Update on UFO progress

I am not a part of any of the SAL's that are for UFO's this year but it is a goal of mine to finish some of the started but not finished pieces in my basket.

With me having the flu, I have not been stitching very much nor very fast.  I did in the past few days though start to work on my favorite piece.  I started this a few years back with my best kindred spirit friend.  her piece is finished... Lucky girl... My goal is to have mine hanging by years end.

This is 

PEACEFUL PARADISE

by Midsummer Nights Designs
I am having some troubles posting the pictures... It is cutting them off... You can click on them to open them. 

This was where I was at  when I pulled this out to start working on it again on Saturday night.

And... Here we are just a few minutes ago... YES!!!!!  I have my daytime sky finished... And my angel completed... I think as I heal from the flu this is some pretty good progress.   The Dr. has me off work until after Wednesday... So that gives me another day to work on this piece.  

This shows what all is completed... Now to work on the right side words... I am near complete on that side... So hopefully that will come together quickly.  I just love this piece so hopefully it will soon be completed... Pressed... Laced... And framed!  

The bottom section of this piece was wo much fun to work on... And I love the colors used in this piece.  Thank you for looking ... I will keep you posted on the progress. 

Keep crossing those stitches,

Tracy

An ornament finish

I have not been stitching much.  I have been fighting the flu for going on 2 weeks now.   I have tried and tried to stitch but have not been able to i have felt so badly i have muttled through slowly and have been able to complete this ornament. 

Herald Angels
2003 JCS Ornament Issue
The Prairie Schooler

Thank you for looking... have a great night.
Tracy

Prayers needed please.

Please all pray for recovery... i have had the flu for over a week now. Was at our local ER last Friday and left feeling like i was on the mend.  I have a good day and then a very bad day.  I have been out of work for 7 days now... and feel so bad about that.  The fever is gone... i am no longer contageous... but i can not get rid of the cough and i have an ear that is stopped and soundsnlike there is water on it.   It is so frustrating.  I just want to feel better.   I tried to go into work yesterday and my co workers said i looked like pooooo.  And was barking like a dog.  I just dont think it is right to cough this hard for 2 weeks.  I go to the dr once again today to see what he can do to help me.  I have been on an antibiotic... and several courses of sterrhoids.  I have an inhailor... and cough syrup...  i am so tired of being sick.  Please pray foe healing for me and my family they have caught it too but are bouncing back much faster.
Thank you all... stay warm.
Tracy

Look at this!!!!!! Amazing needle minders found.

Ok girls... my daughter found these on Etsy... and OH MY GOODNESS  this is more than art.. the skill the detail.... the colors.. the touches of bling... these are amazing... i am contacting her today for mine.   I want one... or 2... oh heck if i could afford them i would have one of each.  It mite be a goal... she has necklaces... and needle holder containers too... these pics do NOT do this justice at all...  oh please stop by her etsy shop and see what all she has to offer.  It is Clayworks by Kim and can get ahold of her at www.claybykim.etsy.com 
Thank you for looking ... these are amazing.
Keep crossing those stitches...
Tracy

Another quick finish...

ONE UFO FINISHED... i just loved the colors used in this ornament... i still have a few beads to apply after i press it... but i love this ornament... it is adorable... and mite even stitch it again as a present.  This is so fun...

I started this in 2013 and had just a little left to stitch.. so last night while nursing an ear infection... trying to stay warm... i finished this little cutie...
Thanks for looking... Stay warm and safe...

LizzieKate
#594 Snowman 2010

Welcome 2014!!!!

Happy New Year to everyone.. what a landslide of a year.  Since July my world has just been uprooted and re adjusted... finding out my dad died. Then... swoooooosh.. gargle... and SPIT!  Wow...   I have aunts... uncles.. cousins... BROTHERS....  nieces and nephews... new experiences to be had by all.  Wow all the new details to learn... what makes me who I am.... I had a wonderful childhood.. but it might have had a bit more adventure with everyone in it from the start.  I would have liked to have looked in my dads eye... to have told him how awesome my childhood was... to have heard his voice.

So stitching has been wanted but my mental focus has not truly been where it needs to be to stitch...

