Sunday, November 24, 2013

Black Tie Boogie - My Day!

My day is finally here. This has been such a great Blog Hop and I hope you've enjoyed seeing all the great projects...I know I have! It's hard for me to pick my favorites! Thanks Vickie and Mdm Samm for the time and effort that has gone into this successful Hop and giving me the opportunity to "strut" my stuff!

To begin....I have so many roosters and chickens it's absolutely ridiculous! I have them as figurines, vases, and plates and bowls. They are stuffed, made from sea shells, metal, ceramic, cloth, yarn, glass, wood, and paper. My collection goes from lamp shade toppers to tape dispensers! Some are funny, some are new and some are very old. I recently had to box up...(that is, use several boxes)... a number of them because I was over-run with chickens and roosters.


So....I've added more to my collection for this Hop....go figure! I thought I would make something useful and not just something to sit around waiting for me to dust it. So....I did some pot holders.

This first one was an applique design from EQ7.  It was really easy to do, very few pieces, and I machine appliqued it.






I used the circular attachment for my sewing machine and was able to stitch a perfect circle around the design. I picked one of the decorative stitches from my machine. We should all experiment and use those hundreds of  decorative stitches more. Play around and give it a try! 

For those who read my postings know how much I love to use my Serger. So for the edge I did a serged narrow rolled hem! 




A few more of my roosters welcoming the new addition.





With Thanksgiving knocking at our doors here in the United States, of course I had to do Thanksgiving potholders too!

I like to do machine embroidery so here is a happy Tom Turkey waving at you and wishing you a Happy Thanksgiving!




And a closer view...over 45,000 stitches.






I again used a decorative stitch from my sewing machine to stitch around the design and a narrow rolled hem from my Serger.




 Oops....lets look at Tom Turkey again......












He hung around a little too long!


Thanks for visiting me today during the Hop and hope you continue to have fun visiting  the other participants scheduled for today:





The complete schedule can be found HERE

Have a great week.



Happy Living! Happy Quilting!



71 comments:

  1. Fun stuff! Love the turkey potholders. K-

    ReplyDelete
  2. Oh I love that chicken cow piece!!! Yes, we all need to play with our machines to their fullest and love how you used those circle special stitches. ANd great to see some turkey so close to Thanksgiving.

    ReplyDelete
  3. Your potholders are adorable! I guess that turkey should have been on his way a bit faster!

    ReplyDelete
  4. Your potholders are fantastic! Thank you for sharing.

    ReplyDelete
  5. Waouh, such a huge collection, incredible! I like the embroidered turkey very much, great!

    ReplyDelete
  6. Hahaha , laughing at your hilarious sense of humor...poor Tom, he was so darn cute...until he stayed too long ! Love the EQ rooster too. I've never seen anything like the Holstein rooster in your collection up there ! LOL ! You were fun to visit today DeAnna, Happy Thanksgiving.........

    ReplyDelete
  7. 45,000 stitches on that turky? He didn't even have the time to yell "ouch." Loved it all. Thanks for sharing eveything.

    ReplyDelete
  8. I love your projects and your sense of humor. Poor Tom he didm´t know what it will cost to wait too long.
    Happy Thanksgiving. We don´t have Thanksgiving in Sweden, but I know that this means a lot for your nation.
    Thanks for sharing your creativity.

    ReplyDelete
  9. Cute projects & the chicken/cow is a hoot.

    ReplyDelete
  10. He hung around too long gave me a chuckle! :)

    Your creations are nice and make me want to use my embroidery machine!

    ReplyDelete
  11. Just this week I used my circle attachment for the first time after having my machine for almost a year. I love going in circles!

    ReplyDelete
  12. this hop was definitely for you, all those chickens. The cow chicken made me laugh. Enjoyed the embroidery you used too. I have to remind myself to use those stitches too.

    ReplyDelete
  13. Is that Tom's reverse? Hilarious! I am a chicken/rooster fan, too. My collection is WAY smaller than yours, though!

    ReplyDelete
  14. Very cute pot holders. Loved them all but the end of Tom turkey cracked me up! So funny. Nice job today.

    ReplyDelete
  15. Lovely projects!! lol I couldn't help laughing when I got to poor Tom!

    ReplyDelete
  16. So, so cute! I loved both projects and am wondering if my serger will do a rolled hem like that. I don't use it a lot but I haven't had it long so that's my excuse. I have hemmed lots of napkins but they don't look like yours! blessings, marlene

    ReplyDelete
  17. 45,000 stitches..really…holy turkey….great TOM the turkey.

    ReplyDelete
  18. Great embroidery and LOVE that applique! Great job! Seeing your edge makes me wish I had a serger. :)

    ReplyDelete
  19. Cool projects! Those pot holders are too funny!

    ReplyDelete
  20. I love to machine embroidery things and now you've made me want to run make some pot holders...they are beautiful and funny! Thanks for showing how to use those other stitches we have on our machines.

    ReplyDelete
  21. I hope you will enjoy your turkeys as much as we did. 45,000 stitches, wow.

    ReplyDelete
  22. Wow, you do beautiful work, I loved seeing all your roosters. You have so many different kinds. Thanks for sharing with us.

