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

A - Z about me!

I read this on another blog about a week ago and figured I would post it also.

A - Age:53
B - Bed size: queen
C - Chore that you hate: Cleaning the bathroom
D - Dogs: 2 big boys, yellow lab name Sonny & german shepherd named Tank
E - Essential start to your day: coffee
F - Favorite color: purple
G - Gold or Silver: Gold
H - Height: 5'3"
I - Instruments you play: None
J - Job title: Housewife
K - Kids: 2 girls 1 boy - Jill, Kay & TJ
L - Live: on a farm in SD
M - Make of car: Buick Park Ave
N - Nicknames: when I was little it was Missy
O - Overnight Hospital stays: 3 C-sections and 1 Mini stroke
P - Pet peeves: people that call me during my favorite shows
Q - Quote from a movie:   ?
R - Right or left handed: Right
S - Siblings: 2 younger Sisters 1 twin brother ( yes I am a twin)
T - Time you wake up: 6 o clock every morning if not earlier
U - Underware: ? I don't know but I thought everyone wore them.
V - Veggie you Hate: PEAS
W - What makes you run late: being forgetful
X - Xrays you had: Denist and when I had my Mini stroke they took tons of them.
Y - Yummy food that you make: Fried chicken
Z - Zoo animal: my favorite have to be the big cats

There you have it, everything about me from A - Z. That was kinda fun. And I hope you enjoyed reading it.

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

Good morning everyone!

Last night I finished another

Christmas ornament

Designer: Log Cabin Needleworks (freebie)

I used a piece of 32 ct linen from my stash

and used DMC floss

I plan on finishing it like I did

Merry Christmas ornament that I

did in August.

(You can see it on my side bar.)

After I finished this one last night I then

decided that I needed to finish up

LK  Wanted - Santa

All I have left is a few of the words

Then I will post a final picture of it.

I have my Granddaughter here now

and she is demanding my attention at

the moment.

She has her coat on upside down and

wants to go out side to see the cows.

Time to go

Happy Stitching

Denise



November 1st already!

Hopefully everyone had a super Halloween!

I had 3 of my grand kids come over to

Treat Or Treat

Gavin was a Army Man

Trey was a hunter

& Sharlee was Minnie Mouse

OK on to the stitchie stuff

I said I would post some update

so here they are

this one is going to be my first Biscornu

I found it on Whole World Biscornu

I'm using 28 ct jobelan antique white

and DMC variegated blue floss.

This one is a freebie from Brenda Gervais

With thy Needle & Thread

She did it to welcome October 2009

I am using 32 ct linen from my stash

and the DMC floss she suggests.

OK off to finish my dishes and do a little

house quick pickup and then

an afternoon of stitching.

Welcome to all my new followers

Thank you for joining me.

Happy Stitching everyone!

Denise



Oh for the Love of Stitching

Didn't know what else to use as a title???

A quick post this morning before things get busy here on the farm. We were flood out of our house last spring as most of you know. We had water almost to our rafters in our basement. Thank goodness we just have a cement basement and the only things down there are the furnance and water pressure system. Well after the water was gone we relaced the pressure system so we could have running water but never got the furnace replaced. Finally after a month of heating our house with one Eden Pure electric heater our furnace is being replace today!YA!

In my last post I said I was going to start a Biscornu and I did get it started (sorry no picture of my progress yet). In one of the comments (Sarah) asked which one I was doing. Well I got it from World of BIscornu ( here). I am using DMC verigated blue to stitch it in. I have about half of it done.  I have a lot of Norwegian in me and I have relatives that live there and I have visited Norway in 1993. ( would love to make another trip there). So I thought it fitting to stitch the one from Norway. There are actually several Norwegian patterns on this site but I liked the one with the reindeer on it best.

The reason I am not done with it is because I had to start another piece that I came across it also is a freebie. ( I think i need to stop looking at everyones blogs and seeing such cute stuff) I had seen it on someone elses blog who had stitched it up. But it is one of Brenda Gervais from With Thy Needle and Thread blog ( here ) I started it yesterday and have the pumpkin, stem and leaves done and I am starting on the black bird this morning. ( sorry again no picture yet ) I used a piece of 32 ct fabric that I had in my stash and used the DMC floss that she recommends.

Time to get my chores done so I can sit and stitch the day away. I will post some pictures tomorrow so drop back by.

Have a great Holloween weekend
Denise

Hot Chocolate anyone?

I have a stitching finish to show

This was a freebie and I don't remember how I 

found it but you can get the pattern (here) 

 I stitched it on 18 count aida cloth

and used DMC colors

938 for the dark brown

434 for the light brown

712 for the mild cream

I think I will be hanging it in my kitchen

on the wall with these two pictures

that I stitched up a while ago.

Sorry about the glare, they are hanging in my

kitchen and the sun was shining this morning.

Well not much is going on around here lately.

I have weaned all my baby bottle calves,

so no chores for me until we start buying more.

Trying to get some of my family history done,

but that is slow going right now.

I think it time to start a new

project.

I am going to make a biscornu

this will be my first,

WISH ME LUCK!

We are having beautiful weather here today

I think that I will be sitting on my deck

with my new project in hand.

Have a great week everyone.

and

Happy Stitching

Denise

Catch up

I have been lazy again about posting on my blog

sorry! And I am behind on reading the blogs

that I follow also.

Last week I worked on Wanted - Santa by LK

I don't have a lot left on this one just the words

And then of course I had to start a new one

It is a Freebie that I saw on another blog

sorry I don't remember who's blog it was, 

should have written it down

when I printed it off.

Its called

Hot Chocolate - Liquid Heaven

I am using DMC floss and 18 count aida

It stitches up pretty quick.

