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Archive for the ‘Pat's Place’ Category
Sunday, April 28th, 2013
It’s been some time since I’ve added to the Blog as things have been really crazy here in the shop. And I’ve been concentrating on an adventure I’ve wanted to begin for some time and the time is NOW!
This new undertaking really is the result of comments many of you made a couple of years ago about a Customer Gallery entry. When you scroll down and see the photo you’ll remember this design and you may well be one of the many stitchers who asked for the chart. It’s taken me a while to get to the point where I feel comfortable making this step but here we go. The photo below is a photo of the first design to be published and distributed by APH~Designs, our new design company! Right now there are a dozen or more on the list to be released so stay tuned!
In the meantime please enjoy Reader’s Paradise with special pride knowing it was comments by readers of the blog that brought it into being. Of course you can now purchase your copy of the chart! Just click here to place your order.
Reader's Paradise by Joan Hersherberger The verse is “I have always imagined that paradise will be a kind of library”
We stitched the model on White 32ct Belfast Linen with DMC Floss and Kreinik #4 Braid and used our family member’s names on the books. You could use your family or perhaps your favorite authors or your favorite titles. This is an easy design to make all your own as we include an alphabet in two sizes and a grid for charting the words you want. The #4 Braid is color 002. If you have a good collection of DMC you may well have all the threads you need to stitch this as it doesn’t take a lot of each color. If you need a list just let me know and I’ll email it to you. Order a fat eighth of the Belfast or if you prefer Aida, a fat quarter of 16ct.
I hope you enjoy this first offering and watch for more coming soon.
Tags: Belfast, Cross Stitch, Customer's Work, DMC, Kreinik, Zweigart
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Monday, July 16th, 2012
This is a great project to stitch in all this heat! Watch my progress over the summer to see how it goes.
 The first two Fat Men are stitched! My edition of this Lizzie Kate collection is stitched on Toasted Almond Cashel from Zweigart with the Weeks Dye Works and Crescent Colours hand dyed floss. I’m having a great time with this, even stitching in the evening, something I’ve not done for awhile as I’m a morning stitcher. I’ll post updates as I complete each section.
Find the charts for this fun design here!
Tags: Crescent Colours, Cross Stitch, Lizzie Kate, Snowmen, Weeks Dye Works, Zweigart
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Thursday, June 7th, 2012
What a great time we had in Colorado! Here are the highlights of our trip that included visiting Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico and Colorado driving more than 3,000 miles in the 15 days we were gone.
We stayed the first night in Dumas, Texas and had a great dinner there. Second and third day were spent in Pueblo, Colorado with a couple of new friends. Then off to the graduation!
 Here we are with our beautiful Leticia! The day was warm and sunny with a bit of a breeze that turned into serious wind storm with dust blowing in from Utah. Fortunately it held off until after the ceremonies!
 Can't blame a girl for celebrating! Kim and Craig cooked up a storm all afternoon and presented Shrimp Creole and Gumbo for dinner. It was great! Of course the best part was that we needed to keep Kayli entertained while Grandma and Grandpa were busy!
 Three years old and full of fun. We totally fell in love! She was so cute with her enjoyment in having a Great Grandpa! If he didn’t pay enough attention she would pat him on the knee and say “Talk to me Great Grandpa, talk to me!” You know he did…
We left Delta for Tin Cup, an old mining town at 10,000 foot elevation. This is where Mr. D began to build log homes, moving from Kansas to Colorado every summer to cut, saw, mill, and build with house logs. There are many, many beautiful cabins around the area that he either built or remodeled in the years he spent there.
 The Dugan/Buckles cabin in Tin Cup Mr D began this cabin and Jody, Gary, and Matt have continued to work on it. It’s cozy and cute!
Breathing in Tin Cup was a a challenge for these lowlanders! And we had both forgotten how cold it is in the Colorado mountains in May!!
