Stitching Retreat at Lake Shetek

Good Morning Everyone!

I got back for Lake Shetek on Sunday afternoon and I am just now getting things put away. I didn't have to work at the Post Office yesterday so I chose to spend it with my grandchildren. We had a great time, we went out for lunch, and then hung out at the shop. 

The boys sprayed out the beans and cleaned out the combine for grandpa.

And my granddaughter took a nap.

Well now on to the stitching stuff.

Jill and I packed up and left after she got off work on Wednesday night. 

Thursday morning we woke up to this beautiful sight!

Thursday Morning

Saturday Morning

American Flag Quilt Sampler

Finished backstitching Mississippi and completed Illinois

Here is We Three Kings before and after

I put in about 540 stitches

Sunflower Dishtowel

This towel I started a very long time ago. So this weekend I
worked on it and backstitched the flowers . 

And last but not least

Woodland Folk

I finished back stitching the little fox and got the squirrel done 

A picture from where I was sitting and working

This was the deck right out side our work area - there are 2
squirrels playing on it.

And these are the towels that my daughter made for me to hang on my stove.
Aren't they cute.

Well there are a lot more pictures and stories to show and tell but I need to get to work so off I go for now.

Happy Stitching

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

American Flag Quilt Sampler update

Good Morning Everyone!

This past weekend was spent working on American Flag Quilt Sampler. I have not worked on this piece since March 25th. Here is what I got done.

Indiana is complete and Mississippi just needs to be back-stitched.

I intend to finish the back-stitching on Mississippi then it will be put away so that I can work on Woodland folks for the rest of the week.

Here is what AFQS looks like at this point.

Well that's about all for me this chilly Monday morning!

Happy Stitching

Denise

Happy Thread the Needle Day!

Did you know that today was Thread the Needle Day? Yep I looked it up and it truly is!

And here is my happy dance - look what I finished last night while watching TV.

Yep finished the last 3 corners last night, it already to be framed.

Well I am off to get groceries and calf feed (sounds like fun don't it) this morning before it gets hot this afternoon

Happy Stitching

Denise

Update, Ebay, and Camping

Good Morning Everyone!
The weather here in my part of the world has been great! A few hot days but nothing unbearable. Today we have sun and a slight breeze, so I am sitting on the deck with my coffee as I work on this post.

First off to update you on what I have  been stitching the past couple of weeks.

Prairie Gardens

Remember in my last post I was frogging because I miss counted

And now I have restitched  and completed that square and
started another one

Woodland Folks

This was as of July 12

And I have a little bit more dark brown completed 

And a new start and almost finish is 

hip hip Hurrah by

Bent Creek

I saw this on someone else's blog and loved it, I googled it, found one on ebay. I was the only person that bid on it so I won it and it came in the mail on Thursday (July 17th) and I started on Friday.

All I have left to do is the 3 corners and it will be done. It was an easy stitch!! Love Love Love it!!!

I also have been cleaning up my stitching room and decided to part with some of my patterns that I know that I will never stitch or have stitch but won't stitch again. I have listed over 50 patterns on ebay and plan to go through more of my stuff and list them as well. So if you are interested you can check my stuff out HERE.

One Last picture for you, This was taken last weekend while we were camping. 

This was in the morning after we woke them up so we could head home. A few of them still look a little bit sleepy, but I got a few smiles for the camera. 

Well I am off to get ready for an afternoon at the Post Office.

Everyone have a great day

Happy Stitching

Denise

Good Evening Everyone!

Today was a warm one so I was inside most of this afternoon. I got my mowing done this morning while it was still comfortable outside.

In my last post I told you all about our medical stuff going on and I am happy to report that everyone is on the mend and feeling much better. My husband and grandson still have some healing to do but they are doing great.

Our 4th of July was spent at a small town celebration - we have attended this celebration for about 10 years. And our whole family usually attends 

getting a ride before the pull starts

Sharlee showing off her new swimming suit.

sitting in the shade before the pull started

making it down the track

one of the tractors that is pulling

Now on to some of my stitching projects that I have worked on.

I worked on Woodland folks a little bit and then decided I needed to enlarge the chart so I could see it better. But here is a picture of my progress so far.

all the grass is done

started on the wooden log

While I was waiting to get the chart enlarged I worked on Prairie Gardens

 

As you can see I had a lot more completed on this square but miscounted and I just could not make it work with out pulling out all the stitches and start over on it. I have it all frogged and started over, this time I started on the bottom of the square. That seems to work the best for me.

The other thing that I worked on was some Christmas Wreaths & Stars Quilt blocks

January, February, & March Blocks

January - Bear Paw Wreath

February - Snowflake Star

March - Pinwheel Wreath

Well that is about it for me tonight - time to get ready for bed
I hope everyone enjoys there Sunday!
Happy Stitching
Denise

Update and New Start

Good Morning Everyone!

Lots to update you on, 

Last week was a week of medical stuff and not for me this time.

First my grandson broke his nose and had to have surgery to fix it.

He got hit by a golf ball, poor kid. But he is doing good and is healing fast.

Our next medical situation was that my husband had to have surgery for a hernia.

It was a same day surgery and he is also doing fine but is not allowed to do any heavy lifting yet.

The same day of the surgery my daughter sent me a picture of our granddaughter, she had been playing out side the night before and got bitten up by bugs and her eyes were swollen shut. A little bit of benadryl  and ice packs and she back to normal.
So things happen in 3's so we should be good for a while now.

So on to some stitching stuff.

Here is the material I found to finish this pin keep with, what do you think?


More progress on Prairie Garden

And a new start

This is a piece that I am doing for my niece's new little man, Zachary.
This piece is called Woodland Folks by Lee Holland and DMC.
This is what it will look like when completed

I will be putting some clouds above the animal and stitching his name and birth date on it to make it a birth sampler. Aren't those little animals just the cutest things.

On Sunday we had a family reunion at the park, and we celebrated a couple of miles stone also.
First was my aunt and uncles 50th wedding anniversary 

And my mom's cousin's 80th birthday

The highlight of the afternoon was when my twin brother took another one of the cousins for a ride on his Harley. She was so excited and loved it.

Well that is all I have for you today!
Time to get some work done.
Happy Stitching
Denise