iStitch Mystery SAL Part 5 complete

Here is my Part 5.  I finished it over the weekend and love how it is progressing. I am looking forward to the next installment and love that the parts are small enough to finish up quickly and keep up with the SAL.

The weather has been hot and humid for this time of year and I snapped this picture of my puppies this week.  The brown one is my old lady, Jessie, she is nearing 12 and spends most of her days napping and running in her sleep.  Next to her, Daisy, oh my, Daisy.  She is now tipping the scales at 120lbs and can walk right over Jessie.  She is all legs and stretches right out on the deck leaving little room for anything/anyone else.

This weekend will be a busy one.  We have football and concession stand duties as well as Sunday school.  We also wanted to make it to the Deerfield Fair in my parents town.  I worked this fair as a teenager and haven't been there in a long time.  Care to guess where I worked??  Um, let's see, the NEEDLEWORK building.  I did demos: braiding rugs, crochet, embroidery, punch needle during the fair and answered anyone's questions. I loved it and want to see if the building is still as big as it used to be.  The last fair there were not many cross stitch or counted thread entries and I hope to see more.  Very little time to stitch this weekend but I hope to cross a few stitches.  Have a great Friday/ weekend my friends.  Happy Stitching!

Petit Sampling Etui Update

My WIP

Gabi's progress

Teresa's progress

Here is our SAL progress.  I am moving slowly on this project due to a lack of time but I am loving the colors so far.  The next step is Queen stitched flowers which will take me a little time followed by some over 1 stitching.  You can see these in Gabi's progress pic.  It's beautiful.  Unfortunately Carol needed to take a break for a bit but she'll be back soon. Hope you all have a wonderful day!  I love reading  your comments and visiting your blogs.  Thanks for visiting and as always Happy Stitching!

Just Nan Halloween Party finished

As much as I would like to blog everyday it isn't always easy to fit it in.  Here is my Halloween Party by Just Nan.  I finished it up last Wednesday.  I was able to join the ladies of my Wednesday stitching group for a quick hello and some stitching.  I wasn't able to go to group this summer with the boys being home from school and now I am busy with retreat preparations and model stitching but I wanted to catch up with everyone.  I had a quick visit and a friendly hello and was on my merry way to get the little ones off the bus.  I will post SAL progress tomorrow.  Happy Stitching!

Kitten update

The kittens are 8 weeks old now and ready for first shots and then adoption.  Lucy and Lizzie have already been adopted by a wonderful lady named Mary.  She wanted siblings and she chose two very sweet little ladies.  They will be going to their forever home on Friday and I know they have found a loving friend.  Phoebe continues to be a wonderful mom, she lets all of her furbabies eat first and cleans up the scraps. She is patient with their kitten antics and tolerates being pounced on and attacked by her little ones.  It has been a joy to have them in our care and I look forward to playing with them while I can.  Leo continues to steal my heart and DeeDee and Jilly are so affectionate when they see me.  It's very rewarding to have unconditional love.

Lucy

Lizzie

Leo, DeeDee, Jilly-Boo

DeeDee ready to pounce

Thanks for stopping by and taking the time to read my blog.  I enjoy having someone to share my litte piece of the world with.  Happy Stitching!

Mystery SAL Part 4

iStitch Mystery SAL Part 4.  Too Cute!  I am loving how this little sampler is unfolding.  I am enjoying stitchin on 40ct and I think I am becoming addicted to higher count fabrics.  Stitches on 28ct look soo BIG.  I like the coverage a single strand of thread gives to 40ct.  That is all the stitching I did this weekend. 

Here is what kept me busy this weekend.

FOOTBALL!  My youngest little man is playing his first season and loving it.  They have practice 2-3 evenings per week and a game Saturday and Sunday.  As part of the youth organization they require parent volunteers and hubby and I worked the concession stand.  We actually had a great time with lots of laughs.  It's amazing to me that people were eating hamburgers/hotdogs at 9am but whatever!  We grilled up 30 burgers and sold them all.  We did get relieved from our duties in time to watch the last quarter where our number 27 sacked the quartback a couple of times.  I am not the cheerleader type but boy did my heart swell when my little buddy's name was called our the loud speaker giving him credit for the sack. I was grinning ear to ear. 

Yesterday, I stuffed goodie bags and prepared class kits for our upcoming retreat.  Oh my are these ladies going to be spoiled.  I hope everyone is prepared to stash enhance! Well time to start my day. Happy Stitching!

 

A finish and Just Nan WIP

This latest finish is a design by Pickle Barrel.  It is stitches on 28ct antique white even weave using WDW threads.  It took some time stitching this one up even though it is a small piece (5x7).  It is called Cape Cod Summer.  It reminds me of the Victorian houses that you would see on Martha's Vineyard.  This is a shop model for ABC Stitch.

Here is a pic of my progress on Just Nan's Halloween Party.  I am stitching it on PTP Cauldron and I LOVE this fabric.  I am going to pic some more of it up at my LNS to stitch other Halloween designs.  I love this design.  There are so many cute elements, little spiders hanging, ghosties swinging from letters, bats, jack-o-lanterns and more.  I will most likely finish it into a door hanger.  I hope I can get it done in time for Halloween.  Right now the retreat behind the scenes is keeping me quite busy.  I hope everyone has a great weekend and as always  Happy Stitching!

iStitch Mystery Sampler part 3

I love this design!  Each part stitches up quickly and it will make a beautiful box top.  I can't wait for part 4.

Happy Stitching!