A little more Pomegranate

I decided to get back to my rotation. I got a little side tracked with "Faith." I worked on Pomegranate Sampler last night. I finished up the right side border, which was my goal for this month. Hey, maybe I'll get it finished up soon?? :) I loved working on the 36 ct. It was such a nice break from the 40 ct.



This fabric is 36 ct. Park City Blend by R&R. Today I'm going to work on Sunflower Bellpull. I'm hoping to get the two sunflowers stitched next to the house. Well, I caught some kind of stomach bug again. I just hope I'm doing better by tomorrow. I don't want to miss my trip! Write later! :)

You gotta have "Faith!"

I finished up the Little House Needleworks thread pack "Faith" yesterday. I couldn't resist starting it the other day. I just love the colors in this one!





The fabric is the 40 ct. Navy Bean that I got the other day. For some reason I was having such a difficult time with the border. It was driving me nuts! So I think I'm sticking to 32 and 36 ct. for awhile. Give my eyes a little break! Well, not much else going on here. My dh and I went to a Devil Rays game for our 14th Anniversary yesterday. And this weekend we are escaping and going up to Jacksonville/St. Augustine to spend some time together before he has to start training on Monday. They just called and told him he won't be in Albany, GA after his training he will now be in Charleston, SC. It's a little further away, but a much better place to be.

Well, I'd better go - we are going out with the in-laws to celebrate Father's Day early. Write later! :) Thank you again to everyone for your very kind comments!!

You all are too kind!

It's so nice to have someone justify your craziness! Only another stitcher would understand. If I told my husband that I just couldn't complete a project because I started on the horizontal he would look at me like I'd grown two heads. Not to mention all the money spent on a huge project that when I started to stitch it, it gave me heart palpitations. Only another stitcher would understand.

Anyway, I did get "My Earth" out last night and it felt so right - no palpitations! :) I finished up one band under the sheep and started on a floral band under that. I realized though that I was using the wrong color thread for the vines. It's supposed to be Deep Green and I was using the same thread as the leaves. I don't think I'm going to rip it out. It gives it a little more subtle look - what do you all think? The deep green is stitched in the flowers above the grass by the pudgie.



I may work on it a little more tonight and then start on my June Flip-it Bit.

Bradley ended up having a very nice birthday - he's in there playing with this huge nerf dart gun thing my mom got him and loving every minute of it! :) Thank you all again for being so supportive and understanding! I appreciate you all!

I have bit off more than I can chew.

It was kind of an impulse thing. I bought "And They Sinned." And I actually thought that I would have the patience right now to stitch such an large (large being an understatement) project. I got it out because Friday is my night to stitch ATS. Actually I avoided stitching it by browsing the web and ebay for out of print patterns. When I finally did get around to stitching it - I started going out of my mind. My heart started pounding. How in the world am I going to finish this border much less stitch anything else on it. I just packed it up and put it away. I'm not getting rid of it - I think I would regret it. So it's just going away for now. I may in the future cut some of the sides down to put it in a smaller scroll frame. But that future may be when all the kids are out of the house. LOL! :)

Well, I'm so sorry to ladies I was going to be SALing with - Becky and Cathy. I will be cheering you both on when you do start! In it's place I'm going to try to finish up Shepherd's Bush My Earth. A much more manageable project. I feel better already. Write later! :)

Sunflower Bellpull

I worked on Drawn Thread's Sunflower Bellpull a little last night. I stitched most of the house in the middle of the pattern. I'm so glad I'm back to my rotation. I missed this project and I think I can finish it fairly soon if I stick to it. I think it definitely helps me to have goals.



I decided to take my Game Board Sampler out of my rotation. In fact I'm not sure if I'm going to stitch on it anymore. My reason is a little nutty, but it was driving me crazy! I started on the horizontal thread. I never do that, I always start on the vertical and everytime I stitched it - it drove me nuts! I don't know why I didn't fix it ages ago. The only thing I can think of is it was one of my first projects after not stitching for almost two years. So I may restart it one of these days, but I don't think anytime soon, it's just too frustrating!

Well, not much else going on here really. My brother (who is also my boss) went to Vegas for the weekend, so I'm kind of on a mini-vacation too. I'm sure when he gets back I'll have a ton to do, so for now I'm going to enjoy it! Write later! :)

P.S. If anyone wants my Sampler Gameboard UFO (stitched fabric only) and doesn't mind that it's on the horizontal you are more than welcome to it! Just email me and it's yours! Found a good home - thanks Peg! :)

Getting Back to my Rotation

I've decided to go back to rotating again. I seemed to get more done that way. I've decided to focus on the following...

Mon - A Simple Little Quaker
Tue - Village of Hawk Run Hollow
Wed - Pomegranate Sampler
Thur - Sunflower Bellpull
Fri - And They Sinned
Sat & Sun - Flip-it Bits/CHS Alphabets

Hopefully this will work out for me! And hopefully I can get some things finished up to make room for other projects I'd like to get finished and/or started! :)

I did work on VoHRH last night. I filled in some more of the black background on block #12.


Carriage House Samplings on 36 ct. Vintage Sand Dune by Lakeside Linens using NPI silk.

