Stitched goodies....

 

I'm back.   I make a promise to myself

each time I do a blog post that I will not

wait so long until the next one. 

Amazing how time flies.....

 

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I first want to say I have time to write

this blog today

due to my office being closed.

We experienced horrific flooding over

 the weekend in South Carolina

thanks to Joaquin.  The devastation

we have seen in our city has been unbelievable

and the flooding continues due to

dam breaches.  Please say a prayer for

all of these families.  We made it through

Hugo and know we will make it

through this too. 

 

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Just a few goodies to share.

I knew as soon as I finished this one that

I wouldn't wait to have it framed.

I still love it and have to say it is still

one of my favorite stitches.

 

By The Bay "Thirteenth Colony Parts 1,2 & 3"

 

I always gravitate to this molding

and thought it fit this piece beautifully.

 

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August turned to be a good month to finish

up some long lingering WIPS.

 

I started this piece back in 2012 as part

of the Crazy January Challenge.

I have picked it up several times over

the years but it just felt like a chore to stitch.

 

Plum Street Samplers "Halloween Hornbook"

Stitched on Lakeside Linen 35ct Parchment

w/Victorian Motto threads

 

I still don't know why I had such as

hard time with this one but I am so happy

I stuck with it and finished in time

for this Halloween.  Hopefully I can

get my gumption up to get it finished

before month end.

 

I am guessing these are some type of

morbid peacock and I just love

this one with the witch's hat.

 

I dove back into my pile of WIPS

and pulled this one out.

This was a freebie that I had miscounted

and just lost my steam.



Freebie--"Pear XII--Swan Song"

from Samplers and Santas Blog

 



I think I still have a couple more of

these to stitch.  I can say that I was glad to

finish this one and add it to my collection.

 

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Well...if you made it this far, thanks for

visiting my small place in the universe.

 

I hope you are having a great stitching month.

Happy stitching.... 

By The Bay "Thirteenth Colony"....

 

So excited to share this finish.....

 

By the Bay's "Thirteenth Colony"

parts 1,2 & 3 stitched as one.

 

I started this one back in early 2013 and I

can remember then the feeling that it

would take forever to stitch this.

I stitched on it here and there as the

mood hit me but something clicked

last month to get this one finished.

 

By The Bay "Thirteenth Colony"

Parts 1, 2 & 3

Stitched on 40ct Lakeside Linen with recommended DMC

 

I decided I really wanted to finish this one

by the end of the month and with only had

Part 1 left to stitch it was definitely doable.  

Of course, I completely lost interest in stitching

it after making that decision.  Figures....

 

I made myself trudge on and, after some

marathon stitching the last few days, I put

the last stitch in this afternoon.

By the Bay "Thirteenth Colony Part 1"

I started in the lower right corner so I basically

stitched it "backwards" from right to left. 

Part 1 was the last one for me to stitch. 

 

Love the little sheep and houses.

By the Bay "Thirteenth Colony Part 2"

Love the trees in this one....

they reminded me of butter beans.

By the Bay "Thirteenth Colony Part 3"

 

This huge weeping willow took

forever.....

 

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Two of my favorite parts of the piece...

love this little island....

 

Love the little house with sheep.....

 

I did joke with hubby that this one had on

specialty thread in it....

"Hair of Black Cat"

.... especially the last part.

My cat couldn't resist sitting in my lap

while stitching so I spent a lot of time

pulling out little strands of cat hair. 

Guess it could have been worse.

 

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Thanks for visiting and hope you are having

a great stitching weekend. 

Now I am off to find something

small to stitch.....