A bountiful harvest

My little pumpkin pincushion got a workout this weekend as I tried to finish a few autumn and Thanksgiving stitcheries.

Harvest is a Stacy Nash design. It is supposed to be finished as a pinkeep drum, but I'm not very good at drums. So it became a pillow instead. I added a few motifs and a sweet little vintage turkey charm that I've been trying to find a home for.

I love Betty Dekat's primitivebetty turkey design so much that I had to stitch it a few more times :)

This is my first original cross stitch design that appears in the TDIPT artists new booklet.
You can see the booklet here.

I have one more Thanksgiving design that I want to stitch and then I'll be moving on to Christmas :)

Wishing you a lovely autumn week!

Blessings, Patti

Etsy Update

Well, I finally did it... I added a couple of offerings to my etsy shop. Click here to stop by and take a peek :) I've listed my newest key here ~ using the best turkey design ever by the talented Betty Dekat of primitivebettys.

Happy Friday!

Blessings, Patti

A final Halloween finish!

This sweet design is by the very talented Betty Dekat of primitivebettys. It was a Halloween Party freebie from the Stacy Nash Group that we belong to on yahoo. I stitched this piece on Halloween as I handed out candy to the trick-or-treaters. I was so excited to find a piece of pumpkin colored linen in my stash. I finally finished it off last night ~ filling it with crushed walnut shells, edging it with black rickrack, and adding a few vintage touches.

It's now time to move on to Thanksgiving stitching.

Blessings, Patti

You're Invited!

What a special month this is! To celebrate our Holiday Open House, twenty TDIPT artists (including me) have created Giveaway prizes. All you need to do is leave a comment on the TDIPT blog for an opportunity to win. And you will receive another entry in the drawing when you make a purchase of any TDIPT November offerings.


The TDIPT artists have also created a sweet holiday booklet filled with recipes, patterns, and decorating tips. I’ve submitted my first little cross stitch pattern along with a recipe. Both are based on my favorite fall poem “When the Frost is on the Punkin” by James Whitcomb Riley. All proceeds from the booklet will be donated to charity.

One of my TDIPT offerings is still available ~ a sweet pinkeep celebrating the golden harvest.

I will be creating a few more Christmas items for the TDIPT December 1st update for any last minute Christmas shopping.

Wishing you a golden first week of November!

Blessings, Patti

Happy Halloween!

Well, we made it! The pumpkins are carved. The Halloween candy was purchased and handed out with only a half dozen candy bars left over. The trick or treaters are done and now I wait for the teenagers to make their way back to our house for a sleepover...
Yes, that is a knife sticking out of the laughing jack-o-lantern. Definitely my son's humor!

Now we will watch my kind of scary movie - Abbott & Costello meet the Invisible Man :) and I will hopefully finish my "Hallow's Eve" piece above by Betty Dekat of primitivebettys.

Happy Halloween!

Blessings, Patti

I'm running out of time...

The pumpkins aren't carved yet. I haven't bought the Halloween candy yet. And I'm running out of time! Hopefully it will all get done...

Don't you love those three little faces? This was the last Maggie Bonanomi club kit. At least this was finished on time as the next kit will be arriving any day...

I've been trying so hard to be good, but I did make two Halloween decoration purchases this year:

A Schneeman white jack-o-lantern.

And another white jack-o-lantern. I didn't realize I had a theme going on here until just right now. This piece is by the very talented Jenn Tavoletti of Rabbit Hill Primitives . I just love her work and she has a delightful blog as well.

These Halloween faces all make me smile.

You probably won't hear from me again until after Halloween is over. TDIPT Mercantile will be updating around the witching hour on Halloween. There will be lots of exciting news then.

Until then, I wish you more treats than tricks on Halloween!

Blessings, Patti

A haunting Halloween is heading this way...

It's almost Halloween and I thought I would share some of my favorite cross stitch finishes from over the years...

Blackbird Designs had a wonderful Halloween book out a few years ago and I think that I stitched almost every design.

I did this design teeny tiny over one. It continues to be a favorite. I was informed by my youngest son that he would like to trick or treat with his friends this year without his mother tagging along. He's in middle school and I know it is time, but I am so sad... it's the end of an era for me...

This was stitched before kids with lots of specialty and glow-in-the dark threads. I don't stitch pieces that take this much thought any more lol.

I am behind schedule for Halloween this year. We haven't even bought our pumpkins yet. No time for a trip to the pumpkin farm. Luckily the neighborhood community church partners with an impoverished community and picks up and sells their harvest for them. That's where we will go this year...

In the past few days the sun has either been too bright for pictures and non-existent. The pics aren't the best, but you get the idea.

My hope is to post one more time before Halloween with some fabric finishes. Hope your Halloween preparations are well under way...

Blessings, Patti