Halloween Is Coming

Every August without fail I start to yearn for the cooler days of autumn. That yearning actually came a lot earlier this year when my first Halloween design for the season was finished way back in May! My little pumpkin witch has been waiting for a few months now to greet you all but here she finally is. Happy Harvest is available now in my Etsy shop as a PDF download or mailed paper pattern. I designed this one as a companion piece to my older Merry Halloween design...hope you like it!

Please stay safe everyone,
Sandy

Merry Halloween

I am excited to share another new design for Halloween that I just completed. "Merry Halloween" is now available in my Etsy shop if you'd like to stitch one for yourself.  If you like pumpkin folk and Halloween trees, this might be just the project for you! I had a lot of fun creating this one and hope you like it, too.

Wishing you cooler days ahead and lots of Halloween stitching,
Sandy

Happy October

My favorite month of the year is finally here...welcome October!  I'm hoping for cooler weather to arrive soon as well as lots and lots of pumpkins!!!

Here is my last design for Halloween this year called "Double Double". I decided to put this one in a frame I purchased from Notforgotten Farm a few years ago and really like how it turned out. The pattern is now available in my Etsy shop if you'd like to stitch one for yourself. Hope you like it!

Wishing you all a beautiful day filled with whatever makes you smile :)
Sandy

Three Witchy Pinkeeps

I've been having way too much fun stitching witches lately! These three little pinkeeps...Elizabeth, Rebecca, and Sarah...are available as finished pieces in my Etsy shop. I will not be making patterns for these...just wanted to relax and stitch while I count the days until Halloween finally arrives!!!

Happy Halloween Stitching!
Sandy

Home For Halloween

I am happy to show you my latest design for Halloween...finally!!! The chart for "Home For Halloween" is now available in my Etsy shop if you would like to stitch one for yourself. Look for two witchy pinkeeps coming SOON! I am a little slow this year but I'll get there eventually!!!

Happy Halloween!
Sandy

Happy Halloween Cross Stitch

This is the time of year when thoughts of Halloween begin to fill my mind more and more. I can't wait for the cooler days of autumn to finally arrive and for pumpkin season to be in full swing once more! And so...in anticipation of that most special night of the year...I want to share with you my latest cross stitch design called "Happy Halloween".

The pattern for this "witchy" stitch is now available in my Etsy shop if you'd like to make one for yourself or for a friend who loves Halloween.

Thanks so much and...happy stitching!!!
Sandy

Happy August

I can't believe that August is here already! I'm not sure where this summer has gone but that's ok...Autumn is my favorite time of year and it will be here SOON! Because I am growing a little impatient for pumpkin time to finally arrive, I decided to work on some new pieces for fall in an effort to help speed things along. I think it might actually be working!

I do have one new design ready to show you but more will be coming in the next few weeks. This one is called "Witch's Night"...I hope you like it! It is available over on my Early Work update this month as a finished piece and is also available as a paper pattern in my Etsy shop. I'd be pleased to have you stop by and take a peek if you get the chance.

Wishing you cooler days ahead and...as always...happy stitching!
Sandy

Autumn Stitching

Happy Sunday to you all! I have been absent from my blog for far too long and do want to apologize. I somehow find myself on Facebook more and more these days and less and less on Blogger. Has anyone else noticed themselves doing the same thing?

I'm having a great stitching summer so far and am currently working on some new projects for fall. Many of you have asked if the autumn pillow tucks I designed last year would ever be available as patterns so I am happy to announce that these are all now ready in my Etsy shop. It's never too early to start stitching pumpkins so here are "Harvest Home", "Pumpkin Patch", and "Halloween Sampler":

I also recently designed a little sampler called "Elizabeth Adams Marking Sampler" that would look perfect mixed in with a bowl of autumn pillow tucks. The pattern for this one is also available in my Etsy shop.

Our weather here in California is sunny and WARM today but I am going to do my best to think about cool autumn days just around the corner...I can't wait!

Happy stitching!

Sandy

Autumn Stitching

I have been working on some autumn themed projects these past couple of weeks and am not ashamed to admit that this is most definitely my favorite time of year to create. I am stitching away on pumpkins even though our weather is very hot and very dry and definitely not pumpkin weather...I refuse to let our California drought get me down! We even have a few pumpkin vines growing in the garden this year but they are struggling in the heat. I just had to try growing them though, poor things! Thank goodness for California pumpkin patches!!!

One of my recent Halloween finishes is the lovely "Matilda Hornbuckle" by Lori Brechlin of Notforgotten Farm. Miss Matilda was so much fun to stitch and is such a character. I love how she turned out!

I hope that you are all keeping cool and stitching on something that makes you smile :)

Happy stitching!
Sandy

Happy Halloween!

Boo!!! Happy Halloween!!! Here is one of my table displays this year...The pumpkin witch is made by an unknown artist from a pattern I don't recognize but isn't he (she) awesome? The candles are vintage from when I was a little girl and I love them still. Last but not least is my sweet sock kitty made by my friend Julie of My Primitive Heart. He is wonderfully made and will definitely stay out long after Halloween is over.

Can't wait for the trick or treaters to start knocking at my door a bit later tonight...those little ones always look so adorable in their costumes!

Happy Halloween!!!
Sandy

Olde Harvest And Halloween Gathering

I hope you are all having a great Labor Day Weekend! I just updated my Early Work Mercantile page for the month of September with a couple of Halloween pinkeeps and wanted to share them with you here. We are having an Olde Harvest And Halloween Gathering on Early Work this month, so if you get the chance, please stop by and check it out!

For my offerings this month, I stitched a couple of really fun patterns. One is by Stacy Nash called "A Haunting We Will Go Sawdust Pillow" and the other is a wonderful jack o'lantern design by Country Rustic Primitives called "Primitive Black Jack Cupboard Tuck".  I hope you like them!

 

It's hard to believe that Halloween will soon be here but I am so ready for it! Would you believe that I still have one surviving pumpkin from last year? I'm hoping he makes it through to Halloween...that will be a first!

Happy stitching!
Sandy

Early Work Mercantile Time

I'm not quite sure what happened to the month of September but here we are ready to start that wonderfully enchanting month of October and I couldn't be happier! Of course our weather here is not cooperating because it is still really HOT but I'm keeping my fingers crossed that cooler weather is just around the corner. It's hard to decorate for Halloween when it feels like the 4th of July outside but I'm sure giving it a good try! I've already purchased a few pumpkins but of course have many more to buy...they don't call me the crazy pumpkin lady for nothing you know!!!



I've been busy stitching some October themed pieces and have a couple ready to share later tonight on Early Work Mercantile.  Both are wool pumpkin pinkeeps of my own design, one features a crow and the other an owl. I hope you like them!

Happy October!

Sandy

Happy Halloween!

Here's wishing you all a fun, safe and spooky Halloween! I adapted my pumpkin doll from a pattern by Sunnyknoll and thought she was perfect to share with you today.

Happy trick or treating everyone :)
Sandy

Happy October!

Happy first day of October! I love Halloween so decided to cross stitch this wonderful "Boo Jack" pattern by primitivebettys and make it into a cupboard hanger. Betty is one of my favorite designers and I especially love her pumpkins so just couldn't resist stitching up this spooky guy.

Don't you just love that face???

Sandy