Seven brides....

for seven brothers.   Well....six really.   That is

all I could think about while finishing my

Snow Belles since I knew they would soon be

introduced to my Fat Men.

 

Here they are all dressed up and ready to go.

I did have some issues with the finishing.   I

decided to use another Aleene's Fabric Fusion

fabric glue to attach the ric rac and that did not

go well.   I stopped in the middle of the first

pillow and promptly made a trip to Joann's

to buy some trusty Fabric-Tac.  

Lesson learned... I will not stray again.

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Welcome to the Fat Farm....

The above basket was tight quarters for the

whole "fat" bunch so we moved up to

slightly larger accommodations.  I know Lizzie

Kate did not want to refer to the ladies as "fat"

but I just love my fat little friends and I

don't think they mind a bit.

 

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I had a good finishing weekend.   I finished up

a Winter exchange and it turned out so cute.  

Wish I could show you but I will just have t

o wait until it makes it to its new home.    I

am off now to attempt my first mattress

pincushion finish.   I have everything stitched 

and hope to get it put together tonight.   Please

keep your fingers crossed for me that I

don't mess this one up.

 

Thanks for visiting and happy stitching....

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....



12-12-12=20

 

December 12, 2012...

 

our 20th wedding anniversary....

 

 

We decided to take a trip to Texas and explore the

Hill Country.  It wouldn't be a "vacation" for us if

there wasn't a park, forest or desert involved. 

Here we are at the Enchanted Canyon right

outside of Fredericksburg.   The stars at

night are said to be beautiful but it was a tad

too cold for us to find out.   We did have a good

time and enjoyed our time together!

 

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Anytime we travel, I always start a new Lizzie

Kate project since they are so easy to stitch.  

I recently acquired the Snow Belles

(thanks to a visit to the Spring Robin earlier this fall)

and decided to start the first one.  

Lizzie Kate "All Dressed Up"

Stitched on 28ct khaki evenweave

w/ DMC

That snowman was so much fun to stitch I

decided to stitch him twice!   I had my fabric

oriented incorrectly so it soon became obvious

that I was running out of fabric.  Not a good idea

to start something new at 6:00 in the morning!  

Luckily...it doesn't take as long to rip it out as

it does to stitch it.  I plan to make these into

small pillows to keep my fat men company. 

One down....five to go!

 

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We had some free time in San Antonio so I was

 able to visit Stitches from the Heart.   They had a

lot of great stitched models to drool over.  The

best part was the "Texas" section with a variety

of  designs about Texas from Texas.

 

I picked up these two ornaments from Redbird

Designs.  If memory serves me correct, you can

only find her stuff in Texas.   I know I purchased

another Texas ornament years ago at another

shop in San Antonio.   I thought these were

just too cute to pass up and hope to stitch

for next year as a reminder of our trip.

 

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Well...Christmas is almost here and I hope

you are ready!  We start our celebrations

tomorrow so I am ready for some good food

and fellowship with our families.   I wish you

a very Merry Christmas and hope you

find time for a little stitching too!