Simple Joys Finished!

I got "Simple Joys" finished up today. It was such a fun stitch. I needed a smaller project to feel some sort of accomplishment. I have had so many big starts this year that I've barely finished anything!

Little House Needleworks "Simple Joys"

Fabric: 32 ct. Vintage Buttercream by Lakeside Linens

Threads: Weeks Dye Works and Crescent Colours

Started: 5/22/10 - Finished: 6/12/10

Now I'm going to get started on my Prairie Schooler Round Robin. I hope to be finished with them all next week!

P.S. That was a joke - Karen, Faye and Amy!! LOL! :)

Long Time No Post!

Sorry I've been MIA! I wasn't feeling too well last week. I caught some kind of virus that made me so tired. I'm finally getting over it, but still coughing a little. Now Matthew has gotten it. He was up in the middle of night coughing like crazy, the poor guy (and poor me because he kept me up)! LOL! :)

I did get some stitching done...

I worked on Shores a lot last week. I got the big whale stitched in block 11 and then I worked on the water around the whale.

I also got Simple Joys back out. It's coming along, slowly, but surely. Amy finished her sampler last week. I saw it in person on Saturday - It looks great!

Speaking of Amy, while I was there we decided to do a round robin with Karen and Faye. Only instead of stitching it on one piece of fabric we are going to use individual pieces - sort of like our own Fair and Square exchange. We are going to be using designs from The Prairie Schooler Patterns "Friends" and "More Friends." Amy, Faye and Karen chose 32 ct. Vintage Buttercream for their fabric and I chose 32 ct. Vintage Light Examplar for mine.

It should be a fun project and it will be nice to have a stitched piece from each of them.

Well, the kids are out of school now. Bradley's birthday is tomorrow - he's going to be 10! I just can't believe it. It seems like just yesterday I was holding him in my arms. We're planning on going to Florida soon. They are going to be spending time with my mom while I come back here and relax. I'm sure I won't know what to do with myself!! :) Write soon - hopefully with a finish!

Shores Block #4 Finished

I got this finished up last night....

Now on to Block 11! Hope you all have a safe and happy Memorial Day weekend! :)

Update

I won Ellen Chester's blog giveaway and the charts came today! I just love them - they're so pretty!

I got Quaker Sampling III and Blairgowrie. Thank you again for the great giveaway Ellen! :)

I worked on Simple Joys a little bit yesterday....

The fabric is 32 ct. Vintage Buttercream by Lakeside Linen - it's a beautiful color!

This is what has been keeping me away from my stitching....

I just love my new Nook. It's awesome. I love the fact that unlike a Kindle I can download books from the library on it. My library in Florida (still have my card) just added over 200 ebooks. I was so excited to see that. I just started reading The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, which I got from the library. The case I got for it is a M-Edge Platform Jacket with light.

Well, my darling, sweet, three year old has just destroyed the house, so I won't be stitching or reading, I'm going to be cleaning! Yeah, me! Write soon! :)

Finally Stitching!

I went to Amy's on Saturday and we decided to start the new LHN "Simple Joys." I got the border finished and started on the words.




This is not the greatest picture, but you get the idea. :) write soon!

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Shores Block Four Progress

I haven't been stitching too much this week. I've been too busy playing with my new phone. :) I do have a little progress on Shores to share.

This block seems like it's going to be a fun block. There are a lot of color changes, but the colors are pretty!

Well, nothing really going on here. Just hanging out with the kids. Write soon! :)

New Toy!

I got an iPhone today! I've been playing around with it. I took a couple of pics and I wanted to see if I could upload them.

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Sampler of Stitches Part 8 Finished!

I got part eight finished up today after ripping a few specialty stitches more than once. Chain stitches and I just don't get along!! But I finally got them in and left them in no matter what they looked like.

Au Ver a Soie Silks, 32 ct. Vintage Bisque linen.

I also worked on Paradise Lost a little bit today. I worked on the tree next to the giraffe, but there wasn't enough progress to take a picture. I ended up putting it away to work on Sampler of Stitches again. I'm addicted to this sampler! :) Write soon!

Sampler of Stitches Part Nine Finished!

I worked on this after I posted yesterday. I'm loving it - all the specialty stitches are so much fun.

32 ct. Vintage Bisque by Lakeside Linens, Au Ver a Soie silks.

I Hope everyone has wonderful Mother's Day weekend! I don't have any plans. I just plan to stitch... and maybe get some of Carrabbas Chicken Marsala for dinner. Oh yum, I can taste it now! :)

Shores Block #8 Finished!

I finished up block #8 on Shores of Hawk Run Hollow today. This block took a lot of time because it's almost solid stitching. I was going to change the name and date, but got lazy and decided to stitch it as is. :)

40 ct. Summer Khaki (over-dyed with Tan Rit Dye), NPI silks (1 over 2).

The only thing I didn't stitch is the rigging. I decided to wait until the end because I'm afraid I will snag my finger on it. I pulled the threads for block #4 today. They're so pretty! I'm going to either get started on it or work on Sampler of Stitches some more.

Cynthia asked what colors I'm using for SoS. I'm using all the recommended Au Ver a Soie colors except I changed 3815 to 3813 and 4231 to 4232.