BBD "Moon Garden".....

BBD "Moon Garden"

30 ct. R&R 18th Century Rook

w/Sampler Threads

I finished this up last night so that's one more Challenge piece I can mark off the list! 

The pastel colors really complement the darker fabric...wish my photography skills could capture it.  Cameo pink gives just a hint of  color and I love it with the yellowish green of Willow.  So glad to use some threads that I have been hoarding for years!

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Now...on to another Challenge piece.  I am having a hard time getting into Frederick so I think I am going to switch to "The Bird Tree" since it is a little less daunting and another one of my favorites. 

Thanks for visiting and have a great stitchy week!

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 Maggee.  I 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

Crazy Challenge update....

Well...work was crazy too this week and I was just too lazy to post pics of my starts each night...... but I did have 4 more starts!

Crazy Day 5...

Goode Huswife "The Bird Tree"

32ct. Belfast linen

w/DMC

Crazy Day 6...

CHS "Americana"

32ct. Lakeside Linen Buttercream

w/DMC

Crazy Day 7...

CHS "Her Sampler"

32ct. Lakeside Linen Buttercream

w/DMC

Crazy Day 8...

BBD "Moon Garden"

30ct R&R 18th Century Rook

w/ ST & WDW

I certainly picked a lot of charts with birds, trees, vines, etc... can't believe I didn't notice it when I chose my designs.  Oh well...I'm off to enjoy some of Mom's Vegetable Soup and then to stitch some more on Moon Garden.  We are supposed to get some wintery weather tomorrow night and it has certainly been cold and windy today.  I think tomorrow will be another good stitchy day too!

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Happy stitching!