Long Over Due Post!! (Picture Heavy)

Good Morning Everyone!

This might end up being a long one, but I am going to try to keep it at a minimal.

My last post was at the beginning of August so I will start there. August was our busy camping month.

Our camp site set up (that was our spot for 2 weeks)

My husband enjoyed the cooking - bacon and eggs on the grill - it was awesome

Then we moved on to the being of school for the grand kids and football season.

#70 is my grandson

The middle of Sept I managed a finish 

For Spacious Skys

Heartstring Samplery - Beth Twist

Started - 8/4/15       Finished 9/17/15

36 ct White Edinburgh Linen  and called for floss

Then I started and finished a Blackbird design

Peace Rose

Blackbird Design

Started - 9/10/15      Finished - 9/24/15

35 ct Abecedarian Linen  and called for floss

My Blackbird grouping

October 7 - 11 was spent with a lovely group of women at Lake Shetek for our stitchers get away.

the building we stayed in

a shot of some of the group

and the view I had from where I sat and stitched. what beautiful sunrises.

While at retreat I did the backstitching on this little guy.

Santa's Boy Toy (winter 2012 Magazine)

by Stoney Creek 

Started 9/25/15     Finished 10/9/15

fabric from stash and called for floss

Next I finished 2 more Christmas Blessings by Lizzie Kate

I only have one left to do (Song) and then I will make them into little pillow pin keeps to fill a basket during the holidays.

And last but not least is my update on We Three Kings

This was before I left for Lake Shetek

And this was as of 10/11/15

I have a new start but will leave that for the next post.

I am off to get the dishes done, then take my shower and off to work I go.

I hope everyone has a great week!!!

Happy Stitching

Denise

 

Christmas Stitching

Good Morning Everyone!

I have a busy day planned but wanted to get a post out there before it gets started.

First I have to go get tags for our vehicles, stop at the ASCS office and talk to them about the farm program, then head south to Sioux Falls and order new glasses for the husband and I have my eye exam at 11:00am,& planning on getting my nails done. Then back home to get ready to go out with my daughter tonight, we are going to go out for supper and then watch bull riding at the Expo. I have watch bull riding on TV but never seen it in person, so it should be fun.

Now for an update on my stitching

Lizzie Kate 

Christmas Blessings

Flip it - Joy

This was a quick stitch! I now have 9 of these done and 3 left to stitch.

The next thing I worked on was Christmas Envelope Cards. I was hoping to finish it by today but that didn't happen but I did make great progress.

This is only one of six envelopes that I found on Pinterest. And beings I work at a small Post Office in our community I thought they would be fun to stitch and display in my office at Christmas time.

My plan for the weekend and next week is working on Woodland folks - which reminds me I need to order a skein of green for it. I will have to do that after i finish this post. There is a lot of backstitching to get done on this piece. And there is the possibility that I might get this one done by next Friday. We will see what this next week brings me.

I leave you with a picture of my granddaughter, she is learning to drive a snowmobile that once belong to her older brother. She is not as excited about driving it as he was. She would rather be inside with me, but she had fun.

Jan 10, 2015 

Time to get my butt moving!

Have a great weekend with lots of stitching

Happy Stitching

Denise

I am Back!

Life is back to being a little bit like normal.

Normal, what is normal any more?

I really had a great weekend, lots of friends and relatives.

Thursday night we picked up 2 second cousins from the airport.

I stayed with both Ivar & Erling when I visited Norway in 1993

The other 2 in the picture are my aunt and cousin.

We spent time sitting around talking and laughing.

We showed them our farm and let them drive our old tractors and our bigger tractors

Ivar driving

Erling driving the 4850.

Then on Saturday night they went and watched my husband at a tractor & pickup pull which they had never seen done before. And on Sunday we had a family picnic, lots of good food and lots of pictures taken.

My husband , my oldest daughter and granddaughter

Oldest family member (88 years old)
Youngest family member (3 months)

Nephew Kyle, BIL Duane & Nephew Craig
(Chrissy I put this one on here for you)



On the stitching front there has not been much, Tuesday I started this LK ornament and finished it last night.

I had done 7 of them last year

I have 4 left to do and hope to have all 12 hanging on my tree this year.

Well thats about all for now,

 I have to get ready and go meet my Aunt in Sioux Falls for lunch

and catch up with her.

Everyone stay cool, its really hot here in SD

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