Happy Friday!

Where I've been and what's been in my hoop.

There has been a lot going on!

I took a road trip with three of the ladies from my first Saturday stitch group. 

We started out early Tuesday  morning and headed north. Since we were going right through Little rock, we made a stop at Shepherds Needle. I only picked up one chart there - I knew we had a lot of shopping to do. I've been there before and it's a wonderful shop. Definitely worth a stop.

After that, drove until dark but I can't remember the name of the town we spent the first night in.

Wednesday morning we made our first 'destination' was Colour and Cotton 

Look at that wall of floss! 

Definitely worth the detour if you are anywhere close. 

We wandered around (overwhelmed!) for quite a while and all came out with a bag of purchases.

Our second night on the road was in Cedar Falls, Iowa. Super cute little town but all the shops were closed by the time we got there so we just looked in windows on our walk to dinner.

The next morning we were off to our final destination - the Farm Girl Dry Goods retreat in Minnesota! 

Teresa Kogut was the featured designer and we got three projects. I can't wait to stitch them! I may start the little stuffy soon.

We all had the opportunity to go to the shop for more shopping.

This little ghost was one of the table gifts.

More table gifts

and more!

We were less than an hour from Buttermilk Basin so we took a little time to go check that out. Such a cute store. It was hard to decide what. to buy. Several things that I wanted were out of stock but I think I did okay. 

Hubby had tucked a sweet card into my stitching bag.

Such a fun trip but I think we were all exhausted by the time we got home.

(we drove all the way home in one day and it was nearly midnight when we got home)

I finished this right before we left on our trip.

It's the top portion of Early Christmas Morning by Blackbird Designs.

It needs to be ironed. (oops)

I finished the side part yesterday. 

This was a stitch-along with the stitch group and we are going to do the finishing at our December meeting. 

Of course no post would be complete without a couple of pictures of baby girl.

The cutest little werewolf ever!

It will be a busy couple of weeks as Jason and Rachael arrive tomorrow for a visit!

Happy Halloween!

 

An Emotional Day

It's been a very emotional day here.

I've watched the footage from 9/11 most of the day.

None of us will ever forget where we were when that first plane hit. 

I was getting ready to go to work. 

We had a small tv at work and watched all day. We had one customer all day.

There is THE 9/11 that will forever be 9/11.

And then their is my 9/11 

9/11/24

The day Daddy joined Mother in heaven.

I've looked at pictures, I've smiled and I've cried.

I've wished I had taken more pictures.

I can still hear his voice, remember his expressions, the pure joy that would wash over is face when those babies were around. Oh the fun he would be having with them now.

I'm so grateful for all the good memories.

Busy Summer

Good afternoon! 

It's been a busy summer here!

We had the pleasure of having baby girl here the week after the 4th of July. 

She and her papa are pretty tight. 

We went to a 'hands on' kids museum. 

Some of the activities were a little too advanced for her but we found enough to take up a couple of hours.

I took more videos than I did pictures.

We will go again next year!

Went to the park one day. It was so hot but baby girl loves the park!

Her cousin River came over to play in the water one afternoon.

We had to chase the shade.

She was super excited to see her brother at the end of the week.

She was also very tired!

We drew names (for birthdays) in our stitch group at the beginning of the year and this is what I received for my birthday last month.

I have stitched on a few things since the last time I was here but I will save those for the next post.

It's been super hot here, I hope you are staying cool where ever you are!

Happy Birthday USA!

 Happy 250th Birthday USA!

Well, hello there!

Apparently I started a post sometime earlier and never got back to it. I just deleted that start and hijacked the draft so the date may be wrong - it is actually July 4th!

Things have been busy this summer. It's hot, hot, hot. I just keep telling myself we have a/c and we don't have to shovel snow!

I have actually done some stitching! I stitched eight smalls that I made into pillows along with four I had stitched last year. It's nice to have some more patriotic smalls to add to my decor. I have more charts - who knows when I will get to those.

Here are the pillows I made. 

The three on the left are from the chart pack Grand Olde Flag II by Brenda Gervais (With Thy Needle and Thread)

Stitched on 36 count Dusty Road by Seraphim with the called for threads except I swapped out the DMC 3023 for 3022 as it showed up better on the fabric.

