Ornaments

First, let me apologize to Anne Marieke. She sent me this gorgeous ornament as a Christmas present. Beautiful, isn't it? I totally forgot to post a picture of it when I got it, as I wanted to hang it up where I could see it right away. Thank you, thank you so much,
Anne Marieke!








Second, my first ornament of the SAL with Anne Marieke, Ineke, Isabelle and Giovanna is from Little House Needleworks. It is the first in their yearly series, called Fa La La. I have to find some nice red beads to attach, which are the final touch for this one. :)
(Plus, I may take out the red French knots for the mouths....as I am really not happy with the clowny look they give the little girls faces.)

A Finish!!

I put the last stitches in on my Little House Needleworks Traveling Stitcher. Yeah!!! Now to just assemble the needlebook and case. :))

Skipping around

Another one of those weeks...I worked a little on this, a little on that...

Here's my first WIP, MMM04 by Chatelaine Designs:


Letters from Nora, Letter J WIP:


...and last but not least, my LHN Traveling Stitcher:

ABC and some traveling ;)

I have been working on everything lately. With so many new, wonderful projects from market, I just cannot resist working on those as well as some of my other WIP's. A few more words on my ABC Lessons by Lizzie Kate:

I also worked on my Little House Needlework Traveling Stitcher (look at her tiny suitcase!):



And...I am expecting more market stuff this week!

As Promised

I finished the needlebook cover for the Traveling Stitcher.


Love the colors in this one. Now to put it together!

I also started one of the little stockings from Blackbird Designs, which I will probably finish up today. Just the stitching ~ not the actual stocking, that is!

A Finish!

This is the Sampler Girl from Little House Needleworks. I finished her as a pinpocket. The braid is a metallic braid with the blue threads woven through it. It just matched everything so well. The backing fabric is, of course....my sampler fabric! And the color of the fabric was just right, too! I stitched her over one on Lakeside Linen's Bittersweet. Here's the front:


...and the back...

My Needle's Work

Finally!! I only had her apron to fill in....and I need a strand of thread to finish my border. I had to frog my border, so came up a bit short with Hickory Sticks. I know I have some...just have to find which WIP has it!

Fly Away Home

Ladybug, Ladybug, fly away home....


I made a big mistake on this one....I used a scrap piece of fabric I had....and did not calculate right for the amount I needed....so....a little adjustment was made on the design. ;}

I was looking for some thread in my Little House Needleworks kits, and came across this one. It only needed the bottom border and the ladybug on the leaves to be finished.

Swans and frogs and border...

I just have one more little bee to stitch over one for the hardanger heart band to be finished on my WSG. I put a piece of fabric behind so that the hardanger and hemstitching would show a little better.


(the little scissor charm does hang straight, I just did not see that it was crooked before I took the picture.)

and a little more border (on the sides and the bottom leaf border) on My Needles Work. This one is getting very close to being finished. I just have that border to finish and fill in her apron.

It's Friday!!

....and here's a little more of what I have worked on this week:

Little House Needleworks, My Needle's Work

Victoria Sampler's Where Stitchers Gather
(I am going to change the color of those little "floating" satin stitch blocks to the same color thread as the heart, which matches my fabric a little better)

My Needles Work and My Needlebook Cover

from Little House Needleworks.

Here's my little needlebook cover for Where Stitchers Gather

Progress?

It just doesn't seem like I am making much headway on some of my projects. Here's one:
(Little House Needlworks)

And my Celtic Mystery. This Part 3 is just BIG!! I don't know if I will be able to keep up with this mystery for the year, if I cannot force myself to work on this part. There is a LOT of stitching....anyway, here's what little progress I have made on it...

Thanks all for taking a peek and for your comments! I really do appreciate them.:)

Sweet Treats and a Toucan??

Well, here's the Toucan. He's has a little bit more to go before he's finished. This is by Chatelaine Designs for the Rain Forest Quilt.

This is Sweet Treats by Country Cottage Needleworks:

There are five more designs to be released for this one.

Shepherds Bush and Little House Needleworks

Two of my favorite designers!! Here's my Shepherds Bush Autumn Blessings finished as a hanging.

...and Little House Needleworks freebie, Sweet Berries, also as a hanging..

On Autumn Blessings, I only completed a portion, not the entire band sampler.

A Couple of Finishes

This one has been stitched forever. I finally did the actual finishing on it yesterday. This is Little House Needleworks Berries freebie.

And Judy Odell's My Needlebook all done!

Now it will be back to working on my Mystery X for a bit today! I did manage to complete the upper right corner and a portion of the lower left corner....


OK - I can't seem to get the pictures to appear where they are supposed to be, but you get the idea....:)) Oh, and that is Ranger's head peeking in at the corner of the Little House picture..maybe he was afte those little birds!

Stitching...stitching

here's one that I have worked on for a little bit...and this one....(almost finished with the Summer Face for the other side of this one)...and lastly....This is Little House Needleworks, Acorn Hill, with the recommended silks - but - over one thread....It is looking so cute!

....in a Pear Tree

Well, this was one of my new starts. Finished and started it today! Yeah!! This is Little House Needleworks Pear Tree from the Just Cross Stitch magazine (2006, I think).


(this one counts as number two toward my next group of five finishes.)

Finished - Finishes

Did the actual "finishing" on a couple of my stitched pieces. Here's Don't Bug Me....
and the Little House Needleworks Bee Pinkeep from The Gift of Stitching Magazine...

Sampler Lady

Here's my little Sampler Lady. I stitched her on 36 count Lakeside Linen's Bittersweet. She turned out really cute. I am thinking of making her into a small stand-up or flatfold. For this one, I only stitched the lady, not the entire sampler.
Thanks, Carol, for the extra thread!! (it doesn't match exactly, but it's close enough!)

Little House....

Finally finished the stitching on this one today, although I started it quite a while ago. I used Dower Linen, Sunflower Seed. This is the pinkeep pattern from The Gift of Stitching Magazine for Little House Needleworks. I will probably finish it into a pinkeep. I stitched it with all Crescent Color threads instead of the DMC's recommended.