OUCH.......

I don't usually blog about this kind of mishap but I felt I needed to share this.

Here is what your ankle looks like with a moderate sprain. I twisted my ankle this morning just stepping out side my front door. I will have to say this hurt like crazy. I didn't have this much pain birthing six children!!!!!

So after a trip to the clinic, some ice, 800mg of ibuprofen and this handy air cast plus elevation in my stitchy chair I am feeling better:)

Guess I will be doing some more stitching!!!

Saturday stitching with friends and some finishes...

Cathy B organized a stitching day on Saturday at Rosebud's Cottage-- quilt shop in White Bear Lake, MN which has a very nice classroom. So I got to spend sometime with some of my close stitching buds and some new ones.

Here is a picture of the group.

We had a little show and tell at the stitching event. I wish I would have taken a picture of all the goodies but I did get a picture of Jill and my Busy Needle pillows.

So while I was there I was working on this project. It is the Little House Needleworks and Shakespeare's Peddler "2012 Nashville exclusive kit" I started "Gentle Stitches" on Friday and finished it up Saturday night. I started "Stitchers heart" on Sunday and finished it up this morning.

Then I got busy this morning and did the finishing. Here is my Gentle Stitches roll. I finished it a bit different from the instructions. I cut a piece of wool felt and rolled it up. Then I turned the sides in and also folded up and long ends so when I wrapped the stitching around the wool the ends would meet.
I did finish the ends with wool as instructed.


I added a magnet to the inside of the roll where the spool of thread was stitched.



Then I finished the Stitcher's Heart. I also did my own thing when finishing this heart. I put some interfacing on the back of the stitching and the backing fabric and I machine stitched the piece, left an opening on the side of the heart and then stuffed it and hand sewed the opening closed.
Again I put a magnet on the inside of the pillow where the work needle was. I just like that little added effect. The fabric in the back ground is what I used on the back of the pillow. I thought it matched the piece almost perfectly:)

Here are both of the pieces. I stitched them on 32 count Country French Chantilly with the threads provided in the kit. This was a fun and pretty quick stitch. I really enjoyed stitching them.

Update with pictures.....

Ok, I got my pictures to upload. So here is what I wanted to post earlier today.

Here is a picture of our daughter Karissa who turned 32 today!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY KARISSA!!! Can't believe I have children that old:) She is child number 2. As I said in my earlier post you should check out her blog if for nothing else but some chuckles.
Trippin' My Trigger.

Now here is my BBD Sewing Tray. Now this was not my idea, I just did what Alma and Barb did with this design. I do love how it turned out. I have to say a BIG thank you to my DH since he put the handles on for me. He also helped my with the back.

This is the back of the tray. I decided to put cork on the back. It worked out really well.

The next project is from this BBD book. I had stitched the sampler in this book earlier and I wanted to also make the treasure box.

Here is the treasure box and a pincushion I made.

A view of the inside of the box. I finished this project about a week ago and forgot to post it. Another project I am pretty happy with.

I have had this pattern for quite sometime and decided I would get it stitched up. This is LHN's--The Busy Needle. I stitched it on 36 count coffee dyed/baked linen and used CC and DMC threads. I made it into a needle pillow. Also added some rick rack, it was my first time sewing it between the linen and the fabric. Was a bit tricky but turned out cute:)

Put a pocket on the back to hold some needles.

Also stitched this little baby up a couple of weeks ago. It is LaDDa's--Tis Red from the 2010 JCS ornament issue. It was stitched on 28 count cream with CC--Cupid. I have wanted to stitch this up for sometime now.

Just the back of the pillow. I also dyed the chenille.

Well there you have it. I have been pretty busy lately. I have also been doing some quilting in between my stitching. Hopefully I will be posting the fruits of my labor on that later.

Can't believe I have posted so much lately. Not like me:)

Have a great weekend and thanks for stopping by.

I would like to post some pictures but.....

Blogger doesn't seem to be working right now in the picture department.

So with that being said I did want to say Happy Birthday to daughter number 2--Karissa.
This is where I would insert a picture!!!!
But you can do the next best thing and visit here blog. Wish her a Happy Birthday. Besides her blog is always good for a chuckle or two.

Karissa's blog is: Trippin' My Trigger.

Hopefully I will be able to post some pictures later today because I DID get my BBD tray finished and I just LOVE it.

