Catch up

I have been lazy again about posting on my blog

sorry! And I am behind on reading the blogs

that I follow also.

Last week I worked on Wanted - Santa by LK

I don't have a lot left on this one just the words

And then of course I had to start a new one

It is a Freebie that I saw on another blog

sorry I don't remember who's blog it was, 

should have written it down

when I printed it off.

Its called

Hot Chocolate - Liquid Heaven

I am using DMC floss and 18 count aida

It stitches up pretty quick.

I have not stitched since Friday. We had the

grandsons most of the week end. They were

helping there grandpa finish up the

combineing in the last field.

Saturday night I got a phone call from a

distance relative (never met her before) and that she and another

cousin were working on our  family history.

( another one of my passions)

I Have been doing my family history for quite a few years,

so they were wondering if I could help them with some info,

she emailed me the info that she had!

So this got the juices flowing again in search of the

past

It would be so neat to meet these women

but they live on the east side of Iowa and I'm on

the east side of SD. May be some day!

So Sunday and most of Monday I sat on the

computer looking up information that I had and

checking my sources before I send her my info.

Today is a catch up day!

First I am going to do a little shopping

then I have to get some laundry caught up

and my floors are in need of some attention

and some other general cleaning.

And then some stitching time!

I want to work on Hot Chocolate for a while.

Well it time for me to hit the road

Happy Stitching

Denise

Minnie Mouse is Done

Just a quick update to show you I finished

Minnie Mouse  Christmas Ornament

for my granddaughter.

Happy Stitching

Denise

Lots of Christmas Stuff

Nothing very exciting happened this week. I did get some stitching in of course.

First up is:

This is not a very good picture as the material is

suppose to be a cream color.

Hopefully when I get this finished into a

Christmas ornament I can get a proper pic of it.

Next up is:

I got some more done on this LK

Wanted - Santa

and Last but not least

I started a Christmas ornament for my little

granddaughter.

She is a big Mickey Mouse fan!

So digging thru my stash I found  an

old leftlet (from 1982) by Gloria&Pat

Walt Disney - Christmas in Counted Cross Stitch

and so I started Minne Mouse for her.

Just about done with the x's then on to the

backstitching. I might even do Mickey for her also.

Well its back to my stitching chair for a little while.

Its nice and quite here for a while the guys are all

outside working.

Hope everyone is having a nice weekend

with lots of stitching time.

Happy Stitching

Denise

Another Busy Week - Gone

                                       

On Monday I got another LK Christmas Blessing done.

This makes 7 that I have completed. 

On Tuesday I worked on LK Wanted-Santa

I got the presents done

On Wednesday I decided to start a new project

It is a Christmas ornament from

JCS Christmas ornament magizine

Hopeing to get this one done tomorrow.

On Friday I had 3 grandkids here for the day

(they didnot have school)

So you know I didn't get any stitching in with them around.

Saturday morning I went to another football game

and watched Trey play. There team won again

Yaaaaaaaaaaa!

My daughter, Kay and her family

surprised us and came to the game also.

(they live 1 1/2 hours away from us)

And then came to the farm for a little while.

Before they left for home I got this cute picture of them.

Her Boyfriend (Travis) and his three daughters

Kenzie, Kasey. & Kyla.

After they left my DH pulled in with his combine 

and boy did he have it plugged

and he was not a happy camper

so I took a picture

And Sunday I spent in the calf barn cleaning out pens

just in case we get new calves on monday ( which we didn't)

Yaaaaaaaaaaaa.

I was so tried that I didn't get any stitching in on Sunday.

Well that was my week!

One final picture before I close this up,

My cute granddaughter - Sharlee

I hope everyone has a great week

Happy Stitching

Denise 

Where did this week go!!!!

Figured it was time for an update

and did not think

that I had much to report

but as I sit here thinking of what to type

I realize that I stitched more than I thought.

Monday I didn't stitch at all,

So Tuesday  I stitched Hope # 6 of the

12 Christmas Blessings from LK.

Then  I got all the alphabet done on BoaF Mystery Sampler

(sorry no picture of update next posting for sure)

The I got all the christmas presents stitched on

Wanted - Santa from LK

(again no picture yet)

Then I found this very cute Freebie

from Daffycat Designs (here)

I finished it as a pillow for my fall basket.

the material it is setting on is the backing.

Saturday I didn't get to stitch because

my DH had there final Pickup pull in Menno, SD

It was 1:30 in the morning before we got home.

Sunday I did a couple more finishes

this one I stitched up this year, it is also by LK

And another LK that I stitched up last year and

just never finish - finished it.

Here is all 3 of them that I finished up

Well thats about all for now. Time to go watch Mickey Mouse

with my grand daughter and start another christmas blessing.

