January 3

Ok, trying something different tonight.  Pictures from my phone and composing the post online on my tablet.  So far, so good.

A little progress on Sampler House V last night,  I plan to get back to that tonight.

At lunchtime yesterday I put a few stitches in Animal Cracker Series - Clementine.  She reminds me of my Tilly.

And I finished the 1994 Santa by The Prairie Schooler last night.

And now there are two Santas in the windows.

I think I have one more stitched and will try to finish that one after I have some dinner.

Thanks for stopping by.

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.