I will start out by listing some of my stitching goals for 2014...

Working on UFO's...
♥ Peaceful Paradise
♥ Grandmother Fairy - Mirabillia
♥ LK Mystery Christmas piece
♥ Mary Cotton LaDDa
♥ Moses Sampler -silver creek samplers
♥ Emma & Eliza Meet the owls of October -  Just Nan
♥  Jenny Beans Christmas Sampler - Shakespeares Peddler

NEW STARTS:
♥ Storykeep Magical Arrival  - HAED
♥  The Seven Virtues - LaDDa
♥  Away we Ride - Blackbird designs

Also several christmas ornaments to start ... stitch... and finish!

Big goals... but if just a few get done I am so happy. 

I also want to show you some of the ornaments and progress for the end of 2013....

Small update

Friday night I went to my local cross stitch shop and got fabric for the Plum Street Sunday Chirstmas piece.  Today was the release of part 2 and I have had so much fun getting this all caught up.  I am stitching this on 28 count Picture This Plus Twilight... It is a denim like blue with a lot of cloud like variations in it.  The color has presented some challenges with the colors used so I have had to change my colors.  I am using a mixture of the DMC threads called for, some Gentle Arts called for.  I even used a pretty green HDF silk for the one color... This has been so much fun working with colors... And trying to get the look that I want out of the fabric.

Almost time to build an ark....

I hope this post finds everyone doing well.   I am posting today to show you what mother nature has been giving us the past 24 hours.   It has been raining every day this week but Friday into Saturday the rains were so hard.   This is what use to be a local park... With a dog park attached.  You can see where the dog park fense is all wadded up.  What a shame the dogs seem to love this park... A safe place to run.  When we stopped yo look you could smell a somewhat sewage smell... That is not good.   As we drove around... There were several road closed  due to flooding. 

I am hoping later today to show some stitch pics... Again hope all is well with you.  Keep crossing those stitches.
Tracy

Fat Guys and Snow Belles SAL update!

Wow... Where does the time go sailing away to? It does not seem possible.  I have been having some troubles with sickness... So my stitching has Not been where it needs to be... I am a much better person when i stitch. 

I have to get a good picture of the mothers day pin cushion that i made for my mother.  I will post that as i get it.

I have made a special gift for my best friend for her birthday but she does not have it yet... So i can not post this yet.

I have been working some on my guys and belles SAL.   I have pictures of March and April... And am still finishing May even though we are a few days into June.

I hope all is going well with my fellow SAL gals.  Until next month... Happy stitching.
Hugs...
Tracy

Prairie Schooler - oop #34 New World Sampler FOUND!

UPDATE...

THANK YOU so much... The kindness in the cross stitch community never stops amazing me... You ladies are so kind and such supportive friends.  THANK YOU to all who have messages me concerning this chart. 

original post...

I feel like a news boy on the corner....

Calling All Stitchers...

I have been going nuts for years now trying to aquire this chart... I struggle with the whole ebay thing... It either gets out of my price range... Or is lost at the last few seconds to another bidder that went $1.00 over my max bid... Grrrrrr. Omg...

So i am sending out my word here on the blog world... PLEASE if you have this chart... And are willing to trade.. sell... Loan.. whatever... Please contact me.  I have for several years now been madly in love with his chart but can not get it.  I have found it at one place... But they want $70 for it... Ouch.. i just cant go that. 

Thank you for lookig for me... Have a great night.
Keep crossing those stitches.
Tracy

Friday nights finishes!

Friday night after getting home from work. I started some weekend chores... And as some laundry was washing... I grabbed both my Just Nan Christmas mouse... And my daughters.  They have been stitched and waiting on finishing. 

My eyes were a little tired from a day at work entering order after order on the computer.  In just a few hours... I have 2 lil mice sitting there just as cute as can be.  I am tickled wih how they turned out. 

NOW... To start he little bunny... Just nan bunny is next.

It is sunny and near 50 degrees today... But a snow storm is said to be on its way to us... So tomorrow will be a different story.  They are calling for rain changing to snow... With an ending forcast of 1-5 inches.  Not what i would call a snow STORM ... But snow non the less.  Oh spring... please get here!

