Monday Update

I've made some progress on An Open Heart by The Drawn Thread.  This is fun to stitch, although I find I'm making stupid mistakes that lead to some serious frogging. 

So good progress for the weekend. 

I also made a little bag over the weekend but need to find a great button to truly finish it up.  I'll post a picture of that once I find just the right thing.

Have a great week.

Keep Stitching!

Wednesday Update

 I've been busy the past few days and haven't had much stitching to post. But today is the day.

I had a three day weekend last weekend.  I had planned to get lots of stitching done.  Friday I was off so that my dishwasher could be delivered. I was getting things done around the house and the dishwasher was delivered without incident. 

I went outside to empty the garbage and found that I had locked myself out of the house.  Forutnately, it was a beautiful day and I was able to enjoy sitting in the sun until someone came home.  I kept thinking while I was sitting there that that would have been a great time to be stitching.  In fact, that was the first question someone asked me about the incident - did I have my stitching. Somehow, I managed to fritter away the rest of Friday without any stitching.

And more of the same on Saturday, without the getting locked out part.  I did do my Fall decorating.  It's too dark today to take pictures to show that.  Hopefully, it will be lighter tomorrow and I can do that then.

I did read How to Knit a Love Song by Rachel Herron over the weekend.  Each time I read a book about knitting I want to be a knitter.  Only thing is that the gauge thing trips me up every time.  Unless it's a project where gauge doesn't matter a lot, like a scarf, I'm out of luck.  I am going to go and watch someone else knit one of these days to see if I can see where my problem is.  I may even have to take a lesson.

I did get some stitching done on Sunday and finished stitching A Very Merry Autumn.  I hope to get this put together this coming weekend.  Actually, I had hoped to do that last weekend, but I would have had to finish the stitching before Sunday night.  

I decided over the weekend that I would like to choose one of my projects to focus on - meaning that's the one I work on exclusivelly while at home.  I chose An Open Heart by The Drawn Thread.  Here is my progress so far.  I am finding this piece to be a lot of fun and a tad addictive.  Each little motif is a different stitch and last night I found myself wanting to do just "one more" before I went to bed. 

Tonight is stitching at a friend's house.  I made brownies last night to take there tonight.  Not sure which project I'll take, but I have all day to figure that out.

Keep Stitching!

A Finish

I've finished the 1992 Santa.  It took a little longer than I had hoped, but it's finished.  Or the stitching is finished.  The  finish finishing will have to come later.

I spent some time looking through my stash and decided that this will be my next piece.  It should be a really quick stitch.

I'm off to start my new project. 

Have a great night!

Monday, Monday

First up, the progress update on the 1992 Santa.   He's coming along - I think he only needs accessories (boots and fishing pole) and he'll be finished.   Here's hoping that I can focus enough to accomplish that tonight.  So I may be able to post a finish tomorrow.

This is where I had lunch today.  I actually eat under this tree on most nice days.  A peaceful place in the shade.  At least that's what I tell myself when I try to tune out the trucks on the three-lane highway within yards of the park.

Thanks for stopping by.  I hope you'll come back soon.

September 11

No stitchy post today. 

I am thinking about what happened ten years ago and how our country has changed in that time.  I had an opportunity to see some of the news coveage this morning and found that it was very moving.  The creativity that went in to the memorials is inspiring.

Gone but Not Forgotten.

Saturday

So far, it's shaping up to be a wonderful Saturday.  The sun is shining and although there are clouds in the sky they are layered over a blue background.

I spent this morning and early afternoon at one of my stitching groups. Here is my progress to date on the 1992 Santa. He's coming along.   I wasn't able to stitch last night since we had to shop for things like groceries, a dishwasher, and a back door.  But, I should be able to get more accomplished tonight.

Enjoy the rest of your Saturday.

Glad It's Friday

I don't know about you but I'm glad it's Friday.  Just one more workday until the weekend.

Sorry,  I don' t  have any stitching updates to show.  I wasn't able to stitch yesterday.  Hopefully today and/or tonight.

Have great Friday!

An Update

A little progress on the 1992 Santa yesterday.  I hadn't looked at the picture on the chart and was pleasantly surprised to find that what I thought were sprigs in the basket was actually a lobster.  How cute is that?  I still need to do a little more work around the lobster - maybe at lunchtime today.

It's still raining here.  So far we've had 8 1/2" of rain.  I think we can get up to 3 more inches today.  I'd really like to see the sun one of these days - the forecast is saying next week. 

Stay dry.  Have great day.

What A Great Idea

While reading blogs I stumbled across a reference to WIPocalypse  (thank you Kielrain for sharing what you found.)   I have signed up and will need to make a list of WIPs and UFOs I'd like to complete in 2012.  (I had signed up for something similar in 2011 but due to technical difficulties I couldn't overcome I wasn't able to participate. )  What a fun prospect and motivation to work on my stitching room to see what goodies may be lurking there.

The 1994 Santa is finished.  I put his last stitches on last last night.  I'm happy with the way he turned out.  Not sure how I want to finish him yet.  So into the box he will go.

Next up is the 1992 Santa by Prairie Schooler.  I think he is the oldest thing in my stash.  I'm not sure I want to dig any further to confirm that.  This is how he looked when I found him again last night.  So, I've got a long way to go on that one.  Sorry about the glare on the chart, that was the best I could do picture wise.  The others were even worse!

