Quilting in the Hive

Yesterday I worked on my Layer Cake Pop quilts I am making for the girls. I have one completely pieced and all the blocks for the second one. I am working on the blocks for quilts 3 and 4. Yes, that's right, I am making 4 of the same quilt!

But they are going to look so cute in the girls room with their white metal frame beds.

                                    The pattern is free from Fat Quarter shop. I will link it here:
                                                             Layer Cake Pop Quilt Pattern

This fall I am planning to get some sort of long arm-is type of sewing machine. I have so many quilt tops that are not quilted. I am still looking around at what type of machine I want to get. I can't do a full long arm, but there are many sewing machines that are designed to make quilting on a domestic easier. Juki and Janome both have this type of machine.

                                                                           

Juki TL-2010Q Long-Arm Quilting & Sewing Machine

Or there is the Janome:

Janome Memory Craft 6650 

Both of these machines have a wider throat space to make it easier to maneuver all that fabric while you are doing the quilting. I am leaning towards the Juki because it has the extended table area and a wider throat space. It is simple machine with no extra bells and whistles(no zig-zag for example), but everything you need for quilting. Plus its about $600.00 less than the Janome.

Here is my basic layout:

There are 10" pink floral borders all around

Name blocks for the back from Lori Holt's Spelling Bee book.

I am super excited about this project and I can't wait to see them on the beds all lined up in one straight line, just like the little girls in Madeleine! (one of the girls favorite books!)

Keep creating!

XOXO

Annie

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Hello!

 Long time, no blog!

 For quite some time now I have realized how much I miss blogging. When Instagram and YouTube came along blogging has seemed to go by the wayside. But those formats are just not the same. I love looking back on my blog and seeing what I was thinking, what my family was up to, and what I was creating year after year. Instagram is wonderful eye candy, but it is very in the moment, there is really no place for musings, etc.

 I have decided to come back to blogging just as a way to document what is going on in my life, with my design business, and whatever creative projects I am working on. I would love for you to come along for the ride! Leave me a comment and let me know what projects you are working on, how your family is doing or anything else you would like to tell me!

My last post on my personal life was Aug. 7, 2018! Needless to say a lot has happened since then!

We have had a Pandemic, which I won't go into, and the world is still in the throws of trying to deal with it. But on a personal note, since then my family has expanded greatly! Lucas and Emily got married in 2019 and now have a 2 year old little boy named Mase. He is a real cutie!

Masao Edward

Can you believe this is Lucas? Ha! I know! He is a grown bearded man now! LOL! 

He did graduate from Marquette and is now a Computer Engineer at a very up and coming company in Milwaukee.

Aidan has added another baby girl to his little family! 

Genevieve Arlene

and has also become a Police Officer in Racine Wisconsin. We are so proud of him and so happy that he is finally fulfilling the dream he has had since he was a little boy! Here he is at his graduation from the Police academy with all of the "cousins"

Aidan with most of our grandkids!

Chelsea and Bo have added to their brood as well, they now have 5!

My sweet little Nellie was born in 2019, and they finally had a boy in 2020!

Naomi Nell

Elias William

So that's the family update. Onto there creative life!

I am exhibiting in Needlework Expo at the end of the month, so I am busy getting all of my new releases ready. I will have 5 new releases. Here is a sneak peek of my new chart called Pumpkin Folk:

I am really busy getting everything ready for my booth. I will show more in future posts.

I am also working on some quilts. I truly love hand applique and right now that has really been my focus. I have joined in on the Blackbird Designs Quilt Along that is going on right now hosted by Lori Textstylust and OliviaB on Youtube. So far I have made 2 pillows tops. One is from the book Fresh Picked:

This is a really big 24 inch pillow! I want to make another on of a different block to put on my bed.

This is how it looks in the book. I love it so much!

I want to make the quilt too!

Of course the Needlework community is so sad about the passing of Barb Adams, one of the dynamic duo of Blackbird Designs. It is so so sad and the needlework world will really mss her. I feel my little stitches are something of a tribute to her legacy. She was a really sweet and talented lady. I met her twice at the Nashville Needlework show and she was just as sweet and down-home as you would imagine. 

Thanks for reading if you have made it this far, and I will be updating regularly, even if no-one even reads it!

