Saturday, February 26, 2011

Stitching and stashing.....

I had a great day stitching, stashing and snacking with Amy and Nicole!  Both are working on amazing projects....Amy's "Heaven Doth Ask" is amazing and she is soooo close to
being finished and Nicole's "Anniversaries of the Heart" piece is just so pretty that it makes me want to stitch them all too!

I worked on one of my Challenge pieces...

 Blackbird Designs "Moon Garden"

Hope to get a lot done on this one next month so I can get a finish!!!!  My plan was to work on Frederick, but quickly realized my 40 year old eyes can't handle this on weeknights!  So...this is my weekend project. 


CHS "Frederick"

So far I have Fred....and hope to have most
of 'erick finished next weekend!

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 Now on the the good stuff....


I think the goodies from market were better than I expected and I had to show great restraint not to buy it all!  I did pick up the must have BBD "A Stitcher's Journal" and a few other pieces. 


But then we discovered DSL's Carriage House
Samplings stash and I went a little crazy! 
Amy had a great selection and I could
have easily picked up many more I would
love to have!  I definitely showed restraint here!!!  If you are looking for any of the CHS designs, you may want to try DSL....Amy has a great selection!

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I received a nice surprise in the mail last weekend
from MaggeeI loved her Spring Sampler finish
and mentioned I didn't realize there was such a
thing! She was nice enough to RAK me
with the design.  Stitchers are just the best
....thanks Maggee!

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Thanks for visiting and all of your comments!  Well...I'm off to stitch.  Hope you are having a great weekend.  Happy stitching

26 comments:

  1. Moon Garden is looking good and I love the colours in Fred!!

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  2. Fred is coming right along!!! I know you girls had big fun~~~ See you real soon, Faye

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  3. Oh my - the colors and fabric for Moon Garden are amazing! Frederick is coming along too.

    I am still trying to decide which patterns from market to order - but I do know that the ones you chose made my short list!

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  4. Forgot to mention how nice it was of Maggee to send you that sweet pattern - great springy colors!!

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  5. Both of your WIPs are looking great, Karen. Beautiful stash and chart from Maggee is beautiful too. :)

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  6. Beautiful WIPs, great stash, and a lovely RAK - you had a great week. How fun.

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  7. Both your WIPS are so pretty,I just love your style!

    Me and my friend sari are just planning our first time to order some stash from The States.
    The BBD-The Stitchers Journey is our first choice :)
    Could you, please,
    suggest us some good on-line shops we do not know any but 123-Stitch?
    With blessings,
    Maija from Finland

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  8. Oh Karen, your new stash is wonderful, so many CHS charts and LaDDa and BBD - so much stitching fun ahead.
    Love both your WIPs!

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  9. Great work on your WIPs. Moon Garden is so pretty and Fred is just gorgeous. Great stash too

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  10. What a great stash haul and excellent progress on your WIPs. I love the colours used on Fred, so vibrant. Happy stitching to you!

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  11. Lovely progress on your stitching. Great new stash.

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  12. Glad you had fun at DSL! Love the stash! Your Moon Garden and Fred look great too. Hopefully "erick" will show up soon. lol!

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  13. okay....I am taking a second look this morning and am seeing Matters Choice is capturing my eye....probably because it is monochromatic....Why am I drawn to those?? Anyway, excellent choices on the stash!! I am going to have to enhance my CH!! I have about 10 in my basket I need to kit up..whats a couple more???hahahahaha...Thanks for sharing!! Have a stitchy Sunday! Faye

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  14. What a fun day and great stash!!! Love your projects too.

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  15. It was so great to see you and spend the day with you Karen! It went by way too fast!! Love all the stash you got (you did very good)!! :) Thanks again for loaning me the $1!! :)

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  16. Moon Garden and Frederick are looking great Karen. Love all the goodies you added to your stash - you are going to have some fun!

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  17. Nice progress on your WIPs and you got some great new stash too.

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  18. Fabulous new stash - I have my eye on the new BBD book.
    Lovely progress on your stitching.

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  19. Moon Garden is gorgeous

    Super stash haul!

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  20. Yummy! Look at all that super duper stash ;o) Your pocket book has been busy. LOL!

    Your WIPs are coming along nicely Karen!

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  21. Moon Garden is really beautiful, I can't wait to see it complete. Glad you had a wonderful time with Amy and Nicole, but how could you not? Great stash enhancements too!!

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  22. Moon Garden looks great Karen! I can't wait to see more!
    You've made some fantastic choices in your new stash! All those lovely CHS!

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  23. WOW! You had a really nice "shopping" day - Tee Hee! The BBD moon garden is looking great!

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  24. Moon Garden looks great on that fabric and I love the RAK you got from Maggee. I've never seen that design either, how cute ;)

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  25. Oh, Gosh--Fred's looking great I'm curious about what count and fibers you are using for him--and what gorgeous stash! :D

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