Take care all ...
Tracy

A very special gift...

My best friend gave me a gift she has beeen stitching for me for quite a while now... I had to share it... And it does NOT do yhe piece justice.  The nose and eyes  are stitched with glisten gloss... So they look wet... And there is a sparkle to the sweater... It is just gorgeous.   Now... I must save to frame it... I cant wait for it to hang in my house.  Just hought i would share his precious gift... And thank her for this heirloom... And for all her hard work. 

Saturday Adventure.

I have been saving to get some of the new releases.  Saturday... My best friend(sister), my daughter, grand daughter and I drove to keepsakes in cincinnati Ohio. We had a BLAST there more than 2 hours looking at all the goodies.  She had a huge 50% off bin... So we had a ton of fun rooting through that.  I am including pictures of what i bought.  

I decided to start the sing a sampler series from silver creek samplers... It is adorable. 

I also bouht some fabric for my spring project of the LaDDa tottin Hare. I will post some pics later of it.  I bought a large piece of tin roof from weeks dye works. How fun is that.

Before we went we atr breakfast out then went to starbucks.  Oh yummy... Starbucks!!!!!!!    So i was all set to shop!

Then after we ate lunch at penn station.  The weather was wonderful... Air still crisp... But it was warm and sunny.  I need that sunshine so badly.

Hope the sun is shining for you today.
Tracy

LK SAL March update... snow... And oogie on the loose!

Just a quick post to show my LK SAL progress...

I usually love snow... But this year I am work hin with the weather.  This is my fist year in near 20 years that i have worked downtown.  Dealing with the slush... The snow... The drivers... Wow. It is time for spring.  I am excited for sunshine and warm days.  Last night we were hit wih a snow storm... Some channels locally were saying up to 14 inches... But we ended up with about 5 it was pretty... But our winds were bad... And even howling.   And he roads were pretty slick heading into work this morning. 

I also wanted to post a pic of Oogie Boogie.... He has settled into my work dest real nicely.  He makes me chuckle. He is from the nightmare before christmas movie... And is just adorable. 

Have a great night ladies... Take care... Be safe... And keep crossing those stitches.
Tracy

February block LK SAL

As several have said... Where did January go?   It has rushed through our fingers.   I have completed the January block Ready for Snow... And attached the pics of it. 

For February's block i am starting Snowed In. 

I am so thankful that i jumped in on this project... I am loving the way that it is looking.  Placing them all in one piece was just perfect. Thank you to the ladies that are a part of his SAL. It is just wonderful to see your progress and be a part of this group. 
Until March 1st... Have a safe... Warm... And fun month full of many crossed threads.
Take care ladies.
Tracy

January's block

Tonite is a cold cold night here in KY.  We are forcasted to have several inches of snow this weekend.  I was going to go to our LNS for the Super Bowl sale... But it doesnt look as if i will be doing that. 

I am hoping to post tomorrow the February block completed... It is just a few stitches from that now.  I have had so much trouble wih a stomach bug ... Right after... I started to get the congestion and now i have a lovely ear infection.  This has just compleyetly drained me and I cant seem to stay awake long enough to get as far as i would like.  I am very tored of feeling bad. 

tonight i am posting Januarys block completed... I am loving his piece more and more wih each completed block. 

Have a safe... Warm .... Weekend full of frogless stitches. 
Take care....
Tracy

LK SAL UPDATE - January post.

I have been a terrible sal person.   Between starting a new job, preparing for Christmas, and then packing everything up from Christmas, and day to day events.. i have not been stitching alot, and therefore there has not been a lot to post.  I am not done wih my 2nd block yet... And have to complete a 3rd block in order to stay on target for Feb 1st.   Goals are good. I have several to start and am waiting for all the supplies on my scarlet letter chart to arrive so that i can start his sal too. 

Wih the new job and all the learning... I have been coming home so exhausted and worn out... It is hard for me to sit and stitch without falling asleep.  I am just so happy to have a new job that I like and feel I can do well at. 

happy stitching ... I will keep you posted on the progress for this sal Feb 1st.

Take care
Tracy