6th Crazy Finish and more f f's

Without further ado..wait, let me say what 'f f's' mean. Finished finishes!

Here is Hoo Knows, my 6th CJC finish


Hoo Knows
Imaginating
Called for DMC, fabric
JABC Owl

This is so hilarious, I get a chuckle every time I read it! A labor-intensive stitch for sure with the big tree on the left and the border with the two colors and the backstitching. But it's worth it!

I have moved on to Pretty Poppies but no pic. I'll put one up the next post. It's turning out quite colorful and cute. I took a break between Hoo Knows and Poppies to read "The Help". I just loved it! I couldn't put it down but I hated the end. I was sorry to see Aibileen let go. I finally watched the movie yesterday and I thought the book was better. I then moved to "Glass Castles" by Jeannette Walls. This was a memoir of her young years with her siblings and two very dysfunctional parents. Just by reading the reviews, I knew there was going to be a positive outcome but it just bummed me out with the attitude of her parents. Lots of starving, alcohol abuse, irresponsibility, and so on and so on. I won't say how the ending was in case some of you want to read it. After that book, I picked a bodice-ripping romance set in Scotland. After "Castles", something ridiculous is just what I needed! Whew!

I've finished two more ornaments

Here's Tweet. She's on mounting board surrounded with greenish chenille that I'd hoped would match the grass under the mama bird. Then I glued on the ribbon for the bow and hanger. I see I have to trim up the woolfelt a little. BUT here's the star of the day

This may be the prettiest thing I've done! I've had the trim forever waiting to be used on something. It's gold trim that I picked up at an after-Christmas sale. I sandwiched it between the stitching and gold woolfelt on the backside. If you look carefully you'll see yellow pins on the sides; half pinkeep, half flat ornament! The hanger is a sparkly gold trim with little white smidgens (for lack of a better word!). Hobby Lobby has all these trims in small lengths that go for very cheap in their sale corner.

I planned on starting the LK mystery sampler but I don't have the thread for the border so I'm waiting for the order for that and two others. I've decided to stitch on something during the Olympics and unlike many others, I've decided on something British!

Can't wait..for the Olympics and to stitch this.

My box for Antique Keys and Locks is coming along. Tomorrow I should have the lining paper installed, and the stitching on the top. I'm learning as I go and running into problems such as-take off the hardware first! I'm having to scrape the paint off the latch in front. And don't go wishy-washy on the color. I bought some Minwax yesterday and should have put that on in the first place. I sanded the paint that was already on so the wood grain would show and then applied the Minwax. Next time, just buy the Minwax and just use that. I have some ideas for these small keys that I have..I won't say though! You'll have to wait to see the finished product!

Well, there's a storm brewing and I've got to get dinner started. Last weekend, it rained for 2 1/2 days. My zucchini plants just went..BOING!!..and I should have some zukes to cook soon. I've been looking for zucchini recipes and have found several.

Take care y'all! And a big huge WELCOME to my new followers. So exciting!

Finished finishes, finally!

I finally have some finishes to show off, 3 of the 4 freebies that I stitched in March

I trimmed this pincushion with chenille trim and filled it with lizard sand or crushed walnut. My first try with attaching chenille trim (shhh..I glued it on!). The next freebie I turned into a hanging pillow

I used mother-of-pearl buttons to attach the sheer ribbon at the corners and to decorate the middle with three buttons. I was in a quandary of how to finish this. I sewed it up last weekend but it sat for the week. And last but not least...the carrot!

I used the same chenille to trim this and put a small amount of the crushed walnut at the bottom to give it some weight and filled the rest of it with stuffing. Can you see the 3 pink buttoms that are on the lawn? And I had the green check fabric on hand. I'm so glad I finally finished these because they were yelling at me everytime I passed by!

And now onto my 1st Crazy January Challenge finish...drum rolllll, please!


Tweet Gift
2010 JCS Ornaments
called for fab and threads

 You can't see it but there's silver metallic in the middle of the snowflakes and the momma bird's hat and pompom. I may make this a pinkeep. I was almost done with another CJC ornament but I ran out of the thread so I put it down and picked up Tweet. This took some marathon stitching to get it done!

At the end of March I managed to finish up one last ornament but I never put a pic up so here it is

I didn't frame it but it sure looks nice with that frame doesn't it? I will frame my own stuff every now and then but only when the fabric is Aida because it's so easy to line it up. This design is called Rejoice and I got it from the 2009 issue of JCS Ornaments. Those are white beads for the snow. So now I'm two ornaments ahead for this Christmas. Once I can, I'll finish the other ornament when I order the needed WDW thread.

