Scream House - Final Wall Finished

It's been a busy week here. I did finally managed to finish the stitching on the last wall of "Scream House". WOO HOO Netty Nighshade is the last wall and now it will be on to all the backstitching and then put it together. I really wanted to get it done for Halloween but it sure will be done by Thanksgiving or maybe Christmas. I have a few other things that I need to get done so will fit the "House" finish in between them.

I'll have more on my week in a entry tomorrow or Saturday, as soon as I get to the back of the CPU and can plug in the new thing I got so I will have more USB conections and can download the pictures from the camera.

Hope everyone has a safe and fun Halloween

Until Next Time....Happy Stitching

Another Wall Done

It's been a quiet weekend here. DH took me out to dinner last night and I had a really nice long nap today. Now the rest of the evening (after I cook a yummy dinner) will be spent stitching.

Wall #3 of Scream House is finished and only 1 left to do. Not sure if it will be done for Halloween since each wall and roof piece has to be backstitched with perle cotton and I think that's going to get boring very quickly and I'll have to work on something else for a break.

"Bootiful" - Wall 3

My order from House of Stitches came yesterday so now I have the WDW threads to stitch both the November and December LK Monthly Stamps. Also got the fabric for the next Just Nan SAL and can't wait to start it next Sunday.

Back to cooking dinner now so I can feed DH and then stitch the night away while watching Football.

Until Next Time....Have a good week filled with lots of Happy Stitching

Scream House & Santa Day

Today got off to a rough start. Woke up late, stubbed my toe on DH's heavy work boots, walked into the wall on my way to the bathroom. Then still half asleep went into the kitchen to make coffee and the coffee maker quit working. Didn't even get a cup out of it. At this point I'm thinking maybe I should just go back to bed and pull the covers over my head. DH saved the day and went to the convenience store and got me a cup of coffee and the day improved from there.

SCREAM HOUSE.....

The second interior wall is done. There will be a piece of orange plaid fabric in the shape of a hat between the bat at the top and the hat's brim at the bottom. This is for needles and I think a couple of gold plated ones will look really nice in it.

Interior Wall 2, Witches Hat

SANTA DAY....

After finishing the witches hat and starting on Wall 3 my eyes (and weak brain) really needed a break so I thought I would do something for Christmas. My order from 123 Stitch arrived with 2 more JBW charts (pictured below) and I just couldn't resist starting on one. It is now 1/2 done and won't take long to finish. I wanted to do these for my Seasonal Shelf to go with the LK December Stamp so I'll make a Tuck Pillow to put it in. I think the next mitten will be done on dark blue fabric with white stitching and then I want to stitch one in green, maybe on light green with dark green thread.

Scandinavian Mitten by JBW Designs
Stitched on 32ct Lambswool Jobelan with WDW Garnet

Time for me to head for bed but I'm going to make sure DH's boots aren't on the path to the bathroom first.

Until Next Time, Have a good weekend....Happy Stitching

DH's Surgery

Well the surgery was postponed yet again. Medicare requires that you see the doctor within 30 days of the scheduled surgery and with all the problems we had getting it scheduled it is way past the 30 days. The repair that is being done is partly something he has lived with since he was a child and the tear duct is causing no problems so he just may say the heck with it and not do it at all. He did have his pulmonary test today and that went very well.

Now for the good news. We have moved into the 21st Century and now have High Speed Internet....good bye dial-up. Our 30th anniversary is next month and this was my gift along with a new cell phone with unlimited talk time and long distance.

Not much stitching for me today but did some shopping. Since we were on the other side of town had to check out the Michael's there. I wanted some more beads to make some more Fobs and also started getting things for the 12 Days Exchange. It is a really really nice Michael's and will probably go back to that one since it has a better selection of things than the one closer to home.

Well it's getting really late and I must do some more web surfing since it's so much faster now.

Until next time....Happy Stitching

Scream House Interior

Moving right along on the interior of the "House". All the roof (ceiling) parts are done along with one wall. I'm almost done with the second wall. The first two walls will have a place for either scissors or needles so not a lot of stitching on them. I'm leaving the witch for last since her face is done over one and she will be my reward for getting the stitching done.

Roof 1 (love his silly grin)
Roof 2

Roof 3 (another froggie here)

Roof 4 (got to love the purple hat on the spider)

Boolah & Foolah (the scissors go on this wall)

Probably won't have another update until Saturday and hope to be done with the walls by then. Will be spending some time tomorrow (today) and Friday waiting for DH Tracy while he has some more medical tests and then his eye surgery. I'm not real comfortable stitching in waiting rooms so not sure how much I'll get done.

Until next time....Happy Stitching

Scream House Updated

The final exterior wall is stitched ... WOOHOO!! I still need to outline each wall and roof section with perle cotton but will save that to do while I'm waiting during DH's surgery on Friday.
The Interior is now under construction and the floor is done. The Interior walls don't have as much stitching on them so with any luck they will be done by this weekend and then contruction can begin. There is a chance this will be done by Halloween so keep your fingers crossed for me.

Until next time....Happy Stitching

Some Fun and Finishing

Date Night.....

Date night Thursday was really enjoyable. We went to the Belliago to take pictures of the new Fall display. I have included a couple of my favorite parts of the display here (you can see more in my Webshots, link in the sidebar). It was getting dark when we arrived so the pictures didn't come out as well as I would have liked. Guess that means we will have to go back for the ones that didn't come out. Below you can see my favorite guy, The Apple Tree. His eyes would open and close, he raised his eyebrows and talked. It was really fun to see the looks on the kids faces when the tree talked to them. I also love the scarecrow, he must be working since there were no crows to be found.

We went out again on Friday night for dinner and a trip to Michael's. They were putting out all the Christmas decorations and I found some really pretty cording. There was 1 complete aisle of just Christmas ribbon and I will be going back for some to make a cube with my "Tis the Season" finish.

Scream House......

The 3rd exterior wall is finished. I'm not about 3/4 done with the 4th wall and then I can start on the interior wall. I don't think the interior will take as long to do, much less stitching to be done on them. With any luck I'll be done by Halloween.

Another Finish.....

I love the beaded Scissor Fobs but not enough to pay the price charged for them. I have one that a friend made me a couple of years ago and thought I could make them too. I had problems finding the clasp for the top but lucked out while at Michael's and DH found just what I needed. This is my first attempt at making one and I'm really happy with the way it came out. Now I'll not only haunt the stitching sections of JoAnn's and Michael's but will be looking for beads and charms too so I can make more fobs.

That's what I've been up do since last I posted, hope you enjoyed the pictures and will venture over to my Webshots to see the rest of the Belliago display.

Until Next Time....Happy Stitching