Hi everyone! This is the 2nd time attempting to make a blog post. I hope this one loads. I have all sorts of stuff to show so let's get going.

Up first is progress on WaBH or Winter at Beacon Hill..

and after..

This is the only WIP I've been working on. I've added quite a few things. More

exciting is the lighthouse about to be just to the right of the girl in yellow. I will

keep stitching until May 1.

I finished my Year of Starts 2019 item..and now I can't find a picture! It was the Shepherds

Bush ornament Do You Hear. I'll FFO and show it sometime later.

I had a few FFOs too. First is that little ornament freebie by Midnight Stitching..

Thanks Robin for knowing who the designer was. It turned out cute! These round 

ornaments are fun to put together. I believe it's called Snowman Christmas Quaker.

The back fabric is a red and white stripe.

This next one is a cube. It was completed except for a topping. I finally went out and

bought red and green see through ribbon (I'm sure there's a better name but I can't 

think of it right now!), made a now out of the two and it is now totally finished..

It is perfect. I owe it to Vonna who uses thus type of ribbon on her cubes. Another look..

I have light green hat pins holding the whole thing down. Just pretty!

Some of you may remember me talking about this old WIP I have and that I lost all

the floss and the graph. I went on eBay and found a replacement kit because it is

a kit originally. When I got it, I found that some of the floss were different colors, like

someone tried to match colors. I just said doggone it and it went into limbo. Fast

forward to last week, someone on Stitch Maynia has a 20 year old table runner WIP

and she also lost the graph and floss. Someone found the kit for her. I was inspired to

pull this out..

Season of The Heart, on Aida. It's just too cute to toss. I matched floss on the fabric to DMC and it's a go, for Maynia!

Last but not least is the giveaway I won at Carol/Stitching Dreams blog. How exciting! She made up

her handmade cording and I was lucky enough to win!

So pretty and the card is cute! Thanks Carol, I can't wait to find finished things to use your 

cording on!

That is it. Next week I will post about my Maynia stitchings. I've made some changes

to my plans. I can't believe it's almost May already!

Take care everyone! 

A Little of This, A Little of That

Greetings from a very windy central Arizona. I've got the mother of all headaches right now so I'll keep this short and sweet. I have WIP progress, of course, a new start, and new stash. Let's get started!

Since yesterday was the 19th, I started a new piece for the Year of Starts 2019 on Stitch Maynia..

Please excuse my shadow at the right. This little cutie is Do You Hear by Shepherd's

Bush in the 2012 JCS Christmas ornaments issue. The lyrics of my favorite carol, so I had to 

stitch it! On mystery linen, I'm using 1 over 2. I feel like I can finish this tomorrow so after 

posting, I'll get back to it.

My progress on my old WIPs is progressing! Here is Early Witches..

There is the Pickety Witch. I think she's the creepiest out of the 4 witches with her

pumpkin head. Next witch up will be Marie Leveau of New Orleans and the rest of

the borders and Early Witches will be done. Can't wait!

The next WIP I worked on is Winter at Beacon House or WaBH. No picture since all 

I stitched was a few Smyrna snowflakes, 3 more 1 over 1 birds, and a few lines of snow.

This thing is so big that a few stitches just don't look like much. I also took a week off

from stitching to read one of the Outlander novels and that was nice.

I picked up some stash..

Paper Snowflakes and Here A Peep by WTN&T, and Fancey Blackett Tea for Two by 

Pineberry Lane. I love Fancey Blackett and have 2 stitched pieces in my 

portfolio. I also bought two pieces of fabric that should arrive today.

I had a tiny finish too but I don't remember the name..

I know some of you might recognize this. It's a freebie that's been in my freebie stash

for quite awhile. Cute little snowman peeking through. I used that piece of fabric it's on

just to get rid of it!

Well, that was fast! I have Maynia plans for this year so I'll be back at the end of

this month to show you what I'm doing. I'll have 10 new starts and work on 

9 WIPs. Some of those WIPs are near finished so I'm excited for that. 

Nothing else going on in my life right now. I have to make a quick trip

into Phoenix this coming Tuesday and I'm definitely going to TRY to stop in at the Attic

 Needleworks and have a look see! I know, dangerous! If I buy anything it'll be a piece of 

fabric, a fat quarter. My daughter is my chauffeur so she might

'accidentally' drive right past the exit! I'll keep my eyes peeled!

Take care everyone! Thanks for stopping by:)

Happy Spring Part 2

The Spring /Easter Exchange 2019 is now over and my partner and I have received our gifts. Here is what I sent Lisa:

She likes the same designers as I do, BBD, PSS and so on. I stitched the BBD

piece which I show somewhere in my last posts. I bought the wooden box, 

painted it to match the greys in the design. I inserted the polka dot scrapbook

paper in the top and in the inside. Then finished the stitched piece on 

sticky board as Priscilla and Chelsea call it and glued it to the top. I sure hope

it holds. Then I bought her the other bits and pieces. Here's another look

at the box

It turned out nice.