XOXO,

Annie

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Cross Stitch Pattern Bundles in my Etsy Shop!

I have new bundles available in my Etsy shop!

Snowy 9 Patch

All 9 patterns plus enough fabric and DMC floss to stitch them all as one piece!

This piece turned out super cute and looks so good on display at Christmas time!

Click here to go to my Etsy shop to purchase!

Also Available for purchase are all 4 Sheltering Tree charts bundled together.

Click here to purchase Sheltering Tree Bundle!

AND

You can also purchase a bundle of the Snowy 9 Patch series without the fabric and threads, just the 9 charts!

Click here to purchase the Snowy 9 Patch charts only!

Happy Stitching!

XO XO

Annie

New Fall Freebie!

Thank you!

As a thank you to all of my wonderful customers I have a free downloadable pattern! Just click on the link below the picture to download and print the free chart!

Download Free Pattern Here

Thank you so much for all of your support and have a wonderful fall season!

XO XO

Annie

Correction for the Haynes Sampler

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Catching Up on Pattern Releases!

I just realized that I have not updated this blog since last August! What! lol! So here are my latest patterns in order that they were released. These are all available at your local needlework shop and in my Etsy shop.

NW 39

 Autumn Is A Second Spring

A little seasonal sampler featuring beautiful autumnal colors. The patterns comes with a bonus chart; a little thread board complete with finishing instructions.

NW 40

Sheltering Tree: Winter

The fourth and final installment of the Sheltering Tree series.

NW 41

Christmas Cookies

2 cute little Christmas cookie ornament designs!

NW 42

Widow's Walk

A cute little summer Americana design!

A NEW SERIES!

Snowy 9 Patch

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

This is a series of 9 snowman patterns released one per month from February to October 2019.

Available from your local needlework shop, or in my Etsy Store.

And then there is the 2019 Country Christmas Ornament Club

available exclusively through Crazy Annie Stitchin!

You can still sign upo for the club here:

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2019AnnieOrnieFLOSSTUBE

#1 Bringing Home the Tree

#2 Top Hat

#3 Ice Skate

#4 Open Sleigh

#5 Twenty-Five

And the May release included the bonus chart:

Bonus: Jolly

That is where we are so far. Look for the new releases Snowy 9 Patch Part 5, and Country Christmas Ornament Club #6 to be released in June. I will also have a new summer chart releasing in June, so be on the look out for that.

Whew! Its been a busy year so far and I couldn't be happier! 

Thank you so much from the bottom of my heart, to all of you who have purchased my patterns! I hope you will stay tuned, I have some really exciting new designs planned for the next coming months!

Happy Stitching!

Annie

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NW-38 Sheltering Tree Autumn

NW-38 Sheltering Tree Autumn

Model stitched on

 28 ct. Pearled Barley linen by Lakeside Linens,2 over 2, using 

Gentle Art Sampler threads.

Aged Pewter

Dark Chocolate

Old Brick

Wheat Fields

Terra Cotta

Pumpkin Pie

Country Redwood

Sarsparilla

The stitch count is 94 X 89.

I finished mine by mounting it on acid free matte board,

 and then I mounted some coordinating cranberry homespun fabric 

on a foam core board that is cut 1/2 inch bigger on all sides

 to frame it.

 I hot glued these pieces together 

and put them face down on a couple layers of

 terry cloth towel (so as not to crush the cross stitches)

 and layered lots of heavy books on top.

The Gospel writers are always glad to help!

When that was all dry and firm I used applique glue to attach a thin hemp cord all around the cross stitch piece to give it a finished look.

I use Roxanne's Glue Baste-it. Look at that awesome tip! It places just the smallest dot of glue right where you want it.

I then hot glued it onto wooden slatted panel frame that I found at Hobby Lobby (item number 1303692). 

These frames are found in the wood section. They have a little easel on back perfect for standing them up anywhere you want a little cuteness!

Then I made a bow out of 1 1/2 inch cranberry homespun ribbon and attached a little burlap daisy I found in the floral section at Hobby Lobby.

 I hot glued that to the top and Wallah!

Super cute!

This cute pattern is the third in a series.

 If you want to stitch them all 

you can pick them up

 in my etsy shop

here and here!

If you stitch it send me a photo!

 I would love to see what you have done with it!

XOXO,

Annie

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