Wanted - Santa

Just a quick update on what I am working on at the moment.

It is an easy one to stitch up.

I started it on Tuesday (9/14/11)

Wanted -Santa  (Lizzie Kate)

Stitched on 28 ct Sand Castle Hand dyed Linen

and used recommended floss

My DH & I are planning to go on a Benifit Poker Run today.

A group of us will be driving our vintage vehicles.

We have a 1955 GMC pickup. I will post some pics

tomorrow, time permitting.

I hope everyone has a great weekend

Happy Stitching

Denise



Time for an Update

I'm not missing just busy! my grandson Trey who just turned 9 years old and is in the 3rd grade has started playing football. He has played two games and I went and watched both of them. Saturday morning was his second game. He is such a cute football player if I do say so.

Sunday found me drinking that great stuff they give you before a colonoscopy.

And Monday morning was my procedure. It took a lot out of me and when

I got back home after it was over I slept most of the day.

Monday night my husband gets home and tells me he bought

5 more baby bottle calves, so now I am up to 15 babys in my barn.

Tuesday I had my little Granddaughter all day so I did not

get to stitch until after supper.

Here are my updates for this past week:

I got a little bit more done on BoaF.

I completed another Christmas Blessing by LK.

That makes 5 done now.

And last night I started Wanted by LK

I love stitching Santa's!

I try to complete at least one every year.

Well I have some more blogs to read and some stitchin I want to do, so

Happy Stitching everyone!

Denise

Beautiful Day

Sitting on my deck with a cup of coffee listening to the birds, the trees moving in a gentle breeze, the chickens in the hen house are clucking, and hostein fat calves arrrrrrrrre getting out of there pen as I sit here and watch them. Well so much for relaxing. Off I go to get them back in.

I'm back, with the help of my two big dogs we got them in and hopefully they stay in! Now warm my coffee up and back to relaxing. I love this time of the year, now hot and not cold, just right to sit outside and relax.

Last night I sat and worked on BoaF Mystery Sampler ( I know all three parts are out and I am still working on it) I got all the leaves of the tree done and now I am starting on the boarder.

Monday I finished another of my 12 Christmas Blessings by LK - that makes 4 that I have completed stitching.

this one gave me some problems:

As I started to stitch it the thread I was going to use decided to knot up

grab a new piece of floss and start stitching.

Got the roof and beside the church done, then realized

they were suppose to be stitched in gunmetal not whitewash.

I decided to leave it and frog it later.

After I finished the piece I thought it looked ok so I left it as is.

No frogging!

Oh ya I am 1/2 stitch off and I think it is in the lower left corner.

but you can't tell it.

Here is all four of the stitched Blessings

Well time to get some house work done and them some more stitching.

Happy Stitching

Denise

My Stitching Space

A few weeks ago I read a couple different blogs

and they were showing off there

Stitching Space.

So I decided to show off where I sit and stitch

My Husband calls this mama bears chair

This is on the right hand side of my chair, all my little

stitchy stuff is in my chocolate tin.

This basket is too my left side and holds my

WIP's and ofcourse my orts.

And the wicker box it is sitting on is full too.

And there you have it, nothing fancy just my own

little piece of heaven.

I would love to see where everyone else does

there stitching.

Happy Stitching

Denise

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I Have another Finish

Pins & Needles By Blackbird Designs

I used some Mystery 32 ct. linen I had in my stash

and used the recommended Crescent Colours

Started on 8/10/2011

Finished stitching on 9/1/2011

Finished putting it together 9/2/2011

This is the fabric that I put on the back.

Beings I did not work on Lizzy Kate yesterday I will be

working on Faith of the 12 Christmas Blessings

today.

Well I am off to get some house work done so that I

can sit and Stitch this afternoon

Everyone have a great weekend!

Happy Stitching

Denise

Family Weekend

This is a seriously over due update!

Have done some stitching but not as much as I had wanted.

No Lizzie Kate updates, Friday I will get another

Christmas Blessing done. ( that's my goal, anyway)

The beginning of last week I was still dealing with my bronchitis.

Went to the Dr. again on Tuesday, they gave me steroids and stronger

antibotics, since then I have gotten better but still have little cough,

mostly clearing my throat type cough.

Wednesday found me packing for our camping trip with the whole family.

We camped from Thursday until Sunday afternoon.

Was a beautful weekend until Sunday morning

a thunderstrom blew thru.

My husband & I had a trailer camper we were staying in and our

Kids & Grandkids were in tents besides us.

they all ended up in our camper to wait it out

There was 6 adults and 7 little ones  in a very small space

The only night that I cross stitched was Friday night.

All the rest of the adults were drinking by the fire

and the little ones were sleeping

So I stayed up until 2am stitching this:

I found this pattern on dmc-threads.com, it was a free pattern

thought it was kinda cute.