 We came upon a couple of moose while looking for a good picnic site. We chose another spot! After another day with Jody and Gary in Parker we went to Johnstown to visit my Dad and step-Mom. Got a nice surprise as my sister and brother-in-law decided to drive over from Wyoming to visit while we were there. A niece I hadn’t seen in many, many years also dropped in to spend an evening. What fun that was… And it was a beautiful evening to spend out on the front porch sharing family stories and laughing over special memories.
 The moon was awesome the evening we sat out! On Sunday we spent the day with all the clan that could come at Jody and Gary’s home enjoying a barbecue for Mr D’s 80th Birthday. It was a little early – his birthday is the 9th – but no one cared as we celebrated him!
We always enjoy the visits home and this one was especially fun as we saw many who we hadn’t seen in several years but 15 days is a long trip and we are both glad to be back home again!
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Friday, April 27th, 2012
I learned this project from Jeanette at Needlework Hideaway Spring 2012 retreat. What a great way to learn new things and see new projects as well as hear some incredible stories!
 Thanks Jeanette! Materials list:
12½” x width of fabric main color
18½” x width of fabric background color (be sure to purchase more than 18″ so you have trim – mine finished 17″ because I didn’t)
2 buttons for trim
Cut fabric. My main color is a stripe that runs the length of the fabric so I purchased 1½ yards and cut it 12½” x 44″ centering the stripes in the 12½” and cutting on the straight of the print rather than the straight of the grain. I trimmed one end after I got the side seams sewn.
With right sides together and using a ¼” seam sew the fabric together on the long sides.
Turn right side out and arrange until the borders are the same width then press.
Fold the piece in half the long way with the main color to the inside of the fold and stitch the ends closed using a ¼” seam.
Open the fold with the flaps to the front and work them out evenly. Fold the points down over the front of the runner and tack them in place or sew the buttons to the points to secure and you’re done! (I made yoyos with the main color and sewed the buttons thru the middle of the yoyo and thru the point to the back of the runner. I like the dimension the yoyo adds.)
Took me more than 10 minutes but it was quick…
Tags: Needlework Hideaway, Quilt, Red Apple Inn, Retreat
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Monday, March 5th, 2012
Last July I showed you the colors I chose for the Tree of Life pattern from Abi Gurden of Stitch Specialists Yahoo Group. I haven’t had as much time as I would like to stitch on this but I hope you enjoy seeing what’s happening on this fun piece. The theme I chose was to move through the seasons as you move around the tree starting in the lower left part with Winter and moving up into Spring, Summer, and then around to Fall. The color I chose for Winter doesn’t show up in the photo but does show up well on the piece. I really like the way the Fall color is stitching up. I’ll put in another couple of sections in the Winter color and then begin Spring. All my threads are Waterlilies from Caron Collection and the fabric is Weeks Dye Works hand-dyed 30ct fabric. I’m loving stitching with these!
 Just a start. Did you know that you can see what’s new for leaflets each week by logging on to Hoffman Distributing and signing on to their Friday Update? Just click here and then click on E-Newsletter on the left side of the page to sign up. There is no advantage to marking that you’re a shop! Each Friday you’ll receive notice that they’ve posted the Update and you can go there to see what’s new that week.
While you’re on the site take a look at the “Friday Feature” where they interview designers about how they go about creating their work. These interviews are interesting, helping you connect to your favorite designer.
Until next time!
Pat
Tags: Caron Collection, Cross Stitch, Hand-Dyed Fabric, Hoffman Distributing, Leaflet, Sampler, Specialty Stitches, Stitch Specialists, Waterlilies, Weeks Dye Works
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Sunday, February 12th, 2012
In January last year I posted a picture of a needlepoint American Flag that I stitched for Mr. D and gave an explanation of how I created the piece. Since then he framed the flag and his eagle and it’s been hanging in the shop. Yesterday I realized I’d never shown you what he did with the piece so here it is.
 I love this piece! He did an awesome job of framing this design and including the flag just made it all the better. He has such great ideas about how to compose a piece!
