For a few weeks now I have been slogging away with my hand stitching. I have resisted the urge to turn on the Bernina. A little germ of an idea crept into my thoughts earlier in the week and it has been nagging me ever since ... this morning after dropping off the kiddos I decided that resistance was futile ...
I love you Bernina 820 ... I truly do!
I should have actually been doing Mr DLN's books .... oops don't tell him please!!!!!!
Enjoy your weekend!
Kellie
PS. If you have had trouble opening my blog this week could you please shoot me an email and let me know what your computer shouted when it happened ... so that I can let Typepad know. Thanks!
Wow, I want a sewing machine where I can hit one button and it does that..... only joshing, good work comes out of dropping the books for a while obviously! So sweet!
Posted by: Gillian aka Silly Gilly | May 29, 2009 at 01:00 PM
That is amazing!!
Posted by: Andrea | May 29, 2009 at 01:07 PM
Beautiful -- you are extremely talented and I sure do love that you share you talents with us!
Posted by: Carol | May 29, 2009 at 01:45 PM
oh my goodness I cant stop looking at this. I love this and I want one! It is so beautiful and I absolutely love it.
Posted by: Hayley | May 29, 2009 at 01:52 PM
Sensational! You're an inspiration.
Posted by: Tanya | May 29, 2009 at 01:56 PM
Oh my goodness! I want a Bernina ! Amazing work. xox
Posted by: Bianca | May 29, 2009 at 02:25 PM
Oh - it's just fantastic! Stomp on those silly books and keep making beautiful music with Bernie :)
Karen
Posted by: Karen O | May 29, 2009 at 02:43 PM
Oh Kellie, this is wonderful!!
I do enjoy your creations...
Keep up the beautiful work and thanks heaps for sharing :D
hugs
Robyn xx
Posted by: Robyn | May 29, 2009 at 03:06 PM
Beautiful..!
Posted by: Isa | May 29, 2009 at 03:26 PM
Your embroidered birdcage is gorgeous - can't wait to see what it becomes.
Posted by: Lisa | May 29, 2009 at 04:04 PM
That is fantastic! Yep, go with those ideas, to heck with the books!
Posted by: Allie in MI | May 29, 2009 at 04:20 PM
OH MY.!! This is just Gorgeous...so Glad you kept at it...Please say you will put out the Pattern..Pretty Please Kellie...You are So Clever.....
Posted by: Maree .W | May 29, 2009 at 05:12 PM
Beautiful work as always - I also want a Bernina 820 - maybe I could then also produce such fantastic stuff!
Posted by: Vreni | May 29, 2009 at 06:01 PM
so clever kellie, you just keep us wanting to 'always look often' instead of 'don't look now'!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: broderie | May 29, 2009 at 07:42 PM
The white stitching over the linen is beautiful. Did you free motion this one?
Posted by: tracey petersen | May 29, 2009 at 08:55 PM
So stunning. You really are an artist!!
Andi :-)
Posted by: andi | May 29, 2009 at 09:08 PM
it's beautiful Kellie! the birdcage is so lovely, just perfect!
Posted by: soo | May 29, 2009 at 09:09 PM
Your hand stitching is phenomenal!
Posted by: Jackie | May 29, 2009 at 09:15 PM
I love your bernina too!!! Can I borrow her?!
:)
Posted by: Kelly O. | May 29, 2009 at 10:29 PM
WOW!!!!! That is absolutely stunning! Wow! I love it! Lucy x
Posted by: Lucy Locket-Pocket | May 29, 2009 at 11:09 PM
Amazing, the creations you come up with are so wonderful. Where do you draw your inspiration from? I wish I was as skilled as you on a machine. I have to start machine quilting my friends baby quilt and I am so scared to start! It's my first time free motioning and I haven't even practiced yet. Any tips?
Take Care,
Lisa
Posted by: Lisa | May 30, 2009 at 12:26 AM
Cah-UTE!!! That was well worth skipping the books over!!!
Posted by: Thimbleanna | May 30, 2009 at 02:24 AM
Very pretty!! That would have been a LOT of hand stitching! Better to have it finished I say! Enjoy your day! :0)
Posted by: Terry | May 30, 2009 at 02:45 AM
Absolutely gorgeous! What are you going to do with it?
Take care.
Posted by: Irene | May 30, 2009 at 06:19 AM
Lovely!!!
Posted by: Sheila | May 30, 2009 at 01:13 PM
You can almost hear him sing....
