Holiday Houses

Hello Friends,
     I have not been doing much crafting lately while I tend to my family but I do want to share something I made last year.

Oh, who is this handsome fella?  He's actually a wooden pin.  Thank you Stephanie for this clever idea! 

Appliqued tree with french knot ornaments and a shiny star on top.

An embroidered Menorah with tiny beads in the flames.

Clear beads around the roofline for Christmas lights!

Add some shiny star buttons and appliqued chimney smoke. A cozy little wallhanging!

This is going to hang on  the wall at a Weight Watchers center where I work. 

Fall embroidery

Hello Friends,

  We are on the cusp of winter and I am finally finished with my fall wall hanging!  Well, better late than never I suppose.  Many of you will recognize the wonderful pattern.  It was the first Friday Freebie put out by Kaaren of the Painted Quilt. 

I love it!  I did change it a bit though.  Instead of a backstitch, as specified by the pattern, I used a stem stitch ( I think it is sometimes called an outline stitch).  For you non-embroiderers out there I basically do a backstitch but instead of butting up against the previous stitch, I overlap halfway.  Uses more thread but that is how I learned to embroider eons ago and am comfortable with it.

It will only grace my foyer for a few days this year.  Christmas decor will be put up early next week.


On a different note,  please forgive me if  my postings become less frequent.  I have things going on right now that need my attention.  I will try to drop by and read your blogs as much as I can as well.  I am hoping I will be back up and running full force in a couple of months. 

Have a wonderful holiday season everybody!  Hugs, Rumi

Shichi-Go-San

Hello Friends,

In Japan people celebrate Shichi-Go-San (which translates to seven-five-three) on November 15th.  While not a national holiday, it is a day for celebrating children ages 7, 5 and 3.  Girls age 7, boys age 5 and both boys and girls age 3 are dressed in their finest kimonos.  They may be taken to the local shrine and some festivities.  Here I am at age 3. 

It doesn't look like I am  too thrilled with that head thingy.  It looks a little heavy.

Talk at you later,  Rumi

Little Embroidery

Remember to go to Barb's quilt giveaway. Picture of the wonderful quilt on my post yesterday!

A little embroidery to show you today.




A sweet little pincushion. I wanted it to have a romantic, nostalgic look about it. I found the perfect fabric in my stash. A little lace and pretty ribbon bow makes it complete.

Quilt giveaway link

Barb of Bejeweled Quilts by Barb is having a great giveaway. Stop by her blog and leave a comment!

Halloween party and completed quilt

Who is this ravishing creature? Why, it's Edna from "The Incredibles" movie. So stylish don't you think? Mr. Lucky spent alot of time sprucing up the basement for our Halloween Party. Here are some of our party guests.

Not all goulish goings on at our party. Look at these fabulous cake balls I made using Bakerella's recipe. Yummy looking huh! Well, they were delicious and a big hit with our guests! Thank you Bakerella!

OK, back to quilting. Here is the completed quilt that I posted about last week. The same quilt I posted about waaaay back in July. The machine quilter took 12 weeks to get it back to me. Hmm...must find another quilter for next time.

Here is DD holding up the quilt in our backyard. See her cute feet!


Closer look.

And the back. I was a bit dissapointed that the quilter didn't center the backing a little better but not having any personal experience with longarm quilting, maybe I am being too picky.

I made this for my DD to give to her good friend as a wedding gift. Well, they liked it so I am pleased.

Talk at you later. Rumi

Happy Halloween

Witches on a broomstick flying real fast
Ooh Ooh, Ooh Ooh, Halloween at last.

I cannot take credit for that brilliant piece of poetry above. It is actually words to a song that my daughter learned when she was in Kindergarten. Yes, that is the entire song. Easy for 5 year olds to remember. Sorry for the crooked shot of my little Witchie Poo.

Happy Halloween everybody!