Playing with thread.....

Faye at Carolina Stitcher made some beautiful pincushions a couple of months ago and inspired me to do the same.   I decided I would dig through some of my threads I hadn't used and stitched these designs from two of my older magazines.

Stitched with Needle Necessities 116

Design from For the Love of Cross Stitch

Stitched with Needle Necessities 103

Design from For the Love of Cross Stitch

I bought a variety of Needle Necessities thread about 10 years ago from a needlepoint shop and they have just been sitting there all this time waiting to be used.  They are very nice to stitch with so I will be using these a little more in the future.

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I love playing with beads and have to admit I enjoyed making the marking pins as much as the pin cushions!  I can see more of these in my future!

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Thanks for visiting and all of your comments...I do love reading them.   Hope your weekend has gone well and happy stitching.

Me, Myself & I ornaments....

JBW Designs "Christmas Keepsakes II"

Homespun Elegance motif from "Merry Winter Bellpull"

I decided to take a break from the JCS Ornament issues and stitch some stuff from my stash.  I love the JBW ornaments and stitched two using DMC 115 and 94.  I loved the green and think I will be stitching these again.  I had an unfortunate accident with a water bottle and my Homespun Elegance ornament suffered the consequences ... oh well I still like the way it turned out.

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Thanks for all your wonderful comments on the Sparrow's Song.  It's amazing how much I have thought of my grandmama over the last few days.  I can vividly remember the smell of her house, the pictures on the wall, and the homemade straw broom that was always in the corner.  Oh how I wish I could spend another afternoon with her.

Thanks for visiting.  I hope you are having a wonderful week and wish you many happy stitches!

Goode Huswife "Sparrow's Song".....

Goode Huswife "The Sparrow's Song"

Stitched on 32ct. Lakeside Buttercream

w/ recommended DMC

I just love this design and Faye was nice to let me borrow it.  I finally finished it today after piddling with it for a few weeks now.  I was reminded of my grandmama the entire time I stitched.  She loved hymns and one of her favorite was "The Great Speckled Bird"....I can hear her singing it now.  In her memory, I stitched the year of her birth and her first inital. 

I picked up the Buttercream linen the last time at was at Amy's from Down Sunshine Lane and I love this linen!  The color is so soft and pretty.... I think it is my new favorite! 

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I have been very busy with work so I have been stitching ornaments for the upcoming Pals Fall Fling.  I don't know about all of you but I am definitely in the mood for some autumn and Halloween stitching! 

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Again....thanks for all of your comments on my most recent posts!  I do enjoy reading them and appreciate you visiting my small space on the web.  Hope you had a great weekend and happy stitching.

LK Exchange and Stitching with friends...

First.....

Love the green fabric with those buttons!

I came home today to find my LK Exchange from April waiting in the mailbox.  It is a wonderful reminder that fall and Halloween will be here before we know it.  I don't have this design in my stash so I am so glad she stitched it for me.  The fabric is a pretty green and April chose her own threads, which I think she did perfectly.  Thanks for such a wonderful finish and exchange piece.

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Second....

I spent the best day with some stitching friends today and this is the pic my camera took from inside my bag!  Too busy talking and stitching, I forgot to take a pic but I know you may find a few on some other blogs.  Amy hosted the stitchin and we had a great time!  Stitching were Nicole, Faye, Yvonne, Carolyn, Charlene, Judy, Donna, Carrie, Linda, Myra, Lynn, Deborah, Debbie, Kathy, June, and Susan, who traveled all the way from Knoxville!

It was fun making some new stitching friends and catching up with the old ones.  We had some giveaways and each got to choose a Trail Creek design, thanks to Amy, and a fabric fat quarter, thanks to Susan.

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Well I am off to stitch some more!  Hope your weekend is going great and happy stitching....

Seasonal Exchange from Mare.....

I had this wonderful tote bag waiting in my mailbox today from Mare for the Summer Seasonal Exchange. I will definitely put this to good use! I normally don't have too many projects going at one time, but have found over the last couple of months I have started more than I have finished. I keep switching my projects between my big bag. This bag is the perfect size to store my ornaments in waiting with all of my supplies and it fits perfectly in my big bag! No more sifting and sorting when I get ready to stitch.

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Design by the Stitcherhood

Thanks Mare for a wonderful exchange!

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There's been some stitching going on but not much.  Work is really crazy right now and I have spent too many nights working instead of stitching.  Hopefully there will be some relief soon!  We did go to my mom's river house this weekend and had a nice, relaxing time.  I will leave you with one my favorite treats from the river.....

Known as Frogmore Stew/ Beaufort Boil/ Lowcountry Boil .......... this is just plain good!

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Thanks for all of your comments on my

recent finishes and visiting my blog.

Happy stitching!

"Counting Crows"....

Threadwork Primitives "Counting Crows"

32 ct. coffee dyed linen w/ DMC

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I just loved this design from Nan (Threadwork Primitives)when I saw it and decided to stitch it up.  I love it even more finished!  The "red thread" she used is 3777, which oddly enough is one of my favorite colors.  It has more of a "rust" tone to it and I love it with my favorite "rusty red" checked fabric.  The result....this cute little pillow. 

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Happy stitches....

Me,Myself & I ornaments....

Little by Little "Sleigh Bird"--'03 JCS Ornaments

SB "Bethehem Slept"--'05 JCS Ornaments

Primitve Needle "Penny Angel"--'09 JCS Ornaments

It's that time again!  I really like this month's installment, but I have to say the "Penny Angel" has to be my favorite so far.  I love

face jugs and this reminds me of one.

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Christmas in July.....

So here is a pic of all 21 I have stitched so far......looks like I will need a bigger tree or I need to stitch some smaller ornaments!

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Lastly.....

I found this stitched goodie while reorganizing my craft room.  I stitched it a few years ago and it all centered around the button and scrap red aida I had.  The "button" is actually a miniture clay ornament I had bought at Walmart (acutally got 6 in the pack) and I thought it was too cute.  I just copied the saying from a LK design and voila a cute mini pillow.

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Thanks for all of your wonderful comments on the photo album finish.  I did get a few emails about the finishing and believe me it was easy.  I found some great tutorials on the web with pictures (I am a visual learner) so give it a try. 

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If you have made it this far....thanks for visiting and happy stitching!

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LK Exchange for Conny....

LK "These are the Day"
stitched on 28ct evenweave w/DMC

Conny received my Lizzie Kate Exchange (in record time if I say so myself....traveling all the way to the Netherlands!) The first time I saw this design it made me think of family photos! I had the perfect fabric that I found on an excursion with Amy so I changed the thread colors to match and decided to make finish as a photo album. It was a fun finish if you overlook a few boo-boos! I do hope Conny enjoys it and fills it with memorable photos.

Thanks for visiting.....I just love your comments. Well....if you aren't melting, consider yourself lucky! Where's that snow from February????? I am so ready for winter. I think I will just forgo my fall stitching and dive straight into something wintery! Happy stitching.....

Seasonal Exchange for Mare....

Threadwork Primitives "Schoolgirl Blossoms"
28ct. evenweave stitched DMC 836

I saw that Mare has received her Summer Seasonal Exchange. I stitched this design a few months ago and loved it. I thought it would be perfect as a monochromatic and loved the way it turned out. Nan (Threadwork Primitives) has some great designs (and if you love primitive, her finishing is to die for) and I can see myself stitching this again in red!

I am glad Mare liked it and hope she enjoys it as much as I had stitching it.