Girls Day Out

What a way to get rid of some stress, spend the day with a good friend chatting, shopping, eating and stitching. Nancy R and I meet for another day out on Wednesday and boy did we have a good time. We meet at Stitchers Paradise and all the stitching chairs were taken so we did a little shopping (we both were good girls and didn't spend, spend, spend) then decided we would go to lunch and then come back for stitching time. After a yummy lunch at a new dinner neither of us had tried we went by her new apartment to feed the cat and so I could see the new place. Back we went to the LNS to get some stitching time in and this time there was room for us. I worked on "Snowman Trio - Willy" and he is coming along nicely. I only have a few more rows of his body left to do then on to the white in his hat, his arms and the border. With any luck he should be finished by Friday. I did get the buttons called for and they are so cute and will really add the finishing touch to the project.

"Snowman Trio - Willy"

While we were looking around Nancy spotted some really beautiful ornaments that look like old fashioned Christmas Lights. They are done in Needlepoint with some really great speciality threads and the best part the charts are free. So now we will be venturing into the world of needlepoint, something I said I would never do again, guess I need to learn to never say never LOL.

Hope everyone is having a good week....mine sure has improved.

Until Next Time....Happy Stitching

A Finish and WIP's Update

I'm still not feeling up to par and will probably have to make an appointment to see the doctor soon. Even with feeling like crap (sorry about the language) I have done some stitching.

"Snowman Trio - Chilly" finished

"Snowman Trio - Willy"

I had originally planned putting my grandchildren's names on these but when I charted them out they just wouldn't fit and look right so that plan was scrapped. Then I thought I'd do 3 Flat folds with them and then decided I didn't want to do that either. Now I'm going to stitch all 3 on one piece of fabric and either do 1 large flat fold or a large no sew cube with them. I really believe I have become obsessed with this project since I can't put it away and work on anything else. I have more done on "Willy" since this scan and he is a real cutie but you'll have to take my word for it until I scan him again.

"Naughty" by Mill Hill

I also started "Naughty" for myself to go with "Nice" that I did for Tracy. It's almost 1/2 finished and I should get back to it real soon (If the snowmen will shut up and let me work on something else).

I should have one more day of quiet stitching then the week gets busy. Wednesday I'm meeting with Nancy at Stitcher's Paradise for a afternoon of stitching with the ladies there. I will be a good girl and leave my wallet at home except for the few $'s I need for lunch and to get the buttons for the "Snowman Trio". Thursday is our 31st Wedding Anniversary, boy time flies when you are having fun with your best friend. Not sure what we will do to celebrate and a lot depends on how I feel that day. Friday is going to be a long day out, Tracy has two doctors check-up's. One in the morning and one in the afternoon so we'll have to find something to do between the two appointments since it's really not time to come home between them. May just have to do some window shopping or find a nice quiet place where I can sit and stitch and he can read the paper.

I'll probably be kinda quiet the rest of the week. I've just started hosting a new exchange on my ILCS group and have become overwhelmed with the response so my attention will be on keeping that straight and stitching.

Until Next Time....Happy Stitching and have a great week

RAK'd Again

I'm not sure what I have done to be so lucky as to be RAK'd twice in two days. Emily from NC, a member of my ILCS group, sent me this WONDERFUL package.


Emily must know how much I love stitching Halloween and she included.....
Black Mill Hill beads, Orange overdyed floss by Needle Necessities, numerous charts from her calendar, "Icky & Spooky's Friends" by Mosey 'n Me, A kit to stitch a band and make a watch and another watch face and band so I will be able to make two new watches.. Tracy was watching me pull everything out of the envelope and we were both in shock and ohing and aweing together. I have many many wonderful stitching hours ahead of me and will have some great new decorations for next Halloween.

THANK YOU so much Emily! I think I'll need surgery to get the smile off my face.

Until Next Time....Happy Stitching

Big Time RAK

I was so surprise when Tracy came in with the mail today and had a package for me. I was also very confused because I have been a good girl and not ordered anything. What could it be? I tore into the package and to my surprise I had been RAK'd big time by someone who didn't want me to know who she is. This is what I received......

Froggie Note cards

"Frogscornu" chart with the threads and buttons

Froggy State of Mind with fabric and threads

This sure made my day, week, month! I can't wait to do both charts and want to send a big "THANK YOU" to whomever sent this wonderful package. Wish I knew who you are so I could send a proper thank you.

Until Next Time.....Happy Stitching from a VERY happy camper

I'm SO Spoiled

I've been having problems with my back again and spent most of the last week in bed. It was so bad last week that we had to skip the movie on "date night" and just went out for a light supper, coffee and some time playing the penny slots. To my amazement I even won for a change and Tracy won enough to pay for our evening out. Now on to be spoiled.....Tracy felt sorry for me and he came home with more snowmen for my collection. Aren't they the cutest things.

Soft and cuddly Snowman, Snowman Pail (will be great for holding chocolates), Frosty ornaments, 2 pairs of toe socks and PEZ dispenser with lots of Pez candies. Isn't he the sweetest DH in the world!

