Football, FFO's, and a winner

Hi all! Hope you're all doing fine! 

I'm back with a winner of the little contest last post, some FFO's, progress, and another road trip pictures. First I thought I would comment on a few comments left in the last post.

Barb, I should have said that Tombstone was a bit further down I 10 interstate, about 25 or 30 minutes and then taking an exit and a short drive through some small towns to reach Tombstone.

Vicki, I'm right there with you on all the extra charges to see things in Tombstone. Sign of the times, I guess.

Vickie, I thought the same thing about the horses pulling the stagecoaches. I hope they were changed out frequently.

As for the name that song/artist contest from last post, the winner is Anna from the stitchbitch blog!

Congrats, Anna. I had 123 stitch send you a gift certificate. Bought that on Friday, yesterday, maybe you got notified by now. So between Anna and carolsylvester (no blog), I drew Anna's name. How fitting that her stitchy bug has returned too! 

I've been stitching on Trick or Treat mostly and working on Merry Hart by PSS on Sundays. Here's where I'm at with Trick or Treat..

I always get that reddish splotch there in the middle using my iPad. The color is more blue gray. I will keep on stitching on this until it's done or until September at least. I'm doing a birthday SAL along with Linda/Stitchin with My Furbabies. 31 new starts on the 1st of September. Yeah, crazy! I already have them all kitted and ready to go but some need floss here and there. I'm excited about starting some new stuff. I will attempt to go the whole 31 days but we shall see!

Merry Hart is my Sunday stitch and here is where I got to..

Having fun with this. Sunday is my day to get ready for the new week so this catches a few stitches throughout the day. I'm good with the pace.

So I caught the FFO bug! Mostly it was to finish my exchange piece. I practiced first on a piece of Halloween fabric and then sewed up the main piece. Unfortunately, the practice piece turned out better! Wouldn't you know it? It's still nice though. I have to buy a round paper mâché box, paint it, and then mount it. I'll be finishing the practice piece too and then having a giveaway here for it. Very easy to make. I can see myself making several with different Halloween fabrics. After all this, I can't show it until after my partner receives it. That in itself was pressure because my partner is a designer! Yikes! Then I decided I wanted to do another finish and stitched her first name initial on matching linen, sewed it up and it went awry. Here's the remains..

It was to be a black velvet heart with the linen making a pouch in the front. I even sewed the black ric rac on perfectly! Dummy me didn't turn the linen the right way so when I turned the heart inside out, the back of the stitching was outside! Arrrgh. I threw it out. The velvet kept sliding on me as I was sewing. I think I need a walking foot for my machine. Just another episode for As The FFO Turns!

After that, I FFO'd a couple other finishes. Here's Christmas, recently finished..

I just love how it turned out! I realized that the decoration for the top doesn't necessarily have to be in the center. I saved the decoration from a Christmas gift I received last year. 

Remember this one? I finished this last year or before. By The Nebby Needle..

I ran out of stuffing to finish this so it'll have to wait. Here is a picture of the model..

I wanted to finish mine like the model but ran out of buttons. It's adorable. I always thought red floss looked perfect on darker fabric. Then I decided to make another cube from this finish..

This is Rojo y Verde by Raquel Blasco. I ran out of flat head pins to finish this! I'm either running out of floss or finishing supplies. I'm at a total blank of what to put on top for decoration. The red beads are an idea. I think once I get everything on it, it's naked on the back, I'll figure something out. It may take a trip with me to Hobby Lobby or Joanne's.

That was all my FFOing for a while.

Road trip, again. Closer this time though. This is where we went..

Training camp at the University of Phoenix stadium, home of the NFL Arizona Cardinals! I know, calm down, lol. 

It has a retractable roof that is opened when the weather is nice, mainly in the late fall into winter. It was not nice today, being 109 degrees. Whew! It was good to get inside from the parking lot.

There was a nice crowd and the temps were wonderful. We may never get to see a real game but it was great to sit there and take it all in. Entry was free and so was parking. 

That will be it! I feel like I'm forgetting something..I hate that. I'm sure it'll come to me when I'm sleeping! I'm going to get back to Trick or Treat and watching the 2nd season of Outlander. 

Take care everyone. Thanks for the comments, I appreciate it! 

A recent storm..