Framed goodies....

 

My wonderful framer has done it again....

 

Elizabeth's Garden

Nantucket Sampler

 

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Barrick Samplers

1797 Ship Sampler

 

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Primitive Needle

Dampy Sod

 

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Blackbird Designs

Summer Jubilee

 

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Carriage House Samplings

Worthy Matter

 

Now.....where to hang them.

 

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Thank you all for the wonderful

birthday wishes.  

I am so lucky to have a talented brother

and am glad he will share the fruits of

 his labor with me!

 

I also wanted to share goodies from sweet 

Charlene.  Ball is celebrating its 100th

anniversary and she packed these goodies

in one there commemorative jars. 

I am in love with button scissor fob....

it is so petite and just the perfect size.

 

 

Hope y'all have a great stitching weekend!

 



Friendship...

Time got away from me yesterday but my hubby

pulled a name this morning for the giveaway

and the winner is...

 

Butterfly

 

I just love all of the 'cyber' stitcher friends

I have made over the last five years.  

Thanks to all who enter the giveaway.



 

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Charlene (Needle in Hand) is another stitching

friend that I met because of our blogs although 

she doesn't live too far away.  She has gifted

me with some wonderful stitching

gifts over the years and I decided it was

time to repay the favor.  

 

 Prairie Schooler "Friendship..." from More Friends

stitched on 25ct ivory evenweave over 1

w/ DMC

 

I wanted to stitch one of the PS "More Friends"

designs and decided this was the one.  I thought

a pincushion would a useful gift so I

stitched it over 1 on 25ct evenweave to make

it just the right size.   I have never had a stitched

piece speak to me like this one but it was

determined to become a mattress pincushion.  

 

Pearl cotton was perfect for it all coming together.

 

Although I have never done this type of finish, I

finally gave in and made my first. 

Needless to say, I learned a lot and found some

wonderful tutorials after I finished mine.....

why didn't I think to Google first????

 

Simple flower finish for the back.

 

I am happy Charlene likes it and happier I

could share something stitchy for her!

 

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I have been busy this week stitching some "pears"

 from Samplers and Santas to add to my paper

pears.  Now I just have to do the finishing...

anxious to see how this goes.

As always....thanks for visiting!  

Happy stitching.....



Stitching with Friends....

Nothing better than stitching with friends 

at the beach. The PALS Stitching at the Beach 

retreat was last week.  Unfortunately, my camera 

decided to take the weekend off so no pics, but 

the good thing is a lot of stitching was done.

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I was treated to goodies including this little 

cutie from Charlene which is the perfect 

memento for the retreat.

Love the little beads for bubbles!

What a cutie!   The bright, vibrant colors 

pretty much sum up the time we 

had stitching & laughing!

So many designers joined us this year including 

Tanya from The Scarlett House.  She designed the 

cutest little freebie for "Stitching at the Beach" 

and many of the Pals didn't wait to get it started.  

 I am sure you will see some finishes 

soon because it is precious.

What was in my stitching bag?  Well, I did get 

one ornament stitched and then turned my 

attention to one of my Crazy Challenge pieces.  

I made great progress and was able to 

finish it up this week!

Goode Huswife "Flowers of Lebanon"

stitched on 32ct black evenweave w/ DMC

I still can't figure out why this design took so long 

to finish!   I guess it has to be stitching on the 

black.  I feel like it took me a good month but 

now that I look at the completed design, I 

am amazed how small it really is.

Love the funky colors!

I definitely made this one my own by changing 

colors and the design (mostly by accident).   I do 

like it for its vibrant colors and it just pops on 

the black fabric.   Now it will go live in 

the bin of unfinished finishes.

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Cooler weather is finally moving south and I am 

so happy for it!  Hope my friends to the 

north stay safe from Hurricane Sandy.

Happy stitching....

Sweet RAK from Charlene...

I was surprised to see a small package

in the mail today.  My first thought....
OMG I forgot to mail an exchange.

I was relieved to see it was
from a stitching pal. 
Charlene (Needle in Hand) sent me
the sweetest pin cushion with
a strawberry emery...just because.

The color palette is so friendly don't you think?

Her finishing is perfect too with the blue chenille.

Perfect spot for my needles.

The perfect finishing touch...

this little strawberry emery.

I am lucky enough to stitch with Charlene

a few times throughout the year since

she is also a Carolinian. I consider

myself very lucky to be one of

her "sister stitchers"!

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Hope you are having a great stitching week. 

happy stitching....