I have not stitched since Friday. We had the

grandsons most of the week end. They were

helping there grandpa finish up the

combineing in the last field.

Saturday night I got a phone call from a

distance relative (never met her before) and that she and another

cousin were working on our  family history.

( another one of my passions)

I Have been doing my family history for quite a few years,

so they were wondering if I could help them with some info,

she emailed me the info that she had!

So this got the juices flowing again in search of the

past

It would be so neat to meet these women

but they live on the east side of Iowa and I'm on

the east side of SD. May be some day!

So Sunday and most of Monday I sat on the

computer looking up information that I had and

checking my sources before I send her my info.

Today is a catch up day!

First I am going to do a little shopping

then I have to get some laundry caught up

and my floors are in need of some attention

and some other general cleaning.

And then some stitching time!

I want to work on Hot Chocolate for a while.

Well it time for me to hit the road

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 

Where did this week go!!!!

Figured it was time for an update

and did not think

that I had much to report

but as I sit here thinking of what to type

I realize that I stitched more than I thought.

Monday I didn't stitch at all,

So Tuesday  I stitched Hope # 6 of the

12 Christmas Blessings from LK.

Then  I got all the alphabet done on BoaF Mystery Sampler

(sorry no picture of update next posting for sure)

The I got all the christmas presents stitched on

Wanted - Santa from LK

(again no picture yet)

Then I found this very cute Freebie

from Daffycat Designs (here)

I finished it as a pillow for my fall basket.

the material it is setting on is the backing.

Saturday I didn't get to stitch because

my DH had there final Pickup pull in Menno, SD

It was 1:30 in the morning before we got home.

Sunday I did a couple more finishes

this one I stitched up this year, it is also by LK

And another LK that I stitched up last year and

just never finish - finished it.

Here is all 3 of them that I finished up

Well thats about all for now. Time to go watch Mickey Mouse

with my grand daughter and start another christmas blessing.

Wanted - Santa

Just a quick update on what I am working on at the moment.

It is an easy one to stitch up.

I started it on Tuesday (9/14/11)

Wanted -Santa  (Lizzie Kate)

Stitched on 28 ct Sand Castle Hand dyed Linen

and used recommended floss

My DH & I are planning to go on a Benifit Poker Run today.

A group of us will be driving our vintage vehicles.

We have a 1955 GMC pickup. I will post some pics

tomorrow, time permitting.

I hope everyone has a great weekend

Happy Stitching

Denise



Time for an Update

I'm not missing just busy! my grandson Trey who just turned 9 years old and is in the 3rd grade has started playing football. He has played two games and I went and watched both of them. Saturday morning was his second game. He is such a cute football player if I do say so.

Sunday found me drinking that great stuff they give you before a colonoscopy.

And Monday morning was my procedure. It took a lot out of me and when

I got back home after it was over I slept most of the day.

Monday night my husband gets home and tells me he bought

5 more baby bottle calves, so now I am up to 15 babys in my barn.

Tuesday I had my little Granddaughter all day so I did not

get to stitch until after supper.

Here are my updates for this past week:

I got a little bit more done on BoaF.

I completed another Christmas Blessing by LK.

That makes 5 done now.

And last night I started Wanted by LK

I love stitching Santa's!

I try to complete at least one every year.

Well I have some more blogs to read and some stitchin I want to do, so

Happy Stitching everyone!

Denise

Beautiful Day

Sitting on my deck with a cup of coffee listening to the birds, the trees moving in a gentle breeze, the chickens in the hen house are clucking, and hostein fat calves arrrrrrrrre getting out of there pen as I sit here and watch them. Well so much for relaxing. Off I go to get them back in.

I'm back, with the help of my two big dogs we got them in and hopefully they stay in! Now warm my coffee up and back to relaxing. I love this time of the year, now hot and not cold, just right to sit outside and relax.

Last night I sat and worked on BoaF Mystery Sampler ( I know all three parts are out and I am still working on it) I got all the leaves of the tree done and now I am starting on the boarder.

Monday I finished another of my 12 Christmas Blessings by LK - that makes 4 that I have completed stitching.

this one gave me some problems:

As I started to stitch it the thread I was going to use decided to knot up

grab a new piece of floss and start stitching.

Got the roof and beside the church done, then realized

they were suppose to be stitched in gunmetal not whitewash.

I decided to leave it and frog it later.

After I finished the piece I thought it looked ok so I left it as is.

No frogging!

Oh ya I am 1/2 stitch off and I think it is in the lower left corner.

but you can't tell it.

Here is all four of the stitched Blessings

Well time to get some house work done and them some more stitching.

Happy Stitching

Denise

My Stitching Space

A few weeks ago I read a couple different blogs

and they were showing off there

Stitching Space.

So I decided to show off where I sit and stitch

My Husband calls this mama bears chair

This is on the right hand side of my chair, all my little

stitchy stuff is in my chocolate tin.

This basket is too my left side and holds my

WIP's and ofcourse my orts.

And the wicker box it is sitting on is full too.

And there you have it, nothing fancy just my own

little piece of heaven.

I would love to see where everyone else does

there stitching.

Happy Stitching

Denise

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I Have another Finish

Pins & Needles By Blackbird Designs

I used some Mystery 32 ct. linen I had in my stash

and used the recommended Crescent Colours

Started on 8/10/2011

Finished stitching on 9/1/2011

Finished putting it together 9/2/2011

This is the fabric that I put on the back.

Beings I did not work on Lizzy Kate yesterday I will be

working on Faith of the 12 Christmas Blessings

today.

Well I am off to get some house work done so that I

can sit and Stitch this afternoon

Everyone have a great weekend!

Happy Stitching

Denise