08:00

Been a while since I've posted any progress, so...here's what I've been working on!

Christmas Friends

2009-09-24T18:36:00.001-07:00

Just Nan.

KarenP

Hooked On Stitching

2009-09-17T19:14:00.001-07:00

Handblessings.

KP

Hooked On Music

2009-09-14T20:00:00.000-07:00

Handblessings Designs.

KP

WIP Monday

2009-09-14T07:29:00.000-07:00

Doing a needleroll for a swap I'm in currently and being as I've never done one before, I search for a nice autumn pattern and found one on Creative Poppy that I could just buy and print out. It's really not for needleroll but it will be when I'm done...I hope. Wish me luck.

Life Is Too Short

2009-09-12T17:01:00.000-07:00

Homespun Elegance

KP

Merry Olde Holly

2009-09-11T07:48:00.001-07:00

Homespun Elegance.

Julbonad Wallhanging

2009-09-09T11:53:00.000-07:00

By Gunilla's Designs

KP

Havacup Towel

2009-09-05T11:49:00.001-07:00

Christmas present #1 finished!

KarenP

Comedy Tragedy Bookmark

2009-08-29T09:21:00.000-07:00

Comedy Tragedy
Designer: Kyle Hollingsworth
Leaflet: Slice of Life
Fabric: 18ct Ecru Aida
Fibers: DMC
Stitched by: Meari

And Anudder...

2009-08-28T20:03:00.000-07:00

The Last Snowflake - For Stitchers Sake

Nudder Finish

2009-08-27T16:21:00.001-07:00

Take Time To Smell The Gingerbread - Little river

KarenP

Kitty With Bird - Brittercup Designs

2009-08-10T18:50:00.000-07:00

One of the Britty Kitty designs.

Blue Floral Heart Bookmark

2009-08-09T07:37:00.000-07:00

By Mill Hill.

Autumn Harvest

2009-08-06T20:19:00.000-07:00

By Mill Hill.

Priceless - Glory Bee

2009-08-05T18:57:00.001-07:00

This about says it all, yes??

8-03-09

2009-08-03T03:21:00.000-07:00

Monday WIP photo of last weeks work.

I will be working on this; Monday and Wednesday of this week.

Stitching - Glory Bee

2009-07-28T18:04:00.001-07:00

KarenP

Nudder Finish...

2009-07-26T10:03:00.001-07:00

Acorns by Little House Needleworks.

KarenP

Flower Power WIP

2009-07-24T03:10:00.000-07:00

This is a huge project and will most likely take a year or better to complete. I haven't posted on here in a long time so now I have something to show you all progress on every week.

Love Birds

2009-07-22T16:33:00.001-07:00

By Miss Crescents Crowne...finished 7/22/09.

KP

Monday WIP

2009-07-20T10:10:00.000-07:00

Last Monday i stitched on TW The Storyteller. I will stitch on it again tonight.
Tues - Thurs I stitched on Little Old Me Designs Night Before Christmas.
Friday is a SAT(stitch a thn) This is JBW Designs Sweet Nothings Evergreens.
Saturday is another SAT and I started S is For Stitcher from the Cross Country Stitching June 2008 issue.
Sundays is Halloween Day for me and this is Nora Corbett's Halloween Fairy.

Gingerbread House Quilt Ornament - Handblessings

2009-07-19T15:19:00.001-07:00

Another "small" finish....

Uff-Da!

2009-07-15T20:09:00.001-07:00

Norsk Engros Designs.

...and one more....

2009-07-12T18:23:00.000-07:00

Snowed In - Stone & Thread

KP

Wee Gingerbread - Heart In Hand

2009-07-11T18:47:00.001-07:00

Another quickie!!

KP

One More Finish....

2009-07-05T17:00:00.000-07:00

Choo Choo Train by JBW Designs.

KarenP

Some Small Finishes

2009-07-05T10:23:00.001-07:00

Have been working on some small stuff to try and reduce my stash!! I don't remember the designer's names on these, so....here they are anyway.

Tis The Season....stitched on green Aida and embellished with brass stars for the tree toppers, and a Mill Hill heart Treasure at the bottom.

Harvest Song....I think??
Harvest Trio...gotta love the pumpkins....

Santa Express - a chart I found at the Railroad Museum in Boone Iowa....

KarenP

My WIP 6-16-09

2009-06-16T14:33:00.001-07:00

This is Hanging Monkey. He is being stitched for a Love Quilt child. It's a cyber stitchers freebie and I'm about 3/4 the way done with him.

Monday WIPs, a day late

2009-06-02T16:04:00.000-07:00

Last night I stitched some more on TW The Storyteller.
Sunday is Halloween Stitching day , for me. So I worked on Nora Corbett's Halloween Fairy.
Saturday is a SAL with Stitching Sisters Yahoo group and Only One Ewe BB. I stitched on Quilt Sampler and I am moving right along on it.
Then last week I worked some more on HAED Aurora's garden. Actually I think I have a lot more done on it than what is here, hmm wonder if I am missing a pic.

KarenP's Monday WIP

2009-06-01T18:35:00.000-07:00

Slowly but surely my Cozy Christmas Afghan is coming along...I don't think it's going to get done this year, but I'm a lot farther than I was at the beginning of the year!

