Punchneedle Finishes

It is the most beautiful fall day today.  Clear blue sky, sunny and cold enough to wear a sweater.

I just love sweater weather!

I just finished a few punchneedle pieces...getting ready for craft fairs.

I love to do punchneedle but I never know how to finish them.

The piece might sit in the finished basket for a couple of months until 

I figure out just the right way to present it.

I posted a few more punchneedle pieces on my facebook page

click here.

You'll also find a few wool applique pieces I finished recently. 

Don't forget to "like me" on facebook.

Enjoy your day...Packer Sunday,

Leanne

Just Sharing....

Some Photos of Finished Projects.

 I've been working on some cross stitch and punchneedle for my fall fairs.

 The stitching was done in February but I just wasn't sure how to finish them off. 

 So searched my favorite site....

Pintrest 

(you can follow me just click here)

for Inspiration and Ideas.

Well did that get my mind going.

 It was a lot of fun searching for unusual frames and trimming and old buttons.

I painted the frames black and aged them. The backgrounds are wool some hand dyed wools.

See I'm trying to get ready for my fairs.

I feel like I'm running behind.
You can check out my facebook page for more pictures of
what I've been working on.

Enjoy your day,

Leanne

I Love Fall and.....

Craft Fairs!!!!

 

I'd like to share some pictures of my booth from the Holy Hill craft fair two weeks ago.

It was a beautiful day, the sun was out, no wind and plenty of shoppers.

 

See my handpainted crocks?  I bet you didn't know I painted on crocks.

See my dolls...I love picking out fabrics for their dresses and fixing their hair.



 See my wool applique?  I've been stitching like crazy.

 Grandma's suitcase full of penny rugs.

 When I get tired of stitching, I start painting, when I get tired of that I start sewing on the machine or start cutting out a new project or make a new doll. 

I had just enough time to take these pictures before the fair started.

 

Here's a list on my next fairs. Come say Hi!

 

Fall Fair to Remember

October 19th and 20th

Friday 4-8 and Saturday 9-4

 Washington County Fair Park in West Bend Wisconsin 

Booth #33

 

Holiday Arts and Crafts Fair

November 11

10-4

Brookfield East High School in Brookfield Wisconsin

 

Holiday Marketplace

November 17

9-4

Washington County Fair Park in West Bend Wisconsin

Booth #98

 

Enjoy your day,

Leanne



I Love Fall and More Favorites

Did I ever tell you how much I love sunflowers?

I'm sure I have....I know I have.

Here is my favorite sunflower pin.

I just love these wool pillows.

The leaves are perfect for fall...my favorite time of year.

I started putting some of my fall decorations out...I know it's early but with getting ready for fairs if I don't get them out now they won't get put out.

 I love the unexpected plaid in this penny rug.

I love the soft colors with black stitching in these coasters.

I love baskets...and yes I am a basket collector.

I love this little snowgirl!

Snowgirl is that a word?

Well it is in my book...why should men only be made of snow!

All these things were made by me!

I just listed them on ebay.

If you're interested in purchasing any one of my treasures

Click here.

I'm sewing like crazy and loving every minute of it!

My head is spinning with ideas for dolls, stitcheries, penny rugs...so many ideas not enought time...lol.

My first craft fair is September 17th...I can't wait.

Enjoy your day,

Leanne

This is what I've been working on lately...

Penny Rugs....

and runners.

 Doll bodies...

soon to be cute little raggedies.

 Some punchneedle pins.

 More penny rug candle mats.

I listed these on ebay.

With all the rain we've been getting I haven't been able to work outside sooooo....

it leaves more time to stitch or

sew or

punch...

that makes me happy!

Enjoy your day,

Leanne

A Little Shopping Trip...

First I wanted to show you what I just listed on ebay....

These hand stitched Penny Rug Candle Mats.

 These are made from wool...

the wool that I dyed earlier this spring.

 I just love how these turned out.

 And they were fun to stitch!

I know I'm going to make more of these.

Now to share the goodies from my shopping trip....

Jack number 11 in blue was in a lacrosse tournament this weekend

and it happened to be about 10 minutes away from one of my favorite

fabric stores.

 Sooooooo....

In between one of the games I made a quick trip to JJ Stitches.

I got some new patterns.

And I also stopped in A Day In The Country for some

supplies for punchneedle with wool yarn.

I tried a little sunflower mat this spring and I've been wanting to make more for

my craft fairs this fall.

Happy Crafting,

Leanne

Punch Needle and Sunflowers

Punch Needle and Sunflowers is a good combination.

