Kittens in my Garden

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Kittens in My Garden...98 fun and creative embroideries...formatted for all machines. They're everywhere you look…under the steps, in a basket, on the porch swing…if you look closely, you might even see one peeking out from under the shrubbery.  If you love cats or know someone who loves cats, this book is for you.  You will find six adorable scenes and eight sweet kittens. There is even one playing with a lady bug. There’s also a mama and her three kittens. And be sure to check out scene five...somebody is in trouble now! Ah Oh! There are many wonderfully creative plants, trees and unusual gardening accents for your designing pleasure. I just know you will love “playing” with the kittens as much as I have had with them while creating the scenes. You will learn Cindy's quick and easy method for creating with fabric, thread and with printer fabric to bring life to your landscaping…along with the added spice of a kitten or two.  The included CD is multi-formatted for all embroidery machines. You can use these scenes to create small wall hangings that can be used alone or sewn into a quilt. They can also be used in creating garments such as vests and sweatshirts or other garments. Learn the creative art of fabric landscaping along with a little help from your friends...Meow
The Booklet Includes: You will receive the printed booklet pictured right with 80 printed color pages with help for gettings started, information on printer fabric, planning your scenes and making more then 6 different scenes. Scroll down the page for a full Table of Contents.
The CD Rom contains: 98 nature related embroidery designs to spark your creative inspiration multi formatted for all machines. Click Here to view .pdf of the designs. 6 sets of printable patterns including placement patterns for each scene. full color, printable fabric selection guide incredibly detailed full color picture of each scene you make.

A Little about Cindy and the Kittens in Her Garden… I love cats! Just before you dog lovers out there revolt, I love dogs too!  I am very much an animal person...living on a dairy and hog farm for the last 30 years has been a wonderful way to indulge my passion for our furry friends.  We have had up to eleven dogs and countless cats.  Besides giving us companionship, they were a working part of the farm...the dogs in helping to control the wayward cows when getting them home from the pasture and the cats in helping to keep the mouse population at a manageable level.  When my husband and I were in the milk house together, we would have a bevy of cats and kittens just watching and waiting for the ever present warm milk.  Something I never learned to do was to milk the cow and squirt the felines so that they could lap up the fresh milk. Of course, my hubby was an expert at it...having milked since he was very young...and having much stronger hands than I.   I never tired of watching the show and I never saw the cats and kittens turn down the treat. But how does this have anything to do with our book? Through all my years here and while growing up...I have been allergic to our feline friends. Even as a child, when I played with the kittens, I broke out in painful welts and itched for hours. My nose runs and I sneeze, sneeze, and sneeze when I’m in close contact with them. My mother tried diligently to save me from the agony but to no avail...I wanted to play with the kittens!  I couldn’t think past their cute little faces and their funny antics.  Any time I had the chance, I was outside playing with the kittens.  I took shots twice a week for eleven years and it still didn’t help.  So, after I hit my teens, I refused to get the shots. They hurt! And they made my arm swell up for several days. Which was worse, the kittens or the shots? Definitely the shots!  This book is written for all the millions of cat lovers out there and for all the people like me, who love them, but can’t always be in close contact with them…Now we can “play” with the kittens too! Have fun! Cindy

The Table of Contents for the Kittens in My Garden Printed Book.

Table of Contents...   Acknowledgments 3 A Little About Me and Kittens in My Garden 4 Let’s Talk about Kittens in My Garden 5 Getting Started with Computer Printer Fabric 6 – 7 Getting Started with Supplies – Needles and Bobbin Thread 8 Getting Started with Supplies – Machine Feet 9 Getting Started with Supplies – Snips, Scissors, Threads 10 – 11 Getting Started with Supplies – Fusible Web and Pressing Sheets 12 Getting Started with Supplies – Stabilizers 13 – 14 Fabric Selection and Sky Fabric 15 Shopping List 16 Let’s Get Started – General Directions 17 – 19 Getting Ready to Stitch – Machine Setup 20 The Scenes – Color Pictures  21 – 23 The Designs – Color Pictures 24 – 25 Kitten Stitching Page – A little help for my friends... 26 All About the Designs 27 – 31 Let’s Talk About Copyright Issues and the CD-ROM 32 Loading the Designs 33 – 34 Using the CD-ROM 35 Printing the Patterns 36 – 38 What About This Miracle Printer Fabric? 39 – 40 Making Your Own Printer Fabric 41 Printing the Motifs in Adobe PDF files 42 – 44 Setting up the Printer to print JPEG files 45 – 47 Important Information About Using Your Printed Motifs 48 Creating Skies 49 – 50 Using the Printed Motifs 51 A Word About the Individual Scene Directions 52 Stitches You Can Use For Covering What’s Left 53 Creating Garments with the Scenes 54 Hooping Help 55 – 57 Templates – Creating and Using Templates for Embroidery Designs 58 Scene 1 59 – 60 Scene 2 61 – 62 Scene 3 63 – 64 Scene 4 65 – 66 Scene 5 67 – 68 Scene 6 69 – 70 Optional Tree 71 Finishing Up 72 – 73 Other People Involved in the Creation of This Book 74 A Message from Me 75 Multi Format Books, Patterns, CD’s and other Products 76 – 80