Valentine Exchange Ornament

Hello readers. Now that my friend has received her Valentine's Day Exchange package I can go ahead and post the Valentine I stitched for her. This was an exchange offered in my stitching community Needleworkers' Haven. I had so much fun getting to know the person I was assigned to. Actually we exchanged with one another. Wendy, you are a sweetheart and I look forward to visiting with you at NH each day.

The following ornament details:

"Love" by Sanman Originals
28 ct. white evenweave
DMC threads
MH beads for outside



Thank you for stopping by today to visit my blog. Please leave a comment so I know you were here. Have a blessed day.

Valentine Heart Finish

Hello readers! Yesterday I finished a little freebie from Find Stitch called Valentine Heart. I stitched it up in a day. I really love the way it came out. This is for my daughter for her birthday coming up on the 11th. Just one of a couple designs I am doing for her.

I also have to share a little story with you. Once I finished this heart my little 2 year old Granddaughter had to hold it. She was so excited with it and told me "Nana, it's beautiful. Can I have a purple heart?" Well, I guess Nana has to stitch it again in purple to please my little Valentine Chloe. LOL

Details:

Valentine Heart by Find Stitch
28 ct white evenweave
DMC threads
MH beads outside

Happy New Year!

I know. I'm a tad bit late in my greeting. Unfortunately I had another computer crash and lost everything. I have been so bummed over that. But the good news is that I am slowly getting things back up and running. We are definitely going to looking into getting an external hard drive. My backup files I had on a flash drive were lost in the process. No one seems to be able to really tell me why that happened but it did. Needless to say I wasn't very happy.

While the computer was down I did get a chance (in between illnesses) to do some stitching. I finished my first ornament and stitching of 2009. This is a design I have loved for a long time and finally stitched it up.

Details:

Christmas Heart by Birds of a Feather

2000 JCS Christmas Ornament Issue

28 ct oyster linen by MCG Textiles (I have decided I do not like this fabric to stitch on!! )

WDW threads

Kreinik #4 Braid - Gold

I also finished a very pretty bookmark I received as a contest prize from SMO forums. It was kitted up with the fabric, threads, pattern and self adhesive foam board. Thank you Lauren for the prize and the lovely Tea Party.

I also was able to put in some stitching on one of my own designs "The Night Before Christmas". I designed this for a special SAL offered to members of my stitching group at Needleworkers' Haven. We are all doing well with our progress. It makes me very happy to see a design of mine come to life. Here is my progress so far:











And one more SAL we are doing currently at Needleworkers' Haven is a Winter themed SAL. I haven't had much luck with finishing mine yet but I will get it done by the end of the year for sure. This has been a UFO since 2006. I thought it was time to get this one finished. LOL My current progress so far:




Details:
"That Snow Diet" by Samsarah Designs
28 ct natural linen
WDW threads








That is all for right now. I hope to be back soon with more progress pics and maybe a finish or two. Thank you for taking the time to look at my works and for reading my blog. Have a wonderful day and weekend.





Blessings.

Happy Fall!

Fall has arrived in NY! I love this time of the year. Cooler weather, beautiful foliage and the smells are awesome.

It has been a long time since I had the time to come back here. Things are so very busy for me these days. I hope to do better with keeping up to date with my blog. I do thank everyone who has dropped in for a visit.

In honor of fall I took the time to stitch up a special little Member Only chart from SanMan Originals. It is called Autumn Side and stitched up so quickly. Special thanks to Sandy Dering for her beautiful designs.

With Halloween just around the corner I have been having lots of fun with my granddaughter. My daughter took her to pick out a pumpkin and they went on a hayride as well. I truly wish I could have been there to see it. We carved the pumpkin last week and boy what fun was had by all of us.

YUCK!

Not sooo bad.

Did I get it all?

Yep! I got it all!

Waaah-laaaaa!

I hope you enjoyed the pictures. Until next time....Happy Stitching!

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.