Other Cross Stitch and Craft Finishes

Sock monkey




you may remember the sock monkey I made, I found this kit .99 at Wal-Mart and decided to make it as well, it matches my guy the last detail, slippers, the teddy, even the hat, took a couple our hours to do start to finish. saving it for my Christmas tree



VW Bus











This was a chart from cross stitch gold, I didn't know what to stitch my best friend for Christmas, well what to make this year. I always make him a gift. Its tradition. it is getting harder and harder to come up with something

each year



any ways this chart fell into my lap last minute and fit perfectly on an Altoid tin, so his gift was born



i left the people out of the design everything else is the same



he loved it, he likes that I reused an Altoid tin, loves the felt i found to line the inside and says the bus on tin is providing inspiration for his real bus new paint job. Even if his is the 84 Vanagon and not a 60s loaf style bus



i used a piece of yellow and orange ribbon to make trim on the can, don't think you can see it in the pictures.

Pumpkin Doodle



This maybe a repeat, this is pumpkin doodle along with apple doodle I want to turn these into throw pillows for my fall decorating.



Not a Creature was Stirring

I made this one for my Christmas ornament exchange. He went to live in Australia. He was fun to stitch.

28 ct white Monaco

DMC thread

black beads

I made the coding myself with a new toy I got



he's a lot off center



JCS ornament issue





Mr. Pumpkin Patch



This was for Hallofall I thought he was cute

he was fun to stitch.

The pattern was from one of the Halloween issues of JCS

JABCO buttons, DMC thread and 28 ct Monaco

Mickey and Minnie ornaments

I made these for my friend’s 3 kids for Christmas, I used felt to my the heads and pink bow. I used puff paint to do the lines on the bow. These were fun little stitch ups. My girl friend said the kids loved them. I am just learn how to hand stitch, this is only my second project I have done.



Jingle Bell Mouse



There are two of these adorable mice, I have only this one, I can never remember which one it is. It comes as a partial kit; the embellishments are in the kit you need to get the fabric the DMC your self

Red Bird



Forgive me if I have already posted these, i am drugged, and have a broken collar bone so typing spelling may be off in my posts



this is red bird from one of the jcs ornament issues, made it for Sue.

28 ct taupe monaco

jabco buttons, a red ribbon from my stash

red memory thread

the thread is Gast i believe

UPDATE ON HAED Owl and the Pussycat

After almost a year I picked this up again for a few weeks of stitching, but got tired of all the blue. I worked it for 2 months. I set it aside again to work on frog pile for a little while I have 2 full pages done now


November work




Dec work





Taking a break from Owl and the Pussycat, got tire of blue. I picked up Frog Pile again.

Start of the Year of the owl

Ok offically it isn't really the year of the owl, but for me it is. My plan was to work on nothing but owls in 2014 until then some, until all my owls are stitched.

This is going to be a photo heavy post. Trying to post all I have done since my internet went down in early November. Forgive me if I have already posted these, I am drugged, and have a broken collar bone so typing spelling may be off in my posts and I can’t look things up well.


Travel the world in cross stitch - I have the book of this one - came out of the Canada section of the book

28ct white with DMC threads



Wendy’s Owl



I always thought this owl looked like he is wearing a space suit. Isn’t he cute?



This is Wendy's owl

by Ships Manor

used DMC threads

I think 28 ct white fabric



this is one of many i want to do this year in my year of stitching owls



GM Silhouette



I think this is the last of the owls from when my internet was down. This is a freebie I found on line, it was on a foreign site, only thing i that wasn't written in another language French I think was the numbers.



So I just call him GM Silhouette owl there was a g & m on the page.



I used a hand dyed fabric, that i dyed myself, fabric is 2 toned a coral and a pink. i used a brown black 3371 DMC thread.

Bent Creek’s Quaker Moon





I had to make changes to this one since it was a Halloween pattern. I took out the faces on the pumpkin and the word spooky. I can't remember what charm it called for a purple button? But I used a glitter star button on it.



Summer Khaki 28 ct fabric, might be 32 ct and DMC thread



Advent Tree of Owls Christmas



This is an old retired SAL that I collected a while ago but never stitched. you got the tree in November and each owl one a day from Dec 1st until Christmas, oh this is an advent tree, just remembered that



I had so much fun stitching these little guys. Day 12 you had to design yourself, I used a body from 24 and colors from one of the blue owls to make my guy



This SAL didn't use many colors, but i think it turned out nice.



