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22 October, 2018 By: Catlady

Aloha All,

This year is whizzing by! I have my Halloween decorations out and the front door is decorated. Todays special treat is a fabulous Halloween needlepoint display, stitched by my good friend Tess ! Woo Hoo! What inspiration! One day I would love to have all the Poison Bottles by Kirk & Bradley stitched as well. Tess only has eight more bottles to stitch and her set is complete!🎃. So this is a Halloween Extravaganza!! I hope you enjoy the show!👻☠️

Before we start the photo show I want to give you todays stitch which is a Laid Batwing Variation .

Laid Batwing Variation.

This is a fairly large elegant stitch.

Stitched Laid Batwing Variation. Rotate the chart to create the stitch below.

Chart Rotated ¼ turn.

The stitch goes over 15 threads horizontally and up 8 threads vertically. I stitched the sample using one strand of Neon Rays+ Glow in the Dark for the laid stitch. Then I stitched the Batwing Variation with one strand of grey/blue Glisten . There are 7 threads between the rows.

I must confess I do like Glisten . Initially I thought it was a heavy thread but it stitches beautifully and I like the shine to it. I prefer this to the regular Silk Lamé for 18 count.

Third row smaller stitched sample of Laid Batwing Variation.

I used the same threads for the last stitch in the sample, but changed the size making it slightly smaller and added a row of Glow in the Dark Beads. The magnet should give you an idea of how large the stitches are. The smaller stitch would work well on a medium or small canvas. The beads are strung then tacked down every second bead. The beads are 11/0. One day they will hopefully make these Glow in the Dark beads in a smaller size!

I want to give a round of applause to my friend Tess! She is a very talented stitcher who actually finishes multiple projects each year. Wish I had her energy! She also creates her own stitch guides.

Thanks Tess!

Now for the show!🎃👻☠️

Tess’s Halloween Display!

Pumpkin display.

Ruth Chow stitched pumpkin and Wollman Needlepoint pumpkins.

Tess has a wonderful collection of Heirloom Wollman Needlepoint canvases. These Heirloom Needlpoint pumpkins go on sale on a Thursday from September 1 through November 3rd. You have to be quick since they sell out usually the day they are posted! The sale starts at 3pm central time, good luck trying to obtain one! I do have one of these lovely pumpkins thanks to my wonderful friend.

Next up are close up photos of Tess’s Poison Bottles!

Evil Spirit

Rat Tails stitched by Tess🎃

Pickled Bandages stitched by Tess🎃

Boiled Bugs stitched by Tess😸

Frogs Breath stitched by Tess.

Finally a Shelly Witch and Skull cupcake.👻🎃. I do love the Skull cupcake and had a skull and bones magnet as my magnet of the year!

Shelly Witch stitched by Tess

Shelly Skull Cupcake stitched by Tess☠️💀

Last but not least a lovely Owl!👻🎃. I believe this is a JP owl.

Halloween Owl Stitched by Tess🦉

If you have any Halloween canvases you would like me to display send me a comment and I will display it before Halloween!

Well folks that’s all for today, I hope you enjoyed the Stitch and Halloween Extravaganza!

Until next time, stitch a little when you can and have a Happy Halloween!🎃

Sheena

PS. A kitty photo!

My beautiful Stimpy

kcc says 22 October, 2018 at 4:50 pm All of these are great. Love the back ground on the Shelly Skull Cupcake — luscious color. And, of course, Stimpy is beautiful.

kcc says

22 October, 2018 at 4:50 pm

All of these are great. Love the back ground on the Shelly Skull Cupcake — luscious color. And, of course, Stimpy is beautiful.

kcc says 22 October, 2018 at 4:53 pm All of these are great. Background color on Shelly Skull Cupcake is luscious. And, of course, Stimpy is beautiful. Catlady says 22 October, 2018 at 5:37 pm Thanks Karen, glad you enjoyed the Halloween display😁🎃

22 October, 2018 at 4:53 pm

All of these are great. Background color on Shelly Skull Cupcake is luscious. And, of course, Stimpy is beautiful.

Catlady says 22 October, 2018 at 5:37 pm Thanks Karen, glad you enjoyed the Halloween display😁🎃

Catlady says

22 October, 2018 at 5:37 pm

Thanks Karen, glad you enjoyed the Halloween display😁🎃

Maria Maunez says 22 October, 2018 at 5:49 pm WOW! Great display of Halloween lovelies <3 Stimpy is cute as ever <3 <3 <3

Maria Maunez says

22 October, 2018 at 5:49 pm

WOW! Great display of Halloween lovelies <3 Stimpy is cute as ever <3 <3 <3

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Aloha All, I love stitching in all forms, currently I work mostly on painted canvas and embellish it will different stitches and beads.

I also love animals and currently have 4 cats, 3 that live in the house, and my 1 girl who refuses to live inside but pops inside to eat :)

When I am not stitching I may be knitting or exploring with my camera in hand.

If you ever want a stitch diagramed send me a comment and I will help if I can.

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