PS Seasonal for Elisa and a little more.

 

Here's the piece I stitched for Elisa for the HoE Prairie Schooler Seasonal exchange.  Elisa chose spring as the season she wanted stitched for her.  I chose two designs from the April Leaflet #152.  I used a 32ct fabric and the called for DMC threads and filled it with crushed walnut shells and lavender.  It felt good to stitch again.  So, I think I'll be picking up the needle again to finish a project I started and never finished.

While I was shopping at the farmer's market yesterday, I met a fellow church member.  She had a needlepoint pillow top her good friend had started and never finished.  The friend has since died, so she asked me if I would complete the stitching.  I said yes, though I do not know what possessed me.  Guess it was because I knew the lady who had died.  I'll give it a try, but cautioned her not to be in a big hurry!

I've taken three more trips since I did my last trip post, one to the Grand Canyon, one to a sheep farm, and one to Omaha. As soon as I get my photos uploaded, I'll post some.  I know you can't wait to see me milking a sheep!

Prairie Schooler Exchange received

Goodness gracious, it has been a long time.  Along the way I lost all my desire to stitch.  When the HoE Prairie Schooler exchange came along, I caved and joined.  My partner has not received her exchange yet, but I can show you what I received from Lisa S. The design is taken from the leaflet Acorns, stitched on 28ct antique white evenweave using DMC threads.  I love it because the finishing is so unique.  Thank you Lisa, I can't wait until fall!

Tired of Snow? Here's Jamaica, January 2011

If you have snow on the ground like we do in Oklahoma, here's a few photos from my Panamal Canal trip last month.  Hard to believe I went from the tropics to the artic!

HoE Reindeer from Tricia

It was a great day Saturday for mail.  With all the snow we've had, I've been pretty much homebound.  So this little ditty from Tricia  brought a smile to my face.  It's part of the HoE Reindeer exchange.  If you look carefully, you see that the reindeer are really sheepdeer!.  So cute.  I really love it.  Thank you Tricia.

Another Humbug and a giftie

I finished another humbug for my youngest great-niece.  As I said, these are so much fun to do.  So, without further ado, here it is:

My stitching friend Julianne sent me a great little ornament with....Reindeer on it!  You know how I love reindeer.  I haven't seen this design before.  Anyway, thank you Julianne.  I love it bunches.

Hope you all have a very Merry Christmas.

Humbugs

I thought I'd try my hand at putting together a couple of humbug ornaments.  The design I chose if from the 2010 December issue of The Gift of Stitching.  When I started the project, I thought I wasn't going to like them, but, they rank right up there with my love of biscornu stitching.  So, here's my foray into the world of humbugs.  The ornaments are for my great-nieces that live in Kansas.  If I can get my self in gear, I might make it to the PO to mail them tomorrow.  If not, then I'll have to wait until Monday.  Either way, I'm sending them to their Nana's house so they will have them on Christmas.  I stitched them with good ole DMC in their favorite colors.  So, here they are:

Well, my friend It's Daffycat has done it again.  She's gifted us with another reindeer freebie.  I have already printed it off and hope to stitch it this weekend for my great-nephew.  I stitched Daffy's first reindeer for him last year.  I'm also working on another of the humbugs for my youngest great-niece.  They are such fun.

Guess I'll go stitch some more.

HoE Exchanges from Gwen



Gwen had me as her stitching partner for both the HoE Christmas Ornament Exchange and the HoE Christmas Smalls Exchange.  She said she didn't mind stitching for me because she had a theme she could follow.  She captured my love of reindeer perfectly, didn't she?  Thank you so much Gwen, I love them.  Loved them so much that I immediately displayed them in the house and forgot I needed to post to the HoE blog! 

I've been busy stitching little ornies for my great-nieces and nephew.  Whee, I hope I get them finished! 

Time to get my day started.