Having fun with fabric painting and Embroidery

 

Yeah!! She is finally finished and she makes me HAPPY!!

Now I need to decide what to do with her, 

should I make her into a counted cross stitch design? 

But I'm not sure.

 I loved painting on the fabric...so maybe a workshop of painting,

 but I did draw her free hand on the cloth 

so I would need to re-draw here onto paper, 

Ugh....just thinking here!!

 Well I am planning on something for the late summer 

early fall so maybe she will be one of the options.

 And then of course a Fall design too.....

Oh my, well I'm off to think by myself HAHA

Have a good day

hugs

donna

Colonial Home and Centerpiece Coming soon!!

 

I made a couple of 3D flower vases with fabric about a month or two ago and I loved them.

So I decided to turn one of them into a counted cross stitch design.

And then I thought oh!!! how about taking those same flowers

and adding them to a Colonial looking home.

I then took the same flowers from the vase

and put them around a little Colonial home,

and I came up with a place in my imagination to sit,

look out a little window and gaze upoon the basket of flowers in my front lawn

beyond my little white picket fence. I can see my big beautiful tree

with extra large blooms and vines all around.

So I enjoyed using my imagination to be in my fantasy home.

I hope you use your imagination with your stitched pieces

and imagine being in the middle of them

or if its a sampler how about living as the girl that stitched it in her Time.

Enjoy your day and keep dreaming!

:)

Design coming soon!!

donna

Beloved will be available next weekend!!

 

Good afternoon Dear Stitchers:

I hope you are seeing some springtime flowers in your area!!

I am finally seeing some here and not just at the grocery store HAHA!!

The new design is called 

"Beloved" Sampler 

 I have also included an option for you!

I have her in a Garden of vine growing roses.

If you would like any more information on her 

please visit the design blog that has all information on most of the By The Bay Designs.

Here is the link!

Have a blessed day and I hope you have some time to smell the ROSES today!

hugs

donna

Having a SALE on Dear Mom just in time for Mothers Day

 

Suggested Retail is $12.00 / ON SALE FOR $8.50 for Mothers Day

and Includes the Special matching POST CARD to add some LOVE

Here is some helpful information for the design

The model was stitched on 28ct “Star Sapphire” linen from Wichelt Imports

The stitch count is 177 x 124 

  I did stitch it over (1) so the design for the model is  6.32 x 4.4 

which fits in a 5 x 7 Frame.

The floss was DMC: 498, 730, 3371, 3855, White

14ct Aida or 28ct linen (over2)            12.6 x  8.85

16ct Aida or 32ct linen (over2)                11 x 7.75

18ct Aida or 36ct linen (over2)             9.83 x 6.88

40ct (over 1)                              4.42 x 3.1

It is a great saying.....because we all have learned something from our Moms

Here is a link to the Etsy shop listing

I hope you are having a BEAUTIFUL DAY !!

hugs

donna

I've been missing for a while :(

 Good Morning, 

I have not been able to do much By The Bay creating or managing for over a month. Sorry I wish I could be more consistent but life keep throwing me curve balls....so my husband says ;)

Hubby went in for shoulder surgery and things did not go well. He came down with an infection a little over a week later and had to have emergency surgery to see what was going on.

 The surgeon had to take all of the pins out that he put in and some muscle just a couple of weeks before. So hubby has spent quite a while in the hospital. He is on IV antibiotics 3 times a day that I infuse for him, we also have my mom that is 90 years old living with us...she is pretty much independant but does need some things attended to. 

And we also hosted a Passover Seder at a local Comunnity Center this past Monday.....I did all of the cooking and the shopping for everything, helping to set up and serving.....oh HAHA one more thing too ......I am cat/house sitting for 3 weeks.

So ..... to make it quick , I have been very busy, but every night before bed I do get about an hour of stitching time in......

I do have the stitched girl that is finished...Her name will be "Beloved". Also with her I have an option to stitch her without the alphabet, and instead there will be long roses coming up on each side of her. 

I do have a tall vase of flowers that is finished....I love them ....they are very simple. This is the photo of the applique design I made that is 3Dimensional, I loved the Simplicity of it so I designed it into a cross stitch design. I will share that sometime soon too....

I do have a Home scene that I am stitching but instead of my usual seaside this one has the same flowers that I used in the previous vase so you could have matching stitched designs. (No photo yet)

I am working on a Stitch A Long too.....I have 3 sections finished (Designing that is) 

I also have a summer seaside scene that I have been saving since 2018....time to release it HAHA (You'll have to wait a bit longer to see it)

Hopefully things will settle soon, and I can get more time for By The Bay.

Spring is in the air and I hope you can hear the birds 🐦chirping and see the flowers🌼 peeking up to wish you well.

I will keep in touch as soon as I can.

Happy Stitching, Try to have a good laugh and smile today 😉

       Hugs

     donna 💗

A New Design is Finished!!

 

I still need to frame her! and Giver Her A NAME

I stitched her on 18ct Aida...I think it is my new go to for fabric at the moment.

I might try the 20ct Aida soon. But as we age our sight is not the best anymore.

I just like to stitch on the go.....so many errands to do.

If I had the chance to take out a Special light and a large magnifying glass...it would be fine and I could use a large count linen line 36ct or a 40ct but that is not in the cards for me :)

I usually have to get up every 10 minutes for something....but I think thats just me...sometimes I can not sit still to long.

Don't forget to sign up for newsletters if you would like and have a great Wednesday

hugs

donna

New design in the hoop and looking for a name

This is a sneak peek of the new design that needs a name..

 I've been busy working on a new stitch a long.....I have a couple of them and I need to decide which one to work on more than the other.

But I do have another smaller design that should be ready by the end of the week.....

I will post a picture of her and I am asking for a Name for her or the design :)

Whoever sends me the name for the design I choose I will send you the design for free, it will be a PDF copy if you live out of the country or if you like a hard copy for the continental USA.

I will post a picture next week and put your thinking caps on HAHA!!

Until then, Have a great weekend and keep creating

hugs

donna

Starting a newsletter list

 Happy Wednesday 

I am starting a new newsletter. I did have one a while ago but I had so many people on the list that never opened the emails :(

So many people change email addresses and things are constantly moving so I thought it was a good time to start again and if you are interested and think you would like to read my newsletters then please sign up.  I usually only send out 1 email once a week...sometimes only every other week.

It all depends if I even have any thing to share. The link is on the sidebar at the top. I will send out a newsletter maybe this Friday or Sunday...

Looks like we are going to get some snow tomorrow so if you are in the storm area please stay safe. 

hugs

donna

Another PDF available

 

Its been a long morning.....just sitting trying to relax and thought it was about time I moved it !!

HAHA

So I just added this design to the Etsy shop as a PDF

Enjoy your day

hugs

donna

Home Among The Blossoms is framed

 

I did take out the green section under the word HOME. 

Ugh wish I noticed the mistake earlier but hopefully you can not really tell.

This design should be ready next week and will be going out to shops. 

I hope you have a Blessed rest of the week, and I am working on another Stitch A Long but that one will not be ready until the end of 2025...I am still in the planning stage and lots to look up and research.

Happy Creating

donna 

💗