MAQS PC

MAQS PC,
originally uploaded by Pinyon Creek Stitchin'.

It's been awhile (again) since I posted. Sheesh, where does the time go?

This is a postcard I did for the American Quilt Society auction. Any funds received will go towards the museum and purchase of quilts, etc. Sooo....a great cause! I wish I was quicker in my stitching...i'd do a few more for them, but the pc's need to be in Kentucky by the first of March!

This is of a little fairie tending to her butterfly of an evening. She is carrying her little lantern that I beaded to create a glowing effect. I added metallic french knots to the top of the tulip and beads to the front lip of the tulip. Also beaded the stem as it wasn't showing up well. Added some little glass flowers and a metallic french knot dragonfly in the top left corner...which isn't terribly visible. The whole card is hand quilted...to my limited abilities in that department. Then the final touch of the eye lash yarn around the edge.
Also under the flower beads I did some feather stitching and fly stitching to create a sort of "fern" effect.

CC w cow

CC w cow,
originally uploaded by Pinyon Creek Stitchin'.

I just had to post a pic of my "guy"! He is one of fur kids that I LOVE to death! It's not really a super duper pic....and I tried a LOT of shots...but you can see he's snuggling up with a little stuffed cow I have. He's been notorious for this with teddies too! To the extent that he and his partner in crime decorated our backyard with a bunch of them when they were little! Anyway...he's been pretty good til now! :_) Wonder what else he's plotting!?!?!? :_O

OCB bra back

OCB bra back,
originally uploaded by Pinyon Creek Stitchin'.

My computer was giving me SUCH a hassle last night, I gave up for the day! Soooo....here we are....a bright, sunny, slightly breezy but gorgeous day in Colorado. Renewed hope that I can post this with minimal difficulties! LOL!!

The back of the bra is primarily beaded. I personally LOVE the google eyed fish on the right. They just add a little bit of my humor I guess. The straps of the bra were done with a feather stitch and beaded to help pull it all together with the beads cascading down from them to blend with the se life. I finally found some fringe for the bottom that helped pull the whole thing together. It was an interesting process to create this. I didn't know from minute to minute quite what I was going to do next....and found I didn't want to ! Planning cq just hasn't worked for me as well as flying by the seat of my pants so to speak! LOL!!! Anyway, the closure was entirely covered with the lining, which is velvet. I then applied snaps on the inside and on the outside added two clamshell beads with the smaller beads to continue the illusion of the deep sea.

Guess i've babbled enough. Off to get a few things done! Like figuring out how to blog links that I seem to be hopeless at!

OBM bra closeup

OBM bra closeup,
originally uploaded by Pinyon Creek Stitchin'.

I haven't posted in a bit and thought I better get something up! Goodness!

This is a pic of the completed front of the ArtBra I completed for a local challenge being held at a quilt store in Denver. I called it Oceans Blue Mystery. It has tons of beading on it and lots of little surprises. It took a little bit to complete but it was a good experience! Hopefully you can see a bit of the work that was done...like the ruched ribbon, the chain stitch seaweed, the BE lobster and fish, to name a few!

JanFG

JanFG,
originally uploaded by Pinyon Creek Stitchin'.

Yeahhhh!!!! I finished her!!! This teensy project took forever cuz she kept talking to me! :_) Meet Hecca!!! This is my version of the fairie goddess for January. Backed by the frosty mountains, she is "in" the forest....surrounded by snow covered trees. For me, she represents the goddess of life. She is giving energy and life to the frozen ground, nurturing it in her belly and releasing it to the moon sky above. She is typically attended by three dogs...but I have four, so the four paws are for my furkids. I have surrounded her wings with "ice" which is melting as it comes closer to her life center. I have also placed a couple of charms that are significant to me in that the howling wolf depicts my husbands spirit and the bear depicts mine. She will help me to maintain my focus and
assist me in my journey towards being more centered and
balanced! At least thats my intent. A new year and new
life! :_)


I truly hope the remaining months of the fairie goddess are not quite as demanding and will be content with a more simple presentation! :_)

Enjoy!!!

jan goddess

jan goddess,
originally uploaded by Pinyon Creek Stitchin'.