As you probably remember, the flag is stitched on 18m canvas with Trio by brown paper packages and Kreinik Braid. Let me know about pieces you’ve created for unusual applications or just because your best friend wanted it!
Pat
Tags: brown paper packages, Counted Canvas, Kreinik, Needlepoint, Trio, Zweigart
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Friday, February 10th, 2012
 So much fun! When a piece can be stitched by me in a weekend you know it’s a quick to stitch piece. The girls tell me I’m the slowest stitcher they know! Now of course, it was Super Bowl weekend and we spent a good bit of time in front of the TV but I did get this one done from Saturday evening until Monday morning. I stitched for about an hour here with the Saturday Stitchers and then took it home. Fun to stitch and cute, you’ll stitch with Weeks Dye Works and Gentle Art overdyed floss.
This one does not scream Valentine even if it would be perfect for that. We’re putting it in the top of a box Mr. D made and perhaps giving it to one of our girls for a gift! I’ll post a photo when it’s in the box.
Order this kit here.
Tags: Beads, Cross Stitch, Gentle Art Sampler Threads, Lizzie Kate, Weeks Dye Works
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Thursday, January 19th, 2012
We’re back home now and both are starting to feel like the colds we caught on the trip might be on the way out. Not totally fair as I got sick a week before Mr D did but he is quickly catching up with me in his recovery!
Wanted to show you what we saw on our trip. These following photos are the reason we took the trip and the reason we bust our buttons any time anyone wants to know what’s new with us!
 This is Kara, the newest Great Grand Child!  And again with her toys! Kara lives in North Carolina with my Granddaughter, Ashlee and her wonderful husband, Travis. This was our first opportunity to really get to know Travis and we totally understand how Ashlee fell in love with him. What a great guy and an awesome Daddy! Kara is lucky to have parents who have put her squarely in the center of their world. Of course she is a beautiful, easy to love little thing. Just wish the three of them lived here so we could watch her grow.
After North Carolina we traveled to Indiana (just across the river from Louisville) to see another part of our family and spend time with three more of those awesome Great Grands, this time little boys! Gosh, it’s amazing how quickly these guys are growing up. We don’t get to see them nearly enough so each time it’s like meeting them all over again. They are developing into good looking young men we’re all proud of…
 Left to right we have Billy, Joey, and Drake! These boy cousins are lucky to be so close in age that they will grow up to be friends as well as family. Told you they were cute!
And here’s the four generations of Dugan men! Each one more handsome than the next…
 Mr D, his grandson James holding great-grandsons Billy and Joey, and his son Dennis. Our granddaughters, Erin and Brooke, were there as well and as always added to the fun we always have at Dennis and Janet’s. Good food, good fun, good kids, great family!
So, colds or not, we had a wonderful Christmas holiday. I hope you’ll see this and understand that it is a perfect reason for orders being delayed and the shop being closed! We appreciate your understanding and hope you join us in appreciating how important this trip was to us!
Pat and Mr D
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Friday, July 22nd, 2011
I’m starting a new project! Isn’t it fun to do all the start-up activities? Get the chart, choose the fabrics, pick threads and plan how you’re going to start?
This project is called Tree of Stitches and is a stitch along with the group I just told you about, the Stitch Specialists. I’ve chosen my threads and fabric and have decided to share the journey on the Blog so watch for posts as I work along on this. The beginning might be a bit slow as I’m working on a commitment I made to ANG to complete a piece before Seminar and Yikes! Seminar is the end of August and August is the end of next week… Can’t show you that piece until after Seminar (it’s a stitch along with ANG) but it is awesome and I’m totally enjoying stitching it.
Here is the start of a new project…
 Fabric and threads for Tree of Stitches The threads are Waterlilies and represent (from left to right) Winter, Autumn, Summer, Spring, and the tree trunk. The fabric is Weeks Dye Works Hand Dyed Linen 30ct Morris Blue.
Hope you’ll enjoy following along.
Pat
Tags: ANG, Caron Collection, stitching groups, Waterlilies, Weeks Dye Works
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