Sunday, August 19, 2012

Gather, Gobble, Give

Charlene posted posted a progress pic of her Gobble, and has already stitched Give.  I really love the colors she's chosen.  Anyway, she posted a link to my blog about my finished series, and it was driving me crazy trying to figure out where I has posted them.  Duh!  It was a blog header pic last autumn, so they never made it into the actual blog and received a label.  This post is more for my own peace of mind!

Plum Street Samplers Gather, Gobble, and Give
Stitched on 36 count HDF linen with HDF silks

The photo was definitely altered with some color effects and textures.  The 3 pieces are still unframed and un-finish finshed, hopefully waiting on mom to do some quilting magic and turn them into a wall hanging.  Maybe I'll gently prod her by picking out some fabrics and setting them on the sewing machine.

Hmm, maybe I should go pull Ghoul out of my supply of charts I brought with me....

Speaking of photo editing, I finally got brave enough to use Photoshop Elements (which I've had for a year now) and made my own custom blog header using different layers, textures and clipart.  On a different test blog (for my current eCommerce class), I came up with a custom blog background and a header.  Sorry, that blog is private since its a real business and I don't want people getting the test blog confused with the real business blog.  Its a lot of fun!

16 comments:

Keeper of the Crowes said...

Love your new blog header!!!
Linda

Margaret said...

Your blog header is gorgeous! Wow! I remember your Gobble, Give, and Gather series being in your header. They are so pretty! I think you need to give your mom a gentle prod and get these finished. And good idea on Ghoul too!

Gabi said...

Gorgeous. Just gorgeous. Love those designs.
They will look fantastic as a wall hanging. You might arm yourself with some chocolate and a winning smile and have a chat with mum.

Myra said...

Your new header looks fabulous! I love these Plum Street stitches-can't wait to see the finishing magic.

Barb said...

Gather , Gobble, Give is so pretty!!!

Anonymous said...

new header looks great!! :D
I SO want to get to the custom-header-phase too!! :D

GGG is lovely! you really should trick your mom into the quilting magic.. it'd be amazing..

cucki said...

aww your new blog header is so cute..
this design is so cuteeeeeeeeeeeee
big hugs xxx

Chris said...

The blog header looks great!
I loved your Gather, Gobble and Give piece too.

Anne said...

Mindi! Thanks for visiting my blog! So here I am! Good job on making your own blog header!! I love the Gobble Give designs and the effect of the photos! Pretty cool :D

Charlene ♥ NC said...

Just as lovely as I remember! Love your background and header blog effects - great job.

Joy said...

Love your stitching. Wish I were brave enough to play around with my header. Yours looks great!

Sally said...

Love your PSS pieces.

Wow you did a great job on your new header. I don't think I'm clever enough to do something like that.

stitchersanon said...

You are braver than me...I still havent used photoshop lol! Love the stitching design and photo.

Unknown said...

Thank you for your kind visit! Actually meant that the finish of the timble purse was not at all easy! But great satisfaction at the end believe me! ;)

Parsley said...

Oh my goodness! Your project is GORGEOUS!

Dani - tkdchick said...

Lovely header and great work in elements! I love using the organizer to sort and tag all of my photos it makes finding that particular picture easier.