This is what I received from Sandy..

I can't wait to start the design on the purple fabric. See the adorable Shepherd's 

Bush piece in the frame? Here's a closer look..

So cute. I have it on the wall with my other mini's, what I call my small

framed stitches.

FFOs. One was the exchange box and the other is this LK small..

This is Nevermore. I've really been into sewing those borders onto the 

sides of the stitched piece. Funny how I have favorites of finishing styles like

a cube finish or pin pillows, or flat ornaments. Right now it's the finish above!

I believe this is it. It's Saturday, so it's back to old WIP stitching. As mentioned

before, I plan on 19 new starts/WIPS for Maynia this year. Ten new starts

and 9 WIPs. Christmas Garden will be amongst those plus a few others that

are close to a finish. 

The weather has been flirting with the low 70s which I'm happy about.

Oh, I had to leave that 2nd job I had for health reasons. I have bad knees

and sciatica which after my work accident, is so much worse than

it was. It's been a relief to let it go. That also means more stitching time! Yay!

Take care everyone. Thanks for stopping by! I'll see you in April!

Happy Spring!

Hi all! I thought I would get in one last post for March. Spring has definitely sprung here. My header photo is my back yard which is covered in those little purple flowers. It's really pretty.

This post may run into Part 2, so let's get a move on.

First up are my old WIP progress: Winter at Beacon House..

I filled in the sand/snow between the brown dog and the boy with the light blue hat 

and installed 1 over 1 bird at the lower left tree. 

Promise Me by LK, before:

After:

Pretty good progress I would say

Next is Christmas Garden by BBD:

No before picture because all I stitched was the beginnings of the red flowers at the left.

I have 2 finishes. First is Do You See What I See by Shelly Auen:

I love it! I believe I started this for last year's Maynia.

Next one is Snow Day by Sisters & Best Friends:

On a piece of Babbling Brook jobelan, I believe. I saw this stitched up at another blog called 

Black flies and Snow flies and commented on how cute he was. The blogger Lisa

offered to send me the pattern! So I took up her offer and here he is. I searched for this pattern

which is a freebie but I still could not find it. If anyone would like to stitch him, let me know, I'll send

this freebie to you. Go check out Lisa's blog. Thanks again, Lisa!

Ok, 1 more picture before Blogger goes nuts! On Stitch Maynia there's a SAL I'm

taking part in, new starts in 2019 on the 19th of each month. Here's 

my new start-Night Moves Trumpeter Swans..

I have the lower swan going in. The swans themselves are 5 different DMC greys

plus white! That is several hours of stitching! Whew. Swans will be a WIP for Maynia 

because I'm joining this year again!

Onto Part 2. Over there are FFOs and exchange goodies. See you there!

Part 2 Happy March!

If you haven't already, see Part 1 below this post.

So I've been stitching more these past couple of weeks. On Feb. 19 I started a Christmas ornament from the 2015 JCS ornament mag..

This is the PS ornament that is directly above in the picture called Winter's Eve. I can't remember the name of the fabric I'm using but it's 32ct. I'm taking part of A Year of New Starts SAL at Stitch Maynia and this was my start. Every month on the 19th we start something new.

I also have a couple FFOs. First, I finally did the ribbon ruching for All Hallows Eve by Dulaney Woods designs..

I ruched as I sewed it on instead of sewing a running stitch in the ribbon. It still took awhile and I was worried I was going to run out of ribbon! I'll tell you, it's best to have a drink nearby, preferably of the alcoholic kind! It took me about 2 and a half hours to get the ribbon on! So worth it though. Here's the back..

Love the fabric.

I'm still doing my WIP stitching once a week on older WIPs and I just stopped on Early Witches by the Primitive Hare..before..

and now..

Tituba is now done. I just have the town to stitch in below her name. Her skin color was charted for dmc black but I decided on a warm brown for her skin. I like it much better.

I am now moving onto Winter at Beacon House..

I'll stitch on this today. I have 1 over 1 birds to stitch there in the bottom left corner and a few specialty stitches in the sky around the house. I have not touched this in about 4 years! Time to get back at it.

Oh I forgot to show the other FFO!

By Notforgotten Farm. It could've been stuffed and closed up better but I like it. Here's the back..

The fabric looks like moss. Just like moss on an old headstone.

Okay, Blogger is doing its crazy thing, one more picture..

Market is upon us and while I have seen lots of charts that I want, I really do want this sampler. It has the house and fruit baskets/vases that I like in a sampler. What are you all liking from Nashville Market?

Alright, I better skedaddle! Thanks for stopping by and visiting and leaving comments. Also Welcome to new followers through Bloglovin! Stay awhile! 

Take care!

Happy March! Part 1

March is certainly roaring in like a lion! Very windy outside, think I'll stay in.

