Teeny Tiny Treasures!

We had our Kindred Spirits Sampler Guild meeting this past Sunday.  I always enjoy getting to see these exceptionally talented women and spending a little time with them.  They're inspiring, creative, crazy talented and totally fun!  I was chatting with some of them when my friend and fellow blogger Lisa (The Inspired Stitcher) came over to say hello.  Lisa is one of the many guild members that have also joined me in the Snooty Parrots Stitch-a-long on Facebook.  Lisa had a little surprise for me and when I opened it, I couldn't believe it!  Look at this darling little teacup. 

It has a tiny, snooty parrot for the handle!  

Isn't it precious? 

She found it at an antique shop and said the minute she saw it she thought of me and said that she couldn't leave the shop without it.  Awww... I know, right? 

This is a teeny, tiny treasure, and I'm totally tickled to have received it.  

 

I have to show this pic of Lisa and me just so you can see how tiny this cup really is! 

Adorable.  It is now safely tucked in a mini cabinet in my craft room where it won't get broken!

(that's my Snooty Parrots Sampler the cup is sitting on)

Thank you so much, Lisa! 

 

Oh!  Those samplers you see behind Lisa and me... those belong to Lori from La D Da.

She attended our meeting and helped us finish our little name tag bags she designed.

What a sweet gal, she is.

 

 

 

 

 

These are some of the drumkeeps made the first day of class (sorry, don't know who they all belong to). The one in front is mine and you can see why I don't like hand sewing.

I'm impatient and it looks crappy.  Why are photos of fabric looking so yucky???

Anyway...

  Maybe if I cover the seam with chenille trim, it'll look better.

That pretty box in the background was made by Heather (a KSSG member and sister-friend) and was filled with the best treasures! It is a With Thy Needle and Thread pattern called Strawberry Hill Sampler. Heather copied some sampler fabric onto paper and used that to line the inside of the box (Whitman's Candy box).  The whole thing was beautiful - I wish I had taken more pictures.

 

During the KSSG meeting (2nd day of class), I finished a side or two of the hand sewing on my name tag, then realized I still had to do the back side.

Oh, no! I hate hand sewing (see above)!

 

Sweet Vickie offered to take it home and do it for me! Really? Yes, please.

Thank you so much, Vickie!

See what I mean.... super sweet members.

 

This is a sampler Lori will be releasing sometime in the near future:

 

Sorry, don't know the name of the sampler or exact date of release.

 

And, if that's not enough...

How's this for exciting news:

Our annual guild auction is on May 4th and Lori said she would send some of her older

La D Da finishes for us to include in the auction!

Yes, really!

If you are anywhere close to the Northville, Michigan area that Sunday, please come by.

Gathering is at 1 PM with the auction beginning at 1:30 PM

Location: United Methodist Church

777 W. Eight Mile Road

Northville, MI 48167

There will be live and silent auctions as well as a bake sale.

Please come, if you can!

You won't be sorry!

There is no charge to attend for members but there may be a nominal charge for non members (not sure about that).  There are so many beautiful hand mades for auction, you won't be disappointed!  Bring your wallet!  Cash and check, gladly accepted.

One of our guild members is donating a quilt she made and her work is AMAZING!

 

I am going on a LOT of travel the next few months...

one week in Kettering, Ohio

one week in I can't remember where, Maryland

two weeks in San Diego, California and

one week in California, Maryland.

I will not have a ton of time for extra curricular things due to the work schedule but if anyone knows of not to miss shops or eateries in these areas, I'd love a recommendation or two.

 

Thanks for stopping by and for all the comments on my last post. I feel like blogging is really being left behind by Instagram and Facebook and appreciate you letting me know you were here! 

 

Be well,

Peace,

Terri

Treasures and Stitching, too!

Look who I found waiting for me at an estate sale today!  Say hello to my little friends!

Oh my gosh, I love going to estate sales!  I don't always find treasures but once in a while, I do hit the jackpot.  Today was one of those days!  I was so excited when I found these Beatrix Potter Bunnies I couldn't stand it.  They were just begging to come home with me.  Benjamin Bunny and Peter are both dated 1948 with F. Warne & Co, 1948, Beswick, England stamped on the bottom.  

The other four range from the 1980's - 1992 and are stamped with Royal Albert and Warne & Co. on the bottom.  I did not pay a lot for them and because today was the first day of the sale, there was no negotiating.  

Yes, I tried.  

I wasn't about to take a chance that they'd still be there tomorrow so.... they hippity hopped right in my little bag!
Just in time for Easter!

Each one is perfect and they will be happy additions to my collections.  

This chest is something I found last week, at an estate sale.  My mom has a cedar chest and keeps all kinds of treasures in it - gifts she finds throughout the year for friends or loved ones, special blankets and other treasures.  Because it seems, I am exactly like my mom, I had to have one, too.  I haven't been purposely looking for one but knew when I saw this that my "hunt" was over.  

Maybe.  If I could get it at the right price.

Facebook and IG friends, sorry for the repeat.....

The price was $95.  I didn't want to spend $95.

So, in my best flirty voice I said to the gent running the sale:

"I'll give you $75 for the chest and will let you help me carry it to the car."

He said, "I'll take $80 and carry it out for you."

What's not to love about a fun negotiator?

Sold!

I think it's lovely.  Oh, it's got a few battle scars (don't we all?) but it still has the key and its a beautiful piece and I'm tickled to own it.

Like mother.  Like daughter.

One of my recent finishes is this cutie by Plum Street Samplers.
It will hang in my stitching room, once I get it framed.

You would think while stitching such a sampler you wouldn't make counting mistakes,

wouldn't you?

Well... not me, of course.

Anyway, with a few minor adjustments here and there, it is done and I love it.

This is going in the top of the "to be framed" pile.

Count Twice, Stitch Once
Confederate Gray, 35 count
Stitched with almost all the called for fibers  ;-)

In the meantime, I'll let it hang around on this cute hanger I found you guessed it, at an estate sale.
The hanger must have been used to hang unmentionables to dry.  

That's my guess.

I changed this section just a tad... I made the frog's eyes gold (the brown just wasn't showing up) and I shortened the frog's tongue a little and added a new stitch.

I closed the handle of the vase where the stitch was originally dropped.

I got what the frog was doing.

He was grabbing the mis-counted stitch but I changed it anyway.

I finished the stitching on my class pieces for this weekend, with Lori of La D Da.

The top right will be my name tag bag.  The pattern is just to the left of it but as you can see, I adapted it to look more like her Birdy Scissor Roll pattern (far left).

When I finished stitching the Drum Pinkeep (bottom) I realized that once it's sewn together two motifs, exactly the same, are going to be next to each other.

That big purple flower is repeated just after the pinky-red flower where the pin box sits.

The 4 little flowers on the far right are going to be the top of the drum.

Shouldn't there be three different motifs going around the drum?

Two motifs, exactly the same, right next to each other?

The more I looked at it, and the more I thought about it, the more I didn't like it.

So.... while it wasn't due to a counting error, a frogging I did go.

Last night I ripped that entire purple flower section out and tonight I'll finish putting something else there so it'll be ready for class tomorrow morning.
  

I think I'll like it better with 3 different motifs and, it won't look like everyone else's.  That's the upside since frogging all that was a definite downer! 

I also stitched my initials into this (the M is covered by a button - oops!).

That pin box is something I found in Petersburg, Virginia in a very old home at an estate sale I went to with my mom.  Isn't it pretty?

Actually, I found two of them and gave one to Julie. 

Have a wonderful weekend!  I have Lori's class Saturday and Guild on Sunday!

Be well.

Peace,

Terri