Good Morning Everyone!!!!!!

Once again it's been awhile (April 18th to be exact) 

It has been busy, fun, sad, some family time, some cross stitching, & some quilting. 

Family Time

April 18 we helped my Sister in Law celebrate her 50th birthday

April 19 we joined our grandson as he had his First Communion at church

Gavin is the one in the red shirt

April 24 I started a new quilt

This pattern is out of American Patchwork and Quilting Magazine

It is called Thirty Something 

Some of the material I am using

and some of the 4 1/2" blocks that I have completed as of today.

I need to make 42 of these blocks.

May 1st was my mother in laws 80th birthday and we had family from out of state come to visit and help celebrate her birthday.

We spent the weekend of May 8th with our daughter and grand kids camping. It was a little cold and rained Saturday night but we had a great time.

May 12  I traveled to Mitchell SD for PSE training for my Post Office job. Friday May 15 was our testing day and I pass so I still have my job. Ya me!

Thursday May 14th while in Mitchell I got a call that my Dad was taken to the VA Hospital - COPD flair up. We spoke with the Dr. and was told that Dad only had a short time left. So my sister flew in from New Mexico on Sunday and while we were out having supper we got the call that he had passed away.
Saying Goodbye May 24,2015

His 8 grandchildren were the pallbearers 

7 of the 8 grandchildren

My dads 2 brothers and his sister

On May 25 we attended Memorial Day Service at Willow Creek Lutheran Church

Laying flowers on a Veterans grave

Watching the Memorial Day Parade in Dell Rapids.

Jill and her family


Now some cross stitch news
I pick up We Three Kings again and here is what it looks like now

A new start and finish

America by Thread works Primitives
Started 5/24/15
Finished 5/29/15
32 ct Lt Sand Belfast linen
GA -midnight and shaker white - WDW - red rock

New Start

Olde Glory by Heart in Hand
started 5/30/15
32 ct Lt Sand Belfast Linen
WDW - whitewash, lancaster red, americana

Well that is about it for me folks, Sorry this post was so long !
The weekend is upon us and I hope everyone get to put in some stitching time. I know that I plan on it.

Happy Stitching
Denise

My last Post for 2014

Good Morning Everyone!

My My My the time does fly by!

 And this Chick has not felt the blogging mood for a long time!

I have still been reading a lot of blogs and enjoying all the eye candy you all are showing.

My goal for 2015 is to do better with the blogging but have found that I get more done around the house and stitching if I keep the computer time to a minimum. 

Here are some of the things I have been stitching on for the last couple of months:

for some reason un-be-known to me I can't get it turned correctly. But they are a couple of fall finishes

My new addition to my stitching area is this 6 drawer stand. Each drawer is big enough for a project that I am working on.  I just love it!

My new addition to my kitchen

My old refrigerator died on me and I have been wanting one of these with the freezer on the bottom for a very long time.

The week before Thanksgiving my sister came up from NM for a visit and we drove down to my niece's for her son's baptism. We had a wonderful weekend and an early thanksgiving dinner with them on Sunday.

I am still working on this little guys birth sampler. I am not done with it yet because his mother keeps telling me it ok to work on other projects. But here is an update so far.

Sorry about the wrinkles but I won't press it until I am finished with it.

I am working on the hedgehog at the moment. aren't those little critters the cutest!

 when we got home from Iowa and our visit I stitched this little ornament up for my niece for her Christmas tree.

Its Called One More Stitch by Victoria Sampler and can be found in the 2014 Christmas ornament magazine.

And here is the back side

I put her initials on it. She also stitches but with 2 little ones her stitching time is limited. I remember those days.

Last but not least

I finished this little ornament up yesterday.

Perfect Gift

Full Circle Design 

from the 2004 Christmas ornament magazine.

started - 12-15-14 

finished 12-28-14

So with that ornament finished its back to some of my WIP's for a little while.

