Keeping You in Stitches: July club

Hi Ladie I hope everyone had a fun time at club, I am sad I missed it, but having family in from out of town made up for it.

I am using pictures and information that was sent to me, if I am missing anything or have something wrong, let me know so I can add or correct something.

To download this months designs go here. Skydrive
We will start with dessert first, because it makes everything much better. Here is Jan's recipe for her cookies

Easy COOL WHIP Cookies

Ingredients:

1 box cake mix(I found Pink Lemonade)
8oz COOL WHIP
1 egg
powdered sugar

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350.
Stir together cake mix, COOL WHIP, and egg
Drop by teaspoonfuls into powdered sugar and coat by rolling in the sugar
Bake 10-12 min on parchment lined baking sheet

That’s it! Super easy and totally delicious! This is a great way to get the kids to bake with you, since there’s no difficult measuring to be done. Though I’d suggest breaking the egg yourself if your kids are anything like mine. Also: if you forget the parchment paper, it’s not the end of the world- but it will be a lot easier if you use it!

I will definitely be making these. Now on with the show.

Here is Jan's gingerbread tea light cover. These are becoming quite popular in the embroidery world these days and no wonder look how cute he is.

Here are the directions for making him

Directions for the tea light

1. Hoop stabilizier

2. Place felt on top

3. Stitch out all color except for the last one

4. For the tea light - place a piece of felt under your hoop - stitch last color

5. Remove hoop - cut away excess felt

Here is a fun 12 days of Christmas panel that Jan got from the cotton shop.

I love this beach bag she made using HeatnBond iron on vinyl and the mesh that Artel was nice enough to share will everyone at club last month.

This is Jan's baby bikini on a cute shirt

Directions for bikini

1. Hoop t-shirt

2. Stitch out placement line

3. Place fabric on top of placement line

4. Stitch out securing stitch

5. Trim excess fabric

6. Stitch out satin stitch

I absolutely love these clothes pin cozies from Embroidery Library. Wouldn't they make cute magnets. These could be used for teacher gifts as well.

This whale candy holder is adorable. Leave it to Jan to design something this cute.

Directions for whale

1. Hoop stabilizier

2. Place felt on top

3. Stitch out mouth and eyes

4. Stitch out placement stitch for vinyl

5. Place vinyl under hoop

6. Stitch out securing stitch

7. Trim excess vinly

8. Stitch satin stitch

9. Place felt under hoop

10. Stitch out last stitch

11. Remove hoop - cut way excess felt

Terrie shared with us the following

This is a picnic basket liner

Here is a close up of the design

Here is her garden knee pad

Here is the knee pad and the garden bucket the design on the bucket is from Embroidery Library

Now it's time for Show and Tell

Alice told us about learning to shoot and shared her Guns n Roses jacket.

These angels were done by Alice and Neva. The designs are from Sonia Showalter designs

Tina showed a cameo purse (I don't have a picture)from A stitch a half

Jeans been busy and shares with us her projects