I was thinking yesterday that I really must cut off the bottom part of my old VoHRH to use the linen for something else. I originally had started it on Light Examplar (don't know what I was thinking). I finally came to my senses and realized it was too light. Then I remembered Kathy Barrick-Dieter from Carriage House Samplings posted that she needed cross stitch "dead or alive" to cut up and make pendants and I thought maybe she'd like my old VoHRH that I was just going throw in a box or something, so I emailed her and she said she would like and would pay me for it in cash or charts. Of course I chose charts! Have you seen my wish list! :) So I thought that was pretty cool. It will be neat to see my stitching in her pendants. Maybe I'll buy one to get a little piece of my stitching back.

Anyway, that's all I've been up to! We are going to be getting ready for Bradley's 7th birthday party! It seems like just yesterday I was driving to the hospital to have him! Time flies! :)

Feeling Much Better!

Thank you to everyone who wished me well. That was so kind of you! Well, I finally got up the energy to open my box! :)


Just a boring brown box on the outside.


It's getting a little better!


Pretty Pink Paper!


Hillside Samplings "Folk Art Sewing Roll."


Hillside Samplings "Alphabet Needlebook."


"Miss Kitty's Dragon's" Finishing Kit.
Yep, that definitely perked me up some! Now, if I could only get some stitching done in this house - that would really make me happy! I'm so glad to be over the bug. Now I don't have to anticipate getting it anymore and hopefully we're not all sick like that for a long, long time! Thanks again everyone! Write later!

P.S. I was browsing around etsy and came across these really cute sewing sets. I'm very tempted to get one! :)

I got it

I got the bug yesterday. I'm doing better now, just tired. This is what I wrote before I got sick...

>>This is going to be a short post. My mom and my dh now have the stomach bug. I have this sinking feeling that I'm next. It's awful and doesn't care if you are a baby, or a little boy, or a grandma, who needs to take care of her grandchild, or a policeman, who needs to go on duty, it just doesn't care. And I'm sure it won't care that I'm a mother who needs to take of her three children and a stitcher that has projects she'd like to be stitching. So I'm going to rest and hopefully I'm being dramatic and it won't get me. I'm hoping against hope!<<

Well, the hope didn't work, but I survived. We all survived! :) I won't say who was the one crying on the bathroom floor (it wasn't me). Well, I'm just resting now, and hopefully I'll be back to normal soon! I got a package from Silver Needle today that's bound to perk me up. When I open it I'll take a picture. :)

Write later!

Another Small Finish

I decided to stitch Carriage House Samplings "Deer." I meant to do it last month, but never got around to it. I would like to try for two letters a month.


Carriage House Samplings "Deer"
Fabric: 36 ct. Examplar by Lakeside Linens
Threads: GAST
Started: 6/2/07
Finished: 6/3/07


All four letters together.



I got some charts from a trade I did through my new trade blog. They are three Little House Needleworks Dear Diary charts: Abigail Winslow, Rebecca Small, and Emmaline Whitcomb. Too cute! Thank you again Kristin for the great trade! :)

Well, Matthew is still not feeling too well. I gave him Pedialite in his bottle tonight. I'm hoping that will help him. He's also cutting a tooth on top and I'm sure that's not making him feel any better. :( He did feel well enough to get into a little mischief today. Click on the picture below for the whole story.



Well, it's almost 11 pm. I'd better get some sleep! Write later!

New Start and Some Stash

I started "And They Sinned" by Examplar Dames yesterday. I was just going to get on a scroll frame to get ready for the SAL to start today, but I couldn't resist putting a few stitches in!


"And They Sinned" Stitched on 40 ct. Elegant Bean using GAST.

There's not too much to see. I started at the bottom, which is where I normally start my projects. I just started working on the border. I ended up putting the frame on an old lap stand I had. We'll see how that works out. I'm used to working in hand or on smaller frames. I have a feeling this will be slow going! It may take me the rest of my life, but I will persevere! :)

I got a little stash the other day that I thought I'd share. I've been watching Gill's (Chewed Away) progress on her AMAP Reves de Brodeuse. It's so pretty and I just couldn't resist ordering it and another pattern. It was my first time ordering anything overseas and I couldn't believe how fast it got here - just four days!


A Mon Ami Pierre - "Reves de Brodeuse," "Porte Aiguille Angelots" and a very pretty freebie that was included.

I also got one of the latest Little House Needleworks/Crescent Colours thread packs from Handcrafts Online. I didn't get the pineapples because I'm just not a pineapple person, so I got "Faith," which I think is very pretty. I also got the finishing kit. Mary Kathryn always picks out the prettiest fabric!


LHN/CC "Faith" with finishing kit.

And last but not least I signed up for Shakespeare's Peddlers Fabric of the Month Club. I asked for fat 1/8, 40 ct, which I may change because I may be going blind soon from stitching ATS on 40 ct! It's only $10 for a fat 1/8, which is a pretty good deal I thought! :)



This last month's was Navy Bean, which looks totally different from the Navy bean I'm using now. I guess that's a good thing, so I don't have two of the same, it's just crazy how much the dyelots vary. I still love LL linens though - they are definitely my favorite!

Well, unfortunately Matthew caught the bug today. It's so strange how Bradley was sick on Friday two weeks ago and then Jake last Thursday and now Matthew this Friday. Please don't let me be next Friday! Bradley is having a birthday party the Saturday after! The poor little guy though, he doesn't know what's going on and he's being so brave. I did end up catching a cold somehow. I can live with a cold, I'm just a big baby when it comes to the stomach flu. Matthew is finally asleep, so I'm going to try to get some rest too! Write later!