Monday, April 2, 2012

Last Birthday Post

I had one last birthday lunch on Thursday.  My stitching bud Jackie had my birthday gift and wanted to take me out for lunch.  We were also going to work on a Christmas gift project.  Jill also came over and helped with the project and the birthday lunch.  We had a great time


 This is what I received from Jackie.  She gave me a Dinky Dye heart scissors, Plum Street Samplers--Brothers Keeper, which I wanted and a bag of sinful Cadbury eggs.
Thanks Jackie:)



On Saturday I received this little gem in the mail from Wendy Jo.  She stitched up this cute fob and the band that is around the spool.  Plus she included the scissors.  Can't have enough scissors!!!
Thank you Wendy Jo.  
Wendy Jo and I will be meeting up tomorrow and I can't wait.  It will be a fun day:)


Here is what I have been working on.  This is a shop model for Country Sampler in Spring Green Wisconsin.  It is a Stacy Nash design.  It is called Grace Bridges Sampler.  It is a fun stitch.  I started this on March 21st and have made some good progress.

In between stitching the shop model I finished up this BBD.  It is Ann's Sewing Tray from the book--A School Girls Work.  It was stitched on 32 count tea dyed linen with DMC threads.  Can't wait to get it framed.



Also did this Trilogy--Secret Egg Hunt.  I have had this one for awhile and since Easter is just around the corner I thought I should stitch it up.  This was stitched on 32 count summer Khaki with DMC threads
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One last quickie for the a Lizzie Kate.  This is Peep from Spring Things.  It is stitched on 28 count cream with DMC threads.  

Now I have some more finishing to do.  

This is my first post since blogger made it's changes.  Need to get use to the new changes.  How are the changes going for you?






6 comments:

Deb said...

Wonderful presents from your friends, and you've really gotten a lot of stitching done!!

WendyJo said...

Lovely gift from Jackie, Joan.

Glad you love the fob and spool.

You have done some fabulous stitching girl!!

Looking forward to seeing you tomorrow!

Wendy Jo

PS. the new blogger has been giving me fits with my spacing of my posts...not sure what I am doing wrong....

Deborah said...

Wonderful gifts from your friends. Beautiful stitching.

Chris said...

What a wonderful birthday month you had Joan. The gifts from Jackie and Wendy Jo are lovely.
You have gotten a lot of stitching done! All the pieces are wonderful.

Cathy B said...

How can the birthday be over? It's never over!!!

You sure have been busy stitching - lots of finishes - you go girl.

Nine more days until Spring Fling - can't wait!

Have fun visiting with Wendy jo!

~*Sharee*~ said...

Lucky lady; beautiful gifts and love the chicks...I'd love to award you with the Liebster Award hun; check it out on my blog..

Hugs, Shar