New Craft Cottage for Kept In Stitches

New Craft Cottage Coming!

   Not the exact picture of the building I'm getting but this will give you some idea.  We will be going up to Amish Country in Millersburg, OH next week to pick out exact building and specifications and order it.  It will be 16' X 24' and I am so excited!

   I'll post more information after our trip to Amish Country.  By the way, did you know that Holmes county Ohio is home to the largest Amish Community in the world?

   

Creating A Custom Doll

So, this is how the creative process all begins for crocheting a custom doll for a customer.  Doesn't look like much now, in fact you probably don't even know what it is, but this is the beginning of "her" head.  Follow along as it transforms into an adorable adaptation of her recipient just from a couple photos.

Here is one just completed for Feel Better Friends that will be shipped to Louisiana Monday morning.   Due to confidentiality I'm not able to show you the little girl receiving this doll.  She is a 1 1/2 year old born with serious heart condition and already underwent heart surgery and 4 heart caths. 

So tomorrow is the big Super Bowl game.  I will be watching and working on this new doll at the same time.  A winter storm is in our forecast for this evening and tomorrow.   Just made a trip to Hobby Lobby this afternoon so I have all the supplies I need to tuff it out.

            Hope you all stay safe and enjoy the Big Game!     Jean

Winter has officially arrived in Xenia Ohio with 5" of the white stuff and downright frigid temperatures!  So thankful that my hobbies involve staying nice and warm indoors.  Great to cuddle up with some nice warm yarn and quietly create while sitting across from the fireplace.

So, what has come off my hook-----well, can't show you quite everything yet as I've been testing a pattern for a designer.  I can show you one finished item and one still working on hoping to finish soon.

Here's a set of Scalloped Boot Cuffs completed and one of the customer Prayer Shawls I'm working on.......
           

Tomorrow will be a busy day as I'm throwing an Appreciation Luncheon for the volunteers of Heart In Hand /Chapter of Crochet for Cancer.   They have done a remarkable job this past year by making 1,649 crocheted items that were distributed among the 7 different Cancer Treatment Centers we service in our area and also the Dayton VA and local Children's Hospital.   I hope to get some good photos to share with you later.

Now I'm going back to working on that customer order.    Have a Blessed day.  Jean 

         

A fun part of my creativity is being asked to test Designers patterns. Received a request to test this hat pattern in two different sizes late last night.  Also a great reason for having the extensive yarn and fabric stash my husband so often refers to as my being crazy, and my friends wish they had!   All I need to do is walk in, choose a skein or two, get out appropriate size hook, set Tab S on my lap with pattern displayed and I'm ready to go😊

So here are pictures of what came off my hook today.  You can check out Country Willow Designs for her pattern release soon at

Size toddler

http://www.thecountrywillow.com/

Now time to get back to working on my own projects.  Check back tomorrow to see what I accomplish 🎬

                Have a great evening,

Size 6-12 months 

                            Jean

Welcome to my "new" Creative blog.  I recently decided to take my love of Quilting,  Crocheting and various other crafts to the next level and have opened my own small cottage industry named of course "Kept In Stitches".

I hope you will enjoy following along as I saunter ever so carefully down this new pathway in my life.