I sell stuff on eBay to raise a little money for things like gas and a few groceries to tide us over. My employer has us on a weird pay period, there's 15 or so days in between paychecks so any little bit helps. I hit the local Goodwill's looking for stuff to sell when I came upon a great find-these Halloween fabrics

Cute huh? I especially like the upper right-hand fab. It's covered with partying witches! They're a good size too. Now I've gotta decide whether I sell them on eBay or keep them for Halloween stitching!

I love working with woolfelt applique and these hopping bunnies are competing with stitching for my time

I have all the blanket stitching of the two bunnies and two 1/2 stars left. Then I've got two tongues to stitch together and then to the left and right edge. The backing goes on somehow. I've misplaced the pattern though! So for now it just sits!
Time for me to hit my stitching corner of the couch while I listen to Rescue Me. What a crazy show with the ghosts! My daughter is gone right now otherwise I wouldn't watch it! I'm stitching on another CJC project but have found that I'm needing a couple of WDW threads! Sheesh! Obviously I didn't kit up everything right what with all these missing threads.

Happy Mother's Day to you all! I have a Mother's Day each day when I don't have to tell my daughter to do her homework, when she calls to let me know she's running late, and a myriad of other 'surprises'. Enjoy the day! Thanks for stopping by and as always, I'm grateful for your comments!

Some good news and a Trims/Embellishment Giveaway!!

Let's get straight to the more exciting news I have to offer-my Trims and Embellishment Giveaway, to celebrate my b-day on the 29th and my gallbladder surgery on the 27th! The insurance company couldn't argue with the test results! I have more 'stuff' on order coming for this giveaway, but here's what I have now

On order are undyed chenille trim to try your hand at dyeing and pastel dyed ric rac, mother-of-pearl buttons, and a special surprise! I may have to go back and order me a special surprise too! I just hope it all gets here in time! What are the particulars for your chance to win you ask? None! Just leave a comment. That's fine and great if you want to follow, and fine and great if you don't. You have 'til the 30th to comment. On the 31st, my daughter will pull a name out of the hat and I'll announce the winner the next morning here since I'll be home recuperating. Who knows, I may surprise someone else with a second place draw for a smaller bunch of goodies!

I survived the CJC 2012 Challenge and took a week to stitch more on Tweet from the 2010 JCS ornament magazine

Here's what it looked like before

Yes, a pitiful start but it's coming right along. I stitched almost all day Sunday. Today, in keeping with my plan to stitch on a new Crazy every week, I've picked up Stars and Angels from JCS ornaments 2011

I'll stitch on this for the week.

I got me some stash too!

I've been admiring Zippity Doo Da for awhile after seeing some finishes of it. Any of you stitched it on a different fabric? I'm not too crazy about the Tin Roof WDW linen used. I'm envisioning it on Days Gone By linen used for Tweet above! And of course I'm getting a nice collection of PSS going. All the threads are for a couple of my Crazies.

Well that's it folks! I have to go pick up my daughter. A huge WELCOME to all the new followers! It's so exciting to see all of you; the more the merrier! Have a wonderful week!

Procrastination rears its ugly head!

Well, I pulled it out! Barely! I know the rules aren't set in stone but still...! Here are my starts for the last 6 days, counting from the last to #10

I thought I had a picture of the chart but I didn't. This is 30ct WDW Gold linen, using WDW threads. How shameful, lol!

O.K, here's my 14th start

This is the beginnings of the pattern at the bottom, the pillow. Using 32ct Queen Anne's Lace jobelan with a mix of CC threads, DMC and some beads. That's a pretty fabric; wish I could find it in linen.

The 13th start is a re-visit to my favorite WIP-Winter at Beacon House or WaBH, from the Jan/Feb '10 issue of JCS. I stopped stitching on this in August to start my holiday stitching. Here's what it looked like then, here's what I stitched Saturday and was having fun, I might add.

I'm hoping to have this finished by the end of the year. Just being realistic!

The 12th start

This is Stars and Angels and I don't have a pic! Sorry! It is stitched on 30ct Parchment by WDW with just two WDW threads.

11th start

Christmas Magic, on 32ct white linen using DMC threads, Mill Hill beads. Still no pic! I'm almost to the finish line! Here's #10

Meet Tweet stitched on ?ct Days Gone By linen with a mix of GAST, WDW, and Kreinik braid. I stitched up one like this, different year from a JCS ornament magazine and same designer, and it was enjoyable so going to make this my focus point for this week. Another Yahoo group stitcher mentioned she was going to spend a week on one of her new starts and then move to another start the next week and I think that's an excellent idea!

Whew, my computer is really acting up. I have a blank square smack in the middle of the screen so I will apologize first-hand for any punctuation, spelling and whatever else mistakes are in this post!:))

I now have 17 WIP's (2 are ones that I already had) and will spend tomorrow and the following days on Tweet. But for now I'm going to read Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban while listening to Kill Bill 1 on the t.v. I know, a bloody, bloody movie but it's entertaining!

Have a super week! And a big WELCOME to the new followers!