Last but not least is my January goddess for the FairieGoddessMothers group! Right now it doesn't show at all, but the background is cq...but that will show better once it's embellished. I'm also planning on beading the wings....sooo, it's probly gonna be a bit longer before she's done. Sigh.... hopefully before I have to start on February! LOL!!!

oceans blue bra

oceans blue bra,
originally uploaded by Pinyon Creek Stitchin'.

This is a cq project...a bra that i'm working on for a challenge. Thank goodness the deadline is extended. The beading has taken me longer than expected!!! I will post again when I get it finished. Been fun. I'll have to figure out how to get better pics of the detail without the reflections. This is called Ocean's Blue...and has a brazilian embroidered lobster, glass fish, silk riggon sea weed, and a variety of other ocean life so far. Hopefully it will do well and not look silly. Its been a great expression tho...I have to admit!

Bob's bra

Bob's bra,
originally uploaded by Pinyon Creek Stitchin'.

This pic is just for fun. I've been working on a bra for a challenge and our "new" boarder, DH's step father, has been giving me a hard time about it. Sooooo...i've told him he will get to model it! Course, its not done...but he still got the opportunity to show off for a minute! LOL!!

Pauls quilt1

Pauls quilt1,
originally uploaded by Pinyon Creek Stitchin'.

This is the centerpiece for a quilt I am making for hubby. Another gift for Christmas. He had the choice of this being a wall hanging or a quilt. Course he chose the quilt! :_PP Sooo, now to figure out some of the other McKenna Ryan pieces I want to do for the surrounding blocks! More on them later!

Pauls Elk

Pauls Elk,
originally uploaded by Pinyon Creek Stitchin'.

Goooooodddddnesssss!!! It's been forever since I last posted!!!! I didn't realize how bad i'd been! Soooo, i'm going to post two things now....and hopefully a copule more tomorrow!

This is a mini-quilt I made for my hubby for Christmas. Its a combo of a landscape quilt and cq....which is around the interior border. Then I added a black border around it to finish it off. I added cq stitching on the patches and also did some fabric manipulation to add dimension. Came out pretty well. A tad dark, but it's serving its purpose. It's rather a long standing "joke" between he and I as he is a hunter. He has only gotten one elk since i've known him....and was disappointed again this year. Sooo, I decided to give him one so he could say that he was successful last season! ?_)

gift card holders

gift card holders,
originally uploaded by Pinyon Creek Stitchin'.

All has NOT been quiet on the NWestern front....or whatever one i'm on! LOL!!! As previously blogged and kindly supported and chatted about by Mary Frances of Frequently Wrong But Never In Doubt...I finished the block for the New Orleans Australian fund raiser. Voting is taking place now, so I better get over there and pick someone to vote on!!

Anywhoo, I also made a handful of little holders for the bonds that we purchased for the grand-kids. I'm in a snowman phase this year and I added little touches to some of them to make them special to each personality....ie: a bee on "Busy Izzie's" and a ladybug on Seviahs, etc. They'll stand in nicely as ornaments on their little trees too! I have also completed five wall hangings, a christmas jacket for mother, the two cq blocks for the RMCQ banner....OH....and three felt tree skirts i'll post a sampling of them later. These will stand in for the heirloom cq tree skirts I will complete this coming year. Right now....i'm just glad the bulk of it is done and I can breath a bit! Packages are all mailed...a few stray cards to do and it's over for the year! Phew!!!

ATJ Skyline

ATJ Skyline,
originally uploaded by Pinyon Creek Stitchin'.

This pic kind of gives an overview....I wanted to get closer shots but its not cooperating. This show the piano I appliqued on with a clarinet, fiddle, saxophone and some notes floating. I also embroidered the skyline of New Orleans depicted in the evening and placed a tree of life in the center to show not only the fruits that are a necessity for life, but music notes that are the heart and sould of this city. Then you can see the swamp with the cpress trees and spanish moss hanging from them while a heron and "mud bug" hang out. There is a magnolia in the top right and wisteria in the bottom. I'll try to get a better pic up later of that as there is an iris...a state wild flower there. This particular image is cultivated but similar in appearance to its wild cousing and I thought it appropriate as its called Hurrican Party!

ATJ Riverboat

ATJ Riverboat,
originally uploaded by Pinyon Creek Stitchin'.