KarenP

Shelleen's 5-26 progress

2009-05-26T18:29:00.000-07:00

This is a freebie from HAED called Aurora's Garden
This is how far I have gotten with TW The Storyteller
and the Quilt Sampler that I have been working on.

KarenP's Monday WIP

2009-05-25T17:53:00.001-07:00

Deck the Halls bell pull by Lorri Birmingham Designs.
KP

KarenP WIP

2009-05-18T16:50:00.001-07:00

Merry Christmas - Sue Hillis Designs

KP

Wips 5/18

2009-05-18T14:24:00.000-07:00

These are my WIPs for the week.

Halloween Fairy by Nora Corbett I work on Sundays

Night Before Christmas by Little Old Me designs. I really want to get this done soon
This week I will stitch on Quilt Sampler from the Cross Country Stitching June 2008 issue.
Monday nights I stitch on TW The Storyteller.

KarenP's Monday WIP

2009-05-11T18:25:00.001-07:00

The Christmas Stitcher - The Needle's Notion.

KarenP

5-11 WIPs

2009-05-11T13:06:00.000-07:00

I stitched on this last Monday. TW The Storyteller
Friday night is a SAT with Let's Stitch Blog and Stitching Sisters Yahoo group. So I stitched on PaPa Bunny by The Sweetheart Tree.
Saturday I stitched on M Designs Halloween Tree with Only One Ewe Yuku Board and Stitching Sisters Yahoo group. I just need to add the buttons and then it is done.
Sundays are Halloween day for me and this is Boo Needleroll by Down Sunshine Lane. I am hoping to finish it this Sunday.

Mothers Day 2009

2009-05-08T06:43:00.000-07:00

To All The Moms....Happy Mothers Day !!!!

KarenP's Monday WIP

2009-05-04T15:41:00.000-07:00

Not much of a start yet, but it's Monday so it's time for me to switch projects! This is Joy Bells by Stoney Creek.

KP

My Monday WIPS

2009-05-04T11:18:00.000-07:00

Mondays I work on TW The Storyteller and this was my progress last Monday.
M Designs Halloween tree is almost done. I am stitching this as an incentive piece with a BB and part of a Halloween SAL. The fabric is really green so I don't know what happened to the color in this pic.
This is HAED Aurora's Garden. I am new to HAED and just LOVE their designs.

Finished....

2009-05-01T19:21:00.000-07:00

Charmed Gingerbread by Hinzeit.

KarenP

Mona and Miles Finished!

2009-04-28T08:14:00.000-07:00

Designer: The Sugarplum Express/Janlynn
Fabric: 14ct white plastic canvas
Fibers: DMC
Embellishments: twisted wire hanger
Stitched by Meari

Meari's Monday WIP

2009-04-28T08:09:00.001-07:00

Quaker Cube
Oriental Kimono

Quick Stitch Weekend 4-25-09

2009-04-28T07:52:00.001-07:00

I have not had a Quick stitch weekend in ages but this last weekend I had this one. I was brousing around on my EMS group one day and found this cute little guy. I changed the colors just a bit because of the dark fabric.

KarenP's Monday WIP

2009-04-27T18:48:00.000-07:00

Stitchers Days of Christmas - Sue Hillis

KarenP

Gingerbread Trio - Little House Finish

2009-04-16T17:05:00.000-07:00

Finished 4/16/09.

KP

KarenP's Monday WIP

2009-04-13T18:08:00.001-07:00

Cozy Christmas Afghan progress....

Merry - Mill Hill

2009-04-05T15:24:00.001-07:00

KarenP

Noel - Mill Hill

2009-03-31T19:10:00.000-07:00

One more to go...these are stitching up quickly!

KarenP

Jingle - Mill Hill

2009-03-29T09:56:00.000-07:00

KarenP

New Finish

2009-03-25T19:56:00.000-07:00

One of the Mill Hill Winter Greetings ornaments - Peace.
KarenP

Another Finish....

2009-03-22T19:06:00.000-07:00

"Perfect Man" by Charlette's Collectibles.

KarenP

New Finish

2009-03-19T20:07:00.001-07:00

Just finished Blackwork Merry Christmas by Stitchin'Spiration. I do love blackwork, so this was a fun piece for me.

KarenP

KarenP's Monday WIP

2009-03-16T19:11:00.000-07:00

Progress on Hinzeit's Charmed Gingerbread.

3-13-09 Finish

2009-03-15T03:58:00.001-07:00

This is Irish Coffee and it was a freebie found Here. This statement suite me to a tee. Can't wake up without at least one cup of Coffee.

Monday WIP - KarenP

2009-03-09T17:44:00.001-07:00

What a fun piece! This is Sue Hillis' new design, Stitchers Days Of Christmas. Really fun...I'm stitching one "day" at a time!

A Dog's Heart

2009-03-07T17:11:00.001-08:00

Stitched this piece for my girlfriend, Lynne, who has 3 Papillons...I saw this chart and since it was an exact picture of Lynne's first Papillon, Luke, I knew I had to stitch this for her. Finished this piece by following Meari's flatfold instructions...worked GREAT!! Thanks, Meari!!

KarenP

Dawn's Friday finish

2009-03-07T05:49:00.000-08:00

Stitching news
I finished my Coffee project on Friday..Wahoo a friday finish

LizzieKate-Coffee Crazy

Did change the color of one of the coffee cups. Added gold to the center one & I like it.