Christmas Ornament Finishes

I haven't been blogging much lately but I sure have been stitching!!!!!

The first 3 ornaments are from the 2015 JCS Special Holiday Issue - Christmas Ornaments.

 Merry Christmas - Samplers Not Forgotten

Winter's Eve - The Prairie Schooler

 

Very Merry Christmas - Medina Originals

The next are ornaments from the CCN Classic Collection - Holly Jolly and  By the Chimney.

The final ornament is from LHN - Deer Valley Inn.

 

I will be back later with some more finishes and some new starts.

 Thank you for looking!!!!

 

Christmas Pictures

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas

Great Weekend for Stitching - 3 Finishes!!!!!!!!!!

Had a wonderful weekend stitching - a great way start to a week's vacation. I managed to finish 3 projects off!!!!!!!!!

Merry Christmas © 2008 Waxing Moon Designs

Sew Scissors © http://istitchcharts.blogspot.com

Red House in Winter © 2010 Little House Needleworks

Tomorrow we leave for the Temple Gardens Mineral Spa in Moose Jaw.  We will staying there for 3 days.  When we come back, I am going to a Girl Guide Camp for the weekend.  I will be spending Monday recuperating and then back to work on Tuesday!!

Happy Stitching!!!!!!!!!!!

Some Sad News, Weekend Stitching and Some Mail

I just finished reading Daffycat's post about Yoyo, who use to have the Dragon My Needle blog and was the original host of  the Totally Useless SAL.   This wonderful stitcher and blogger suffered a stroke and can no longer stitch or blog.  I often thought about her since her blog disappeared and I want to wish her all the best.

((((Yoyo))))

Shelleen of Queen Stitcher recently started another blog - Weekend Stitch-A-Thon where members can post their weekend stitching pictures.  I joined on Friday and here is what I stitched on this weekend.  The first is something I just started on Friday and is called Sew Scissors.  It is available here.

I am making a display of my assorted embroidery scissors in flower frogs and what to make this as part of the display.  I am thinking of finishing it off as a flat fold.

The other two pieces are 2 charts I started during the Crazy January Challenge - Red House in Winter from Little House Needleworks and Merry Christmas by Waxing Moon Designs.   They are almost finished and I will be so happy to cross them off my list

Last week I received two more flower frogs to add to my collection (a BIG 3 now).  The first one to arrive was a pale green one and on Friday I got a nice large clear glass one.

I also received my May SEP package from Traditonal Stitches last week which included the lovely piece of 32 count Cream linen from Weberei Weddigen in Germany that I am using for my Sew Scissors.   And from Down Sunshine Lane I received the 4th 2011 Ornament from Little House Needleworks - Gingerbread Village.

That is it for now!!!!!!!!!!!   Take care and Happy Stitching!!!!!!!!!!1

It is still winter here

Some of you may be seeing signs of spring but I think we still have a ways to go. These are some pictures I took after work on Friday.


Fortunately, the daytime temperatures over the weekend are above freezing so hopefully some of the snow will be gone by Monday. (Although the forecast calls for flurries tomorrow evening and below freezing daytime temperatures by Tuesday :( )

Stitching wise I haven't progressed as much as I would of like to. I can't seem to get myself together enough to stitch after work so I only manage to get something done on the weekends. Right now I am working on 2 pieces from the Crazy January Challenge - "Merry Christmas" and "Seaside Sweethearts". Here is my progress to date:




A group of us are going on a crafting (scrapbooking, quilting, sewing, knitting, etc) retreat next weekend. I of course will be bringing something to cross-stitch and probably some knitting. I am really looking forward to it. It is always fun to get away with just "the girls". If I don't finish "Merry Christmas" beforehand I hope I will have it finish by the time it is time to go home next weekend.

Below is the first of the dishcloths I have finished this year through the Monthly Dishcloths KAL Yahoo group. I running quite behind this year and still have to finish some from last year. The pattern is call "Weave Me Wash Me" by Alli Barret of Knitwits Alley.


Well, that is it for now. I wish you all a great weekend and Happy Stitching.

Day 2 - Crazy January Challenge 2011

For the challenge today, I decided to stitch #132 Merry Christmas from Waxing Moon Designs. This leaflet contains 2 charts and I intend to stitch both. I found this leaflet a couple of years ago at my LNS. I just went in to browse and saw it displayed on the counter. I couldn't resist it and bought it along with the red fabric (32ct Ruby Wine Belfast Linen) displayed with it. It is done all in 1 colour (I am using DMC 5200) so it should stitch up fairly quickly. I am not using the Belfast Linen but a piece of 28ct linen that I had in my stash and is very similar in colour. The Belfast is an 18 x27 cut and I didn't want to cut it up just yet. I want to find something else to stitch on it.
Here is what I stitched today:


Take care and Happy Stitching!!!!!!!!!!!!!!