A finish, a new start and a new kit....

Finished stitching my Ladies Prim Society-- Blackbird Designs--Salute to Abigail.

Not sure how I want to finish it off yet.  I may frame it.

Stay tuned.

Blackbird Designs--Salute to Abigail.

Stitched on 35/36 Mink by R & R with Thread Gatherer Silks.

Started 5-23-2014

Finished 6-11-2014

Here is my new start.  Threadwork Primitives--Beggar's 4th.

Stitching it on 36 count coffee dyed/baked fabric by me using

DMC threads.  So far a very fun stitch.

This arrived in the mail today.  It is my Prim Sisters Club kit by The Primitive Hare-- 

Needlewoman Busy as a Bee.

Can't wait to stitch this one:}

Hope everyone is having a great week.

Thanks for stopping by.

Latest Finishes

As usual it has been quite awhile since my last post!!!

I have been busy though.  I have had some commitment stitching that I had to get done and I still have a few more things I need to get stitched but I am taking a break and doing a couple of things for myself.

First up is a Prim Sisters Club kit from Appleseed Prim.  It is called Belinda Coffin.

It was a quick stitch after some of my commitment pieces.

 Belinda Coffin--stitched on 30 count R & R French Vanilla linen with the overdyed threads included in the kit.  

Started 5-18-2014, Finished 5-24-2014.

Bonus:  this frame was in my frame stash.  Paid $2.98 for it.

Next up is BBD--In Full Glory.

Stitched on 30 count Natural linen with DMC threads.

Started 5-24-2014, Finished 5-28-2014.

Another fun and quick stitch.

 View of the back of pillow.

 View of the side of the pillow.  Hand dyed ric-rac.

Then I decided  to start BBD--A Salute to Abigail.

My progress since May 28th.  I am also enjoying this piece.

 Here is a picture of our newest grandchild.  This is Finnegan.  He is another reason I have been busy.  

He is already 3 months old.  Where does the time go???

And here is Finnegan's older brother Charlie (Tuna).  He also keeps "Nammy" busy but

they sure are fun:)  I will have to say that Grandchildren are much more fun than our own kids were!!!

So nice not to have all that responsibility as much as I loved my own!

I have so much more to post and hopefully I will be doing that real soon.

I hope everyone has a great weekend.  Weather here in Minnesota has been wonderful this last week

after the loooong winter.

Fun mail:)

Received this fun mail today.

It's my Ladies Prim Society kit by Blackbird Designs.

Not sure when I will be starting it as I have a couple of shop models to stitch.

But I can't wait to stitch it!!!

Haven't posted for awhile but I have been quite busy stitching and quilting. 

Hopefully I will be posting about some of my projects.

 I will show this one that I stitched up.  It is a contest piece from The Primitive Hare.

You were to stitch the piece and then choose your own way to finish it.

I decided to make a needlebook. 

I feathered stitched around the design on the outside cover.

Then on the inside I made X's to form the pockets--hard to see the X's as I should have used a darker thread.  I also buttonhole stitched around the wool heart. 

I am happy with my results:)

Hope everyone is having a great weekend.

Thanks for stopping by. 

A trip to Stitchville....

Made a quick trip to my LNS today before the snow started to see all the new market goodies.

Here is what I ended up with.  I am really trying to keep my purchases to a minimum since I have a lifetime of stash already!!!!

Look at that cute little wooden scissors fob.

Snow started here about 2 PM and it is coming down!!!

Looks like we will be digging out tomorrow:(

Here's what it looks like right now.  Not much snow on my car as I was out driving in the snow and got home after it started. 

Weatherman predicting 7 to 9 inches by tomorrow. 

Have a great night.  

Some finishes

It has been awhile since my last post.  My laptop has been at the doctors and I just bought a new Samsung Galaxy Note and since I am learning how to use the note and don't have my laptop I haven't posted for sometime.

Now with that being said let's move on to some of the finishing I did yesterday. 

First up is a Ladies Prim Society kit from Threadwork Primitives called Victory Garden pinkeep.

I finished the stitching back in December. 

Stitched on 30 count Prim Green and Old Mill Java with overdyes provided in the kit.

Started 12-23-2013

Finished 12-26-2013

This needle roll is from the Prim Sisters club. 

This piece is from The Pinkeep Design called A Friend Loves.

It was stitched on 32 count raw linen with DMC thread.

Started 12-26-2013

Finished 12-29-2013

Here is the latest Ladies Prim Society kit.  It arrived here last week.

This kit is by Threadwork Primitives called Growing Love Stitchers wallet.

Stitched on 32 count Winter Brew with overdyes provided in the kit.

Started 2-14-2014

Finished 2-17-2014

Here is a look at the inside.

Now I took these pictures with my tablet and haven't learned how to edit the pictures so this one is on it's side!!

Well there's a quick update on some of the things I have been up to.  I have also been busy with some quilting.  Hopefully I will post about that later.

Hope everyone is having a great week.  Weather here yesterday was great--a balmy 40 degrees more of the same today but not the same story tomorrow. 

Is it spring yet?????

Whoo-Hoo.......

A fully finished project for 2014.

With Thy Needle and Thread--Needleworker's Sampler.

This was my new start for 2014.  I am so excited to have it finished.

I really like this piece, now just need to find the perfect place for it.

This piece is a Ladies Prim Society kit from Blackbird Designs called Bittersweet September.

It was kitted as a pillow but I decided to frame it.  I stitched this piece with my maternal grandmother in mind.  So it is dated the year she was born--1911 and I did her initials in the reddish color--the E and the M.

Then I have a couple of ornies that I finished for the 2013 year. 

 Blackbird Designs ornament Peace from JCS 2013 Magazine.

  

The last two sleds I had stitched. 

From Foxwood Crossings.

 Little House Needleworks 2013 Freebie called Seven Pines.

Stitched on 32 count Willow Green with DMC thread.

Started on 12-10-2013

Finished 12-11-2013

Little House Needleworks--Happy Hearts Freebie from 2012.

Stitched on 32 count Cameo Rose with DMC threads.

Homespun Elegance--Your State Holiday Home stitched on 

32 count Willow Green with DMC threads.

Since I decided a few years ago to try to stitch an ornament for each of my six children and as of now my five grandchildren I started to stitch my 2014 ornaments.  So the two LHN ornies are for my

two granddaughters.  And the Homespun Elegance one is for my daughter and son-in-law who

live in TN.  So three out of eleven done!!  Really I will have 12 to do since child #4 is going to

have a baby in March.  Which leads to me having to stitch another birth sampler and Christmas stocking since I also started that tradition.

Oh I also have three more Christmas stockings to stitch, one for a daughter and two for my

sons-in-law.

I should have thought about this tradition a bit more:)

Needleworker's Sampler finish, thirty years ago today and seven years ago today...

Just finished my Needleworker's Sampler by With Thy Needle and Threads

Stitched on 40 count linen coffee dyed by me.

I stitched this with DMC thread instead of the Weeks Dyes Work and

Valdani threads which it called for.  I am very happy with the end result.

Started on 1-1-2014

Finished on 1-9-2014

 On a non stitching note, thirty years ago today I gave birth to child number 3--son number 1.

This is a picture of our son Kyle and his wife MacKenzie on New Year's Day.

Happy Birthday Kyle.

Also on this day seven years ago I became a grandma for the first time when 

this guy was born.

Happy Birthday Jacob.

Thanks for stopping by.