Good Morning Everyone!

I know it has been a long time since my last post but I have big finish to share with you!

This picture does not do this picture justice. I tried to get a picture that showed the shimmer of the beads and kreinik.

 

 

 We Three Kings

by Glendon Place

fabric - 28 ct Mystic Cashel Linen by PTP

used the called for DMC floss and Mill Hill Beads

Started - 12/8/2012

Finished 3/11/2016

Glad to have this piece out of my WIP basket now to get it to the framer.

I have a couple other finishes to show you.

The Wrapper

Full Circle Designs - JCS Christmas 2012

28ct Jubilee Cream

called for DMC floss

Started 1/26/2016

Finished  2/1/2016

The Old Red Barn

Little House Needleworks

32ct Vintage Pearled Barley by Lakeside Linen

used called for floss

Started - 2/1/2016

Finished - 2/28/2016

This last piece is a large WIP.

I completed the word "under" in eyelet stitch and the bottom two states.

I have a long way to go on this one but I enjoy working on it!!

My daughter and I just got back from our weekend at Lake Shetek with about 35  other women. what a blast we had. We call it a Stitching Retreat but really it is a Creative Retreat. Some of us Cross Stitch, some Quilt and some scrapbook and stampin. There is lots of laughing, socializing, snacking and stitching. Here are a few pictures that I took.

Jill working on a quilt

Jill working on her second quilt of the weekend

my work space for the weekend

some sit in peace and think and enjoy the beauty.

Mother teaching daughter to crochet

and just sitting and stitching

Well that is about it for now and now its time to get ready for work

Happy Stitching

Denise

Return from Weekend Retreat

Good Morning Everyone!

Time fly's by and Its been awhile since I blogged.

Stitching has been off and on for me. I have been working on getting my taxes done so I could get them to the tax man. Last weekend I went to Lake Shetek for a weekend stitching retreat with about 35 other women. Some cross stitched, some quilted and some scrap booked, lots of creativity going on. Here are a few pictures of the weekend.

Our mornings started with a beautiful sunrise!

 

 

This is my daughter learning to applique -  her first time ( the lady that is showing her how to do this project just happens to have been her 4th grade teacher also)

And this is her finished appliqued wall hanging. She did a great job for the first time.

 

 

The weather was so nice that some sat outside and worked on there projects.

What a peaceful place to stitch

 

 

  Some sat and napped.

 

I had one finish over that weekend

Garden Rose by Blackbird Designs

started - 2/8/15

finished stitching - 2/14/15

fabric - 32ct cream Belfast linen

threads- Classic Color Works - Jakey Brown

 

And the next two pieces I just worked on. I have pictures of them and they look great until I put them on here and they look horrible so I will have to show them in the next post after I figure out what's going on.

They were We Three Kings and American Flag Quilt Sampler. I have a long ways to go on both of them.

Here is an example of what the pictures look like when I download them and they look fine on the camera. oh well you can see how far I have gotten any way.

 

I do have a new start but I will tell you about it in my next post.

 

 This last picture is of my 3 favorite girls

daughter, Kay - Granddaughter, Sharlee and daughter, Jill

Until Next Time

Happy Stitching

Denise

 

 



Stitching Retreat at Lake Shetek

Good Morning Everyone!

I got back for Lake Shetek on Sunday afternoon and I am just now getting things put away. I didn't have to work at the Post Office yesterday so I chose to spend it with my grandchildren. We had a great time, we went out for lunch, and then hung out at the shop. 

The boys sprayed out the beans and cleaned out the combine for grandpa.

And my granddaughter took a nap.

Well now on to the stitching stuff.

Jill and I packed up and left after she got off work on Wednesday night. 

Thursday morning we woke up to this beautiful sight!

Thursday Morning

Saturday Morning

American Flag Quilt Sampler

Finished backstitching Mississippi and completed Illinois

Here is We Three Kings before and after

I put in about 540 stitches

Sunflower Dishtowel

This towel I started a very long time ago. So this weekend I
worked on it and backstitched the flowers . 

And last but not least

Woodland Folk

I finished back stitching the little fox and got the squirrel done 

A picture from where I was sitting and working

This was the deck right out side our work area - there are 2
squirrels playing on it.

And these are the towels that my daughter made for me to hang on my stove.
Aren't they cute.

Well there are a lot more pictures and stories to show and tell but I need to get to work so off I go for now.

