Deborah's Bits and Pieces: Slow Sunday Stitching the Goddess

So yesterday I made a thing, a little birds nest with some eggs I want to add to my Spring goddess piece.

Today I attached it to my goddess, along with a few other bits I've added this week. I just knew I wanted to put the bird nest on her head.

I added a small dragonfly I cut from a piece of fabric I came upon when I was looking through my stash bins. I made the little bunny by drawing an outline on a piece of fabric scrap and added a black French knot for an eye.

I stitched the spirals along the side last Sunday at the beach, it was a beautiful sunny day with dry air and a nice breeze.

I didn't get to much stitching done on the beach a few minutes after I stitched the second spiral the wind picked up and my fabric was flopping all over the place, not to mention my needle kept unthreading.

Last weekend I order this nifty embroidery bag from Missouri Star Quilts I saw on one of the YouTube channels I stitch along with. Not only is it a bag it's also a kit and came with some wonderful items. The bag has 3 inside pockets and one outside zippered pocket.

In addition to the pre-printed sampler fabric, there are 2 full size stick and stitch pages printed with designs to stitch and the guidebook for stitches and colors suggestions. 1 blank print, stitch and wash full size page (its a product I use quite often). 8 full skeins of DMC 6 stranded gloss, a water soluble pencil, embroidery hoop, scissors, needles and needle threaders, a needle minder and floss bobbins. Oh and a tea towel.

Here is the list

There is quite a lot of room in the bag even with all the things it came with, there is room for several hoops of various sizes. I have wanted a bag to take along my projects where I could actually fit the hoop. I was using a small bag for supplies and a separate tote for the hoop which can take up space when packing for a trip or even for a day out stitching, now I can have everything in one place.

I have also pre-ordered the Ingrid's Wildflowers Hand embroidery kit which isn't due to ship out until the end of July.

It comes in a beautiful keepsake tin box and includes:

20 wildflower preprinted Peel and Stitch Washaway embroidery sheets
Instruction cards including 20 stitch guides for the printed wildflower designs
10 balls of 10oz Perle Cotton embroidery floss
Notions including: 2 needles, 1 needle minder, 1 needle threader and embroidery scissors
a gorgeous 7″ Beechwood embroidery hoop

Here is the link to the unboxing of the kit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SB1G9NKna4s

They sold out of the kit so pre-orders are being taken for delivery in late July. Here is the link if interested: https://www.missouriquiltco.com/

I am signed up for the April SAL with Stitch Doodles, this time it will be Round and Round the Woodlands, I opted for the pre-printed fabric. Info can be found here:https://www.stitchdoodles.com/

I am currently working on week 11 of the K3n.clothtales SAL piece, it's a Kawandi style piece that I am just about finished with, and later this evening I need to start my Kathy Schmitz Woven Wreaths SAL I need to watch the video again for March. I am posting today at Kathy's Quilts here:

https://kathysquilts.blogspot.com/2024/03/slow-sunday-stitching_021451573.html

My banner for St. Patrick's day has been up since March 1st.

A few weeks ago I was looking for some butterfly fabric and came across Deborah's Garden from Northcott fabrics, Michel Design Works. I loved the butterflies framed by the lavender and the coordinating florals are just stunning. I have a project in mind and if you look closely at the Spring goddess piece you will see the bunch of lavender and the small butterfly was used.