Flower Power Chick

I think I could stitch cute little chicks every day for a month and not get tired of them! This is another design from the 1948 Simplicity catalog that Martha shared.

They are so cute and stitch up so quickly and easily, I may have a new favorite pass time. I will have to go to the outlet store this weekend and stock up on some more onesies!


Once again, I couldn't wait for the shirt to dry before I showed off the cutie-wootie-ness!




I used back stitch for most of it, but tried an outline stitch for the flowers. I think if I did it again, I would use back stitch for the whole thing.

I am glad we have babies on the way! I hope they like chicks!

Easter Chick (and worm)

This evening, I picked up the Rhymeland block du jour, but I was in the mood for something sweet. Since I am trying to "adjust my lifestyle" to avoid having to take cholesterol pills, I reached for this little treat instead of the peanut butter cup I had a hankering for...



The shirt is still damp from washing out the transfer pencil.

I think this little chick is so sweet I can hardly stand it!


What do you think? Making a friend, or shopping for Easter dinner?

This is another motif from the 1948 Simplicity "Story Book Trims". ( I wrote about the first one I tried, here.)

For this one, I used a different stabilizer - the tear away kind - and it went much more smoothly. I had to kind of pick to get it all "torn away", but it worked a lot better for me, than the dissolving type did. I stitched it in back stitch with two strands of floss

It was a very quick project and it satisfied my yen for Easter candy with zero calories!

A Lion In Winter

Well, really spring, but work with me, here...

This is Baby - home from the vet on Saturday afternoon.

She is modeling her new 'do' - The Lion Cut as they say in the trade. (The necessity of the new do is explained here.) They give us the choice as to a full tail, or the pom-pom version. I say let her have a little dignity and keep the tail! They also leave her the mane and 'boots'.

She is soft as suede and very tiny!

She really doesn't mind the shave, as long as there is a wool throw on the chair to snuggle into at night.

She just doesn't like the indignity of the whole ordeal. She is not a cat that 'cooperates' with the veterinary staff. (When she goes in for routine office visits, they have to put a tiny kitty muzzle on her just to examine her!)

So she takes it out on Zork when she gets home.

Zork just bides his time and tries to lay low, until she gets over it.

This time he found a hiding spot in the last place she is likely to go near, for awhile anyway.

Or maybe he is just dreaming of a road trip...

A Tale of Two Kitties

The Mister and I live with two cats.

One, is an eight year old, eight pound, prissy, diva cat who rules the roost (or more importantly the food bowl). I call her "Baby", The Mister calls her "Fur Ball".

The other cat is a fourteen year old, sixteen pound, easy-going, pushover. His name is Zork. (Why Zork, you ask? All The Mister's cats have been named Zork. That's why.)

They suspect somethings afoot, when the cat carrier comes out!

As you can see, Baby has long beautiful hair. Shining, gleaming, streaming, flaxen, waxen...well not really flaxen, but you get my point. She is vain about it, too. She is constantly grooming and grooming, determined to show off her beautiful hair to it's best advantage.

Zork helps her, when she will let him. He knows that she likes to look her best.

All that grooming and all that hair causes problems. You know how when you brush your hair, you have to clean out the brush after? Well, lets just say they don't embrace that concept. The hair brush concept, that is.

And it leads to digestive upset. We will just leave it at that...

So, tomorrow, Baby goes to the beauty parlor. Actually, the vet. She will come home without the hair. She will be more comfortable in the long run, but she will be annoyed for awhile.

And she will take it out on Zork. She will lay in wait for him and attack him and confine him to whatever part of the house she wants him to stay in, just by looking at him. It is really her most unattractive habit.

As I said, he is pretty easy-going, so he will take it and not hold a grudge.

But he is not looking forward to it!

Rhymeland Number Nine - The Pig Barber

This is another one of those head scratching nursery rhymes!

Barber, Barber, shave a pig!

How many hairs to make a wig?

Four and twenty, that's enough,

Give the poor barber a pinch of snuff!

So, who thought boar bristles would make a good wig? A hairbrush maybe, but a wig?

It does make a cute block, though!