Hope you are all doing fine. I haven't paid much attention to the news lately so I don't know how the weather is where you're at. I am dealing with a headcold which started yesterday, stuffed and running nose, sneezing and head feeling thick. I never get sick so I'm a bit surprised. Maybe this is just allergies, who knows. Well, the last part of February was crazy! My stove quit working the 3rd week of February and I was able to buy a used one in very good condition last week. So I had a few weeks of microwaveable meals, soups, and anything else I could eat cold and heat up in the microwave. So this weekend I'm making soup on the stove! Two Thursday's ago we got hit one of those snowstorms of the century. Take a look..

That is my car, surrounded by 2 feet of snow. It was windy so there was drifted snow behind my car at a half of foot more. The last time we had snow like this was 32 years ago. Then, it was 2 1/2 feet of snow. Lucky me, my shovels, plain old dirt turning shovels, were buried under the snow in the back. 

The snow started Thursday night, all Friday and finally stopped Saturday night. I was never so glad to see it stop! I had to hire a guy to come and dig out my driveway so I could get out of the house. No work for two days. Crazy stuff! If it never snowed again the rest of this winter, no problem here! In 1 week, all the snow is gone except for shady spots, and up in the mountains. That's Arizona for you, the temps made it to 60 for a couple days ago.

Time for stitching news! This post may be in 2 parts, maybe.

I spoke about happy news in the last post. Happy for me because it closed a 4 year wait. The designer who had a Kickstarter event has had her antique sampler stitched up and should be marketing that soon. Here are my campaign goodies..

Now I hemmed and hawed on whether I should reveal the designer and since she had made it known on her FB page, which is now gone, that after the funding came through, she fell into a deep depression. Having some experience with depression, I can certainly understand how she was unable to get that humongous sampler started and all the other things going promised on her campaign. To 

those who don't know what's going on, Shakespeares Peddler or KittenStitcher on Flosstube, Theresa had started a Kickstarter campaign to raise funds to purchase an antique sampler and had all these extras offered depending on the size of your donation. I love the sampler she chose for me.

Anyway, she has finished the repro sampler. It's a beauty and big with about 500 stitches on the long side. I decided to reveal her because it's a good thing to put a face on depression. The more we hide from it, the more it becomes an illness to be scared of and not understand. 

I have a finish!

This is Floral Sewing Box by BBD in the Vintage Inspirations booklet. It's the exchange piece for my partner. Above it is the box I'm staining for it and the polka dot paper that will go inside the top and inside the box. The exchange is due on the 20th, heading to Virginia. I'm still gathering more things to add to the exchange.

Okay, I'll end this here. Please check out Part 2 above this post. 

My date with Clint Eastwood and a little stitching

Hi all! I hope all is well where you are at. It is sleeting outside as I type. It's been the weirdest weather this winter. Snowing more than usual, black ice last week which set off accidents and cars sliding off roadway, day before yesterday it rained all day. Over tomorrow and Monday, 6 to 10 inches of snow forecast which is rare. A normal winter for us is 5 to 6 inches for an entire winter! I have a 3 day weekend so I will remain at home and off the streets!

Oh, I'm sure you're wondering about my date with Mr. Eastwood! I'm in the middle of a series of his Spaghetti westerns and watching the second one. After this will be the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, my favorite of all of them.

I am going into my 4th week of no stitching, well hardly any stitching really. My arm is feeling much better. Last night I put in an hour of stitching before bed and it felt fine.

Here is a new start for the Easter/Spring Exchange. My partner loves the same designers I do so it was easy to pick a project for her. This is Floral Sewing Box..

I still have to stitch in the bottom border. I started this last week and picked it up again last night. It should go fast. I will finish this on a square box like the model, wood or paper mâché. My exchange package is to be mailed on or before March 20th, so I have time to FFO this and gather all the other goodies that I like to add. 

Almost two weeks ago I decided to see how my arm felt with a little stitching so I grabbed Song of The Seasons by LHN..

Here is how it looked before..

Some pretty good progress, right? My arm did bug me a little so I quit. This WIP is part of my planned stitching for a week which has been shot to heck because of my arm. The called for fabric is WDW Straw which I just love. It's a favorite of mine right up there with Lakeside Vintage Examplar linen and vintage mocha.

The last thing I wanted to show you is a chart that I fell in love with after a woman on one of the FB groups I'm with finished it. I commented that I went to eBay and found two charts and they were snatched up within 30 minutes. This other commenter personal messengers me and says would I like to borrow her chart! I was like Yesss! Last week it arrived and here it is..

Designed by Blue Whale Designs. It matches the style of the Pamela Dervarits design that I FFO'd into a flanged pillow two or three posts before this one. I love the tall Santa. Just like ol Clint! Haha. 

So I will keep stitching on the exchange piece, and maybe pick up another weekly WIP while taking small breaks. I pretty much quit watching Flosstube because the hankering to stitch was too much and now have a queue of 25 videos to watch! 

I have some good news but I will share that next time.

Take care and thanks for visiting! Stay safe and warm:) 

Side note: I apologize for any misspellings and/or punctuation mistakes because as I type the screen moves up and down so I'm basically typing blindly! Bye!