Trip to my LNS....

Made a trip to my LNS---Stitchville with my friend Jackie to see all of the new designs from Nashville Market.

I brought these items home. Blackbird Designs book--For My Friend, LHN and Shakespeare's Peddlers --A Stitcher's Heart and Gentle Stitches pillow and Shepherds Bush--All Seasons Scissors Fob. I would have like to bring home more, but I thought I would save some for another time. Besides you can only stitch so much and I have more stash than I have life left!!!
Can't wait to get started on these designs though.

I started this project from BBD's book--A Stitcher's Journey. I had stitch this as a model for BBD and knew I would want one for myself. So I started this one on Monday and finished it last night (sorry about the wrinkles). It was stitched on 30 count parchment with DMC threads. It was a quick and fun stitch.

I went to my frame stash and found this frame. Stopped at Menard's for the handles and hopefully with hubby's help with turn this into a tray looking frame. Stop by in a couple of days and see how it turns out:)

Some of what I have been up to....

I am again behind on my posting, so I thought I would start with these pictures of my three grandchildren. The oldest two--Jacob and Emily live in TN and they were home for about ten days in January. So of course we had a family get together and since Jacob and Emily and my two sons--Kyle and Tristan all have birthdays in January we went out for dinner.

In front is Silas, then Emily and Jacob.

Here is my youngest son Tristan and my oldest grandson Jacob comparing tatoos!!!! Not to sure Uncle Tristan is a good influence:)

Here are all the birthday kids!! Tristan who is my youngest son and Kyle my oldest with their niece and nephew--Emily and Jacob. Kyle and Jacob share the same birthdate! My SIL Donncuan also has a birthday in January but I didn't get him in the picture. So needless to say I had a busy January.

I have been quilting too. My DIL MacKenzie wanted a quilt for their king size bed. So here is a snippet of it. Can't get it all in the picture. It was a simple design but a HUGE project. Each side is about 11o inches long. A lot of hand sewing for the binding.

I made these matching pillows. I still have one more big pillow to make plus two more europeon style pillows.

Here is a close up of the 14 inch pillow I made. I am really happy with how it turned out.
As soon as all the pillows are made and it has all made it to the bed I will have to take
another picture of the whole project.

This is another quilt I made recently. My daughter Kelsey needed a baby present for a friend so I sewed this up.

I was in the Friends through Threads red exchange and I stitched up this pillow for Marie. I even dyed my own chenille. I so enjoy dying fabric and such. This is a BBD--Basket of Memories stitched with DMC 115.

In between everything else I stitched up this shop model for Country Sampler in Spring Green, WI. This is a Carriage House Sampling design called A Mind Independent and Free. It was quite a long stitch but fun. I would like to stitch this one for myself.

This was a WIP I had in my basket and I decided it was time to finish the stitching. This is a BBD Loose Feathers Peacock Pinkeep. I stitched it on 28 count gingham which I had dyed and used Belle Soie fibers: Tortoise Shell and Rose of Sharon. This is the view of the top.

Here is the side view. I just finished this one yesterday. I love how it turned out.

I just framed up this piece this last weekend. I ordered this frame from JoAnn's with a coupon so the frame was only $16. I really like the edging on this frame. I am happy with the results.

Also got my Poinesttia House framed. This frame I had in my stash. Which always makes me happy.

Lastly I sent this small stitching portfolio to Wendy Jo as a belated birthday gift.
Better late than never:)

Long time since last post...

Well here I am again behind in my posting. I am not even gonna say I am going to try to do better, because let's face it I don't. Now with that being said I have been busy just need to take some pictures and start posting. Until then I will get going with this Red Exchange I received through the Friends through Threads group that I am in.

I received this pillow from Wendy Jo last Saturday. She stitched a Istitch design called
Sew Sapphire. Well she used Weeks Dye Works--Garnet.

This is a nice little pillow for my collection. I just love it.
Thanks Wendy Jo.



I do have one project that I have gotten done and have a picture of.

I finished my BBD Loose Feathers--Summer, Autumn, Winter. I am just waiting for
a frame to come in from JoAnn's since I just could not find a frame that would
work in my stash. I have been doing quite a bit of stitching and quilting.

I hope to be posting some of my progress soon.

I hope everyone is having a great week:)