It's been a busy last couple of months with my sister coming home, harvest here on the farm. Christmas programs, shopping, working a few more hours. I am hoping for a little more me time after the first of the year.

Hope everyone had a Merry Christmas

and that you have a 

Blessed New Year!

Happy Stitching and see you all next year!!!!!

Denise

It's about TIME!

Good Morning Everyone!

Wow I haven't posted since July 28th and boy have I been busy. 

Get comfortable and enjoy my update.

I had a small finish on the 6th of August

Winter's Eve
Country Cottage Needleworks
JCS Christmas Ornaments 2006
Started 8/1/14
Completed 8/6/14
Finished size 4x4

Isn't it the cutest little ornament!

Next we had family visit from CO. So we had a full house!

The kids always want to sleep at our house and the parent are up at my in-laws house. It is so much fun spending time with them!

Sitting on the deck visiting

During July and Aug are our busy time with truck pulls. We had one just about every weekend .
We ended in Aug with our big family camping trip to Prairie Village and several nights of tractor and truck pulls.  Here are some pictures from our weekend.

Kay and her girls

SIL, DIL, and my Son and I can't quite tell who is laying on the ground

And we had a fire in the Pulling Truck
Lots of excitement there!

The 6th of Sept was my oldest grandsons birthday. OMG he turned 12 this year, I can't believe how the time has just flown by. That was a busy Saturday - First we went and watched the birthday boy and his brother play football (there first game of the season)

This is the birthday boy, he is the one with his hand on the football

I won't bore you with any more pics of the football game, lets just say I took a lot of pics of my two grandsons. Then we went to my daughter's house and had cake and ice cream and watched Trey open his gifts.
My husband & I Left from there and headed to Milbank, SD to attend a wedding of friends of ours. It was far enough away that we stay overnight and came back on Sunday. We had a great time !

The happy couple entering the reception hall.

Two weeks later we attended another wedding in Storm Lake, Iowa. Sorry no pics of the happy couple because I forgot to pack my camera. But again we had a great time!

We have one more wedding coming up but my husband will be going to that one by himself because I will be attending an annual weekend stitching retreat at Lake Shetek. My oldest daughter Jill will be going also. We are so looking forward to this get away!!!

The following pictures are of some of the things I have been working on and have not finished yet.

Another Christmas Block (only 8 more to go)

This small table runner I started last year and made a mistake
on one of the end pieces. I finally took it apart and resewed
it. It is now quilted and ready for the binding.

I have the top done of this round Christmas table topper.

 Last but not least is a birth sampler that I am working on for my great nephew

It is called Woodland Folk
There will be 6 little creatures sitting on the log when I get it done. 

Well there you have it in a nut shell!
Enjoy your weekend everyone!

Happy Stitching
Denise

a little of this and a little of that

Good Morning Everyone!

I hope everyone enjoyed their Easter Weekend. I know I did. Had lots of family time.

We have had a few nice warm days here and now today we have rain. But the sun is suppose to shine this afternoon and get into the 60's.

I had a couple of Ladies ask about my floss box

I got it from Hobby Lobby and the brand name is Yarnology. I bought this box special for my We Three Kings project to keep all my supplies organized and in one place. Speaking of We Three Kings, I did work on it but not very much.

I have made a start on the third King

I have been struggling with the dark material and counting and seeing where I need to be so I went in search of some help and this is what I found.

An Ott Light with a small magnifier. You can use it in the stand you see here in the picture or it will clip to the hoop or Qsnap and gives me that extra light I need. A lot easier on my eyes now.

I could not help myself I started another project 

It doesn't look like much yet, but in each square will be some flowers.

This piece is called A Prairie Garden by The Prairie Schooler. I started this on Sunday evening. I need to go to town and get more green floss as I am almost out. So until then I will work on the flowers.

Well thats about it for now,

I will leave you with a few pictures I took on Easter of my family.

horseshoes and beanbag toss

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