A couple finishes

I am so excited to be back here on my original blog! I was able to recover that email that is hooked up to this blog. I hadnt been able to check emails on that account and was pretty sure there was going to be hundreds of emails! But nope! So enough of that! Lets get to those two finishes.

Rest Thy Scissors by Notforgotten Farm. I did Stitch Maynia in May and started two designs and as soon as May was over, I started this piece. I wanted it in the black box like the model..

I bought the box at their etsy shop. Here's how it looks..

My next finish is a long time WIP..Feliz Navidad, found in the Christmas ornies preview issue of JCS of July/Aug 2012..

Stitched on crystal Phoenix by PTP. I will never stitch on the sparkly fabric again! It was too much for my eyes. It turned out nice. It says Feliz Navidad and has musical notes scattered about. Here's how the model looks..

Be sure to click on pictures. Thats about as big as I can get them. So I missed doing the WIP challenge with Jo from Serendipitous Stitcher for Summer Solstice and lo and behold, it was Sunday! I tbought it was the last day of the month! Sorry Jo if you read tbis! That being said, I'm happily back to WIPs. So Arizona has been on fire since last week. It's been a severe drought and there are several wildland fires in northern and central AZ. We also had a heatwave last week where here we hit 105 degrees one day. We never got below 100 for 6 or 7 days. It was horrible. Then a storm came through with hardly any rain but plenty of lightning, hence the fires. No relief in sight until our monsoon starts up. We're crossing our fingers! This is it! Glad to be back!

I think I'm back!!

Testing, testing. Due to having to buy a new phone and recovering the email account associated with this blog,it's looking like I can post fron here again! I'm going to hit publish and see what happens! Wish me luck!

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See the new blog!

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A little this and that!

Hi all. Well I see blogger is making changes again! I'm having trouble making a post or uploading any pictures. Darn! I had a lot to show too. I don't know when I'll be back. I'm going to have to fix some sign in problems that I did through my phone. If I can fix that I may be able to make a post through my phone. Although I do t want to think of it, I might have to find another way to blog! Not happy! Take care all! I hope to be back sooner than later. Stay safe and healthy!

Somethin's burnin!

Quick, tell me what song my title is from and the singer/singers. Be the first and I will send you a little something! Leave your guess below in comments.

It has been hot hot hot here. Last week we got to 102 for a couple days and it's been the high 90s

the rest of the time. Come on Fall!!

I have a couple Christmas ornament finishes..

Merry Moose Wishes, found in the JCS 2012 Christmas ornament issue I'm 

pretty sure! I think it has been a WIP since 2012! Haha. I left off a few

things like a star button on the top of the tree and a stitched curlicue 

coming off the last S on Christmas. I love it! I wish I knew what fabric 

I stitched it on. It's a linen with an oatmeal-y color to it. 

My next finish is a recent WIP from last year..

Winter's Eve, also from a JCS ornament issue but I don't know which. I've tried

since yesterday to make this new post and surprise, the stars finally aligned

this morning to post. Gotta love technology! So I wasn't prepared. I don't know

what the fabric is but it's a pewter like color with variegation.

So I have once again joined the Haunted Harvest 2020 exchange and I have begun

stitching my main item. I have changed a few things on it but need to buy a wooden

box to mount it on but to also line up the stitching so it'll fit. So I'll take care

of that next weekend on a trip to Hob Lob. I'll show that next time I post.

Since Blogger is behaving, I'll show a few pictures of a Mother Daughter 

adventure my daughter and I took on July 4th.

You can see the red rocks of Sedona in the distance. We took a back road to Jerome, AZ.

It's a ghost town just over a mountain from me. This back road is dirt all the way.

I have most of my pictures on my phone and I'll transfer some over to my iPad and continue

the pics on another blog post. 

Just as we get into Jerome is this old mine. Either copper or gold. Below that with

the buildings is the Gold King Mine, a tourist stop of old buildings, lots of old mining 

equipment, a little gift shop, and demonstrations of woodworking and blacksmithing.

We've been here before but we just looked atound the gift shop. This time we paid the $7 each

to go in the back. Interesting place. It really was a mine and in the middle of the

whole place is the shaft which goes down over 1,000 feet. It is blocked off with 

warning signs though. That's the thing with Arizona with its rich history of mining. The

hills and mountains are dotted with abandoned mines. The state has gone around

and destroyed the openings of these mines but I think there are more to be found.

We wanted to have lunch in Jerome at the Haunted Hamburger, a burger joint so

named because when they were rehabbing the place, their too,s would go missing

and show up somewhere else. Their fried pickles are to die for!

That's it! I hope this new post has found you all healthy and doing well. I am fine.

Remember me telling you about a cousin who was hospitalized back in March 

with Covid 19? Poor girl spent 3 weeks in the hospital and she is still on 

supplementary air. She is the reason I wear a mask. Stores are all beginning

to require masks anyway.

Don't forget to take part in my quiz. Leave a working email if you would.

Take care and be safe!

Progress, ideas

Hi all! Hope you're all doing well! Outside of a bout with sciatica, I'm doing good. I couldn't stitch for awhile due to arm pain leftover from a June 5th weedwacking episode. I'm amazed that I still have pain from that. Anyway, I've been able to stitch every other day. I have some progress, and some  new start ideas. Let's go!

Frosty Forest by CCN. It's been warm here so I thought a wintery design would be delusional.

Here is how it looked before..

I would like to finish that one block this month and maybe do a block a month.

No finishes but I do have new start plans. Here they are..

The middle project is an old Ewe and I Christmas sampler and the subrosa design I

still need a few more flosses. But these are what I'd like to start soon.

I recently bought a few needle minders. You'll get a chuckle out of these!

 Haha!

That's it! Here's to all of us keeping safe and healthy. Arizona's infection 

numbers keep rising and it's getting worrisome. I keep doing my part with the mask

and hand sanitizer and washing hands.

Take care!