Happy Summer!

I am so sorry about being absent from my blog again. Things in my personal life have been, shall we say, hectic. LOL So much going on that keeps me very busy. I have had several deaths in the family of close friends and an uncle of mine to deal with. Makes one feel very sad when so many happen at the same time. My thoughts and prayers are with my very dear friends in their time of grief and mourning.

Unfortunately my stitiching had to take a backseat to all the hectic stuff happening her so I don't have too much to share right now. I am hoping that will change in the next few months. I have been working on my Teddy Bear Christmas Tree Skirt. I am sharing a picture of it so you can see the progress I've made since my last post of the skirt. I love how it is turning out but the stitching is so slow due to so many color changes. It is worth it when I see how pretty the shading makes the piece. I have quite a bit to go yet but am hopeful that I will get it finished for use this year. Hey, one can dream right? LOL Anyway, here is my progress so far....

I also have a couple of picture to share with you. They arre pictures of my grandchildren. Chloe's was taken on July 4th and Elijah's was taken on July 19th. They are pretty current. I just love my granbabies to death. Thanks for looking at Nana's little angels.

Until next time readers.....blessings to all.

A New Project...For Me!!!

Hello readers! I wanted to share with you about a new project I am doing for myself. I have some wonderful stitching friends from Canada who are going to stitch on my project and I on theirs. We are doing a Christmas Tree Skirt Round Robin (RR). I love working on mine as it is all teddy bears, one of my most favorite things to collect. The skirt when finished will look great under my tree. The progress I have made is slow as I had a major visit from a very unwelcome frog! Once I removed all of the stitches and restitched it I was on my way. There are also a lot of color changes which slow me down. My first pic of my progress was on March 7, 2008.

Details

Design: Christmas Bears Tree Skirt
Designer: Dimensions Kit - Todd Trainer
Fabric: 11 ct aida
Threads: DMC

Here is a picture of that:

The following picture is my progress currently (as of this morning):





Thank you for taking the time to read my blog. Until later dear readers.....

It's been too long!

Hi readers! I know it has been a long time since I have written in my blog. You know how life gets in the way sometimes and we wander off the path. Well, that's what happened to me. Let me fill you in on what has been going on.

In my personal life I have had lots going on. My husband and I had both of our grown children, a daughter-in-law and two grandchildren (16 mos. & 4 mos.) living in our small and very cramped cape cod for the past six months. Needless to say there were days where I wanted to pull my hair out. Tempers flared, moods changed frequently (hey, I am beginning my change of life...lol), and we were all just plain getting into one another's way. Well, my son, DIL and grandson moved out a few weeks ago and just a week ago our daughter and granddaughter left the nest. It is just Ron and me and our Boxer Carmen (she thinks she is human don't ya know). We are loving our alone time so much. It's so easy preparing meals now for just two. Our expenses are coming down finally. It is so nice.

Ron planted a veggie garden for us this year. I want to can tomatoes this year and hope to attempt to make my own spaghetti sauce as well. We are all salsa lovers so I thought I would put up a few jars of that as well. Love to have the canned things in the winter months. Nothing like it.

I just returned from a week's vacation in Canada. I went up to visit my best friend Caroline and her family. It was wonderful to see them but coming home was the best. I knew my house would be empty and I was looking forward to that so much. I do miss Caroline and the kids. I hope to someday return for a visit but don't think it will be for a year or two.

As for stitching, well that hasn't been a priority for me in the last couple of weeks. I have done some finishes since my last post. Let's see, here is what I have finished since I last wrote:

Ornaments

March Ornament
A Janlynn's Wizzers Kit - Billy & Birdie ....

April Ornament

Design: All Is Calm

Designer: Little By Little Design Co.

Source: JCS 2000 Ornament Issue

Fabric: 32 ct Natural linen
Threads: DMC

Monthly Heart SAL

April Heart:

The above image was created for personal use from copyrighted designs owned by © Gencat

That is all for now. I have another project to share with you but will do that in a separate post. Thank you for reading my blog everyone. Have a beautiful day filled with blessing from above. Until later.....

February Ornament Finish

Hello readers! I have another ornament finish to share with you. This one is for February. I love this one because of the colors I chose for it. They are my favorite. This was also stitched over one on 32 ct fabric. My poor eyes felt it even using my magnifying lamp. LOL

Be blessed & be a blessing to others today . Until later.....

Details,
Source: JCS Christmas Ornament Issue 2000
Designer: From Merry's Heart
Fabric: 32 ct. Lavender Mist Belfast Linen
Threads: Six Strand Sweets Plums

© From Merry's Heart

Recent Cross-stitch Finishes

Hello readers! I have just finished up some freebie designs that we are doing as a monthly SAL at Needleworkers' Haven. I wanted to share a picture of my finishes with all of you. The pattern for these freebies can be obtained at Lune d'automne. The designs are by Gencat. Scroll to the December design and then continue on down the page to print each month's design. There are page numbers at the bottom of the page for you to get to the other months.

Here are the months I have completed so far:

I have made these into magnets for my daughter. They were stitched on 14 ct. ivory perforated plastic using DMC Variations thread. These designs are quick to stitch.

The above images were created for personal use from copyrighted

designs owned by © Gencat

I have also finished a Christmas ornament for our annual Christmas Ornament Club we hold at Needleworkers' Haven. Following is a picture of the ornament along with all the details. I still need to finish this for hanging on the tree.

Details
Source - Just Cross Stitch Christmas Ornament Issue 2000

Designer - Homespun Elegance Ltd.

Threads - DMC

Fabric - 28 ct. Silkweaver's One of a Kind linen (gry/grn)

The above image were created for personal use from copyrighted
designs owned by © Homespun Elegance Ltd.

Until later.....