My First Finish of 2013

OK everyone I have been reading about every one's finishes and I was feeling a little left out. Since December I have been working on bigger WIP's, so I looked back and saw my last finish was November 16, 2012. 

I found a cute little Christmas Stocking on Pinterest. unfortunately the designer was not listed, but here it is.

There was a total of 750 stitches  plus backstitching

It only took me a couple of days to complete. I have not decided if I will finish it as a flat ornament or a stuffed ornament.

Now that I got that fix out of my system I will continue with Birds of a Feather by With thy Needle & Thread. All I have left on it is one and half sides of the boarder. So that should be my second finish this year.

In my last post I show a picture of my calender that I keep track of what I stitch and when I stitch. So far this month I have stitch ever day so far. LOL (it's only been 6 days) We will see how the rest of the month goes. My goal is to stitch everyday this month!

Well I need to read a few more blogs and get some chores done around the house.

Until next time

Happy Stitching

Denise

Good morning fellow bloggers,

 and I see I have a few new followers

Thank you for stopping by and seeing whats going on in my world.

 

Every week day morning I get up and I have a normal routine of

brushing my teeth

make the coffee

pack a lunch for DH

(he leaves the house @ 6:20am)

then I sit down with my cup of coffee and turn the computer on

check emails

check facebook

check pinterest

check obits

then its time to read my blogs

And then its time to go out side and get the farm chores done.

So do most of you have a routine or do you mix up your routine?

 

 

For the past week I have been planning on posting an update

but I kept putting it off. (it has been almost 2 weeks since I last posted)

And I don't even have an excuse, because I have not gone any where or done anything exciting.

I have some stitching done but not as much as I would have liked

So here is what I have done since my last update.

on my last update I had the top portion
done and now have the panda complete
and now working on the wagon.

as of Sept 8, 2012

Season Winter - freebie off of Pinterest
started - 9-8-12
finished 9-10-12
28ct platinum cashel linen by Zweigart
DMC Floss

I went back on pinterest to find more details of who designed this but was unable to locate it. I actually think it is a Biscornu pattern. You can barely see the white snowflake in the center, I couldn't get it to show up in the pictures that I took. I am not sure how I will be finishing it yet, I have to give that some thought.

 

Well I think that about all for today.

I am leaving you with a picture of two of our grandkids rubbing grandpa sore feet.

They hate this job but grandpa usually
bribes them with a treat.

 

Have a great rest of the week everyone!

Happy Stitching

Denise



A little stitching, A lot of running around and a new puppy

OK where do I begin? I have been planning on sitting down and posting for the last couple of days and I kept putting it off soooo...... here goes.

First thing I have not been stitching a whole lot, a little here and there, but I did finish my May ornament.

Baked Goods by Little House Needlework's
30ct R&R Linen - Old Mill Java
and recommended threads.

Heres the deal on this I started it on May 20th and finished it on June 1st. This is the only thing I worked on the whole time. I spent about 10 hours total on it and put in about 1340 stitches, so as you can see not much stitching has been going on. Where has my time been spent you ask, well we are having a family reunion in a couple of weeks and my sister is doing the organizing of it and she has asked for a little help and I have been organizing my family history stuff and printing it out for everyone to have a copy. We also have a couple of cousins coming from Norway at the same time and they will be staying with us, so extra special cleaning is necessary.

I ran across some DVDs at Sam's Club last week and I had read a lot of blogs that had mentioned them, they are called Downton Abbey. I bought the first season on Thursday, when I got home and got everything put away I started watching it (3 disc). Finished watching the last of the 3rd disc on Friday morning. Decided I just had to have Season 2 right away and ran back to Sams Club and bought it. I finished season 2 Friday evening. I never even stitched while it was playing, I tried I really did but I was so into watching this show I kept finding my stitching just sitting on my lap.

My DH laid the last of the concrete on Saturday morning for his new shop.

Laying concrete in front of big doors

laying concrete in front of little doors

we had to write in the cement of course

Sunday I had to help serve breakfast after Mass. for the Catholic Daughters group that I belong too. We served scrabbled eggs, ham, fresh fruit and muffins. There was a very good turn out and we all done cleaning up by 10:30. After I got home I decided that I needed to get some mowing done up at our shop area so I headed up there for a couple of hours, which turned into 5 hours and one hell of a sunburn later. But it got done and my brother in law helped me by moving the junk out of the way, see my DH collects old car and stuff and then it just sits there.

