Happy Weekend!! ~ Weekly Stitchy Update ~ August 25, 2018

Howdy Stitchy Friends!

I hope your week has been a good one and that you've gotten lots of stitching time!  My week ended up being a very busy one with client quilts!  Lots busier than I expected! So I did get some quilting time in...just not for me this week.  I know last week I promised that I'd have a new project to show you, but there just wasn't enough hours in the day and I'm not sure next week will yield any quilty goodness either....because all the back to school shopping will happen next week!  I'm planning on shopping sales, and that means multiple trips as I get my kiddos ready to start a new school year!  However, I know once the kids are back in school I will have lots more time to work on the quilt projects that have been slowly piling up and waiting for me! 

So....

I started off my week with a small batch of tomatoes to can!

I love canning my own stewed tomatoes...they are the absolute best!  They taste so delicious in my Spaghetti Sauce (which is really why I can them) and are great to have for various recipes that call for diced tomatoes. I have another batch of tomatoes that are close to being ripe, so I hope to can another batch this coming week.  I like to have at least 40+ jars canned for Winter. 

Now for some stitching...

I added some new Q-Snap Grime Guards to my Etsy Shop yesterday evening!

You can now find Halloween, Autumn and a couple of Christmas ones!  I plan on adding more next month after I pick up some new fabrics and elastic!

I made a little more progress on Halloween Rules by Lizzie Kate!  It's soooooo Spooktastic!! The block I'm working on right now is Scare A Crow...isn't the sunflower the cutest!  Love!!  I'm stitching it on 32 count Vintage Country Mocha Lugana with DMC Threads.  Really enjoying this stitch and I can't wait to have it finished for Halloween!  I kinda know how I want to finish it, but it will depend on if I can still find the wood. 

Well I guess that's all the stitchy news I have for this past week.  I hope you are getting lots of stitching and quilting time in!  Thank you so much for stopping by my corner of the blogging world!  See ya next week!

Happy Stitching
Olivia
xx

Welcome! ~ Weekly Stitchy Update ~ August 17, 2018

Howdy Stitchy Peeps!

So...I decided it was time for a little change!  For the past three-ish years the Weebly platform has been my original blogs home and it was a great learning experience.  But recently I noticed that Weebly was more interested in websites than blogs and they had begun taking away more of my capabilities.  It became very frustrating!  I had intended to wait until the first of the year to switch over to Blogger/Blogspot...a new year, a new home type of thing...but after my last blog post I decided to make the switch!   The posts over on my original blog will stay for now or at least for as long as Weebly will let me, and for the next few months I will continue to reroute traffic over to here from Weebly.

Now...let's chat about some stitching!

Your probably going to shoot me...I've done no quilting for myself this past week like I promised!  I have been busy quilting for clients this past week.  But I double dog promise that next week I will have a new quilting project to show you!!  The Autumn Love Sew Along, by Lori Holt of Bee In My Bonnet, starts on Monday and I'm super excited to get stitching up some cute blocks!  I know lots of people have started the piecing part of the quilt, but I decided to wait until I get some of the applique blocks stitched and see what direction color wise I want to go.  I'm going to try my best to keep up with the blocks because sometime early Fall her Vintage Christmas Book comes out and there will be a sew along for that as well!  So much quilty fun!!

I did have a stitchy finish this past week!

I finished Happy Harvest by Country Cottage Needleworks!  I know I say this about all my finishes...but I love it!!  I've been in a Autumn kind of mood lately...maybe it's because of the hot Summer days, mixed in with wildfire smoke that has me longing for cool Fall days. 

I stitched Happy Harvest on 32 Count linen that I tea/coffee dyed.  I also changed out some of the colors: I used CC Pumpkin Harvest, CC Weeping Willow, CC Hickory Sticks and CC Apple Cider instead of the Weeks threads listed.

So with a finish...there's also a new start!!  I decided to start work on Lizzie Kate Halloween Rules!  I'm stitching it on 32 count Vintage Country Mocha Lugana with all the called for DMC Threads.  I only made one change, I think...and it was for DMC 413, which I used in the dark tombstones.  The Vintage Country Mocha fabric is absolutely perfect for this project, the marbling is spot on for a spooky Halloween piece!  I'm having a lot of fun stitching this one!!

Well I guess that about wraps it up for me this week!  If you are new to my blog, welcome! If you've found your way over from Weebly...I'm so glad to see you!!  Make sure you subscribe/follow me so you don't miss a post!  If you have any questions, leave them in the comments below!  Thank you so much for stopping by today!

I wish you a very Happy Stitchy Week Friends!

Olivia
xx

Under Construction

Howdy Stitchy Peeps!

I've recently decided to switch blogging platforms and found a new home here on Blogger/Blogspot.  I have lots to learn...so if you've been directed here from Google....I'm temporarily under construction and please continue on to my original blog for now!

Pumpkin Hollow Quilting on Weebly

Thanks so much!

Olivia