Birds and more Birds

Funny....I did not realize until I was going to take a few progress pictures....all I have been making the past week are: birds.
My Partridge ornament from Esther Aliu's Twelve Days of Christmas design.

My second large bird from the third block on Hatched and Patched In My Garden.

My bird for the top portion of the second block of Berries and Bluebirds from Gail Pan Designs.
With the basket of funny blooms thrown in there, too, also from In My Garden.

Still another to come...the bottom portion of the third block from B&B also has another bird, which I am working on now.

I hope everyone had a nice Thanksgiving...lots of family, food and fun.  Now we are in full swing towards Christmas!  Won't be long now!

Some new things

A little bit of cross stitch!  It seems like forever since I posted something I have cross stitched.  This is Eight Maids A Milking by Nora Corbett Designs as part of her Twelve Days of Christmas series.  And...two little blocks, stitchery and quilting, Block 1 and 2 of the My Garden series by Lynette Anderson Designs



Geez.....

OK...where did the last week and a half go?  Here's one of the reasons:
Poor baby.  This is Klawd.  No, he is not going to the hairdresser's...he is wearing the latest in veterinary fashion...a soft "cone" collar.  Under that collar is a tube that was put in place to help feed him.  See the little bit of turquoise "sweater" he's wearing.  That covers his belly which had some very serious surgery.  Gallstones...which blocked the entrance to his small intestines....But the good news - he is on the mend and the tube will be coming out tomorrow.  Klawd will be one happy kitty. He is defnitely feeling much better and letting me know just how unhappy he is with all this stuff.

Bits of stitching did get done...here's my WIP on Eight Maids a Milking from the Twelve Days of Christmas from Nora Corbett.  Just her apron and the banner at the bottom to finish her.

A little bit of applique...my letter "E" from Merry Christmas to All.  Oops...I think I forgot to post the finished picture of my "M" for this one.  It still needs the bow to be appliqued as well as all the extra buttons and ribbons to be attached.

There have been a few sporadic stitches on a few other projects.  Nothing really worth showing at this point...but keep watching!

Seven Swans

Well.....only one, really.  Isn't it pretty?  Seven Swans Swimming from Nora Corbett's Twelve Days of Christmas series.  I do like her interpretation of the twelve days, very elegant.

...and on the sixth day of Christmas...

my true love gave to me  (go on...I know you're singing it, LOL!)  Six geese a-laying...:


My small beginning on Nora Corbett's Twelve Days of Christmas for day six.  A pretty little goose with lots of eggs surrounding her. :)

A little cross stitch again....just a little break from the quilting projects for a bit.  Don't worry - not too long.  All those BOM's will be arriving soon! :)

I want to thank everyone for stopping by to take a  peek at what I am doing. You know there is always something going on around here.:)

Gold

That's what I have been stitching!  Five pretty gold rings.  Two of them need a few large Mill Hill Treasures that I should be getting soon.  Now to finish up the right -hand side ribbon and the banner on the bottom.

And look who it is!  A bit early for the year....here is my Flying Santa block from the Friends for Christmas quilt by Lynnette Anderson.  This quilt has more of a "folk art" appearance than most of the quilt projects I am working on right now.  I did receive the second block, which is the large pengin with the skinny Christmas tree with presents.

Sheesh!

Where's she go, you say?? Busy, busy....that's all. I'm stitching away, but just have not taken any pictures lately. So here's a little update. I started the next one for Nora Corbett's Twelve Days of Christmas, Five Gold Rings. These smaller Christmas pieces are definitely full of bling! My WIP for today:

T H R E E !!!

That's right - three - count 'em....three finishes in one day!  There were just a few small things left to do on each of these projects. But....isn't it fun when all of a sudden - wow - three actual finishes!  Number one - my Four Calling Birds from Nora Corbett's Twelve Days of Christmas. 

And two....who is that looking at those delicious...ahem....delightful birdies?  It is my version of Bunny Hill's new pattern Scooter Pie.

Now three ~  Block #6 for my Snowbound quilt.

Blue

Four little bluebirds, that is!  This is my Four Callling Birds by Nora Corbett.  A l m o s t done....a lot more beads... the only thing(s) left to do!  You can get an idea of how many more beads there are going to be.  Each branch has pretty much the same amount as those already finished.

"Three"

Finally!  Those "three" little French hens seemed to take me forever!  Presenting, Nora Corbett's Three French Hens from her Twelve Days of Christmas series.

It is really surprising how heavy this and the first two finished "days" are!  Lots of beads!

Hens

But only two at this point....the third one will be started later today. :)  The corners are a bit blurry, but that is because I used my new scanner for this picture.  The beads just sit up too high for it to get all the details.


I haven't said this in a while, but I do appreciate everyone who stops by to check things out around here.  Thanks!

See?

Told ya....Here is my progress on Nora Corbett's Three French Hens.  Only one little hen, so far.   This one has been fun to stitch....now - two more hens to go!

Bling

There is plenty of bling on my Partridge in a Pear Tree by Nora Corbett.  Only the banner at the bottom to finish up!

Partridge

...in a Pear Tree!  Here's my WIP on Nora Corbett's Partridge in a Pear Tree.  Lots of bling on these guys!

Turtledoves

My two turtledoves from Nora Corbett's Second Day of Christmas.  I have had this in the "almost finished" pile for quite some time.  I still need one more color to finish off the banner.