And I have not stitched since then :(

The place where we were camping also had a flea market set up there,

so I couldn't resist going a doing a little shopping.

Found a flower frog for my niece - she has been wanting one for a while now.

I also found 4 packages of unopen fabric, 3 were 25 count and 1 was 18 count

I spent $9.00 on all 4 of them. What a deal!

I have joined the Crazy January 2012 challenge.

This should be a lot of fun, I have been following the 2011 challenge,

and seen a lot of fabulous stitching.

Minna has crated a yahoo group ( here )

The rules are simple:

Start stitching a new design everyday from

Jan 1, to Jan 15

so by Jan 15th you have 15 new WIPs to stitch.

Then try to finish everything you started stitching during the year 2012

How fun is that!!!!!!!!!

Still have a bunch of blogs to read and get caught up on,

thats next on my list to do, right after I switch out the washer

and dryer. ( still trying to get the laundry caught up)

Hopefully I will have more stitching updates by the weekend.

Happy Stitching everyone!

Denise



A New Give away

Carolyn at Just One More Stitch is having a give away of quilting fat quarters you get your choice of purple or yellow fabric. Please check her out.here

Only A Little Stitching Here

Here is a quick update on what I have been working on which hasn't been as much as I wanted. I have been fighting with Bronchitis for the past couple of weeks and I am still coughing alot yet. I have another Dr. appointment on Tuesday. Hopefully they can get me on the mend.

First up is someting I won in a giveaway from Jill, I just loved it and ordered the colors it called for and got started on it. As you can see I changed the initials to d a  instead of b a and changed year from 2009 to of course 2011. I really love the colors in this piece and can't wait to finish it up. I already have the crushed walnuts to fill it with.



The next up is from Lizzie Kate - 12 Christmas Blessings. This is the second blessing that I have completed. I intend to finish them into small ornaments.

Well I hope everyone has a great Sunday! I plan on sitting and getting some more stitching done. Not sure what I feel like working on yet but I need to get to work on some of my WIPs.

Happy Stitching
Denise

A Finish

Just a quick post to show you my finished finish.

Merry Christmas (Freebie)

by Log Cabin Needleworks

I finished stitching it on July 31, 2011

Mail Time

Yesterday after I got home from running errands

I check the mail box and it was full

and every thing in it was for me!!!

The first big package was from Teresa (Quiet & Relaxation Blog)

I won her give away.

I got: Lizzie Kate - Home is Where Our Story Begins

Some size 26 needles and needle keeper

a 9"x19" piece of fabric

and a cute pillow with bees on it.

Thank you so much Teresa!

Then I had ordered some stash from 123 Stitch

And then there were the magizines that came

So I fun last night looking through my new magazines

I have already decided which ornaments I am going to do first.

I better get some house work done so I can sit and stitch this afternoon

Happy Stitching

Denise



Some Progress

Just a couple of quick pics of the progress I made last week on my

BoaF Mystery Sampler

I have not had to do much frogging on this one since my last post.

 So I am hopeing I got rid of him once and for all!

Friday started our Lizzie Kate SAL

and I choose to do the

12 Christmas Blessings.

Here is what I got finished on Friday

This afternoon after I get all my errands done I am hopeing

to get some ornaments made. And then I will post more pics.

Got to get my butt moving so I can get back here to my stitching.

Happy Stitching everyone

Denise

This That and Other Things

I just had the best supper ever

It was not a 5 course meal,

but you can't beat comfort food like mom's meatloaf and home grown sweet corn.

Yummy!

This afternoon when I got home from watching my 3 grandkids I checked our mail and seen that I had recieved a package from Jill, It was a giveaway that I had won. Look at all the neat things that I got.

These 5 beautiful Crescent Colours

Small Token pincushion from Blackbird Designs

(I already kitted this up to do)

and this cute needle keep with popicles on it

I also got a self stick note pad and not sure what happened to the picture I took.

Last week I stitched on two projects

the first one I have been working on for a while,

but I had to keep frogging so I have not gotten very far on it.

This is the Birds of a Feather Mystery Sampler

and I started on part 2 as you can tell.

I am hopeing the rest goes smoothly and not much frogging.

The next piece I finished stitching is

Merry Christmas (freebie) by Log Cabin Needleworks

I stitched it on 28 count Linen with DMC floss

I found this pattern on Andrea's blog (The Craft Room)

She also has posted the instructions on how to finish it, which

I plan to do. There is also a Noel christmas ornament

that I have ready to do.

I am not sure how much stitching I am going to accomplish this week because I am watching 3 of my grandkids this week as there babysitter is on vacation. Oh well there is always next week, right.

HAPPY STITCHING EVERYONE

Denise