Saturday, September 19, 2009

It's Raining Men....Hallelujah, it's Raining Men...

...well....maybe more appropriately it's SNOWING men!!! I've finished my third member of the Snowman Trio (a Stitchy Kitty pattern)....I finished stitching Milly today.


As mentioned, Milly is part of a trio.....she has friends (or maybe they're family members) Chilly and Willy!


The pictures don't really do them justice (wait....I don't mean that my stitching is that beautiful). I just meant the color of the fabric. It's really light blue - tried to make it look like the sky. Each of them will eventually be holding buttons - I think Chilly has snowflakes to hold, Willy has a cardinal and a bluebird, and Milly has hearts. I'm going to wait until closer to finishing time to attach them. My plan (although I've never done this before) is to try to make a tri-fold out of them. It's going to be a hostess gift for whichever of my siblings hosts our family Christmas get together. We shall see!!!
Now - I've also been working on perforated paper ornaments for my family - I need to make at least six - I may make eight in order to also give them to do of my friends. I've finished two of them - except for some beads because I HATE French knots. Here are the two I've finished....




They're going to get felt on the backs of them, and then wire hangers (I'm channeling Joan Crawford here, except instead of "NO WIRE HANGERS" I am using wire hangers!). When I get them all done, I'll share....

I'm feeling REALLY good - it's the middle of September and I've made quite a bit of progress on Christmas stitching already!!!

Thanks for checking out my blog, and thanks for all of your kind comments!!

22 comments:

Gabi said...

I love those snow men Kathy. Especially Chilly. What kind of tri-fold are you planning to make? Is it a standing one? That has my full attention...lol. I'm very curious. I LOVE learning new things.

Jane said...

What a lovely trio those snowmen make

Rene la Frog said...

Great stitching!!! Love the trio so much I got the chart for them but going to change the names, going to use my grandchildrens names. The ornaments are adorable.

Michele said...

Love the snowmen.... one of my favourite themes to stitch. Where did you find such cute patterns?

michele_ellis1967@yahoo.ca

Cindy's Stitching said...

They are all cute. I love the snowmen. Cindy NY

Nancy M said...

They are all so cute. I have the trio and really need to get going on them. They are just irresistible!!! Great job on the ornaments too, it always feels good to be ahead of the game.

Carissa said...

Beautiful, Kathy!

~~~Melinda said...

Kathy,

I am going to host your family get together this year, so come on over to TX LOL What a wonderful gift!!! Those are on my wish list!!! This is the first time I've seen them all stitched, now I know for sure I have to get them. I collect snowmen! I love the perforated paper ornaments as well. I have a leaflet, white and gold perforated paper...I just need to get started soon.

Shelley - ILCS said...

Milly, Willy & Chilly are adorable. I may have to add these to my ever growing wishlist. The perf paper ornies are cute!!

JessB said...

Very nice stitching! I love the snowmen. Makes me miss winter.

Emily in NC said...

Cute, like the hats on Willy, Milly and Chilly.

Deigh said...

They are all very beautiful! Love the snowmen!

Mel said...

So cute!

grace said...

:) They look great! Wonderful progress indeed.

Anonymous said...

Lovely stitching. Curious about your tri-fold.

Marl

Carolyn NC said...

Great stitching - love the catchy title of your blog, too! Those snowmen are so cute and your ornies are adorable!

Anne Sans Tete said...

the santa snowman is my favorite- he's so adorable!

Cindy F. said...

Adorable Christmas stitches!!!

Claire said...

Great snowmen

GoldenAngelsWorks said...

Love your snow men... my sister loves them!

Janaina said...

No snow down here at Brazil, but I do love your snowppl!
Well done! =)

TammyK said...

Love the colors on these finishes. Awesome job!