Thankful Quaker and Blue Mountain Bunny Chart Winner

This is Thankful Quaker by Bent Creek finished on a JBW Collection pillow called pumpkin pillow.  This is not my original idea but one that I saw at Salty Yarns in October.  I stitched this on 30 count fabric that I had in my stash.

Lynda please email me with your snail mail address so I can pass the chart along.

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Stitching Updates

Here are pictures of what me and my needle have been up to - not as much as I had hoped.  Progress is progress.

Progress on An Open Heart by The Drawn Thread.  I'm not sure if the first heart in the next section is right and I'll have to figure that out before I move forward.  I was working on this at Stitch n Gab on Wednesday and was having a hard time concentrating.

A start on Autumn by Blackbird Designs.  I had hoped to work on this on Wednesday but failed to make sure that I had all the necessary floss in my bag.  So hit a bit of snag on that one.  Fortunately, I almost always have more than one project in my bag.

A little more to show on The Red Thread by Bent Creek.  

And a start on A Stitcher's Purse by With They Needle and Thread.

I'm hoping to log lots more stitching time in the coming week.  I think that things are starting to settle down with the restoration of our power and getting caught up on my homekeeping tasks.

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Big Update

I think this will be a long one.  I've got lots of pictures to share. 

First up are some more storm pictures.  We wound up with 9 inches of snow when it was all over.  We lost power on Saturday afternoon and had it restored on Wednesday afternoon.  Thankfully we have a generator so we were able to keep our food cold, our house warm, and the well pump running.  Many people weren't as lucky.  As far as I know there are still many people who are still waiting to have their power restored.

This was the first casualty early in the storm  - a branch from our neighbor's walnut tree.

This is another neighbor's tree that kind of split in half and took our power lines with it.    You can see them dangling from the pole on his side of the road.

These are pictures from the day after the storm.  It was a beautiful sunny day with great blue skies.  Hard to believe after the day before. The second picture shows just how heavy the snow was, bending a branch on our Japanese Maple down to the ground.  Normally a person can walk under that branch without having to bend over.  I am amazed at how resilient some of the trees are.  Once the snow fell off the branches many of them bounced right back.  The other pictures from around our house and neighboring properties.

Ok, so I never showed the pictures for the monthly decorations for October.  Without further ado they are ..

October Santa of the Month by Curtis Boehringer.

Monthly Mania - October by Heart in Hand.

Sheepy with his October blanket designed by Homespun Elegance.

And my October heart of the month from a Leisure Arts book.

A little fall decorating is shown in the following pictures.

Moonlit Garden by Blackbird Designs, part of the Loose Feather series.

Awesome Autumn by M Designs.

An Autumn piece by Lizzie Kate.

A couple of Bent Creek or Heart in Hand pieces that I put out for Autumn.  The piece in on the top in the center was a Twisted Threads piece that was published in one of the magazines years ago. That was my first over one piece.  I'm not sure who designed the Sunflower Sampler on the second shelf, perhaps Sunflower Samplings.  And I think the heart and sunflower was from a Leisure Arts book.

The shelf in my dining room with Autumn Silhouette by Blackbird Designs and I think a piece called Autumn House by Bent Creek or Heart in Hand.  I'm not sure which.  But if you know, I'd be happy to correct my entry.

Then a few Halloween things.

I'm pretty sure that the pillow on the left is from The Cricket Collection and the one on the right is by Trail Creek Farms.

A little door knob pillow by either Heart in Hand or Bent Creek.

And a framed piece by Carriage House Samplings called Ravens and Pumpkins and Cats, Oh My!
I stitched that last year.

And a view of our entertainment center done  for Autumn and Halloween.

I will post some stitching updates later tonight or tomorrow.  Enjoy your Saturday!

I have learned from this post that I need to keep better track of what I've stitched and the designer.  It's hard to remember all this stuff!

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Did you ever notice?

Did you ever notice how hard it is to establish a new routine and how easy it is to abandon the same routine? That's how it goes for me and blogging. I am going to try to do better.

Admittedly I have not been doing a lot of stitching. Other things have been happening.

On Friday I left home on a road trip to see my dad in Bath, NY. My first stop was at The Village Stitchery Shop in Lewisburg, PA. What a great shop. It's in what was once a one room schoolhouse outside Lewisburg in the hills. Beautiful views no matter where I turned and I was still in the parking lot! The inside of the shop is my kind of place. Lisa has used antiques and vintage pieces including picnic baskets as displays. So charming. I did buy a few things there. The best thing I saw there was a Mirabilia (I think) reindeer finished as a standup rather than framed. What a wonderful idea - so cute to have them all lined up along a shelf or mantel rather than framed individually. I am thinking this would be a great way to finish the reindeer I have in my stash (once I stitch them.) You can see their website at http://www.villagestitcheryshop.com/. Such a nice place to visit - unfortunately I didn't think to take any pictures.

My next stop was at The Village Sampler in Big Flats, NY quite a bit north of Lewisburg. What a pretty ride up there. Unfortunately, I arrived there a bit late in the day so didn't have time to really look through their quilts and fabric, but I was able to do the front room with cross stitch and some quilt kits. I did a little stash enhancement there as well.

On Saturday I met up with my sisters and brother and two of my nephews. We went to visit dad and get him out in the fresh air and sunshine. It was a beautiful day. We ventured up to the Glenn Curtiss Museum later in the afternoon to see their quilt show and tour the museum. The quilts done by the ladies were lovely. My favorites were the redwork quilts. I don't think I have any pictures. Mind you I had my camera but didn't use it.

Here are two of the flowers for my Grandmother's Flower Garden Quilt.  I have a few others done and will add these to the pile.

This is my progress on A Red Thread by Bent Creek.  I have made this my travel project since I don't have to concentrate on it too hard.  So this one goes to my groups and to lunch with me.

And some more progress on An Open Heart.  I haven't worked on this in over a week.  I hope to do more with weekend.   

I'm sorry about the picture quality but I can't do much about it right now since my camera needs to recharge.  Better pictures in the next post.

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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.