FINISH.....

"Gingerbread House" Wizzer Ornament by Janlynn
Stitched on Brown Perforated Plastic with DMC

This is another of the ornaments I stitched while the computer took it's vacation. It was really fun to stitch but had LOT of backstitching to it.

WIP's....

With my back hurting and having to spend so much time in bed I really haven't got much stitching done but as my back improves I'll make up for it.

Snowman Trio "Chilly"

Poor "Chilly" had a visit from the frogs. I had his scarf stitched then found that it was one thread off. I really thought about just leaving it but just couldn't do it so out came the "stitch picker" and I took out the offending stitches. It won't take long to restitch that area.

"Pansy Sampler" SAL

I finished Band 10 (the little purple flower buds) and have started on the Kloster Blocks. Something about the stitching white on white really go to my eyes so I had to put it away until I've had some good sleep and then I can finish the blocks and start the cutting and needle weaving. I'm going to finish it as a needleroll so will have to get ribbon and lining fabric to match the colors.

I thought the eyes could use a rest so out came the "Naughty" ornament. Since it's done on 14 count perforated paper and I enlarged the chart to "Granny" size it really doesn't put any strain on the eyes.

Well that's it for me.....hope you have a great week!

Until Next Time.....Happy Stitching

Computer Finally Fixed

It's amazing what you can get done when you can't get online BUT I sure felt like a duck out of water. It turns out that the power supply decided it was tired and had to be replaced. We were very lucky that a very nice young man came to our home and did the work and didn't charge a arm and a leg. Now I'm back online and have lots of email to read and blogs to look at. I was busy stitching while off line and thought I'd share what I did with you.

Let's start with my October Seasonal Shelf. This years shelf is a little different from last years. Lots more stitching projects this year and I really do like this one better.

October 2009 Seasonal Shelf

Finishes.....

I did get several things started and finished. I really became a one project person which isn't like me at all but I guess since they were small I could stick with them till finished.

"Nice" Ornament

by Mill Hill (kit)

stitched on White Perforated Paper

with DMC floss and Beads

I really love the Mill Hill kits and have the companion to this one to do. I did "Nice" for my adorable DH Tracy and I'll be doing "Naughty" for myself. I also have a cute Snowman with a Gingerbread Man to do and with any luck they both will be done and ready for the tree this year.

"Christmas With a Twist" by Prairie Moon

from JCS 2009 Ornament Issue

Stitched on 28 count Beige Jobelan

with Carries Creations "Old World Red", "Bullfrog" and DMC Ecru

This ornament caught my eye as soon as I got the magazine and I just had to stitch it. It reminds me of a Candy Cane Stick.

"Christmas Tree"

from kit by Design Works Inc/Mary Ann Moreck

Stitched on 14 count Perforated Plastic with floss

and Mill Hill Beads

This is one of the 18 designs that came in the kit. I wanted to jazz it up some and give it a little sparkle so instead of stitching the garland and the red ornaments I used beads from my stash. I am so happy with the way it came out I'll probably be changing more of the ornaments to make them more me.

"Snowman" Card

from a kit

I was amazed by these little kits and looking forward to doing the others that I got on sale at JoAnn's.

I have another finish but forgot to scan it so you'll have to wait to see it hehehe.



NEW WIPS.....

"Panda's" by Heart Strings

I received this chart as a RAK a couple of years ago and when I pulled it out I thought the fabric was perfect for them. I got the fabric as part of my FOM from Silkweavers. I loved the color but had no idea what I would stitch on it....now I know why I didn't put it away, it was meant for the Panda's. This will be for my DD who we called "Manda Panda" when she was little (and sometimes I still call her that). I want to find a Bamboo looking frame for it. I got bored with the backstitching but will finish it real soon. There needs to be white backstitching on the black part of the Panda on the left and won't take long to do.

"Snowman Trio" by Stitchy Kitty



"Chilly"

I fell in love with this design when I saw it stitched by Kathy in my ILCS group. I wasn't sure what fabric I wanted to use so it has sat in my to do pile for a while. I was looking for some fabric in my stash box for another project and this piece jumped up and said "stitch a snowman on me". I did a floss toss with the threads called for and thought they looked great on it so I was off and running. I'm using the DMC conversion since I didn't want to have to wait for a trip to the LNS to get the WDW's and I am very happy with the colors. I wasn't sure if I wanted to do each snowman separately or do them as on piece but tonight I decided I'll do each on their own and either make them into flatfolds or no sew cubes. The one change I'm going to make is to change the names to my grandkids names.

Well that's what I was up to while missing everyone.

Until Next Time....Happy Stitching

Happy Lil Bag Lady

It's hard to believe that six months have passed already. This is Maddie playing with her Uncle Chad and I think they are really having fun. Chad spent last weekend in the hospital with a really bad staph infection in his ear that had to be drained and then he was on IV antibiotics for 3 days as well as some major pain meds. He's doing fine now. Manda said Maddie kept looking at the sofa, pointing and making a noise like she was saying "Where is Uncle Chad".