Posted by: Debbie | May 30, 2009 at 05:45 PM
you've done it again :-) don't worry I won't tell Mr DLN
Lisa x
Posted by: periwinkle | May 30, 2009 at 09:21 PM
Kellie, very inspiring and so different from your other work...love that linen backing
Posted by: Handmaiden | May 30, 2009 at 09:37 PM
This is really, really lovely xxx
Posted by: Sally | May 31, 2009 at 09:29 AM
Love this Kellie- very cute!
Posted by: Joyce | May 31, 2009 at 10:29 AM
Kelly this one is just beautiful. And inspirational! I've booked in to do your class at Ballarat Patchwork and am practising my free motion in anticipation. Any chance that the lovely bird in the cage could be a tutorial or a pattern?
Posted by: Lisa | May 31, 2009 at 12:22 PM
You are truly amazing Kellie!
Posted by: Jan | June 01, 2009 at 12:08 PM
Kellie, I love your things! was this a free motion or one of those designs that you push and stitch? Also, my machine is broken, and sudden repairs are not in our budget for a while, I am going to need you to post more frequently so I don't lose my mind!! Congrats on all your quilting classes, I will fully admit, I hope to see you on one of those HGTV shows I'm addicted to very soon!
Posted by: Summer | June 03, 2009 at 10:22 PM
I have just been reveling in your posts for the past 30 minutes---the colors, the patterns, the stitching are just too beautiful for words!!! I have no children at home, and yet you get much more done than I do! Thanks for the yummy pictures.
Joy
Posted by: Joy Harper | June 04, 2009 at 11:58 AM
Hey Kellie... I keep looking at this birdcage and loving it! I blogged about the prize for my giveaway today and thought you might like to see it because it was one of your readers who won!!! Thank you again for sending some of your lovely 'fans' my way.
Lisa x
Posted by: Lisa | June 05, 2009 at 03:47 AM
When I am in need of inspiration I stop by and look at your lovely work and handicrafts. Your work makes me happy ... I love the fun, the whimsey, the darling hope of all things pretty... you give me a much need push to pursue my own artistic ways with a needle and thread... thanks so much... Love those little sock monkeys ... they make me smile even when I don't feel like it... You should market them with instructions... Take one Monkey for low spirits and go smell the flowers...
Posted by: DebbLou | June 05, 2009 at 11:21 AM
that birdcage is BEAUTIFUL. thanks for sharing
Posted by: Beate Teale | June 06, 2009 at 05:03 PM
That is sooo sweet! I can almost hear the singing!
Posted by: meggie | June 07, 2009 at 11:49 AM
ACK!!!!!! OMG- how cool! You did that with your machine??? All that stitching? did you guide it? Very cool indeed! How big is it?
Posted by: upstatelisa | June 08, 2009 at 06:26 AM
Wonderful stitching - but has the bird escaped or did you not want to stitch over such a beautiful birdy!
Posted by: Tania@jetbeadscraft | June 08, 2009 at 03:30 PM
You are certainly very clever it is wonderful.
Posted by: Leanne | June 09, 2009 at 09:48 AM
Hello Hello!
Got my Sweetheart Pillow pattern today!! Yippee!! I just love it. I knew that I would. The applique pattern layout sheet is PERFECT! I hate it when I buy a pattern and they just give you the diagram for pieces but do not include a pattern layout sheet which in my not too humble opinion is essential. The pattern layout sheet that you provide is absolutely wonderful. I can't say enough about it. Thank you very much. ttfn :) Yuki in USA
Posted by: Yuki Nakamoto | June 09, 2009 at 10:45 AM
this is so lovely-my daughter wants something with a birdcage and bird but she wants the bird not in the cage! this is perfect!!
Posted by: suesue | June 10, 2009 at 05:55 AM
I love the look of the bird and its nest. You do lovely work.
Posted by: Account Deleted | June 13, 2009 at 01:30 AM
This is so beautiful Kellie. I've really missed having the time to drool over your work. You just make the most gorgeous things ever.
Posted by: Rachael | June 15, 2009 at 03:49 AM
wow! i love it!
Posted by: elizabeth | June 19, 2009 at 06:22 AM
My neighbor, Debbie showed me your site, and also has it on her blog (http://onestitchoff.blogspot.com/). We both love your work, colors, and creativity! Looking to see more fun ideas!
Posted by: Sarah Jensen | August 31, 2009 at 04:12 AM
Kellie, The Lilly Pilly quilt is just gorgeous. I think the birds just finish it off beautifully. Well done clever girl.
Posted by: Michelle | August 31, 2009 at 10:38 PM