Happy "V" Day!!!!

First I have a quick little story to tell about the title of my post.  

Nine years ago or so our daughter Kelsey went to Marine Corps boot camp and she was there on Valentine's Day.  Well she wished everyone in the series(two platoons)  a "Happy V Day" and the series Commander  was not amused by her good wishes and promptly disciplined her for that comment.  In fact she was the first one in the series to be disciplined!!! So she had to stand in front of everyone alone and do IT--( incentive training).   Got to love an over achiever:)  So needless to say I always think about that experience on Valentine's Day.  Kind of makes me chuckle.

So here my one and only Valentine finish.  I did the stitching a couple of weeks ago and just finished it today.

It is a freebie by Lady Lexi Designs called True Love.  I stitched it on 28 count Natural gingham with Cranberry Sampler Thread. 

I also stitched this up the other day.  It is a Prim Sister Kit by Pineberry Lane called Wrought by my Hand.  It was stitched on 30 ct. Confederate Grey Linen with Sampler Threads as provided in the kitl.  I just ordered up a frame at JoAnn's yesterday.  Can't wait to have it framed.

Started on 2-9-2013

Finished on 2-10-2013

Thanks for stopping by and Happy V Day!!!!!

Ladies Prim Society

I decided to join the Ladies Prim Society presented by Dyeing to Stitch.  I received my first project on Tuesday and started stitching away.  I did the finishing this morning.

The first project is by Threadwork Primitives.  The piece is called Wynter Peacocks Sewing Pouch.

  Now I did not finish the outside of the pouch with small X's around the edge.  I just was not happy with how mine looked so I kept mine plain.

Here is how the inside of the pouch looks.  You can see my X's on the top edge of the pocket.  I think I need a bit more practice with this technique!!!  

But I am happy with my pouch over all.  It was a fun and quick stitch.  

I hope everyone is staying warm.  It has been a little cold here in Minnesota:)

VERY LATE post on my drawing winner......

First of all I am sorry that this drawing is late.  I have been busy lately with my Grammy duties:)
and busy with family and Thanksgiving festivities.

The winner of the project pouch is Marilyn.

Congratulations Marilyn and if you will email me your address I will get your pouch out to you right away.

Thank you for all of your comments.

I have just publish a new page titled Mama Joan's Stitching Shoppe.  I have pouches and accessories already made and available for purchase.  These would make great Christmas gifts for your favorite stitcher or yourself.  

Happy Stitching.

It's Jennifer!!!!

While I was out shopping at JoAnn's the other day I just happened upon these NEW Gingher Designer Scissors.  They are called Jennifer.  Of course I NEEDED them.  They arrived on the heels of the last designer scissors Emily.  Not sure why we go so long without a scissors and then two are released in a row.  

 Gingher Designer Scissors--Jennifer.

Now a totally different note, as you can see I have a blogoversary coming up in 3 days!!!

I see it has been 5 years since I started this blog.

  So in celebration of my 5 year blogoversary I am having a giveaway.  I will be drawing a name for this project bag that I made.  It has a see through window and is big enough for a large pattern.

 Here is a view of the back so that you can see the fabric I used.

This picture is just to show you how it looks with a pattern and scissors in it.

THESE ITEMS ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THIS DRAWING.

So just leave a comment and I will draw a name next Saturday.

Good Luck and Happy Stitching. 

Thanks for stopping by:)

Got Scissors?????

The long awaited arrival of Emily happened on Friday.  So our little stitching group had a mini gathering last night for the adoption.  We always wait with such anticipation every time a new scissors is released:)

This is another cute, have to have scissors!!!!

You just can't have enough scissors!!!!

I hope you are all having a great weekend.

HAPPY STITCHING.

Lost blogging Mojo and a very good day with stitching buds.

Well it has been about 2 months since my last posting!!!!  I have been busy stitching and sewing along with other things over the summer, but I just have not felt the need to blog.  I will see if I can change that.

I am doing a major HAPPY DANCE!!!!

During our 2011 retreat we decided again on a group project.  We chose With My Needle's---My Needle's Worke Box.  All the stitching was done and we had a finishing day scheduled for months.  

This last Saturday was the day, actually we started finishing on Friday night which is our usual stitching night. 

I am so glad we started on Friday because we need those hours plus the 8 or so hours we worked on Saturday.  In fact I need a couple hours today to finish up my smalls.  I only had one thread winder, the needlebook and the scissor fob to finish.

So Jill--Purple Peacock, Jackie-no blog and I worked together and got this box finished.  Our other stitching friend Chris did join us on Friday and since she had her box together was a help to us on starting our boxes.

I am so glad to have great stitching buds, it always helps so much to have the support and help when doing major finishing like we did.  As the saying goes--Many hands make light the work.

So here are the pictures of my finished box:

 This is the view of the front.  I stitched this project on 32 count Belfast Baby Lotion with DMC threads.

 Here is one side.

 The back side.

 And the other side.  

 This is the top of the box.  I just love the button.

 And of course the bottom of the box.  You can see that we used pins for the feet on the bottom.

Here is a view of the inside and the inside top of the box.  Each side of the box has a pocket if you look closely.  

These are all the smalls.  Two thread winders, a needle book and a scissors fob.  

All in all this was a fun project and made more fun because we made it a group effort.  I really enjoy

doing these kinds of projects as a group, sometimes you just need the support to get you through.

Thanks girls for a fun couple of days--even though by 5 pm on Saturday I had enough of finishing:)

We had worked about 4 1/2 hours on Friday and about 8 or so hours on Saturday.  

Can't wait until we get together to finish next years project.

Hopefully I will be posting more on what I did this summer.  

Thanks for stopping by.

It all started with this......

 sewing box from JoAnn's.  

I had just bought some fabric with this particular design on it from a local Quilt shop, when I happened upon this sewing box at JoAnn's.  

Well I got busy with my new sewing machine and created the following:

First I started with some stitching portfolio's. Which are on the top of the sewing box.

 Then one day I was visiting a quilting blog--Carol's Crafty Creations and saw these cute see through pouches.  So I had to make some to match my sewing box!!!!

 Then I made some more and also re-calculated the pattern to make some larger stitching pouches to hold bigger projects.  The original pattern is by Atkinson Designs.  

 Here is another set made from Blackbird designs fabric collection called Blueberry Crumb Cake.  

 Here's a view of the larger project pouch with a project book in it.  I think it makes it really great to be able to see what is in the project pouch.

Another view of the larger pouch with a project in it.  

If you interested in some of these project pouches for yourself, please just email me.