Happy 4th of July America!
So, a fellow blogger https://serendipitousstitching.blogspot.com/ has this monthly thing going...this month of July it is houses...where you post pics of all the things of the theme that you've stitched over the years, and I thought, hey! I can do that! What a way to get my blog kickstarted again!
So, "Houses" by StitchinKat...including my interpretation of what's included in the term, cause I think birdhouses count!
First, a couple of ornaments. This one is from a JCS ornament issue early on. I'll have to go in search of it to be sure but I think it's called Reindeer on the Roof. eta: I found it! It is Mary Garry's Sewing Cabin-Reindeer on The Roof from the JCS 1997 Orn. Issue.Here's a birdhouse entry! Season's Tweetings by SanMan Originals.
Another birdhouse, from a Leisure Arts leaflet, slightly edited to say "shelters friends" rather than "shelters a friend". Made as a gift in the 90s. Hey, it says "house" right in the words!
Yes, I live in a nuthouse! This now hangs beside the front door. The tail is stitched with Fuzzy Stuff! Welcome to the Nuthouse by Waxing Moon.
From a class by Chessie & Me, it's called Shepherd's Christmas. There's always a Chessie cat charm in there somewhere!
Here is Carriage House Samplings Christmas at Hawk Run Hollow, which I took quite a few liberties with...including stitching it on 40ct silk gauze! Notice I also gave block 4 with the deer a night sky with a moon (so you could see the snowflakes on the gauze), changed the color of the horse in block 6 (to honor a friend named Cinnamon), added a singing ginger cat (my Leo) behind the lamppost in block 8, and left out the ghostly(?) figure in the 12th block. But look at all those houses!
This is by SamSarah Design Studio, the March Birdhouses.
No list of "houses" would be complete without some of Elizabeths Designs' little cottages! I have a mad plan to make them all and incorporate them into a landscape quilt of some sort...3 done so far!
Beekeeper's CottageBluebird Cottage
Ladybug Cottage
So, that's all my "Houses" for the month of July. August is going to be Books. I'm hoping that includes book-related things like libraries, bookshops, bookmarks, etc. I'll have to ask! Anyway, this was fun! Love to hear comments from you all!
You have so many great houses! Love the birdhouses.
ReplyDeleteI lived in the Raleigh area before moving to Japan and am familiar with Duke and the gorgeous chapel.
Thanks! Glad to know someone is still visiting my blog, I'm trying to get it going again after a few years of not blogging at all.
DeleteThanks for taking part in The People's Choice this month! What a fabulous selection of houses of all kinds. One of my favourite things about the Link up is that everyone has their own interpretation of the theme. The igloo is inspired! I love those Elizabeth Designs cottages too.
ReplyDeleteCan't wait to see what you come up with next month,
Thanks for taking the time to look, and comment! You'd think as a librarian, I'd have a lot of book designs done, but alas, not so many...will see what I can come up with in August!
DeleteLove all your houses and I do think castles count :)
ReplyDeleteThanks Marcy! They do say your home is your castle! Mine is complete with dragon! She's a friendly one tho'!
DeleteAMAZING JOB!
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