The four in the center are the ones I stitched last year. Americana Petites by Little House Needleworks. I can't remember the fabric I used on these (and the notes are in the other room) but I know I used the suggested DMC flosses.

The five on the right are also from a chart pack by With Thy Needle and Thread.

Red, White & Bloom. Stitched on the same fabric as the first three with all the called for colors.

I stitched this little cutie for a Patriotic exchange with our stitch group. It was a freebie (2006) from Crescent Colours. Stitched on 32ct Vintage Country Mocha with the called for colors.

I added two little charms to the back.

I had stitched this one way back and finished as a pin keep. I debated taking it apart and making it into a pillow but opted to just add a fresh bow and beaded pin. This one stays out all year in my guest room.

This was my first time making a berry. I will be making more! The design is by Erica Michaels Designs and was a free PDF from Fat Quarter Shop. I stitched it on 32 ct Vintage Country Mocha with all the called for floss, except the red - I used Classic Colorworks Cupid.

The piece in the back is an older finish. It was a retreat piece with 3 Stitches and I don't think it is available.

Tyler got a 'new to him' set of wheels. He can't drive it without a licensed driver with him until after he takes the driving part of the exam. They were really backed up with appointments so I'm not sure exactly when that appointment is.

Baby girl says Happy 4th!

Well, I have no idea how the underline got on and I can't get it off so...

I hope to be back sooner rather than later!

Where Did April Go?

 I have no idea!

Seems like I am always a day late and a dollar short.

Sorry for the wrinkles and I forgot I already showed the top three but here are my patriotic finishes so far. I finished up the last two a week or so ago. I can't find my chart at the moment (I will post the info later) but the lady had two sunflowers on the left that I did not stitch. There are three more charts in this group - I haven't decided how many I am going to try to get stitched and made into pillows yet. 

I can't believe my baby girl is getting so big!

She just brightens my day!

A lot has happened since my last post and I will try to get to that soon but it's been so long since my last post I wanted to at least say hello.

One of those things is I bought new computer and changed from pc to Macbook. There is a big learning curve and I couldn't figure out how to get my pictures into blogger on the mac so I turned my pc back on to make this post. I can't find my mouse and this trackpad works different from the Macbook so hopefully I haven't made too much of a mess out of this!

Happy Stitching!

Happy Spring!

Good morning and happy spring!

Our weather can't decide what it wants to do - freezing last weekend, record highs this weekend. Typical spring in Texas!

Things have been busy as usual. I've been trying to get a little stitching done. 

I'm trying to keep my focus on patriotic and Christmas this year. 

I finished the stitching on this little trio from With Thy Needle and Thread. 

Only three colors but I had to change the 3023 to 3022 (DMC) because the called for got lost on the fabric. One strand over two on 36 count Dusty Road by Seraphim Hand Dyed Fabric.

I will eventually make them into small pillows. 

We got to spend time with baby girl last weekend. Sure wish they lived closer. She is growing way too fast!

Hope you have a wonderful weekend!

Happy stitching!

 

Neglected

Well, seems like this little blog has been a bit neglected. 

Things got busy after my last post and I'm just now getting back, but I thought I would share some of the new ornaments on my tree for 2025.

 

This was a Mill Hill kit but I used a piece of fabric instead of the perforated paper that came in the kit. I think I have shared that daddy and I had taco Tuesday almost every week from right after mother passed away until right before he did. I couldn't not stitch this one. I added 'Taco Tuesday'  and did a flat finish.

I stitched this snowman for Tyler's ornament this year. Designer was Primrose Cottage. This one only stayed on my tree until they went home after Christmas then it went home with him.

Chicken Joy by Stitching With the Housewives. It was a freebie several years ago and has been sitting in my to be finished box for about that long.

Baby girl's ornament came from the same chart as Tyler's and also went home with them after Christmas. 

This was in the 2024 mystery ornament box. The design is Hand's on Design and I finished it on the board that came with it. (though somehow mine seemed to come out a little larger than the photograph?)

This last one was in an older JXS ornament issue. I don't remember which one off the top of my head.

Baby girl helping her daddy at the Christmas Eve service. 

Last, but not least baby girl, her daddy and her dog.

Today is her daddy's birthday!

No promises - not even guesses - as to when the next post will come.

Thanks for stopping by!