Halloween Exchange from Michelle

Michelle B. sent me a wonderful box of pumpkin-themed goodies for the HOE Halloween Exchange.

First, there is a beautifully stitched "Happy Jack" on fine linen that she attached to a great canister that is decorated with jack-o-lanterns. Inside the canister is a bag of candy pumpkins. She added a cute copper-colored jack-o-lantern pin and a set of cute Halloween stickers.

The piece de resistance is the pumpkin greeting card with a small pumpkin that morphs into a huge, frightful, menacing "Jack."

Winter Quaker Needlebook

This is the Winter Quaker needlebook that I stitched for Melissa (HOE exchange). I was getting worried because it took a long time to get to its destination. I chose the colors of winter skies and clouds. It is DMC on white linen.

This is a freebie design from Carinne. I love this design and want to stitch it for myself.

Winter Quaker from Karen D.

This is the pretty quaker snowman floss tag that I received from Karen D. in the HOE Winter Quaker exchange.

Unfortunately, the light was not good for the photo. It's stitched with white floss on a sparkly blue evenweave (possibly hand-dyed Lugana).

Coeur d'automne Exchange

This is the Coeur d'automne (pattern by Corinne Leroy) that I received through the exchange set up by Ness. It was stitched by Marie-Ange in lovely shaded thread.

I forgot to take a photo of the one that I stitched for her, but you may see it on her blog. In the picture it has wrinkles because I rolled it for the mail.

I Received My Coeur de Printemps

This is the lovely stitcher's "folder" that I received from Marie-Ange
This pattern is the "Coeur de Corinne" exchange organized by Ness. (I'll put a link in later to her blog). These pictures show the front and the inside. (The pic of the inside is sideways).

The stitching is over one thread of Lugana and is finer than anything I could do, even with magnifying lenses.

It has the pumpkin-shaped pincushion inside, anchored by a mother-of-pearl flower-shaped bead. There's a cute scissors charm on the scissors pocket.

I've always wanted one of these stitcher's accessory folders and am very happy to get this beautiful piece of needlework.

I'm sorry to be so late in posting this. I am swamped right now, currently working on a batch of stuffed dolls!

Pinkeep Received

This is the beautiful spring pinkeep that I received from Irmeli (HOE).

Katrina's Pinkeep

This is the front of the pinkeep and the matching scissors fob that I made for Katrina in the Hooked on Exchanging project. It is DMC floss on (about) 32 ct. linen. The chart is a LHN/CCN collaboration from The Gift of Stitching magazine (a back issue). The entire pinkeep is sewn together, not glued, including the ribbon.


Here are the reverse sides:


The initials are taken from a Dover Publications book, Charted Monograms for Counted Cross Stitch.

Biscornu Exchange

My biscornu is 3/4 embroidered. My granddaughter likes the design so much that she asked for one, only in different colors. I told her she'll be surprised when she sees how it gets assembled. It's for the Hooked on Exchanging
biscornu exchange.