28ct Charles craft white Monaco

DMC threads



Halloween Owl



This was part of a leaflet, it has a black cat, a pumpkin and a house pattern along with this adorable little owl pattern. I want to say this is Bent Creek Halloween.



Owliver Owl Tote



This pattern came from JCS Feb 2014 issue I. There is a bookmark too, but I have only done the tote bag so far.



This picture isn't great my camera is dying



I used a mint green linen for this one. The thread is DMC I love the colors in this one, wish they came out better then in this picture.



Owl on a package



I have no info on this owl, I made lots of charges to this one, I had a hand drawn chart and no key. I don't know who drew him, it was in a pile of stash I received from my church, ladies donate old craft supplies sometimes and inherited the cross stitch stuff



I stitched him on 14ct perforated plastic

January Sal 2011 Owl Oak Haven





This is one of 12 owls from Oak Havens 2011 SAL. There is an owl for each month; I intend to stitch them all this year. Once my shoulder heals that is. I want to stitch so bad right now it is driving me crazy.



the fabric is a soft blue 28 ct even weave

threads are DMC

I think I am going to make this into a flat fold.

Barn Owl in Flight



Little freebie from the web I collected ages ago



light purple 28 ct fabric, it was a left over scrap of fabric

Beginner’s Owl





Where i got this pattern I don't recall, I know it is Gloria and Pat’s. I have a print out of it, I think it was off their web site? it is a instruction piece to basic cross stitch but he was too adorable an owl for this seasoned stitcher not to add to her year of owls project



28ct white Charles craft Monaco and DMC threads

Burrowing Owl



JCS magazine I believe, I ripped the chart out of some magazine ages ago. I have had the pattern about 2 years now.



Stitched on 28 ct fabric using DMC threads

Wizard’s View Snowy Owl



I have no idea where i got the pattern I think it came from enchanting cross stitch. I forgot to write it down. I can't dig it up right now with my broken collar bone.



my camera is dying the colors look much better than this.



28ct millennium blue linen

DMC threads

I omitted the beads from this pattern



Hedwig



This was pinned on pinterest, title Hedwig from Harry Potter. Just another cute little owl chart I thought.



I used a blue denim color scrap fabric 28 ct and DMC

Oakley Owl







I remember working this piece while watch Ghostbusters 1 & 2 one weekend afternoon.



This was a kit came with all the embellishments, I add to supply the thread and fabric



Thought this little owl was adorable, perfect for my fall decorations



Learn to Sew Owl





Just a cute kit I found a Wal-Mart.



DMC’s Woodland Friends Ollie

Ok this actually the last one. This is DMC’s Woodland Friends Ollie, 1 of 2 patterns I have of Ollie, the only one I have stitched so far. He actually was not as easy as i thought he would be, lots of 3/4 stitches.



This is the newest pattern for Ollie I believe you can find him online still

Bootiful Pet costumes

Today was the Bootiful pet costume contest at Petco. It was not a huge turnout. There was 6 dogs and 4 turtles. My turtles. The went out as a Garden Party.


Michelangelo “Mikey” was a Bumble Bee.

Samantha “Sammie or Sam” as a Butterfly & Tucker (the only Tortoise in the group) went as a Lady Bug



Tokka the smallest of the small was the Flower.





I was only able to get pictures of a couple of the dogs. The first and second place winners.

First place was Buddy the Dirt Devil. He had wardrobe malfunction, his horns wouldn’t stay on.



And I can’t remember the name of this dog, but he was a little cutie. He was the Frog, and his Mom came dressed as the Princess. He was such a good boy willing to stay put in the basket as long as him Mom asked him too.



Tokka and Sammie made a new friend.



The turtles were a hit of the pet costume contest. I don’t know how many times someone asked to take their pictures. They certainly had their Paparazzi moment today.

Tucker was happy enough to wander around the store. He stopped a few times to check out peoples’ feet or a dark spot on the floor, checking to see if it was edible.





At the end of the contest, we packed up the turtles but let Mikey stay out for a little longer and stroll down the side walk outside of Petco. She was enjoying the heat from the sun, and drawing a lot of attention. People were stopping their cars to look at the Bumble Bee strolling along on the sidewalk.





