!!!Go Hawks!!!

Today was the High School Class 8A Semifinal football game for my almamater and my oldest son's current school. How exciting! They were the state champs last year, but with so many star players that graduated last year it was very exciting to make it so far in the playoffs again!

Over 8,000 people attended the game. Did you see the fire fighters sitting on the fire engine? Look at the ladder behind them - several families climbed up and watched from their rooftops.

It was an exciting game and we won!!! Next Saturday is the state championship game at the University of Illinois!

I realize now that I have more photos of the marching band than the football game. Can you guess why? Yep, my son gets to travel down state as well with the marching band :)

Go Hawks!!!

Blessings, Patti

A bountiful harvest

My little pumpkin pincushion got a workout this weekend as I tried to finish a few autumn and Thanksgiving stitcheries.

Harvest is a Stacy Nash design. It is supposed to be finished as a pinkeep drum, but I'm not very good at drums. So it became a pillow instead. I added a few motifs and a sweet little vintage turkey charm that I've been trying to find a home for.

I love Betty Dekat's primitivebetty turkey design so much that I had to stitch it a few more times :)

This is my first original cross stitch design that appears in the TDIPT artists new booklet.
You can see the booklet here.

I have one more Thanksgiving design that I want to stitch and then I'll be moving on to Christmas :)

Wishing you a lovely autumn week!

Blessings, Patti

Etsy Update

Well, I finally did it... I added a couple of offerings to my etsy shop. Click here to stop by and take a peek :) I've listed my newest key here ~ using the best turkey design ever by the talented Betty Dekat of primitivebettys.

Happy Friday!

Blessings, Patti

A final Halloween finish!

This sweet design is by the very talented Betty Dekat of primitivebettys. It was a Halloween Party freebie from the Stacy Nash Group that we belong to on yahoo. I stitched this piece on Halloween as I handed out candy to the trick-or-treaters. I was so excited to find a piece of pumpkin colored linen in my stash. I finally finished it off last night ~ filling it with crushed walnut shells, edging it with black rickrack, and adding a few vintage touches.

It's now time to move on to Thanksgiving stitching.

Blessings, Patti

You're Invited!

What a special month this is! To celebrate our Holiday Open House, twenty TDIPT artists (including me) have created Giveaway prizes. All you need to do is leave a comment on the TDIPT blog for an opportunity to win. And you will receive another entry in the drawing when you make a purchase of any TDIPT November offerings.


The TDIPT artists have also created a sweet holiday booklet filled with recipes, patterns, and decorating tips. I’ve submitted my first little cross stitch pattern along with a recipe. Both are based on my favorite fall poem “When the Frost is on the Punkin” by James Whitcomb Riley. All proceeds from the booklet will be donated to charity.

One of my TDIPT offerings is still available ~ a sweet pinkeep celebrating the golden harvest.

I will be creating a few more Christmas items for the TDIPT December 1st update for any last minute Christmas shopping.

Wishing you a golden first week of November!

Blessings, Patti

Happy Halloween!

Well, we made it! The pumpkins are carved. The Halloween candy was purchased and handed out with only a half dozen candy bars left over. The trick or treaters are done and now I wait for the teenagers to make their way back to our house for a sleepover...
Yes, that is a knife sticking out of the laughing jack-o-lantern. Definitely my son's humor!

Now we will watch my kind of scary movie - Abbott & Costello meet the Invisible Man :) and I will hopefully finish my "Hallow's Eve" piece above by Betty Dekat of primitivebettys.

Happy Halloween!

Blessings, Patti

I'm running out of time...

The pumpkins aren't carved yet. I haven't bought the Halloween candy yet. And I'm running out of time! Hopefully it will all get done...

Don't you love those three little faces? This was the last Maggie Bonanomi club kit. At least this was finished on time as the next kit will be arriving any day...

I've been trying so hard to be good, but I did make two Halloween decoration purchases this year:

A Schneeman white jack-o-lantern.

And another white jack-o-lantern. I didn't realize I had a theme going on here until just right now. This piece is by the very talented Jenn Tavoletti of Rabbit Hill Primitives . I just love her work and she has a delightful blog as well.

These Halloween faces all make me smile.

You probably won't hear from me again until after Halloween is over. TDIPT Mercantile will be updating around the witching hour on Halloween. There will be lots of exciting news then.

Until then, I wish you more treats than tricks on Halloween!

Blessings, Patti