Stitching o' the green....

 

St. Patrick's Day has always been my
hubby's favorite holiday.

In our youth we would venture to
Savannah's big celebration and enjoy the
day's festivities to the fullest.
 

 circa 1990...Enjoying a Pat O'Briens Hurricane

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I was able to embrace my "Irishness" this
week with a few quick stitches to start the
celebration.  Hubby was a little under the
weather so I made the most of it and
spent the day with my sewing machine.

 

Trilogy "Happy Jig Jig Day"

Stitched on 40ct linen w/WDW & ST

HIH "St. Patrick Bird"

Stitched on 32ct. evenweave w/WDW & ST

 

I just love this little leprechaun doing

his jiggity jig!  The bird just makes me

laugh since it looks like he is pooping

shamrocks.   I still love him though.  

 

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I was doing a jiggity jig too Friday

night when I saw that Nan from

~ Threadwork Primitives ~

had posted a freebie. 

 

Lickety split I was in my chair stitching!

 

Threadwork Primitives "Lucky Shamrocks"

stitched on 40ct. linen w/recommended DMC

 

I just love this little gem. 

 

I was also lucky enough to have a piece of ricrac 

that matched DMC 730 perfectly. 

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I had some linen scraps I just couldn't part
with so I decided to stitch some family
namesakes from our Irish roots.
 
 

40ct. coffee dyed linen with Victorian Motto

 

I wasn't sure how to finish them and

decided to use my scallop dies to

make these little bowl fillers. 

 

I love the way they turned out and am happy

to have a great use of those little linen scraps.

 

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Thanks for visiting and I hope you have

a great St. Patrick's Day too!

Slainte

 

Guinness Storehouse ~ Oct. 2010



Southern Belles.....

 

I hope everyone had a great holiday season.  It
seems harder each year to get back in the swing
of things after such a nice holiday break.  I think
 how crafty I could be if I didn't have to work.

As usual, our Christmas wasn't very cold and
no snow in sight.   To compensate, I spent
my time stitching these wonderful snowy
belles while wishing we had a little
snow in my part of the south.
 



Stitched on 28ct khaki evenweave w/ DMC

Like the "Fat Men", I fell in love with
these ladies.   Once I got the first one done, I

just kept on going and finished the

rest up during Christmas.

Hopefully they will be properly dressed
before too long!
 

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I have been busy planning my stitching for

this year.  I won't be doing the Crazy Challenge

since I still have five projects lingering.

I can't wait to share what I will be doing once

I get everything kitted up.

 

We were travelling New Year's Eve so I

packed this little sweet design to stitch.

Something about that redbird just caught my eye.



 Trilogy "Happy Chirp Chirp Day"

stitched on 28ct natural linen w/ Gentle Arts & Victorian Motto

 

 I didn't realize I had picked up 28ct so this design
turned out a lot larger than I had hoped.  
I am also not very happy with the coverage
of the red but I can live with it.

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Well it looks like everyone is off to a good start to the new year and I love seeing all of the new projects stitchers have going.   I hope you have a great stitchy weekend!

happy stitches....



Oops....another Halloween post!

 I found this fabric at Hobby Lobby a few

weeks back and just fell in love.
  

Is this not the cutest fabric????  

I totally forgot this one until I was
tinkering in my craft room this morning.
Thought it would be a shame to let
it sit another year.

Stitched on 25ct. evenweave w/ DMC

I stitched part of Trilogy's "Tricky Treats" and

decided to make a little treat bag.   I sewed the

front of the bag a few weeks ago but had not

made the "bag" since I wasn't really sure

how to make a bag!   Needless to say, I

made my "version" of a treat bag and

will hang it on my pie safe for now.

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Just one last bit of crafting....last one I promise!

I was in Walmart yesterday and couldn't
resist the Hershey kisses in Halloween colors.

There is one lady in my office who doesn't celebrate

Halloween so I made a little fall treat bag just for her.

