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.