I hope to make progress on this guy tonight at Stitch n Gab.

Back to Work

The lovely long weekend is over today.  It's back to work for me. 

I did make more progress on the 1994 Santa as you can see below.  Another evening or so and I may have him finished.  Poor guy really needs some boots.  Something to look forward to tonight!

It's rainy here and may be for the next couple of days.  So far I can see 3 1/2" in the rain gauge.  It should be an interesting ride in to work to see how far the rivers have risen overnight. 

I only got two hexies added to one of my flowers for my grandmother's flower garden quilt.  I'd like to make some progress on that in the coming week.

Have a great day.

Happy Labor Day!

I hope that you are having a wonderful Labor Day.   Ours is a bit rainy - so it's probably good we don't have a picnic planned.  I feel for all those people who have decided to have an end of summer bash today.

A little more progress on 1 the 1994 Santa.  Again, hope to make more progress today and tonight.  It looks like such a little thing and seems to be taking a long time.

It seems to be such a slow go, but I can see a little more progress.  The colors on the birds seem a little distorted in this picture.   I'll try for a better picture tomorrow.

I got Will's room back to the way I like it and actually stitched in here last night.

Lots of progress on other fronts this weekend but not as much stitching as I had hoped.

Enjoy the rest of your Labor Day.

A Little Progress

I did my thing and went to the football game to sell raffle tickets - we only sold 3 and I bought one of those. We have a long way to go on this fundraiser.   A lot of people said that they didn't have money with them and would catch us next time.  I hope so.

A little more progress on the 1994 Santa.  Certainly doesn't look like hours of work when compared to yesterday.  I must say that I am having to stab on this one since it's done on 18 ct Davos and I am not able to establish the sewing rhythm that I normally use when I stitch.  I was searching for some missing floss and found out that this isn't the oldest one in my stash.  I found the 1992 Santa!  I guess I'll stitch him when I'm finished with this one.

Still haven't gotten the hang of styling my hair.  I did buy some "product" which is supposed to help, but I may not have bought the right thing.  It looks a little better than yesterday.  By the time I go back to work on Tuesday I should look presentable.

I did get some home tending done yesterday.  And a little more today.  I've got Will's room put back together the way I like it.  And that is one more task off my list.  I also spent some time sorting papers today and have two nice bags full to be burned when Mr. S gets home.

I hope to make more progress on Santa.  It's after 3:00 here so I had better get started soon.

Have a wonderful Sunday.

Saturday Update

It's Saturday and a beautiful day here in Pennsylvania.  A bit humid, but it is September and likely to be humid a good part of the month.

Last night I put that last stitches in Summer by Blackbird Designs shown below.

And I resurrected this guy from the WIP pile.  It's the 1994 Santa by Prairie Schooler.  I think this is one of the oldest things to be stitched in my stash. He is the Santa with sunflowers.  I hope to put in some of the details tonight.  I had already done about half of the red you see here before I picked it up again last night.  I don't want you to think that I'm that speedy or sleep deprived.

 I did meet my stitchy friends for lunch yesterday.  We had a wonderful time.  I think some people were curious about what we were finding so funny - I noticed several people walk past us several times to see what was going on.  A wonderful afternoon.  I had to leave so I could see Mr. S before he left for the shore for the weekend.

Also, got one on other mission accomplished yesterday which was a haircut.  I should have taken a picture when I got home yesterday because what I have done today bears little resemblance to the way I looked when I left the stylist yesterday!

I'm off to the high school football game.  I don't know who is playing and don't even understand the game  - just know I need to go to as one of the drama moms to help out with a fundraiser for the drama club.

Hope you enjoy the rest of  your day. 

The Weekend Is Here

Well, I'm off from work today so my weekend has officially begun.  I planned it so that I can have a four day weekend (a little greedy, I know) and I think I'll be at home.

So, weekend plans.  I am meeting some of my stitchy friends for lunch at Panera later today.  Always good to see them. 

I would like to get some work done on Summer by Blackbird Designs. I do not have much stitching left to complete this part.  I hope to finish it up this weekend.  That way I'll be ready when the second part is released this month.  For this I used fibers that were in my stash a mix of DMC and the called for Weeks Dye Works.  The fabric is a substitution provided by The Silver Needle since the suggested fabric was on backorder.  I'm not sure what this is called but I like it.

This arrived from here this week.  However, the fabric is on backorder so I'll have to drool over this for a bit longer.

I'm working on a Grandmother's Flower Garden quilt and would like to add the next row of hexies to these blocks before the weekend is over. 

And then, of course, there are all the usual home tending things that I had hoped to get done during the week but didn't. 

Have a wonderful Labor Day Weekend.  Keep stitching.

Happy September!

I'm think I'm coming back to blogging. 

Today I'd like to share some pictures of things I put out this morning which I call my monthly decorations.  I have a bunch of these that I rotate every month.

I have a collection of these Santas of the Month.  They were designed by Curtis Boehringer.  They are all done in flower thread.  I place these on a table in living room.

I also have a collection of these little hearts.  They came from a Leisure Arts book years ago.

This lives in my kitchen.  I think it's by Bent Creek.  I swap the picture out every month and use the frame again and again.

Sorry for the blurry picture of Sheepy.  He lives in my stitching room.

Have a great first day of September.