Wednesday, April 28, 2010

New Friends, new beginnings

Recently I joined a yahoo group called StitchMAP.  The goal of this group is to teach anyone who wants to learn many different needlework techniques.  They have classes and mentors who help you learn the techniques. I knew immediately that I wanted to become a member of this group.  These women are so talented.  And they are very caring.  From day one, they made me feel at home in their group and made me feel like a wanted member.  :-)  Also they encouraged me to start a blog for my needle crafts... so here I am.  Lol

Crazy quilting and embroidery has become my favorite crafts.  I do have many interests but Crazy quilting is so creative.  The sky is the limit on what you can do with it.  I uploaded a picture of one of my 8" blocks that I am working on.  It is still in-works as I have more to do to this before it is finished.  My plans are to add more embellishing to the inside of the state and also I would like to embroider the state bird for Texas, which is the mocking bird.  I used different blue bonnet fabrics for the map and background.  The state was easy to do.  I simply found a picture of a map of Texas online and re-sized it in Paint Shop Pro then printed it out.

The goal of my 8" blocks is to make a wall hanging for my Mom.  I have quite a few blocks made already and am in the process of embellishing the blocks.  I will post more pictures soon.  I am planning on adding photos and other memorabilia that will personify it for my mother.  I haven't decided how big I will make this wall hanging yet.  I will probably end up with several wall hangings as I know my mom doesn't have a lot of wall space.  I am having so much fun with this project that I don't want to quit.  lol 

10 comments:

  1. Wow Kelly....welcome to the "blog" world. Wonderful work. SUNELA

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  2. Welcome back to blogging, Kelly. Your block is very nice. I look forward to seeing more.

    And welcome to Stitchmap - a great place.

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  3. Thank you, Sunela and Cynthia. I am enjoying myself. Blogging is fun. I also love Stitchmap, you are right, Cynthia. It is a wonderful place and all of you are so nice.

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  4. Welcome to blogland Kelly! You're off to a great start. Love your Texas block and looking forward to the rest of the wallhanging.

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  5. Terrific idea, thanks for sharing it!! Glad you got your blog going so we could come over and drool!!

    Gonna love us at StitchMap!

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  6. Kelly, I love your Texas block! Such a cool idea for Mom! So pretty.

    I love your new blog too. Have fun with it!

    Sheri L

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  7. Wonderful start on your new blogging journey. I love the Texas CQ. My son was born in Mineral Wells, TX. We have many MAP members from TX. Keep up the good work and I will be checking in from time to time to see your progress. Can't wait to see your bird block.

    Shari

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  8. Very neat idea for a block! I'm so glad you got your blog up and running!

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  9. Very nice work. My daughter lives in Austin,TX we went there for her wedding. I am really enjoying stitchmap almost thru with my first free on-line class, a color theory class. I joined because I too want to learn crazy quilting.

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  10. I, too, am a member of Stitch Map and that is where I saw your blog. Glad you joined Stitch Map and glad you are now a blogger. I will "follow" you and see what you come up with. My blog is HomeMatters1st.blogspot.com if you want to come by and say Howdy!

    I love your Texas block. I lived in the El Paso area for part of my youth and in the Dallas area for about 15 years. I hope to get back to Texas one day!

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