Tuesday, May 14, 2013

IT'S FOR THE BIRDS BLOG HOP



I've always had an interest in birds, so when I discovered this blog hop, I just knew I had to participate! 



I had so many ideas and projects I wanted to do for this blog hop...

but work, family and a thoracic outlet syndrome flare-up interfered with my grand plans.

Searching through my messy, unorganized sewing room, I actually found some pre-cut fabric triangles in my STASH that were perfect.  I had a new cross stitch design in mind, but I had to order it online and knew it wouldn't arrive in time for me to get it stitched up.  So, I pulled out my embroidery floss and matched the floss to the colors in the fabric and then went about searching for another design to stitch.

After I found an embroidery design and stitched it up, I had the hardest time figuring out how to use the triangles.  Not being much of a quilter, I really struggled with piecing them together.  I finally decided to sew the triangles together to make strips and then sewed the strips on each side of the embroidered piece to make a placemat.

Once the construction and finishing were completed, I decided it was too pretty to use as a placemat in my dining room and am displaying it on my Grandma's antique dresser instead.



I hope you've enjoyed my contribution.

Take a few minutes and visit the other bloggers participating in today's hop.

Wednesday, May 15

I'd like to thank

Madame Samm for running these blog hops,

Mary for being our cheerleader,

and

Clothworks for being our sponsor.








53 comments:

  1. What a beautiful stitchery and your borders are wonderful! Thank you for sharing.

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  2. Your stitcheries are so cute. Love them. Thank you so much for being part of this hop.

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  3. It is so lovely! The embroidery is perfect. Love the color palette you chose.

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  4. What a lovely placemate. Nice birdies. Lovely stichery. Thanks for sharing. Frederika

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  5. I truly enjoyed your project - so pretty - wonderful work ;)

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  6. super cute! Thanks for sharing!

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  7. Cute bird, thank you for sharing!

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  8. Very cute little bluebird. Nice stitching.

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  9. I love your bird stitchery. Thanks for sharing

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  10. I love your embroidery and your pieced triangles turned out really well. The antique dresser is the perfect place for your mat too!

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  11. You did a wonderful job on your stitching...thanks for joining in.

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  12. Yes I do enjoy your contribution! Gail Pan makes such lovely designs and you made a lovely placemat. I hope you feel better soon, take care.
    Thanks for sharing.

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  13. Your project is beautiful and really charming!

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  14. such sweet items..thanks for sharing with us.

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  15. So cute I love embroidery it's so fresh looking thanks for sharing

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  16. how lovely, soft, delicate and so you Pam....pleased you flew in

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  17. Congrats on a gorgeous finish :)

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  18. What a lovely stitchery project!

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  19. This is gorgeous! I love the pattern, and you did an exceptional job embroidering it. Also, I love the fabric you used for the triangles. Beautiful!

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  20. Sew darling! I'd be afraid to use it as a placemat too... it's just too cute to worry about getting it messy. Thanks for sharing!

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  21. Lovely stitchery project. I can see how doing equilateral triangles would have been a bit tricky. I may be projecting my math struggles on to you there! The fabrics you chose are wonderful.

    I hope you are feeling better now.

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  22. Great job. You do a lovely job.

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  23. That is so sweet and feminine looking...love it! The colors and fabric are beautiful. :O)

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  24. Very nice! You did a beautiful job on it too.

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  25. lovely stitching. yep I agree looks wonderful on the dresser. gorgeous colors love it

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  26. I have been enjoying a lot of hand embroidery lately so I was especially happy to see yours. SO cute.

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  27. What a fun stitchery. Your colors are perfect and sure make me feel like spring has sprung!

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  28. Hi Pam. I love your little stitchery project and pictures on your blog. I'm jealous of your beautiful rhubarb plants. Rhubarb is one of my favorites. I've started growing some in a planter but know that it will do better in the ground, but that will have to wait until we move out, have our house remodeled and return. We're hoping that won't take more than 6 months. Your picture documentation of spring is awesome. From Northern California, thanks for sharing.
    Rosemary

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  29. Love it! I love Gail Pan designs!

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  30. So pretty!
    Thanks for sharing!

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  31. Beautiful stitching! Lovely project. Thanks for sharing.

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  32. I love your embroidery Pam it is so delicate and I think it looks beautiful on the antique dresser . I know what it is like to have a thoracic outlet flare up, I had a rib removed to cure mine but it didn't change much .I hope it is some better

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  33. Sew very adorable!! Thank you for sharing!
    Cheers
    jan

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  34. So sweet. I love your layouts and photography too.
    Great post.

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  35. I really love embroidery and yours is just lovely.
    Thanks for sharing!
    cheers
    maggie

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  36. All of your ideas came together rather well. Love your choice of stitchery design.

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  37. Hi!!! Your birdie placemat is adorable!!! I love it!!! So sweet on the dresser!!!! I also love your blog background!!!! Very cute!!!

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  38. Beautiful stitching. I agree that it's too pretty to use for food! You did a great job.

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  39. Your embroidery is wonderful. Thanks for sharing.

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  40. Love your colors and the stitching. So pretty and perfect in front of those pictures.

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  41. What a very sweet stitcherie! Your grandma would be honoured to have that on her dresser.

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  42. Love, love, love the dresser scarf, your stitching is great !

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  43. Your birdie embroidery is adorable, Pam!! I love it!

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  44. Don't you love the look of stitchery and piecing together? I know I do and your is really beautiful in a "Soft" way.
    Thank You for sharing your delightful birdie with us.

    Sincerely,
    Tricia

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