It took me all day yesterday to get absolutely nothing done. This week has been insane...I'll be back after I get my act together...
My Mother used to say...So goes Monday, so goes the week. It's been a CRAZY week so far and we are only half way through...haha. Monday Miss Q was here, and I guess needed a little more attention than usual. I love the baby snuggles, but boy was I tired afterward. She is an active little girl!! LOL Tuesday I was so tired, I overslept my alarm and was a few minutes late for my hair appointment. The guys wanted to go to an Orioles game, but I was too tired to go. Sadly the O's lost, so in a way I'm glad I wasn't there. So the past few days haven't lend a lot of time for stitching, but I did finish up Polar Bear Wishes by Century Farm Stitching from the 2024 JCS Christmas Issue. This was one of the challenge pieces for this year. I switched out the fabric they suggested for Petite Point and I truly love the way it came out! I was able to use one of the new Nurge frames that I found while we were in Lancaster and it's so much easier to use than the knock-offs I bought a while back. Now I wish I had one just a wee bit bigger, maybe someone will get me one for Christmas...haha. Now to find the time to fully finish it off.
I had this one kitted for our upcoming trip, so now I will have to find something else to take. Shouldn't be a problem...haha. I have a ton of things I really want to stitch! With a little luck I'll find some fabric I need for one of them while we are away. It's an odd color, so wish me luck!
Anyway, I'm off to kit up a few more and get something else started before the beginning of September when I'll be back working on Let Freedom Ring. What are you stitching on these days? I'm enjoying the cooler weather and looking forward to opening windows in the evening when it cools off. I hope all is well in your neck of the woods! Happy Stitching!
Just a quick one today. Last night I finished up page 12 of the pattern Let Freedom Ring. This is the 4th page I've completed. So I'm sticking to my schedule of 2 pages a month. Yay me! LOL Only one more page and I'll have the bottom 5 pages complete. Here is where I am so far...
I've been working on some organization today, but finished up early afternoon to get some stitching in a new Christmas Ornament. I'll show pictures when I'm a little further on.
It's been a wonderful weekend. Friday night we hung out at the Guinness brewery (we weren't drinking!!) with the kids listening to the free live outdoor band and watching the kids play. It was the perfect night, no humidity, perfect temperature with a gentle wind blowing. I love evenings like that! We all made plans to visit the Maryland State Fair next week and talked about our upcoming trip. We gave the kids a week at the beach for their Christmas gift last year. We are looking forward to spending some quality time with them.
I'm off to work on a Christmas ornament for the JCS challenge. I hope you all are enjoying whatever weather you are having right now, staying healthy, and happily stitching! Take care...
Well would you look at that? I had another finishing day! LOL!! I received these a couple of months ago, an exchange with my friend, Mouse, in England. We decided to send unfinished stitching as it would be cheaper to post and we agreed to do the finishing for ourselves. So you've seen the Little cups of Friendship that I finished into a drum...
and the blue Bethlehem piece I made into an ornament.
So I had these two little ones left to finish. While I was in Lancaster I ran across this fabric with the anchors on it. A little light bulb went off. I wasn't sure if the colors would work, but when I got home I was pleasantly surprised! I had this wooden board that I found at Hobby Lobby a long while ago that I bought to finish off another lighthouse piece. It came in a package of two. I still haven't finished off the other lighthouse...haha...but it seemed to work well for this one too! So here is how I finished this one.
For the next one, I was rummaging through my stash and found this glass tray. I was at a retreat once and for an exchange piece, a lady had made a pin cushion attached to the corner of a glass tray. You can use the other places for needles, beads, scissors, any number of things. I thought it was fabulous! So when I see an inexpensive glass tray at thrift stores, I scarf them up! This one had been sitting in my stash for a long time. I'm thrilled I found something that fit it so perfectly! Now I will think of Ms. Mouse whenever I use the pin cushion.
So that is what I've been up to today. I had more I hoped to fully finish, but you know the best laid plans of mice and men...haha. Maybe I can rally again tomorrow...we'll see. As for Let Freedom Ring, I worked along the bottom yesterday. I have very nearly reached the other side. With a little luck I'll finish the vines and leaves along the bottom tonight.
I love working on this, but I'll be happy to finish off the current page I'm working on so I can work on a few other things I want to work on. Hopefully by Friday I'll have finished the other page. Thanks for stopping by, and thanks for leaving comments. Happy Stitching!
Well it was a crazy weekend. I'm not sure where my head was at...haha...I just couldn't get settled into stitching on Saturday or Sunday. I did put 1100 stitches in on Friday, but not quite that many on the other two days. It's hard to see progress when most of the stitching I did was outlining, but it really does make a huge difference. I can now say I have three fully completed pages, and working on the 4th.
I did find out today that I'll be back to watching the girls twice a week starting tomorrow. I love being with them, but they sure do cut into my stitching time! hahaha. I also fully finished this Noel Bell Pull.
I've been looking for a way to fully finish a couple of pieces that were sent to me when I ran across this one. It was begging to be fully finished...haha. I still haven't got my sewing machine up and working, so I finished this by hand...which takes a crazy amount of time. Oh well, it's finished now! Ok, I'm off to get some puttering done. Little Miss Suzy Q will be here tomorrow so I'll have to find something small to work on while she naps. Fingers crossed she naps good for me! Happy Stitching!
I had a really good run yesterday on Let Freedom Ring. I really should get some finishing done but as I've said before, I have to be in the right frame of mind. Anywho...I spent a good deal of time stitching on my favorite right now. I actually put 1100 stitches in yesterday...yes, that's right...1100!! You can see the difference between last month...
And yesterday!
I'm trying to fully finish (including backstitching and specialty stitches) two pages a month until finished. I did pretty well last month, and yesterday I nearly finished a third page. I won't have much time this weekend, sadly, even though it's International Hermit and Stitch weekend. *sigh* My life never seems to coincide with this weekend! LOL Well half the month is still ahead, so maybe with a little luck, I may actually finish a second page (or maybe three?) If I could just catch a break!!
I'm off to get a little finishing done before I have to go check on Moolah (our kid's cat...they are away for the weekend). I hope you all are having a productive weekend! Happy Stitching!
It's been a busy few days...and while we are recovering from the "bug", I decided to finish up this months Christmas ornament challenge. This month I decided to substitute Christmas Joy by Frony Ritter designs from the 2024 JCS Christmas issue. I stitched this on 14 count white perforated paper and attached them to some 2 inch wooden blocks I found at Hobby Lobby and painted white. I'm pretty pleased with how they turned out!
While in Lancaster I found the rick rack I thought I could use to fully finish the Gather Pinecone and Gather Pumpkins series. I'm so happy these are fully finished. I'm looking forward to swapping them out from season to season.
I'm headed back upstairs soon to get back to working on Let Freedom ring. I'm going to try to finish two pages a month until it's fully stitched. I've missed working on it. Here is where I left off before our vacation...
Then I'm going to fill in the rest of the time each month with Christmas ornaments, I hate waiting until the last minute. We have a few more excursions we are planning and I won't be able to take such a big project with me on those, so I'm looking for smaller compact projects to fill in while I'm out and about. Stay tuned! I have some fun things getting kitted up and ready to go! I hope all is well with you wherever you are. Happy Stitching!
