Dr.Who Pincushions

I started some Dr.Who pincushions this week because they are always fun to work on and I am completely sold out of them. You have to be a fan to truly appreciate them but even if you are not, I hope you will enjoy the embroidery! I have two TARDIS (Time And Relative Dimension In Space) pincushions ready to stuff and two Weeping Angel ones almost ready.

I think the Weeping Angels are one of the scariest villains the writers have created. They cannot move if you are looking at them, but blink or look away and you're in trouble. "The Angels Take Manhattan" which is the last episode with Amy and Rory, always makes me teary.

I've used a pale grey felt for the Angel statues with a lovely hand dyed cotton embroidery floss. The thread has hints of blue and purple in the grey which is perfect for this image.

I've posted this picture before but it seems appropriate to post it here. It is a Weeping Angel at the Dr. Who Experience in Cardiff, Wales.

I haven't gotten as much done as I'd like this week. It's been another busy week. Next week should be calmer and I am hoping to get my shop re-opened.

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Sneak Peek - Painted Rocks

My brain and fingers were beginning to rebel against all the sewing I've been doing, I needed a break. Don't misunderstand me. I LOVE to sew, it's soothing and satisfying but over the last few weeks I've been doing a lot of it in preparation for the Pajaro Valley Quilt Association annual quilt show next weekend. To give myself a change of pace I painted some rocks. I've been really enjoying the opportunity to simply play with color.

You can't really tell from this photo, but the best way to paint dots is to use the handle end of various paintbrushes. Just load up some paint and go straight up and down with the brush. I have a few different brushes with different sized handles. I also use a foam brush handle for really big dots and toothpicks for tiny dots.

When I'm finished I plan to give them a coat of varnish to protect them. I have used mainly Martha Stewart acrylic paints because they are thicker than the other brands and so the dots on the side…

Embroidered Hanging Pumpkins

I finished a whole lot of these pumpkins. This batch is for the quilt show that I will be selling at at the end of September. Any left after that will be added to my shop and I will likely end up making more since I sold lots of these last year and sold out. This year I have made some with embroidery and some with little appliqué flowers and leaves. When I display them at the quilt show I use a metal jug filled with tall branches that I harvest from my tree. I hang the little pumpkins from those branches. It adds some good height to the table in my booth and the pumpkins look great hanging there.

Yesterday I started on some tiny Christmas stockings. These are for my booth at the quilt show too. Again, I made a few of these for the show last year and sold them all. I then made lots for my shop and this blue one is the only one I had left. They are really small, perfect for a candy cane or a rolled up dollar bill! I'm making them in bright, mostly non-traditional colors.…

More felt cacti

The last time I was up in the mountains I worked on some more felt cacti. The hardest part of making these is picking the colors and making the flowers! While we were there it snowed really hard (in June!!) and so it was really nice to be working on something really brightly colored while the wood stove kept us cozy.

I was able to get them all stitched and the flowers added and then I "potted" them when I got home. This involves very carefully hot gluing them into their little pots. I'm really happy with how this batch turned out, my favorite one is the very pale green cactus with the pink flowers.

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