A Few more Finishes

Good Morning Everyone!

2nd finish of 2016

The Winter is Past

This is out of the Blackbird Designs book called

In Friendships Way

I used a piece of fabric from my stash and

the called for floss

Started - 10/9/15

Finished - 1/10/16

3rd Finish of 2016

Green Quaker Sampler

by Woolgathering

I used 16 ct Antique White from stash

and called for floss

Started - 1/21/15

Finished - 1/23/16

This next finish was started back in June of 2010

This is where I left it way back when?

This was all I had left to finish it and I don't know why I didn't.

And this is the whole piece completed

Pattern of the Month Series 2010

Stoney Creek Collection

not sure what fabric I used

but I did use the called for threads,beads and treasures.

Started - June 2010 (this has been in the WIP basket for a while)

Finished - 1/ 25/16

My next project is going to be a Christmas ornament  that I have had kitted up for a while. It is called The Wrapper by Full Circle Design and is out of the JCS Christmas 2012 magazine. Pictures of it next time I post.

Well that's about all for now 

Happy Stitching

Denise

My Stitching Update

Good Morning Everyone!!!

The new year is here and has started out pretty good!

Every one is in good health!

And I have had plenty of time for stitching!

Sit back and enjoy what I have worked on since my last post.

I have the beads on one of the Kings, and I didn't get this done before Christmas like I had hoped, maybe by this Christmas.

Sewing Accessories

by Paula Vaughn

Started 10/31/15

finished stitching 11/11/15

32 ct Lakeside Linen - attic lace

and used the called for DMC floss

Made this into a pin cushion

The Prairie Garden

by The Prairie Schooler

Started - 4/22/14

Finished Stitching - 11/24/15

Worked on 18 ct Aida

and called for DMC floss

WIP - Santa

by Heavenly Cross Stitch - Marie Barber

Started stitching - 6/8/11

 I believe that the last time that I worked on this was Dec 2011

you can look back HERE

WIP - Green Quaker Sampler

by R. Lawler - Woolgathering

Started stitching - 1/21/13 

again I don't think I worked on this since May 2013 

and you can look back HERE.

And this is my first finish of 2016

Snow White

by Little House Needleworks

Started Stitching - 12/27/15

Finished Stitching - 1/4/16

Stitched on 28 ct Nordic Blue Linen

DMC B5200 

Well that's about it for stitching so I will leave you with a picture of one of the Christmas present that I bought for the family to share

Yep we have a drone (not a big fanny one) but it will take video's and pictures. 

The boys are loving it!!!

I tried to attach a video but it wouldn't work for me so you have to settle for a picture.

Time to get myself motivated and get something accomplished before I head to work.

Have a great day everyone!

Happy Stitching 

Denise

Better Late than Never!

Hey everyone! I had intended to do this post on Monday but here I am on Friday making time to get this post out there. 

Last Sunday I completed April Showers

Freebie from Needle Bling Designs
28ct African Daisy Hand dyed Jobelan
and the called for threads (CC, GAST, WDW)
Started - 4/23/2013
Completed - 4/27/2013
abt. 900 stitches

Sorry the picture doesn't show that the fabric is actually a light yellow. Because I completed this at the end of  April I will get it finished so it can go in my Spring basket next spring.  We didn't have any spring showers this year, we had spring snow.

Well I did pretty good on stitching just about every day in the month of April. There were only 8 days that I did not pick up a needle and thread. Two of those days I worked on my craft room trying to get stuff put away again. And I bought a new book shelf to store all my magazine's and leaflets and hard covered books

The little book shelf was already in my craft room I just did some moving around and got it looking all neat and organized. (I'm not going to show you the rest of the room at the moment because that is still a mess)

So for the month of April I did a total of 4802 stitches. Here's the breakdown:

Poinsettia House - 1996 stitches 

(finished and posted pic on and earlier post)

Spring Shower - 900 Stitches 

(finished and pictured above)

Blooming with Inspiration - 948 Stitches

(still working on this one)

Green Quaker - 958 Stitches

( this one is also a work in progress)

But I do have a picture of Green Quaker to show where I left off.

Well that is about all the stitching stuff I have for now so I am going to leave you with a couple of pictures of our new born calves. We are waiting on the last 4 calves to be born and then our calving season will be done.

Happy Stitching 

Denise

January Gone

Good Evening Everyone!

I am not enjoying all this cold weather, and walking around the farm is no fun either with all this ice.

Knock on wood, I have not fallen yet. The other thing that I can knock on wood about is that I have not caught a cold or the flu that is going around. The grand kids and DH are all getting over it now.

In January I decided to keep track of when I stitched and how many stitches I did. 

So this is how I did.

This is the book that I have kept track  in.
Where you see the line drawn through the day are the
days that I did not do any stitching.

15 days of no stitching so that leaves 16 stitching day for the month. Of course my goal is to stitch some every day, but that doesn't always happen.
  

The 3 pieces that I worked on during January are:

Abigails Birth Sampler

I put 1152 stitches and a whole bunch of backstitching

Poinsettia House

620 stitches

Finished the roof and started the boarder on top.

And the new piece that I started

Green Quaker Sampler

1803 stitches

So for the Month of February I will be mainly working on 

Birds of the Feather by 

With Thy Needle and Thread

As you can see I don't have a lot left on this one, just finish the alphabet and the boarder.
So this just might me my first finish of 2013. And then it will be back to working on Abigail's birth sampler.
I do intend to get some of my WIP's done up this year and a few more Christmas ornament for my tree.

Its time to get some supper on the table so I will be leaving you with a cute picture of  my granddaughter. She is here for a little while this evening.

Happy Stitching
and stay warm
Denise

New Start

Good morning everyone! 

Thank you for all the lovely comments on my last post about Abigail's birth sampler.

 I kinda got tired of working on this piece and was in the mood for something new and different than  what I have been working on lately. On pinterest I found a free pattern called Green Quaker Sampler. I went   to my stash and found the 16 count fabric that it called for (there's was white, all I had was antique white) I am using some DMC and some Gentle Arts. I have not worked on aida in a very long time. Not so hard on the eyes. Started this on Jan 21,2013 and here is my progress as of last night.

So far I have just done the cross stitching, but there is also a number of other stitches to be added to this piece.

They are Algerian Eyelet, Rhodes, Smyrna Cross, Rice, Ray, and Upright cross. Should be pretty cool when done. I started stitching this piece without the Q-Snap but my left shoulder started hurting, I think I was tensing up while holding it. Now with the Q-Snap no more pain. Funny how that works.

Well I better get dressed and go out to feed my baby calf , chickens and the spoiled dogs. Then its off to town and get my glasses fixed and get my nails done. ( and the spoiled dogs need some treats)

Stay Warm!

Happy Stitching

Denise