    ReplyDelete
  23. Fun embroidery to add to your chicken collection! Whoa, I just noticed the COW with a chicken costume! Hahaha!

    ReplyDelete
  24. You really know your EQ7 those are great designs! Thank you for sharing! Great job!

    ReplyDelete
  25. Fun ideas! Where is your favorite place to get embroidery designs? I love urban threads

    ReplyDelete
  26. I think you have the first turkey in the hop! Stay tuned because I have one on my day as well . I'll have to look for a circular attachment as I really like that border design you stitched!

    ReplyDelete
  27. Very clever that Tom Turkey stayed around too long. Great projects for Black Tie Boogie and thanks for hopping. Creative 45,000+ Stitching Bliss...

    ReplyDelete
  28. Wow, that is a lot of stitching. Happy Thanksgiving to you!

    ReplyDelete
  29. Great collection of farm birds! I bet you are glad you didn't have to stitch those 4700 stitches for the Thanksgiving Turkey! Happy Thanksgiving.

    ReplyDelete
  30. Wonderful projects! Thank you for sharing :)

    ReplyDelete
  31. Hilarious post! Great job as usual! Hmm..I need to check into getting a circular attachment for my machine, don't think I've noticed one before. I really like the look of the serged rolled hem to finish the potholders! The cow-chicken is funny! Happy Thanksgiving!!

    ReplyDelete
  32. Ah! A woman after my own heart! I collect chickens too, figurines, plates rugs, and live hens too. These are great!

    Thanks for sharing. ~ Lynda

    ReplyDelete
  33. I love your chicken and the turkeys. Great work. Enjoyed seeing your collectibles.

    ReplyDelete
  34. I too love chickens as my whole kitchen is done in them Thanks for sharing

    ReplyDelete
  35. Love the tom turkey designs ... before and after ... :) Pat

    ReplyDelete
  36. Great work on your potholders. You must have a fabulous collection!

    ReplyDelete
  37. Great use of those stitches!!! You are right, we should try more of them out! :)

    ReplyDelete
  38. Poor Tom should have flew the coop when he had the chance. LOL Great potholder designs for Turkey day.

    ReplyDelete
  39. I love all of your projects. Great machine embroidery. Love it all. Happy Thanksgiving.
    cheers,
    maggie

    maggiemine42@gmail.com

    ReplyDelete
  40. I had to laugh when I saw your last turkey!! I love my circular attachment, too. A person needs to really push to use all those wonderful stitches that machines come with nowadays.

    ReplyDelete
  41. LOL Poor Tom Turkey! Thanks for sharing. Happy Thanksgiving.

    ReplyDelete
  42. I really lol when poor Tom hung around too long. Great post and thank you for sharing your machine embroidery. I would like to purchase an embroider machine some day. Great pot holders and a great way to finish them. Thanks for sharing those great ideas.

    ReplyDelete
  43. Poor poor Tom. Cute post.
    xo jan@sewandsowfarm

    ReplyDelete
  44. I love the chicken cow. My grandson calls Chic Fil A chicken cow. It's his favorite place to eat.

    ReplyDelete
  45. You have some great chicken things!

    ReplyDelete
  46. On first glance, I thought your first turkey was punched into tin! What a spectacular piece!

    ReplyDelete
  47. your potholders are so wonderful. the cow/chicken is so cute. thank you for sharing

    ReplyDelete
  48. So funny and so fun to read your post. I had to really laugh!! The three pot holders came out so nice. And just in time to put to good use for the holidays. I love the color combination of the first turkey. It looks almost vintage and is timeless. Thanks for sharing your creations. Happy Thanksgiving!

    ReplyDelete
  49. Great projects! I got a laugh when I saw Tom in that last photo!

    ReplyDelete
  50. Loved all of your projects they were so cute

    ReplyDelete
  51. Great projects! Lovely stitching.

    ReplyDelete
  52. LOL - poor Tom. Maybe he was too friendly and social.
    I will try not to overstay my welcome.

    I have a large collection of chicken dishes and glassware too.

    ReplyDelete
  53. Cute potholders, love the embroidery and I agree about the fancy stitching on our machines, we should all try to use it any chance we get!

    ReplyDelete
  54. Great job! Thanks for sharing!

    usairdoll(at)gmail(dot)com

    ReplyDelete
  55. I am so incredibly late getting around for this hop---on deadline, 3 must get done soon items---but now that I am on the binding I hope to check in on all of you! Cute choices! I am still giggling about the one that hung around a little too long and got caught as dinner! Hope you had a good Thanksgiving day.

    ReplyDelete
  56. My Mother loves to collect rooster and chicken knickknacks too! You have done such a clever job on your stitchwork, I am amazed at the complicated items, thanks so much for sharing!

    ReplyDelete
  57. Great projects, and a great collection too!

    ReplyDelete
  58. Poor Tom Turkey! But too cute. 45,000 stitches...WOW! Thanks for sharing.

    ReplyDelete

Your comments are always welcome. I enjoy reading what you have going on in your world. Comments will be posted after moderation.