Latte Love

I loved this little pattern from the Frosted Pumpkin Stitchery, so I stitched it up on painted aida cloth, and gave it to my sister for Valentine's Day. 

Ps. This post brought to you by breakfast with Izabelle.

Stitch in Public!

Tomorrow is Stitch in Public day! Huzzah! Take your craft outside - stitch on the bus or train, stitch at a coffee shop, stitch at lunch!

I did a little stitching on the beach while I was on vacation. It was sandy, but I wanted to get that sucker done. I'll show details you as soon as I find the perfect frame.

If you have pictures of yourself stitching in public, post them to this group on Flickr, courtesy of the folks over at Mr. X Stitch.

Madigan's first stitchery

On vacation last week, I finished up an embroidered piece I have been working on for. ev. er. My 3 year old niece, Madigan, kept watching me and saying things like "I could just help you pull that through!"

Luckily* I had an extra hoop with fabric in it already...

She picked the colors, the stitch placement, and did all the stitching herself - with only a few gentle suggestions from me.

She was so adorably proud of herself, yelling to her mom in the other room "I'm doing knitting with Katie!" "Not knitting, sewing.""I'm doing sewing with Katie!"

I think she did a pretty great job - her style is quite modern, don't you think?

*I'm not the only one who travels with my entire stash of embroidery thread, etc, right!?

Love!

I just found this lovely little lamp over at Apartment Therapy. Isn't it adorable? It's from Lamp Gustaf and seeing as I cannot read anything on the website, I doubt it will be readily available in the States. I think I could make my own from a piece of cross stitch cloth and a cheap ikea lampshade frame, though. DIY, here I come!