While those guys didn’t go to Petco for the contest, they did get to try on their own fashions.

Toothless has dragon wings made for him.

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She was a little, ok a lot unhappy with me putting the wings on her that I decided that she could stay home. I didn’t want her freaking out on me and trying to take a plunge off my shoulder to the hard floor below. I am sure she didn’t mind at all.



My dogs and one kitty got to try on fairy wings. I bought them for Sydney, if I decided to take her to a contest any time in the future. Everyone got a chance to be pretty and sparkly for a few minutes and get their pictures taken. Of every one the cat tolerated it the best.

Peaches



Neo



Sydney (now 8 months old)



Nani







I made the turtles costumes using felt, the red and the pink was sparkly felt, Sparkly sticky foam (the bee’s wings) pipe cleaners and pom-poms. Tokka flower was a pin I found the bargain bins at Michael’s I just took the pin off the back and glued on a belt. Next year when I make the costumes, Sammie will either have an elastic belt, as her belt made it had for her to walk, he nails kept getting stick in the belt or I will get her a stiffer belt like the one I put on Mikey. My Mom sewed the veins in Toothless wing’s and the butterfly and the dragon wings had pipe cleaners inside of them so that they could be posed. I used Velcro to secure the belt to the animals. It was safe and secure and could provide a quick release if I had to get them out of their costumes suddenly for whatever reason.

I would have gotten more pictures of the contest if I had been able too, my hands where full holding on to Tokka and following Sammie and Tucker. My son followed Mikey around as she was the most active of the bunch.

Everyone who attended the costume contest received a goodie bag. The turtles got a can of canned mangos, a reptile treat. I am sure they will love it. They also got a tennis ball, and even though I didn’t bring the dogs, they got a treat bag as well. A bag of peanut butter dog bones a few loose cookies from the dog treat bar and a tennis ball too.

The turtles each got a certificate of participation with their names on it.

Gingerbread Puppy and Gingerbread Kitty

I have been working on these two for a couple of years now. Not stitchinging them, that part was easy. I had a hard time finding buttons. I could have ordered the peppermint candy buttons but I didn't want too. Finding the buttons for the eyes was hard I had to find eight the right size.

So I have finally completed my Gingerbread Puppy and Gingerbread Kitty

October 11, 2013

Been busy lately, working on ornaments for exchanges, that I can’t post yet as they haven’t seen their ornaments, except for one. She received her Mr. Pumpkin patch.




I have been working on Apple Doodle and Pumpkin Doodle by San Man Originals. I finished Apple doodle. Not sure what I am going to do with it yet.



I took my son to Bookman’s after I picked him up from school this afternoon. My son got me this snake necklace for my birthday. Isn’t he cool?



I got myself this Gekco Necklace



Got this new Turtle Wall Hanging, there were several other cute turtle items down at Bookman’s as well. A trivet, a purple turtle that I think was a plant pot?? And a hand painted turtle box, or and a shoe that have a turtle shell for its side and a head were the toe of the shoe is, it was actually a little creepy.



I received a lovely Fall Exchange package in the mail, actually I got it in September, but my camera wasn’t working so I wasn’t able to show it off until now.

The ornament is San Man design. I love how it was finished. And she included some lovely goodies in he box, not pictured was a tiny pair os scissors about the size of a thumb nail. Way too cute, and the candy that came in the box, candy corn and Sugar Babies. Yum Caramel. There as also this really neat variegated green ruffly scarf.





This is one of my new toads. He is “spy hopping” actually he is waiting for me to drop crickets on his head. These 2 little guys can eat!



So let’s see the puppy is now 8 months old. She is turning into a fine dog. Very bright and happy.

The boy pulled all B’s in his studies this semester.

I am currently working on Pumpkin doodle, and Heaven and Earth Design’s Owl and the Pussy cat. I am about to start Cup of Tea by Dragon Dream my Mom wants me to stitch it for her.

I have been playing Disney Infinity on the xBox, he all the worlds and most of the pieces. It sort of reminds me of Skylanders, just a little friendlier. I like the game.

This weekend I am making costumes for the turtles for pet costume parade, I am making wings for Toothless, she he can be a dragon.

To new video games come out this weekend, Pokémon X & Y and Skylander Swapforce, I am looking forward to both.

It is shaping up to be a pretty good weekend.