Welcoming spring...

 

Spring is starting to make an appearance
here in South Carolina evidenced by the fine
yellow haze outside.  The tell-tale signs, though,
are the sneezing, stuffiness, and puffy eyes

.....oh how I strongly dislike spring!

 

But I do love spring stitching and was happy
to find this in my mailbox from Dawn 
for the Spring Seasonal Exchange.

 

The sweet little design is just perfect and

I love  the "happy" fabric Dawn used. 

It is now taking up residence where my

snow people formerly resided and I am

glad to enjoy for a few months!

 

 

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I have been stitching on two of my large

projects the past few weeks but I did take

some time this week to stitch up

a gift for a retiring coworker.

 

Homespun Elegance "Friendship & Blossoms"

stitched on 40ct. coffee dyed linen w/ overdyed threads

 

I just love this design and it turned out so cute

stitched on the smaller count.  I really

enjoyed working with Sharon these

past few years and hope this will make

a nice reminder of our friendship

while she relaxes the day away !

 

 Great use of my Spellbinder scallop heart die!

I have started keeping my scraps of linen
"just in case" I can think of a use for them
and decided to make a little heart tag
 for the back.   After stitched, I used one
of my dies to cut out the scalloped heart.   I
love how it turned out and will now be
hoarding all of those scraps!
 

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I do hope everyone had a great Easter weekend
with family and friends.   As always,
thanks for visiting and happy stitching!

Winter Exchange....

It has been so long since I have participated in
an exchange.   I have always liked the
Winter Seasonal Exchange so I signed up 
and was lucky to stitch for Dawn.

  I picked up a couple of these little pails at Target last Christmas from the Dollar bin and thought it

would be a neat little project.  I just had to
find the perfect design.   After a little bit of
figurin', SB Winter would fit perfectly and 
make a nice little stitching buddy.

 

SB "Winter" stitched on 32ct linen

w/ DMC

 

I just love these designs stitched on the

smaller count and I found some buttons in my

stash that I finished it off perfectly.    I was

a little nervous about the actual finishing

but think this turned out cute.

 

 Perfect spot for stitching stuff!

 

I didn't permanently attach the stitching so that

Dawn can easily replace for another season. 

I added a little pin cushion to the top and

attached it with a magnet so that 

it can replaced too.  I am so glad

that Dawn liked it.

 

I think I am hooked on this little pails....they

are just too darn cute.  I now want to make me

one.... I could kick myself for not

buying more of these!

 

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You still have time to enter my little

Valentine Giveaway if you like.

 

As always....thanks for visiting!  

Happy stitching.....