A Mother's Day Gift

My son bought me this candle for Mother's Day.

He looked at it and told me that if I burned it for a couple of hours, I would be able to get the ring out.

After a couple of hours I was able to see the foil packet.  He told me it was time to take it out.

When we unwrapped it we found this ring inside:

And it fits!  How cool is that.  What a lot of fun.

Salute to Abigail

Weekend before last I began working on Salute to Abigail by Blackbird Designs.  This piece was part of the Prim Stitcher's Society for 2014.  I wanted to get the border in before I started stitching the motifs.  This is my progress as of Sunday morning.

Please excuse the wrinkles.  I didn't see any point in ironing it today.  I still have lots to do.  But now I can add some color besides blue.

Keep on Stitching!

Mail Call

The week before last these goodies arrived in the mail:

I ordered the Civil War Needlebook kit directly from Nan at Threadwork Primitives.  The second installment for The Fold came.  I love the little detail they put on the package.  And an ebay purchase.  I was tempted to start the Reddework Drawstring Beach Bag right way.  I ordered it because of the strawberries.  I was so pleased to see that the back features acorns - another one of my favorite motifs!

Keep on Stitching!

Welcome, June

A new month, a new calendar page, and I set out my monthly decorations.

Santa of the Month by Curtis Boehringer

Heart of the Month by Leisure Arts

Monthly Mania by Heart in Hand

Teapot and Teacup of the Month by Sam Sarah Design Studio

Sheepy dressed in his June blanket by Homespun Elegance

Stitch from Stash - May

Well, I didn't spend as much as last month, so that is an improvement.

My amount spent this month was:  $145.00.  I outlined part of my spend in this post.  And I bid on a piece on ebay which hasn't arrived but has been paid for.  I'll post a picture of that once I receive it.  Even though I spent almost half my allotment in the past month, I am still in the game.  Of course, I will have to be very, very careful in the coming months to stay in the game.

In the past month I finished Strawberry House by Scarlett House which I showed here.

I worked on these pieces:

Fun Every Day - Sunday by Sam Sarah Designs

Summer at Hollyberry Farm by Stacy Nash Primitives

Spring Gardner Sewing Roll by Stacy Nash Primitives

I have been working in my stitching room, sorting and cleaning and organizing.  I have bought two pieces of furniture for that room which I'll show in another post.  I am still doing some tweaking in there.

Have a great month.

Keep on Stitching!

All Kitted Up

The morning after my road trip for one I kitted up these projects.  I wanted to get this done before I forgot what I had intended to do with all that floss I purchased.

I didn't have the fabric listed but tea-dyed a piece I had instead.  I think it looks good with the recommended floss.

Count Twice by Plum Street Samplers with fabric from my stash and just a couple of DMC colors.

Beggar's 4th with fabric from my stash.

I think I was in the mood to do some stitching for spring.  I love the chicks that Brenda Gervais put in two of these pieces. 

Keep on Stitching!

Road Trip for One

Weekend before last I headed out for Just Cross Stitch in Lederach, PA.  I had emailed Carolyn and asked her to hold one of these for me.  I've been wanting one of these since I first saw them online. I can see that I need to do some serious trimming on that fern.  It looks good from the top.  I rarely see it from that angle.

Before I left I made a list of floss I needed to kit up a few projects.  This is how much floss I wound up with:

And I picked up these charts:

And this kit:

Pretty good haul for a trip to pick up a mug and a little bit of floss.

I really don't want to think about what this did to my Stitch from Stash budget.

Keep on Stitchin!