Scarecrow Lane Drum - Teresa Kogut - Week 5 SAL

 

I Love Fall Most of All - Brenda Gervais - FINISH

This is Stacie's Birthday Stitch

"I Love Fall Most of All" by Brenda Gervais

Fabric:  40 ct.  Old Stationery by Seraphim

I changed the flosses!
DMC - 831

Weeks - Oilcloth, Oscar, Molasses

Gentle Arts - Cornhusk, nutmeg, parchment

CCW - Hazelnut, Marmalade

 

Give Thanks - Primrose (FFO)

This was a fun FFO to do.  I found the pumpkin at the Dollar store. I just mounted the fabric on a piece of batting covered bat board cut to fit inside the pumpkin.  I added a few decorations and voila.  A cute little FFO.

Stitched on 32 ct. light taupe lugana, with the called for floss.  

I Love Fall Most of All - Brenda Gervais (Kitting)

I am going to stitch this piece with my friend Staciefor her birthday.  We will start at the Away We Stitch - Savannah retreat.  

40 ct. Old Stationery

I pulled floss from my stash so there are a few substitutions.  I will list these during a WIP update 

Scarecrow Lane Drum - Teresa Kogut (New Start)

 I'm stitching this one as a SAL with some of my Discord friends: Denise (Dot Dot Goose), Cora, Kerry, and Donie.

This is part that was assigned for week 1.

Stitched on 40 ct. Hawthorne with all the called for flosses.

Corny Cruiser - Teresa Kogut & Chantelle 141 (New Start)

 

I started Corny Cruiser today.  He's on 36 ct. coffee stain by Cedar River Linen with the called for flosses. I will be finishing him on the cruiser display from Chantelle's 141.

Autumn Biscornu - Olga Omidi (Start/Finish)

 The Stitching N Friends 22 Discord group has a special event running starting August 12th through the end of September.  We meet and stitch together on the Tuesdays during that timeframe to work on our Biscornus.  I love biscornus, so I decided to do a couple to use for some upcoming smalls exchanges.  I loved the colors I chose for this one.  The fabric is like a burnt orange and makes the pattern just scream Autumn.

My first choice was: Autumn Biscornu by Olga Omidi

Fabric:  32 ct. Cappuccino by Weeks Dye Works (not the called for)

Floss:  Called for DMC

FFO:  Coming soon!

FFO DAY - AUTUMN

 Autumn Folk, Gather Pumpkins, Gather Together from Hands on Design

Fabric: 32ct Platinum Lugana
Floss - DMC: 367, 413, 436, 471, 598, 747, 839, 937, 3790, 3822, 3865
Pearl Cotton #12 – 642 
Rick Rack: Lady Dot Creates: Goldfish
Chantelles 141 Design Co: Folk Paddle
Michael's: 5 x 7 wood blank

Autumn Quaker

I think I forgot to post my Autumn Quaker by Primrose Cottage.

Fabric:  32 ct. platinum lugana

Floss:  Silk N Colors - Autumn Honey

These always stitch quickly for me.  I just love a nice quaker pattern.

Halloween Quaker - Primrose Cottage

Last, but not least... Halloween Quaker!

This photo was taken when the stitch was just removed from the Q-snap.  It wasn't ironed or blocked yet.   

I plan to finish it as the suggested pillow as I did get the finishing kit from Primrose Cottage.

Fabric:  I changed the fabric to 32 ct. lugana, stormy night

Floss:  CCW: Black Coffee and DMC: Ecru, 920, 783 

Oops! Forgot to say goodbye to September

Oops!  Bye, Bye, September

I missed switching out everything at the beginning of October due to my daughter's wedding and I had so many new Halloween stitches I decided to wait to set them up until they are all FFO'd (which should be later today and tomorrow).

Here is a photo of a few of my Fall projects before I switch them out for Halloween.  I'm going to leave the leaf quilt up through Thanksgiving because I just love the colors.

The stitches displayed are:  Stitching Seasons series: "Autumn" and the "September": Monthly Weigh-In series from Stitching with the Housewives,  "Fall is in the Air" from It's Sew Emma, Mad for Plaid series: "Autumn" from Hands on Design, and "I Love Fall Most of All" from Primrose Cottage.

The runner on the table is one of my woven pieces.  You didn't know I used to be a weaver, did you?  I had a 54" 6-treaddle Harrisville Designs loom that I had to sell due to health issues. The runner was a traditional overshot colonial pattern woven on a non-traditional jute warp with a non-traditional nylon weft. I miss weaving, but cross stitch is filling the void.

No, I did not make the quilt, but I absolutely fell in love with it when I saw it post to Etsy.  I had to purchase it.

Pumpkins Please

"Pumpkin Please" by Stitching with the Housewives was started at the 141 Pep Rally and finished when I got home. 

I changed the fabric to a piece of linen I picked up off the free table at the retreat.  It looked like 28 ct. Vintage Country Mocha to me.  

I used the DMC floss colors suggested on the chart.

I did alter the pattern a tiny bit.  I filled in around the windows on the house with the blue pumpkin color and added an additional color to the roof to balance out the house.  This definitely wouldn't be needed if I had stitched it on black, but I thought it looked better on the linen I used.  I can't wait to fully finish it to add to my fall display.