A Small Update

Times have been busy, but time for a small update.  I recently stitched a towel for a family member. I love how this turned out!

I also want to share these stitched pieces that were made by others.  

These two crewel pieces were stitched by an unknown person.  I received them via a community giveaway page.  Aren't they fun and vintage?

A stitching friend of mine stitched these two Prairie Schooler designs and inserted them into some fun painted wood pieces.  I love getting them out each year for our display. 

I have been busy working on my Yvonne Le Clerq Sampler, as well as Winter Quakers. Life has been full of busy activities so I don't get as much done as I would like to, but that is how it goes. 

Thanks for stopping by today! 

An Update of Sorts

Oh my, so long since I have been here. I will share some of my finished pieces and WIPs at this time. Thanks for visiting me here despite my lack of posts. 

I started this blog in 2006 and moved to this address in 2011 after the old one was hacked. In the meantime, I have started sharing my stitching on Instagram and Facebook, thus the lack of visits to this blog. 

I do enjoy reading blogs, however, and I vow to return to that wonderful pasttime.

Here is one of my current WIPs.This is Yvonne LeClerq 1905 from Reflets de Soie.I am so enjoying this piece. It is being stitched on 32 count linen using DMC threads. 

Originally I had vowed to refrain from working on a labor intensive sampler  but I just could not resist this one.

This is my progress on Winter Quakers from Rosewood Manor. It is being stitched on 32 count fabric with the recommended fabric color called dwarf. I am using the called for Valdani threads. What a joy it is to work on this piece, and I do so as often as possible. 

This is Summer Breeze by Prairie Schooler that I worked on mostly at various stitching retreats and gatherings. I used DMC threads. I decided to finish it by using a simple poster hanger. I love seeing this in our home each day!  

It reminds me of my late mother as she loved summer. She also enjoyed reciting little poems about summer. 

This is Cottage from an older Cross Stitch and Country Crafts magazine. My husband and I framed it and gave it to one of my dearest cousins. She enjoys looking at it in her kitchen each day. 

Several years ago, I worked on many different weather projects. This is one I finished that represents 2020's weather in our city, starting with January 1st in the middle of the design. 

Here it is again, shown with another one I did that represents the same weather zone but starts with a summertime birthday. These projects were fun, and I ended up doing four of them in one year. The poster finish came in so handy, although I did have the other two framed as they were gifts. 

This was the first weather project I did, and it shows the weather here in 2019. It was designed by Stitchin' Mommy, purchased off of Etsy. 

Finally, this is a weather project I did that shows midwest weather for 2019.  On the bottom is Fractal Bookmark 705 from Cross Stitch Collectibles. I did shorten the length of the bookmark as I decided that would work for me. The bottom piece is stitched one over one on 28 count fabric. 

So there you have some of my recent WIPs and fully finished items. There are many more that will be shared down the road. 

Life has been busy & full of both happy moments and sad ones in the past few years. That is the nature of it, of course. 

Thanks for stopping by today.