Memorial Day

Hi all, hope your doing well on this day of remembrance. It is 86 degrees out and I have the fan going. I'm not looking forward to the 90s! 

So despite having a useless arm, I've managed to stitch some but not a lot! I stitched on 2 WIPs that I showed on my last post. They are Warm Wishes and Long May She Wave. First is Warm Wishes...

From the JCS ornament issue 2012. I've gotten this a lot further along but as I tend to do from time to time, most of the floss I am using has been misplaced! I do have the white floss for the snow and the overdyed Flax for the house. So I went back to Long May She Wave and here's that progress...

Not a lot though. 

My arm is better. I can move it more but it gets tired easily. My right shoulder was bad to begin with so I think that pulled arm muscle was going to happen. Eventually it'll get better, patience my dear!

What I have been able to do though is FFO! I have 3 pieces that I worked on since Saturday. The finishing bug bit with vengeance!

First up is Holly, a freebie from Hello from Liz Matthews...

Pretty! I wrapped the stitching around the glass, pushed it into the frame and followed that with the piece of paper that usually has a smiling family or couple and then the back velvety piece with a stand up flap. It was hard getting this centered!

Next FFO is Crow and Watermelon by Homespun Elegance...

Tiny little piece, I used the frame that I bought to use with Holly, above👆🏽 I cut a piece of mat board a bit smaller than the frame and placed the stitching on the sticky side, and used glue to adhere the whole thing to the back of the frame. I glued a summery cotton fabric to the back and made a stand from mat board. Voila! The design is 1" x 1 1/2" and here's the chart....

The next piece I want to stitch is the Crow and Flag which is to the right of Crow and Watermelon. It took 3 hours tops to stitch with breaks to rest my arm.

The 3rd and final FFO is Christmas Carols...

Found in the JCS ornament issue 2015. I sewed on the button and then made this flat ornament. The trim is store bought. Here's the back...

My next victim will be the 2023 Jingle Ball ornament and I have all the pretties to make it...

I have the mat board to make this a flat ornament also.

That's my FFOs!

Once again, I'm having another chart giveaway..

The usual rules apply: be a follower, live in the US. Two weeks from today, I'll draw names if there are more than 1 person interested. 

A little life update..

I had to chuckle when Honey Bee called my century plant a alien life form I think that's what she said! It has topped out and is now branching out with flowers on them. This thing is taller than my house! I'll get a picture next time.

I received the probate paperwork from the paralegal to file with court. I have to get them all printed out and over to the courthouse. In Arizona, when one becomes the estate representative, they have to take an online class. It's free and no test but when it was done, I thought, what have I got myself into?!?! Haha. It makes sense for me to do it because my brothers live in Phoenix and I live here. 

Well, this is all I got! I miss stitching all the things. I've been fondling my charts and fabric. I've begun going through rooms and separating stuff into charity donations, trash, and swap meet/yard sale items. Hence the chart giveaway. I'm pretty sure I'll keep finding stitchy stuff as I organize my craft room/bedroom. 

Thanks for your comments as always! What are my stitching plans? I'll continue stitching on the patriotic piece and I'll continue to look for the missing floss so I can finish the Christmas ornament! 

Take care and see you soon😊

We have a winner!

Greetings all, from a beautiful, sunny 78 degrees day in central AZ! Happy Mother's Day!💐🌹I just got home from spending a few hours with my daughter. She took some time off work. We went to my mother's gravesite to leave flowers and clean up her grave, and talk. We then went to my grandmother's and cousin's graves to say hello. Then my daughter bought me lunch. It's always good to spend time with her, our work schedules don't jibe.

Carol, I had to laugh at your comment on my last post about stitching up a 3rd Jack's Bash! Nah, I'm done, haha!

I unfortunately hurt my right arm two Fridays ago. A freak accident that is kind of embarrassing but I think I pulled a muscle in my upper arm. My stitching arm, I'm right handed, so I've only been able to stitch a little before it begins to ache. I iced it immediately after it happened and have kept up after work. Its getting better though. Mobility is getting better. 

I did start a Maynia project before the accident...

This is Long May She Wave by Asbery's Echoes Stitches, she's at Etsy. I had the left banner already done. The right side is post-accident and took the whole 8 days just to stitch it! I had to excuse myself from the swap I had joined in the fb group Homespun Needlework, I think, because there was no way I was going to finish before the deadline which is the 24th. Here's what it should look like...

I'll finish it the same way.

If there's a silver lining from my bad arm, it's that I finally finished a thick book I started in January. I miss stitching! 

We have a winner from the giveaway on the last post and that is Linda!! Woohoo! I have your address and will be mailing the chart this coming week. Hope your stitching slump has taken to the road. 

So did anybody catch the Aurora Borealis that appeared Friday night in the US? It came all the way to Arizona and even clear down to the US and Mexico border! I've seen pictures from Tucson. Here's how it looked in my area...

Is that not crazy?! I didn't know this was going to happen. I got home from work and started seeing pictures so I went outside and could see a dark pink glow in the sky to the north. Later, I learned that you needed to turn your camera setting to night mode to catch all the colors. My first time ever of seeing this. My dad was born and raised in Montana and had seen it lots of times.

Want to know how my century plant is doing?

This thing has reached the roof section of my porch. It's easily 10 or 11ft high. I have to push it a little to clear the roof line, no telling how much more it'll grow! Here's the bottom...

I've seen these plenty of times in the surrounding hills but never this close!

And that is all she wrote! Due to her bad arm, she may not have anything stitchy to write about!

I'll keep at Long May She Wave, stitch as much as I can.

Thanks for stopping in and commenting!

Take care!