I recently tried punchneedle with wool yarn and an oxford punch. In order to to this I had to get a hoop that really held my base fabric tight. I bought this 10 inch non slip hoop at Joann Fabrics that has a grove in it...perfect for what I wanted to do and not a lot of money.

To see the sunflower I made click here.

This hoop worked so good that I thought why not use it for my punchneedle pins.

Problem was I had a 10 inch frame and my pins are only 2" by 3". 

I would waste a lot of fabric and I don't like wasting fabric.

So...as my kindergarten art teacher would say "fill the page"!

Well I filled the fabric!

 I have to say it was a real efficent way of making my pins.

This picture kind of reflects the weather around here...

flowers want to come out but the snow keeps coming back.

 Even the back side looks good...that's always my goal.

Sunflower 

 I love making snowflakes

 and snowmen

and sunflowers.

This week I should have enough time to get these made into pins.

I just saw that this is my 99th post and I have 96 wonderful followers
I think when I reach 100 in both it's time for a giveaway.
What do you think?

I'm linking up to Sew Many Ways crafty party,
Favorite Things at bargin hunting with Laurie
and
Sister Sunday at sisters of the wild west

Enjoy your day,

Leanne

Stitching, stitching, more stitching and loving it!

I wanted to try something new and I couldn't resist these little stitchery pillows!

I had some muslin that I tea and coffee dyed with a little bit of vanilla. I couldn't decide if I liked tea dying or coffee dying better soooo I put them together and it's perfect. When you can't decide choose both. The stitcheries were fun to do and making them into little pillows made them come alive. The patters came from Olde Time Stitchin .

I had a few little punchneedle pictures left from my craft fairs so I'm going to put them on ebay this afternoon. I just love these little pictures you tuck them anywhere. I just draw the picture on the punchneedle cloth and work on it until I finish because I can't wait to see how it's going to turn out. No two are the exactly the same because each picture is drawn freehand.

I love sunflowers!

And the color pink!

More sunflowers...did I tell you I love sunflowers?
I've put more penny rugs on ebay and some dolls with great starting prices for auctions and buy it now.
I think I'll add these pillows too.
Click here to see my ebay offerings.

Here's the pillows I stitched this weekend and made them up into pillows yeaterday. Do you think they need anything else? I like them prim but not too prim. Should I add buttons, bells, rusty pins, fabric bows.....? Should I dye them more? What do you think?
I found the "love my dog" stitchery at Samantha blog click here to visit her blog...she also has a giveaway going on right now.

Happy Stitching,
Leanne

How do I relax in the evenings?

Punchneedle!I just can't sit in front of the TV without doing something and punchneedle is the perfect craft for that.

This is what the back looks like.

Some of the other pieces I finished.

Oops! Yes, I'm still stitching penny rugs.

Now I have to figure out what to do with punchneedle.

I love these little black frames...you know me and black...you can never have too much black.

Maybe attach them to a box or purse or make a little pillow with ribbon to hang on the cupboard door.

Bye for now I need to finish that heart picture or will it be a little pillow.

Happy stitching,

~*~Leanne~*~

Where has the time gone?

Where has the time gone? I just can't believe that it has been so long since I have put anything in this blog.

I have been getting ready for my craft fairs!

I do about 4-5 shows every year...all in the fall.

I added some pictures of my booth at the Cheery Cherry craft fair.
I'll take you on a tour.

See my new punchneedle pictures? My new favorite craft to do!

See my crocks...they are my best sellers.

More fall stuff. The scarecrows on the top shelf are my favorites.


I can't do a craft fair without Christmas...my favorite holiday.


Back to fall. See my fall leaves crocks on the top shelf. I have them all over my home.


This fair was the end of September that's why I have so much fall. I added Raggedies this year. I love making dolls. It's how I get my girlie fix. I am surrounded by males in my home.

Inside the suitcase are my penny rugs. That suitcase was my grandma's...it still has the label with her name on it.

Potpouri in the basket. My fabric sunflowers, crows and scarecrows in a crock of course.

Back to where we started.

If you like what you saw and would like to make a purchase I have some of these things on sale on ebay, etsy and my website at http://www.harvestmoonbythelake.com/.

Come see me at my next fair.

Holiday Marketplace

Saturday, November 22 from 9:00-4:00

Washington County Fair Grounds

3000 Pleasant Valley Road (Hwy PV)

West Bend, WI

Now I need to get back to painting and laundry and sewing and laundry and punching and creating and laundry and way too much laundry!