Sunday

Yesterday I put away Christmas.  Today I finally got out my things for January.  Here is what  I put on display.

Monthly Mania - January by Heart in Hand in the kitchen

January Teapot and January Tea Cup by Just Another Button Company in the kithcen

Hearts of the Month by Leisure Arts hanging on the china cupboard in the dining room

Santa of the Month by Curtis Boehringer in the living room

Be Warm by Shepherd's Bush part of Be-Attitudes series in the living room

 

 

Now, for a little stitching.  This afternoon I got the five pockets for A Fine and Fancy Tulip Tray by Patrick's Woods basted.  Thankfully I did not have as many setbacks with the other four as I did with the first.  It may help that I was trying to baste in daylight.  I tried to take a picture again and I think that my basting thread is too light to show up.

We are having freezing rain as I write this.  Yuck!  I must say that it does make the snow look pretty, kind of glossy like marshallow fluff.

One final picture for today.  Twenty-nine years ago I married the love of my life.

Have a wonderful evening!  Remember, Downton Abbey starts tonight at 9:00.

November

I can't believe that it is late November and I haven't posted once.

I'll start this post like I start each early month post.  Here are some pictures of the decorations I change out each month.

Sheepy dressed for November with his blanket designed by Homespun Elegance. 

November Teapot and Tea Cup of the Month by Sam Sarah Design Studio

Monthly Mania for November by Heart in Hand



Santa of the Month by Curtis Boehringer

 

 

 

I put these out in early November.  Sheepy had been packed away for quite some time while I was getting my stitching room sorted out.  But he's back! 

 

Have a great day!

 

 



Happy June

On the first day of the month, in addition to changing the page on the calendar I try to rotate my monthly decorations.  Here are the things I've changed out for June.

On the wall in the kitchen.  Monthly Mania by  Heart in Hand.  

 

Hung on the knob on  the corner cupboard in the dining room.  Hearts of the Month by  Leisure Arts.

On an end table in the living room.  Santa of the Month by Curtis Boehringer.

My teapot and tea cup for June designed by Sam Sarah Designs and sitting on the counter in my kitchen.

 

 

Enjoy the rest of your weekend.

 

Keep on Stitching!



Weekend Wrap Up

This week I finished stitching Winter Fling by Heart in Hand.

He was fun and a great lunchtime/travel project.  For now I've put it on my sewing table.  One night next week I hope to get this turned into a little pillow for the basket.

Yesterday I went to my LQS named At Piece Quiltery.  I was in search of a project to welcome a new little girl into this world.  They had just what I was looking for.  Yesterday I began the stem stitching.  I will share more about this project when I get it finished.  I will say that after doing so much cross stitch I found it quite relaxing to stitch without a chart and to turn my fabric to make it easier to stitch.

I took Baby Girl back to Temple in Philadelphia today.  It will be quiet without her here again.

Have a great week.

Keep on Stitching!

Sunday Summary

I finished stitching Sampler Months - January on Saturday night.  I wasn't able to sleep due to a three hour nap in the afternoon.   Here it is with the stitching finished. 

Sunday afternoon I finished it into this little pillow.  I had thought I would use the green snowman fabric when I first started the stitching.  I am happy with the way this turned out. 

 Except that when I put in the intended basket it looked a little lonely.  See what I mean?

So I headed to the attic and found this other bigger pillow that I had finished years ago.  Still not the look I want but it's a bit better.

Then I decided to look through the box of shame and I found the following pieces which I can finish sometime soon to add to the basket.

Then I needed a new lunchtime/travel project.  So I started Winter Fling by Heart in Hand.  This one will be a quick stitch.  I had to make myself stop stitching on this.  I hope to make some more progress on this at lunchtime this week.

Have a great week!

Keep on Stitching!

February Already?

It seems like yesterday that we were celebrating New Year's.  And I'm a day late with this post, but I wanted to share my monthly decorations for February.

Sheepy in my stitching room with his February blanket by Homespun Elegance.

February Monthly Mania by Heart in Hand

February Heart that hangs on my corner cupboard in the dining room by Leisure Arts.

February Santa of the Month by Curtis Boehringer

Be True by Shepherd's Bush.  This is on the end of the love seat that serves as my happy chair.

January was a busy month around here.  I did get some stitching done - a minor miracle since I spent a good part of the month recovering from bronchitis - but I am much better now.  You can see pictures of my earlier accomplishments in my WIPocalype post.

Last night I put the last stitches on these three beauties from Sweet August  by Blackbird Designs.

Gentle Poppy

Wild Sunflower

Roadside Thistle

I have yet to finish finish any of these little stockings but will be attempting that soon - maybe in the next week or so.  I'd like to put these in a little basket that I have with seasonal pillows.

Also, in the next few days I need to get out my Valentine's Day decorations.  I don't think I have that many things finished for this holiday but I sure have a lot in the box in shame to be completed.  I think I feel some finishing coming on in the next little while!

Keep on Stitching!

Monday, Monday

Back to work today.

A thank you to those of you who have visited for the first time today after a mention on Lake Stitcher's blog today.    Thank you to Lee for mentioning my blog.  And thank you as well for the nice comments.  I do read and appreciate every one.  I feel like I am making new friends.

Stitching updates

My latest progress on An Open Heart by The Drawn Thread.  

My newest lunchtime stitch - Count Your Blessings by Shakespeare's Peddler.  Seems appropriate for this month.

 November Decorating:

Monthly Mania - November by Heart in Hand  -this guy hangs in my kitchen.

Heart of the Month for November by Leisure Arts on the knob of  the corner cupboard in my dining room.

Santa of the Month by Curtis Boehringer on an end table in my living room.

And Sheepy with his November blankie by Homespun Elegance in my stitching room.

What a difference a week makes.  Last week we were without electricity, phone, cable, and internet.  This week things are back to normal for most of us.  There are still some that do not have power.  The number of power companies and trucks on the road has been amazing.   Those men and women deserve every penny that they earn.  I have noticed there are still some branches dangling over the roads and I'm not sure who is responsible for those.  I just hold my breath and hope they don't land on me.

Have a great evening.

Keep On Stitching!

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!

Keep On Stitching!