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!

 



Worthy Brown....

is finished....

 

CHS "Worthy Brown"

stitched on 36ct. linen w/DMC

 

I am so happy to have him done. 

This is lingering from my 2012 Crazy January

Challenge and I have to admit it was a chore

to stitch it.  I do love the design and the

finished piece ....that bird is another story.

I guess he was just so big and kind of boring

to stitch though I do love him once he is

done.  Once that bird was finished, it

was easy going from then on out. 

 

Don't you hate it when you love a design

but don't enjoy the stitch?

 

Fortunately there were some great little motifs

that made it enjoyable in the end. 

 

Once done, he enjoyed a nice "spa day"

soaking in a warm coffee/tea bath

and then saunaing in the oven for a

while for the perfect finish.

 

I am off to sneak in some St. Patrick's Day

stitching and hopefully some finishing

before it actually gets here.

 

I do hope you are having a great

stitching weekend!   Thanks for visiting.

Goodies....

 

Hope all of you are having a great stitching weekend.   The

weather here in SC has been very rainy this weekend and made

it so easy to sit back and stitch all day Saturday.   I can't

remember the last time I sat for eight hours straight

and just stitched but I made the most of it.

 

 I pulled out Worthy Brown, one of my lingering Crazy Challenge

pieces from last year, and have made some great progress.

CHS "Worthy Brown"

35ct WDW straw w/DMC

progress as of 2/23/13

Before I picked it up Friday night, I only had most of the body

and one wing partially completed.  I have added his tail

feathers, some smaller motifs and should finish the second

wing before bedtime.I am stitching this on 35 ct. with one thread

and am very disappointed in the coverage with the darker colors.  

 I plan to distress it once finished so I hope the linen might tighten

up a little more after having a warm bake in the oven. 

I would love to finish this one before month end.

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Last weekend wasn't very nice weather wise so I decided to play

with some paper.   I have become addicted to embossing and just

had to try out some recent purchases thanks to my

local AC Moore going out of business.  

 

As you can see from this stack, I think I might be ready

for just about any type of card occasion.

 

 

 

 Although I think they are all just wonderful, I won't bore you with

pictures of all of them.  I will show you one of my favorites.

 

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Saving the best for last, I won a Valentine's giveaway from

Krista  (Just Stitching Along) 

and received this pretty package in the mail this

week.   I just love the way she has it wrapped up.

This was a package of firsts because she sent a Stacy Hash design

 and this will be my first for this designer.  How did that

happen?!!?!!   She also sent some of Nina's threads and I have

never tried these.... they just look so "happy"

and I hope to put them to use soon.

 

Krista became my new best friend when I unwrapped that

 chocolate bar!  I have been trying hard to not keep chocolate

in the house so this just made my night.   Needless to say,

I think it was gone by the time I finished before my

thank you email hit Krista's mailbox.  

 

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My boys

 

I caught my hubby and Pork Chop napping in my stitching chair

and couldn't resist sharing.   Oh...how I wish I could nap in

someone's lap when it is so nice and cozy inside.

 

Thanks for visiting and I hope you have a great week!



Crazy Challenge diversion....

Here are the remaining starts for

the Crazy Challenge.

Day 9

Plum Street Samplers "Halloween Hornbook Sampler"

Day10

Primitive Needle "Kindred Spirit"

 Day 11

BOAF "Kindness Sampler"

Day 12 

BOAF "Bloom Where You Are Planted"

Day 13

LHN "Thirteen Colonies"

Day 14 

Goode Huswife "The Flowers of Lebanon"

Day 15 

CHS "Worthy Brown"

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With some very busy work days, I wasn't

capable of focusing too long on

some of these Challenge projects.  

I really needed something a little "easier" 

and just couldn't resist these cute,

fat snowmen anymore! 

I hope to finish them as little pillows

to display in a basket so I can enjoy

them throughout the winter.

LK "Snowed In"

stitched on 28ct khaki evenweave

w/DMC

 

This roly-poly one is just so cute so I

couldn't wait to start the next one.

LK "Snow House"

stitched on 28ct evenweave

w/DMC



They do stitch up very quickly so 

hopefully I will get them all done to enjoy

at least a day or two this winter!  

 

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Well....I have some exchange stitching calling me.

Then it will be the difficult decision of 

what to stitch next???

Thanks for looking...happy stitching.