Picking up mushrooms put em' in the basket

"By the Light of the Moon"

Freebie by The Primitive Needle. I received it with a order from a online needleshop

I added the white around the moon to give it a glow

Here is a fairly new start

"Dancing on the Moon" by Birds of a Feather

Visit my blog Here to win a spooky FOB

Boo Who?

Owl On An Egg is all finished. Many changes were made to make it a little brighter and more fun. The pattern is a freebie from Bent Creek. If you want one of your very own, go here.

Dee at Tangled Up In Sticks and String

Just Nan Scream House

Construction is on it's way! So far, so good and so much fun! More pics of the start of this project are on my blog. Gosh I love Halloween.

Lori

More Sweet Than Spooky

Several years ago I ordered Chicken on Egg from an online retailer. This little freebie was included in my package.
My latest "stash dive" brought this pattern out. I considered doing it on a large count linen I had in the stash, but then I remembered how much my Land That I Love is costing me to get framed. The Owl on Egg would run about the same. So,

Owl on Egg is going to be a kitchen towel. The towel is Charles Craft's Huck Kitchen Towel. I'll have to make some pattern modifications to make him "stretch" a little bit. I think this can be accomplished by tweaking the border.

I'm also not using the overdye floss it calls for. With all the washing kitchen towels get, it's just not worth the expense. So DMC it is.

Dee at Tangled Up In Sticks and String

Take a look at my Blog Please

For some reason my computer is being really slow with uploading pictures and I would like to show off my Halloween finishes, I thought I would direct you to my blog.

The blog address is: itsjustapril.blogspot.com

Please take a look and let me know what you think.

Happy Halloween Stitching
April :)

Midnight Ride

Midnight Ride, a freebie from the Kreinik website, was my holiday stitching project, well one of them. It was stitched mainly in the car over five countries. The UK, France, Belgium, Holland and Germany. This was a really enjoyable stitch. The only downside was that the border took more that one spool of the orange braid so I had to order more supplies when I got home to do about six inches of cross stitch.



As a result of this project my ort jar now glows in the dark!

If anyone out there fancies doing a bat biscornu then check out this post from Stitch Creations but be quick as she says the chart won't be up for long! Just click on 'this post' in previous sentence to get there.

A Spook-tacular Give-Away

It's no secret that autumn is my favorite season. I love decorating for Halloween. Pumpkins, ghosts and owls --- oh my!

To celebrate --- I'm giving away a little bit o'Halloween ----

1. The 2009 Just Cross Stitch Halloween Issue
2. Quaker Halloweens by The Workbasket
3. 32-count grey/blue linen large enough to complete the bat from the above chart
4. Sampler Thread in Blackboard (enough to complete the bat)

How do you get these Halloween goodies? Stop by my blog and leave a comment by Sunday August 16, 2009. Tell me what is special about your favorite season and what you do to celebrate.

Don't forget to leave me a way to get in contact with you. Please do not leave your comment here. The comment needs to be posted at Tangled Up In Sticks and String.

On Monday morning I'll use a random number generator to pick the recipient!

Dee (P.S. The words "my blog" and "Tangled Up In Sticks and String" will link you directly to my blog)