Finally stopping long enough to do post a pic or two of the closeups on the New Orleans block! This one shows the Steamboat Natchez with music sailing off into the night along with a mask to celebrate the mardi gras. In the bottom corner you can see the symbol of the brown pelican. He's standing on a pier pole....as sooo many do!

All That Jazz block

ATJ block,
originally uploaded by Pinyon Creek Stitchin'.

Celebrate!!! Celebrate!!! Stitch to the music!!! :_) Couldn't resist! I am 99.9% DONE with the "All That Jazz" block. Just a finishing touch here and there to tie up a space and it's OUTTA here!!! Can you tell i'm happy? I'll explain more of the story behind each of the designs later. Right now...my fingers are worn to a nubbin' and a furkid needs to have her ball thrown...again!!! LOL!!! Enjoy!

CQ Sheeba

CQ Sheeba,
originally uploaded by Pinyon Creek Stitchin'.

This is a "just for fun" shot! I happened to catch my furkid, Sheeba...napping in her favorite place and postition and thought it would be perfect for an "All Stitched Out" pic! Sooooo....here she is in all her glory...worn to a frazzle from stitching on all these blocks! :_)

FW block1

FW block1,
originally uploaded by Pinyon Creek Stitchin'.

This is one of three pics of a block for a Spring Fling rr. Very last block I had to work on!! I was left with seeral small patches and those patches were patterned and challenging for me to decide what to do with them that would do the work and the block justice. Sooo, this is a vines of various flowers and a bumble bee thats turned into a mainstay for me on most blocks. I like creating them in brazilian embroidery and generally get them to come out looking pretty good. I also wrapped some grapes around the bird bath to help fill in that bit and help it combine with the other flowers more fluidly.

bb block2

bb block2,
originally uploaded by Pinyon Creek Stitchin'.

Here's the other block for the banner. The color combos are a bit odd I admit, but it still seems to work, I think. I pulled colors from the oriental brocades that are in abundance in this block. It's done...now I can solely concentrate on the New Orleans block. I'm a little worried about time on this one. Guess we'll just have to see! Hopefully I can send it on its way shortly and there won't be any "travel" issues! :_) Off to stitch!! If I can, anyway!

bb block1

bb block1,
originally uploaded by Pinyon Creek Stitchin'.

Phew!!!!!! I am DONEEEEEE!!!!! Goodness!!! After realizing that the colors on the block I was working on for the banner were NOT acceptable, I created two more blocks that DO fall in the jewel tone color profile...according to my search anywhoo, and this is one of them!!! I think I have permanently changed by fingerprint from all this stitching, but it's still fun!! And, if these two don't work for anyone!?!?!? I'll take em back...include em in my own wall hanging project and forgettaboutit!! LOL!!!! I used a ton of cretan, herringbone, chain and french knots in this pup. I'm finding it easier to come up with combo's as I let my mind wander and relax into the stitching! Anyway...enough rambling. I'll go post the other pic and call it good for the evening!

BB 1

BB 1,
originally uploaded by Pinyon Creek Stitchin'.

This is the "almost" completed block that I will be contributing to my local cq association. I decided since I took the pic to do something about the dragonfly that is woven into the silk in the upper left hand corner...to help it show up better. I have been reluctant to do beading on the two blocks I am making for this project because of how it will be used. I'm concerned that they will hold up even with silamide thread. I have added some buttoms, but have them sooooo secure, I don't think they will go anywhere. That's my hope anyway! At any rate, I'll get something figured out with em. Right now, i'm running a line of french knots around the wings, then i've got to do something with the veins and body. Any suggestions? I've thought about some brazilian embroidery maybe? There are sooo many options...I probably need to just stop thinking about it and just start stitching! LOL!!

Banner block2

Banner block2,
originally uploaded by Pinyon Creek Stitchin'.

I thought I had posted this pic...and just discovered I had not. This is going to be the second block for the banner that is being made for our regional cq group; RMCQA. We are planning on using it to advertise "US" and draw in more membership. Anyway...got to get busy on these things and get em done! Course, right this minute i'm feeling a bit insecure about whether or not they are bright enough to catch anyones eye. Hopefully with the embellishment! :_)