Monday I ran errands for everyone in my family (except for DD1) then it was my turn and I went it and got a mani-pedi. Oh do my feet feel good now!!!! Yesterday I stayed home all day and caught up on my laundry, did some stitching on Birds of a Feather by With thy Needle & Thread. I started this one last year, and I'm hopeing to compete it next. Sorry no picture yet but in my next post.

And last but not least my DH got a new puppy last night. It is a Red Heeler, and she is just weaned off of her mother.

We have not named her yet

Sonny (who is almost 3)
doesn't seem to mind having her
around.

OK that is about it for now. My DH just called and I have to run a motor to Mitchell and drop it off for him. That's an hour drive there and an hour drive back, so if I go now I can be back before it get too warm outside.

Have a great rest of the week!

Happy Stitching

Denise

Another Christimas ornament done

Good morning everyone!

We got a dusting of snow this morning and everything is white again, but it won't last long because it is suppose to get up to 45 degrees tomorrow. We have had such a mild winter here in the SD. With such a mild and snow free winter I hope for no flooding this spring.

I finished my second Christmas ornament for 2012

Mitten Sampler Ornament

Candamar Designs (Patterns Online)

Started 2/10/12  -  Finished 2/14/12

28ct Antique White Jobelan

DMC floss

This past week end we drove to Iowa for one of my granddaughters 6th birthday party. I think we spent more time on the road driving there and back home than we did visiting them at the party. Oh how I wish they lived closer. Here are a few pictures of the birthday girl.

Kacee

My daughter Kay made the cake and cupcakes ( I think she said she got the idea off of Pinerest)

The cake is a rainbow cake. Isn't that the cutest idea!

Here is a picture of all 6 of my grandkids, what a wild bunch they are!

Time to catch up on my blog reading and maybe get a few stitches in this afternoon!

Happy Stitching

Denise

Finishes

Just a quick post to show some finishes

Here is another Christmas ornament

FaLaLa

Barbara Cooley - Plum Pudding Needleart

28 ct lambswool

DMC floss

Started 12/4/2011

Finished 12/7/2011

This was a free complimentary chart from Plum Pudding Needleart (2008)

Next up I finished stitching a while ago but just

decided to finish it into a pillow this morning

And here is the back fabric that I used

And the last thing that I have to show is the the progress on

another Santa I have been working on

I have the beard done and some of the green done.

I don't think I will get this one completed by Christmas

but I am going to see how much I can get accomplished.

Well time to get dress and ready to run some errands.

I think today is a good day for a hair cut.

Happy Stitching

Denise



My Thanksgiving Week

Just a quick post before my granddaughter gets here to spend the day.

I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving

We had a great Thanksgiving! Our meal was on Friday

So the girls could go to there in-laws for the

Thanksgiving day.

Thursday night we left to start shopping for black friday.

we started at walmart and went to Target & Kohl.

The lines were long (45 min wait)but I did get some

good deals and a lot of christmas shopping done!

Our group got home about 3:30, we slept

for a couple of hours and then it was up to get our

Thanksgiving dinner going.

This was the second time that I went Black friday shopping

but I think the girls are going to leave me home next time.

They seem to think I slow them down a little.

It really is not my cup of tea, with the crowds and all.

so it might have been my last.

After our fabulous meal and a short nap, my oldest

Daughter decided we had not shopped enough so back to

Sioux Falls we went this time we went to Hobby Lobby

& Joanne Fabrics. Now this is my kind of shopping.

I got fabric to make fun pillow cases for each of my

6 grandchildren. and stocked up on DMC floss and needles

(the gold plated ones)

I got my tree up and decorated and now I have to go

thru more boxes of decorations to hang and set around the house.

I just love this time of year.

I have not finish finished anything lately but I have some things  to show:

First up is a small christmas ornament, I have showed

the first 3 to this set in a previous post. They are small

but I don't know that I will get all 12 done by Christmas

We will see how things go.

Next Up

I got the blue and white done on Santas beard .

And then I just had to start a new one.

This one is a freebie that I saw on a blog,

This one is almost done just have some of the

candy cane to finish up. I will post where you can

find this pattern when I do my next post as this one

should be done by then.

My granddaughter is here and watching Minne Mouse already.

I just have to share a few more pics of my family:

these were taken on Friday after we ate.

My Husband Terry and 2 of our granddaughters.

My son TJ giving another granddaughter a ride.

and our youngest grandson riding his 3 wheeler.

They all had a blast.

Oh and I forgot this picture

These 3 spent Wednesday before Thanksgiving with me and

they decided they needed a fort in my living room.

They had the dinning room chairs, the couch cushions and

every blanket they could find.

Well I better get to finishing my christmas decorating and spending

some time with the little one here.

