Styling your self!

I ran across a blog hop which used designs by Brooke Nolan of Brooke's Books Publishing , (whom I have known for many years) and I just love her designs.  So I decided why not - maybe this would be a good jump start to get me back to sewing again.  I've been sewing for many years, but stitching is my first love (as you can see if you look at my blog for a couple of minutes!), and I haven't done very much sewing over the past year or so.   (OH, and excuse the photos, it's been raining for the past 3 days & I can't seem to get good pics inside, sorry!) First, I had to pick out fabric and I had these in my HUGE fabric stash.  What goes better with red than blue?  Then I found this really cute summer print with everything needed for the beach/summer - flip flops, bathing suits, beach bags, etc.  I thought it would be cute for the lining, and there are areas on the fabric with sparkles on it - like glitter.  Well of course that made me think of opa...

I've been stitching a fair amount over the past couple of years, though some have been larger projects, so there aren't as many finishes as in previous years.  Here are some of my finishes: Design is by Silver Creek Samplers, finished in Jan. 2013 for our 25th Anniversary & framed by Jill Rensel.   Nora Corbett's Needle Fairy, with lots of color changes.  I made it into a tote bag to carry my stitching in.   Mermaid Azure (Nora Corbett/Mirabilia) framed by Jill Rensel (stitched in 2013) Ornaments for the 2013 Stitching at the Beach Retreat - all were used in the exchange. Nora's "Arezzo" design from her trip to Italy.  I changed it to say "Amore" and it was framed by Jill Rensel.  She's really pretty - much prettier in person!  Started in Feb. 2014, finished in April.   As you can see, I've been stitching a lot of Nora's designs (Mirabilia) - these two are Elizabeth & Sabrina.   Elizabeth was stitched in 2013, Sabrina in 2014.  I...

I guess things have changed with blogs in the past couple of years because I'm having a very  hard time trying to get things to "work", but here is a test post to see what happens! I'm still around, stitching as much as possible, sewing a bit, still collecting too.  Ray has been super busy with his projects too.  I'll try & make a post with some of the stitching I've done over the past couple of years….  lots of pretty things - imho!  Check back soon - just attempting a test post at the moment!! Wish me luck - and check back soon!