  I decided to make some "treat bags" for hubby

& I to take to work.   It was
good to play with paper for a little while.

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No more halloween I promise.....
hope you do have a happy halloween
with lots of treats and no tricks!

Seasonal Exchange for Lisa.....

Front
Trilogy Springology spring motif
Stitched on 28ct evenweave w/recommended threads

Back

Lisa let me know she has received her package in the Seasonal Exchange. The basketweave on the flower basket was adapted from LK "Friends make Life Sweeter". I had stitched this before and loved the look so I used it again on this basket. I am so glad Lisa liked it.

Hope you have a great Mother's Day weekend.....happy stitches....

F&S Easter squares for Nadia...

Trilogy "Happy Bunny Bunny Day"

Nadia let me know she finally received my squares for the Fair & Square Easter exchange! Look familiar??? After mailing my squares on Feb. 19th, I began to worry a week ago they would not arrive and started stitching them again. As luck would have it, my original package was returned to me due to insufficient address....dummy me left the street address off! So I repackaged them and sent back on their merry way to Holland. On the bright side, I did finally get this design stitched for myself!

I also had this finish last night.....

Threadwork Primitives "Schoolgirl Blossoms"
28 ct raw linen w/overdyed threads

I saw this design on Threadwork Primitives and couldn't resist ordering it. I just love the finish and hope to finish it into a pinkeep. I did the change the colors for "pinker" hue and see myself stitching it again maybe in a monochrome.

Thanks for visiting....happy stitches!

Fun, productive weekend.....

Amy hosted a stitch-in this weekend and had about 20 ladies from NC, SC and GA. It was great with some good food, conversation, stitching and laughing...of course! She has several great pics on her blog so check it out!

One of the highlights of of the day was picking up the tote bag Amy made for me! I was so excited to get it and just love it. She had some totes for sale (if any are left!) so visit her blog.

I did actually stitch and even had a finish...

Trilogy "Happy Bunny Bunny Day"
Stitched on 32 ct. linen

Isn't he a cutie??? Too cute to sit around so I decided to go ahead and finish him into this cute little pillow.

I also had a couple of finishes at the end of the week so I finished them too.

BBD "Bluebird"
Stitched on 32 ct. linen coffee dyed with ST Midnight

Chris stitched this Saturday on Weeks Straw fabric with the recommended GA Uniform Blue. It was to die for so I will definitely stitch this one again copying hers color palette.

And last but not least.....

Lizzie Kate "Spring Fab Fob" kit
Stitched with both DMC and dyed threads

I didn't realize there was a misprint on the chart until after I was finished but don't mind the orange butterfly (compared to the white butterfly on the pic)! The finished design was a little large for a fob, in my humble opinion, so I made it into a little pillow.

Well...that's enough for now. Thanks so much for visiting and all of your wonderful comments. Wishing you many happy stitches .....

"Tricky Treats", TUSAL and dribble....

You can never have enough Halloween so I stitched this the past couple of nights and love this design.

Trilogy "Tricky Treats" kit

I will probably finish as a little ornament if I can find the right fabric. I liked the sentiment so much, I decided to make a little "Tricky Treats" goodie jar using some of my Halloween paper. Take an empty (very clean) nut container, attach some cute Halloween paper, and make a cute little tag. Voila...I have a neat little treat for my desk at work.

I have some more cute Halloween/Autumn paper and can't wait to make some cards, tags and Halloween crackers. Just need to find a quiet afternoon to create!

Lastly, it is the new moon and time to share this month's progress on the TUSAL.

Well....this post is my 100th post....oh how time flies when you are having fun! I have almost been blogging for a year and can't believe all of the wonderful stitchers I have found in cyberspace. I have learned so much looking at other stitchers' blogs and thank you so much for all of your wonderful comments! I do appreciate them and love visiting your blog too!

Off to bed....I had vowed to turn in early tonight but the stitching won out. Early morning tomorrow as we are heading to Clemson for some football....yeah! Hope you have a great stitchy weekend.