Door Stop Hop


 
WELCOME!
It's my day for the Door Stop...
Meet the crazy garden cat. He sits by the door to let
visitors know that I am Out in the Garden.
Boy! Can't wait for Spring!
I didn't follow a pattern, I just made him as I went along.
I used....
Muslin for the body, fabric scraps, some Ruby is in there....
a little embroidery thread, stuffing, 2 bags of beans
sewn in a pouch & placed inside to weigh him down.
 
 
the banner just sort of came about because I love them so....and I needed to bring color in....so I started folding 2.5" fabric squares into triangles. I stitched them, placed them and sewed them down with some rick-rack.

 
I liked that alright...now I need something here.....so I began pulling threads and stitching. One of my favs... Garden Stitching! came to mind....so I spelled it out and stitched. Added some flowers and then made a small patchwork strip running across the bottom.
 
 
gotta' go thru the button jar for projects like these....so I did...
found two yellow ones and liked that ok....so I sewed them on.
 
His eyes were stitched
 
 
a heart shaped nose...ruby cheeks and some grey whiskers....

He went thru the sewing machine...attaching the ears and a bottom.
Stuffed nicely and then my bean bag, I sewed up
went inside and lays at the bottom for weight.
He turned out pretty cute I think....
and he'll sit at the door in the spring
when I am out there pulling weeds.
 
 
I hope you enjoyed!
Happy sewing and......
Thanks to Madame Samm and Hostess-Cheerleader Carla
for a great HOP! 
Now... Go Visit the others...Yay!
 


 

January 28th

threads on my socks that's me

How ART you? 


Den syende himmel

 
Moosestash Quilting 

life, quilts and a cat too 

66 comments:

  1. Susie, this little kitty is so cute...I have to make three door stops so I am loving this hop. crystalbluern at onlineok dot com

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  2. Very cute and a clever idea!!
    susie

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  3. He is very cute, what a great idea!
    Barb@Witsend

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  4. He's adorable!! Cute! ~Angela~

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  5. This is just sew cute! I love kitties ... <3 Pat

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  6. The colors, the fabrics, the stitches, and all on one happy kitty. Your garden cat makes me smile while I dream of spring. He is the perfect happy door stop. You stitched your garden cat just right.
    Thanks for hopping. You put a smile on my face.

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  7. Your garden kitty doorstop is sew cute! Thank you for sharing.

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  8. Oh, such a cute and happy little kitty! This is so sweet and thank you for sharing.

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  9. Cute Crazy Garden Cat. LOve the sweet face.

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  10. I love your cat! That banner is a great idea! One question, though, where does he (or she of course) go in winter? Since then you will not spend much time in the garden.....He could, you know, work for someone else in that time....perhaps? Well done you.

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  11. Ahh, he is cute as a button. Love all the details you added to him. Just purrrrrfect! (Sorry, I just had to use cat humor)

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  12. Love this little kitty. What a great idea and sew creatively done!

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  13. He's very cute! I like the embroidery details. They're very nicely stitched.

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  14. Your kitty is adorable!

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  15. Just soooo very cute.

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  16. almost missed you….glad I looked past 1st post….totally cute

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  17. Good morng....that is the cutest greeter I've seen...

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  18. Anonymous1/28/2014

    I love cats, and yours is just great! I love its shape, its smile and all the embroidery! Well done, miao!

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  19. Oh, He is cute! Thanks for sharing. vickise at gmail dot com

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  20. Cute, cute! Love this garden cat. :) blessings, marlene

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  21. How sweet! What an adorable "fat cat".

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  22. Absolutely delightful!! You did an amazing job!

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  23. What a sweet kitty. Great job, love the details you included. Super Banner idea for color.

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  24. Such a lovely cat hard at work! You were clever add a message on her. Nicely done. svonfumetti at yahoo dot com

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  25. Your doorstop is the cat's meow ! Your blog is very cute too, glad to have found you through this hop !

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  26. Aw, he's so cute!!

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  27. He's really sweet. I'm so happy to have got many new ideas today on all the different blogs. Thank you!

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  28. He is absolutely adorable!!!

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  29. He is purrfect. Such a cute door stop.

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  30. Hi Susie. Your cat is so adorable. You did such a fabulous job --I can't imagine making him without a pattern. I really love his cute face and all the stitching. Thank you for sharing.

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  31. Susie, your kitty is adorable! I wish I could design and fly by the seat of my pants but I know I am more an interpreter of patterns, tweaking instead of drawing or changing the methods of getting there. Well done!

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  32. Very cute kitty...great doorstop!

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  33. What a cute idea! Very sweet kitty :)

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  34. He is adorable!!!! Great job!

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  35. What a fabulous idea, to have a little message on it, I like it. Thanks for sharing!

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  36. Thanks for sharing such a cute project. He is adorable.

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  37. He is so cute...did you give him a name? Best way to make something unique is to sew as you go with no pattern. You did a beautiful job.

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  38. This is adorable. You do beautiful stitching and are so, sew creative! Just plain great.

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  39. Oh my goodness, how freakin' adorable! Love all the embellishments you added.

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  40. My goodness. Your garden cat is so adorable. Love the whiskers.
    xo jan

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  41. I love all your stitching details and the banner! You did a wonderful job!

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  42. Your cat is super cute and your stitching is beautiful!!

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  43. Love the cat. So cute.

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  44. He is gorgous! and you have beautiful stitching! such a lovely projects

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  45. I love that garden theme idea! Nice work

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  46. Sew cute! love your cat!

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  47. You are my first stop on the Door Stop Hop! SO CUTE! I love meeting serendipitous project sewists. The idea that you just let the kitty lead you to the next step--need words, need buttons. I love it!

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  48. He's very cute and I love the triangles you added to liven him up.

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  49. Oh my goodness, I love your door stop! How adorable , I love the rick rack and the banner. The buttons give it even more charm. Well done.
    cheers
    maggie

    maggiemine42@gmail.com

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  50. Your doorstop is adorable , I am sure if you made up a pattern it would sell !

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  51. That's a great idea and beautifully made!

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  52. What a sweet garden stop…so pretty (and useful!!) Thanks for sharing :)

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  53. Love your Garden Kitty doorstop. Your embellishments are wonderful and bring lots of personality to such a cutie! Thank you sew much for hopping...

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  54. He is adorable. I love all the stitching you did on him. Cute, cute, cute!

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  55. What a cute doorstop! I love kitties--and you were so creative with this one! Thanks for sharing!

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  56. Totally Cute, and the fact that you created it as you went is truly amazing. I could not do that. Awesome..

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  57. love your little door stop ! You are truly talented and so creative !

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  58. So cute you did a great job!

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  59. So cute, love all of the little details.

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  60. So adorable! You are just too creative! I love it!!!

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