Happy Stitching!

Denise



I finished my Biscornu

yes I did I finished it up this weekend

And I can honestly say I did not enjoy

sewing it together.

The corners and making sure

it was centered

But now I can say I made one.

Heres another view of it

I signed up for the 2012 Crazy Challenge and

one of the 15 projects I have listed is a

15 sided Biscornu,

well lets just say I am rethinking that one

I have until January 1 to change my mind.

I finished a couple more

Christmas ornaments

Just little little ones.

As you can see by the quarter laying there

they are pretty little but oh so cute and

easy to stitch up

Last night I decided I was going to work on a

WIP

So I started digging thru my stuff and

found this Santa picture that I

started in June

the only stitching I got done on it

last night was that little bit of blue

by my glasses,

I am not sure if it will be done by Christmas,

but I am going to give it a try!

Here is what it will look like when completed

Well I am off to get some errands done and some

shopping done for Thanksgiving.

Thanksgiving dinner will be on Friday

for us this year.

My daughters are spending Thursday with

there in-laws and so as to not make it

a busy day we decided to have ours on

Friday and they could spend the whole day

with us!!!!

I am so Thankful for my loving children and

grandchildren!

Happy Thankgiving everyone

Denise

Good Morning

OK Time for an update on my blog.

It's not because I have not been stitching

Because I have been doing plenty of that

its that procrastion thing.

I try and read blogs every morning so that

I can keep up. Then I have to play a

couple of games on facebook and check

my emails. And then I check the time

and my morning is shot.

And I think I will update the blog later or

 even tomorrow.

Well I decided before I read any blogs this morning

I had to do this first.

So Here Goes Nothing!

Weekend before last my daughter and her 3 girls

came and spent some time with us

(they also brought the stomach flu with them thanks girls)

so Monday and Tuesday DH had it

and I had it Wed - Friday

(ya me, this getting old sucks)

Thank goodness I was feeling better for the

weekend because my niece came home for

a visit ( and it was her mothers birthday)

I didn't get to visit with her as much as I would

have liked but I had to play nice a share her

with every one else that want  to see her.

(Love you Chrissy)

Monday was a sad day! Had a funeral to attend.

A highschool class mate and close friend to our

oldest daughter was killed in a auto accident.

he was 31 and left a wife of less than 6 months and

a 1 year son that he adored.( RIP Gary )

Tuesday was a happier day as I got to spend it

with none other than my

Granddaughter.

And too many stories on how she made me laugh all day!

on to the stitchie stuff.

This is another Mini cross stitch ornament

from Liesure Arts

stitched on 14 ct white aida

with DMC floss

and I finish the back with white felt

this was a freebie I found when I was

looking around the blogs.

All the information was in a different

language except for the DMC colors I needed

The orginal design was not back stitched

but i thought it made my snowman stand out more.

And last but not least I am still working on

stitching up my Biscornu.

I will complete this one before I start another

christmas ornament!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This material is actually white not blue as the

picture looks ( damn lighting)

Not much left if I would just sit and stitch on it!

And I am planning on having it completed

tonight! I am thinking I will add a few beads

to this one.

Ok well if I want to get some stitching done I

better get this posted, do some reading of my

blogs and maybe a couple of loads of laundry done.

Enjoy the rest of the week

Happy Stitching

Denise

I had a Great Weekend

I had the best weekend ever!

My girls were home,

My oldest daughter only lives 10 miles from us

but my middle daughter lives 2 hours away,

so her and her 3 girls stayed with us

Friday and Saturday night.

Friday night we had wine and

Tastefully Simply Beer Bread

and 4 different dips

(the kids got orange juice & sprite mixed together)

they thought that was great until I ran out.

Saturday I made a big pot of Chili and

a pot of Country Chicken Chowder for 

everyone to enjoy when they got hungry.

The girls took lots of pictures of there kids on the farm.

On to some Stitchy stuff:

Friday I finished a LK that I have been working on for a while.

I stitched it on 32 ct but don't remember the name of it

and used the floss that it called for.

Now I need to decided if I am going to put it in

a frame or make it into a pillow. 

Then I also finished a Christmas ornament

Ornament #2

This is for the Christmas Ornament Challenge that I joined.

This one came from a book called

Leisure Arts - Mini Cross Stitch Ornaments

produced by Kooler Designs Studio

There are 116 designs in this book.

I Finished this little cutie with white felt on the back

And I put a few more stitches in my

Norwegian Biscornu

So there you have it,

A bunch of stitching done

a great weekend with family

what more could a girl ask for!

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 

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