Merry Christmas!

Greetings on this Christmas eve! I thought I better get in here and say something🤣

I'm stitching and have a finish but I'll show that on my yearly update post in a few days. I've been stitching on Jenny Bean's Halloween Sampler after finishing Bertha Mae Brown. Here's how the Halloween sampler looks now...

She's coming along! Since the last time I showed this, I've stitched the tombstones, the leaves on the weeping willow, the rest of the cabin, the 2 cartouches, and the rest of the border at the left. I'm running out of GAST Black Crow for the rest of the border and the words in the space below the cabin but I may have another skein somewhere. Once again I've been monogamous.

For Christmas I've decided to show some older Christmas/Winter finishes...

On the left is a design that I just don't remember what the name is or who the designer is! I used Vonna's flange pillow tutorial on both pillows. On right is Vixen at Crow Creek by Pamela Dervarits. She had a blog at one time. I'm now seeing her designs coming up on ISO lists. I have tried to email her or message with no response. I would like to stitch this again and use a lighter tan color for the deer.

So here we have at top right an exchange gift from Becky Nolan, a favorite, middle is a freebie from Primitive Betty's I believe made into a flat ornament. Bottom is a Sunflower Seed Designs piece based on the Christmas carol Do You See What I See. The designer had 4 or 5 of these with different parts of that carol through JCS ornament magazine. It is my goal to stitch them all.

This cute envelope and pillow came from an exchange from long ago. The pillow design is a LizzieKate. 

I received my exchange gifts also...

I received the cute round stitching, the North Carolina kitchen towel, toffee which is gone now and the pretty Christmas card. The lady who hosted the exchange stitched a piece for the stitcher whose partner skipped out. I was to send a gift to the mystery woman but didn't have to.. Oh well.

Truth be told, it's been hard to get into the Christmas mood. Another uncle died in November and the funeral was this past Saturday. He was 94. He had dementia. That was 2 uncles in the past 4 months and we're all feeling it. 

Our weather has been decidedly non-Christmas like! Last week I didn't have to wear a jacket! People were out and about wearing shorts and tshirts🤦🏻‍♀️odd weather, I'm telling you.

So I'm off from work for the next 7 days and guess what I'll be doing? FFOing finishes! Yes, there will be Christmas ornaments but they'll be in time for next Christmas😂

It was also my 14th anniversary of blogging! It's been fun so thanks for coming along on this adventure🌹🌹💃🏽

I'll be back on the 30th for my look back at 2024 and my plans for 2025. 

I want to wish each and everyone of you a

See you soon!