Happy Stitching

Denise

American Flag Quilt Sampler update

Good Morning Everyone!

This past weekend was spent working on American Flag Quilt Sampler. I have not worked on this piece since March 25th. Here is what I got done.

Indiana is complete and Mississippi just needs to be back-stitched.

I intend to finish the back-stitching on Mississippi then it will be put away so that I can work on Woodland folks for the rest of the week.

Here is what AFQS looks like at this point.

Well that's about all for me this chilly Monday morning!

Happy Stitching

Denise

Just Another Update

Good Tuesday Morning Everyone!

 

I woke up Sunday morning and walk in my living room to find what looked like a pile of blankets.

but when I lifted the blanket up I found my grandson all balled up underneath

Not sure if he was cold or if he sleeps that way at home. We had a great time this weekend with the boys. Took them out to eat a couple of times and Gavin (the one in these pictures) was so excited because Grandpa taught him how to drive the skid steer around the farm. He will turn 10 in April.

 

This week I am back to part time work - but I am catching up on stuff here at home that I got behind on while I was working full time.

 

American Flag Quilt Sampler is coming along - here are some pictures.

All of the blue words are done with an eyelet stitch which is very time consuming. I think that is one of the reason I have enjoyed this piece is because there are different stitches in it.

I think I will work on this piece until the end of the month and then pull out We Three Kings and put some time in on it. So that gives me about 6 more day on this piece. I think I need a change, I have been working on American Flag since Dec 8.

 

Well my dishes are begging to get done and the rest of the day will be spent on my farm bookkeeping, can't get much more fun than that.

 

Have a great week!

Happy Stitching

Denise

 



Wow its been over a month!

Where does the time go?

I am still working full time and spending plenty of time with the family. The stitching has been a little bit of a hit and miss so I don't feel like I accomplished very much. Here are a few pictures of what I have done in the last month.

 

 These two pictures were taken on Feb. 22, I had intended to post them at that time but

that never happened.

 

March 12 through March 16 I spend with a group of creative women at Lake Shetek in Minnesota for our annual spring retreat. Years ago it was just stitchers that attended but now we have mixture of stitchers, knitters, quilters, and scrapbookers. It is so fun to see what everyone is working on.

 

I took this picture before I left for my weekend retreat.

This is a Jim Shore - Mill Hill -

Glad Tidings Santa Kit that I started on Thursday

finished cross stitching it on Friday

and finished beading it on Saturday

I finished backstitching Tennessee, Ohio and Louisiana on Wednesday when I got to Lake Shetek and worked on the red part under the blocks on Sunday.

And a shot of what I have completed as of last night (Sunday evening).

 

I am not going to be able to get much stitching done for the next couple of weeks because I have to get my butt in gear and finish up my paper work for the tax man. That April 15th dead line is sneaking up on me. I always tell my self that next year I will be more on top of things and not wait until the last minute. HAHA never happens. May be next year. 

 

Well that is about all for tonight! Another full day tomorrow so I better get to bed.

 

Happy Stitching

Denise

 



Another Way Over Due Post!

Happy Tuesday Everyone!

 

Oh my gosh I have been trying for the last couple of days to do a post and could not get blogger to work for me. All I could see was where I was suppose to put the blog title. Everything else was blank. I have been using Chrome so I switched back to Internet explorer and every thing seems to be working there. We shall see how things go.

 

I am still working full time at the Post Office but still can't wait to go back down to part time again. They are saying It will probably be the end of March before that happens. :(

 

I had an awesome weekend - Friday night was spent with all 3 kids and there families, Saturday evening was spent with some friends and a couple of grand kids, and Sunday I watched my son race his 4 wheeler on the frozen lake. Here are few pictures that I took over the weekend.

 

My son is the one with the orange jacket in the middle of the pack. He ended up loosing one of his tires so he was not able to finish this race. His first race he got 1st place.

My granddaughter - Sharlee  playing games on my Nook.

 

 And here is our Sonny Boy - He was waiting for his treat.

 

On the stitching front I am still working on American Flag Quilt Sampler. I didn't work on it for a few days but I am back at it again. Here is a before and after picture

 

As of my last post

 



This was as of Sunday night.

 

 

I am  getting in the mood to start something new or work on another one of my WIP pieces. So we will see how things go and what I feel like stitching.

 

I need to get back to work so until next time

Happy Stitching

Denise