Coffee time!

Yes, yes. I know, I love coffee WAY too much!

I can't help that it tastes so good with the right amount to cream and sugar.

A while ago The wonderful Wild Olive put up some freebies on her blog that I could not possible pass up.

Cute adorable guys like a grinder, a to go mug and a good ol' pot of java!

 I drafted the coffee part.

 After I finished off the back.

Oh My! I think I Just Quilted Something!

It's not a quilt, but it's like a made a few tiny quilts, well in a way I did...


I got this idea from one of the free leaflets that you get at a craft store. I thought it was prefect for my kitchen theme.
I have always loved the raw edge look, that shabby chic look.


They are all made from my fabric stash, frankly it was starting to become quite the monster and had to be dealt with.


It is the first time that the applique was completely machine sewn! It was tricky for me but I did it!! Yay!


This was pretty easy. It took no time at all. I did all the cutting and placing in one evening. Then the next evening I sewed it all up!

I think my Granny will be very proud that I made something quilted.

Yet Another Coffee Fix

Sadly I have finally ran out of what a good friend calls "Tracy fabric". It's the fabric that I have use for all of my other coffee themed embroideries. So I picked a fabric that is similar to it.

My fill stitches (like the satin stitch) is getting better every time I do them. I like to set little challenges for myself. Hey, how else am I going to get better?



I haven't a frame large enough for this one (it's only 5 x 5), all I have right now is 4 x 6 frames.
I particularly like this one because I grind my own coffee beans, so it makes perfect sense.

Yet another embroidered coffee themed wall art to hang in my kitchen.


I have a nice overhang space above my cabinets that have just been screaming to be covered with something. My collection of coffee themed stuff is slowly growing. But I think that I'm only going to make a couple of more things, I don't want to clutter up my walls too much.


I kinda like the "bulkiness" of the stitches, it looks more handmade.

Two of my most favorites things!

Today's post is brought to you by the word coffee and the tasty treat cupcake!

Aunt Martha has done it again!
They keep making things that I LOVE to stitch. I believe that I will be stitching the whole Java Break pack.

I played around with some stitches to make it pop (I can't believe I used that phrase). I used three different green hues for the cup border.


It is going on my kitchen wall with my ever growing coffee and cupcakes motif that I've started. Hey, who ever said that you can only pick one theme? I mean come on, can you blame me? They are both yummy!
Although, I don't like eating them together. I don't like to eat sweet things with my coffee, it tends to make my coffee taste overly bitter. :)

Another Kitchen embroidery post!

Here is my second hand embroidered flair for my kitchen. I have one more to go. But my walls still look very empty. But I also plan on painting cupcakes on 6x6 canvases and putting them up on the wall as well. And who knows how long "Project Kick Ass Kitchen" will take. But in the end I will post photos of my kitchen for all to see!



Just like the other one, its hand embroidered on an old pretty bed sheet that I had laying about.
I think that the pink leaves on it make a good background, it's something else to look at. My walls are plain white and boring.

hand stitched decorations

I got some dish towels for christmas from my mom, that are coffee themed. My kitchen walls are kinda bare so I stitched up some decorations to kinda match the towels.
I just took some old fabric that I have laying about and some extra frames.


I have a coffee and cupcakes theme to my kitchen and I like natural wood (light) tones too. But just for the kitchen. But as for the rest of the house, it's dark dark brown to black finishes.

Anyway, this is one of three designs that I'm doing. I still have to make the other two but this was an awesome start.

This sucks

I'm actually burnt out on stitching at the moment. It's soooo frustrating! I have loads of time to spend working on something but I rather read that then stitch. And the terrible part is that I DON'T have anything to read!!!! So I'm taking a couple of days off of stitching and see what that does. I don't want to force myself to do something and end up hating it later.

Just so this post isn't completely boring, I'll add a fun photo!



This shows that I don't stitch all the time. Can you tell that I love coffee, I don't know, geez, maybe...