In Stitches

nascar/martinsville

2010-10-25T10:53:00.000-07:00

Hey, didya see it?? Dale Jr led laps and finishes 7th!! Way to go Junior!

Burden/Krystal Camprubi 8/31/10 update

2010-08-31T17:24:00.000-07:00

Yay me! I finally finished another page on Burden! This one has been a ufo for the longest time and I'm excited to get some progress done on him. I'm over halfway now with 13 of 25 pages done~

it's definitely August!

2010-08-25T11:02:00.000-07:00

Aah, the dog days of summer are here, or at least they were lol. It was over 100 degrees every day for the past few weeks but finally has cooled down. It's a only 80 today so I got outside and tried to do some mowing. Note I said tried. Got stung by a red wasp and conceded the yard to them for now. It's time for some chemical warfare I think lol

I was faithfully stitching on my horses until I made a major boo-boo, counted wrong and ended up with a major frog session. Then one of my kittens slept on it and had to wash it. Rolls eyes, kittens learn that stuff early and she's definitely living up to her name-Princess! I brought out my oldest ufo to work on, Burden by HAED. I've almost finished another page on him so will have a pic to show soon! Maybe, just maybe I can get him finished this year, I've had him in the works since November 2006~

3 pages done!

2010-08-13T18:50:00.000-07:00

Three pages down, 5 to go~;0)
horses 3 by artecy

some past finishes

2010-08-07T13:26:00.000-07:00

Here some finishes that I never got around to taking pictures of in the past year. Just going through stuff trying to get organized and found these so thought I'd share~

just another Monday

2010-08-02T14:22:00.000-07:00

Hope everyone is having a good start to the week! This is the last full week of summer vacation, the munchkin and husband go back to school the 12th. I'm looking forward to it and dreading it all at the same time. It will be nice to have some time to myself but it's going to be soo quiet with them both gone all day, lol. Guess I will get lots of stitching done!
Speaking of stitching, I'm still faithfully working on horses 3. I'm about halfway done with the 3rd page, it should go pretty quickly, then just a half page to do and that will be the halfway mark on it. Artecy came out with their latest new patterns last Friday so my wishlist has grown much bigger! sigh, can't stitch them all but I plan on giving it my best shot!! ;0)

2 pages down, 4 to go!

2010-07-16T21:54:00.000-07:00

Here it is with the first 2 pages finished, now only 4 more to go!

got dirty in the garden today

2010-07-11T15:12:00.000-07:00

lol, today I got busy in my garden. Haven't been able to do alot lately since it's been raining so much. This has to be the wettest summer we've had here in Oklahoma in a long time. I staked my heirloom tomato plants, they were getting real leggy. I used some redbud limbs that got cut down so the electric people could reach our pole awhile back. They made great stakes, of course since I didn't stake them when I planted them in the spring everything is all crooked, but I don't mind really. I also removed 3 tomato plants so I could make a row between them. They were over-crowded and the tomato worms were munching away. I couldn't get to them easily so decided I needed to make space. I still have 6 huge plants left, lol My okra is finally blooming, yay! Can't wait until they are ready to pick, yummy~

cute little poem I found(political)

2010-07-07T10:40:00.000-07:00

Here is a cute little poem I found on the web somewhere, I usually don't like to post stuff like this but I just couldn't resist, it's so spot-on!

I do not like this Uncle Sam,
I do not like his health care scam.
I do not like these dirty crooks,
or how they lie and cook the books.
I do not like when Congress steals,
I do not like their secret deals.
I do not like this speaker, Nan,
I do not like this "Yes, we can".
I do not like this spending spree,
I'm smart; I know that nothing's free.
I do not like your smug replies,
when I complain about your lies.
i do not like this kind of hope,
I do not like it - nope, nope, nope.

and that's that. lol

horsey update!

2010-06-28T21:01:00.000-07:00

Here's the latest on Artecy's horses 3, starting to see some horse there. I'm enjoying stitching this one. It's going slowly since I'm stitching it 1x1, but I think the details look really good that small. I started a small project to work on when the tiny stitches get to be too much. It's a Lizzie Kate Snippet called Prayer Connection. It's really cute and I'm stitching this one 2x2 on 28 count so easy stitching on this one! :0)

We survived the rain!

2010-06-17T18:18:00.000-07:00

lol, sort of, our roof leaked, well, everywhere. The sound of dripping water is not soothing to me, it's downright irritating and causes me great stress. They got up to 11 inches in Edmond, I'm not sure how much we got as the gauge part of my rain gauge is missing, but I'm sure we got almost as much. Our driveway is washed out and hubby has to park at the top next to the gate, no way is his car making it all the way down. I know that there are people who lost everything in the flooding and I should be grateful that all we need is a new roof, but it's hard sometimes. Especially when my hubby is not that motivated to fix anything around the house. What's a girl to do? Well pray of course~that always works!

I lost several of my cross stitch projects that got rained on. I thought they were safe where I had put them up, but they got soaked and stained from the dresser they were stored in. Want to guess what a 30-40 year old dresser that has lived in a smokers house(not mine)smells like when it gets wet? Nasty. At least my yarn is safe and sound, silver lining~lol. Oh well, life has it's ups and downs, I think I need to bury myself in some cross stitch for the next few days, that should improve my pity-party mood~

horses 3 update

2010-05-31T10:54:00.000-07:00

Here is an update on horses 3~

~Clicky pic~

I've not got as much done as I would like to,but with spring here I've been spending more time outside working in the yard/garden, and less time stitching. :0)

I still stitch!

2010-05-05T10:27:00.000-07:00

lol, I certainly haven't been posting much lately. With spring here I've been working outside alot and not getting nearly as much stitching done as I would like to. But here are two of my current wip's that I'm working on.

The first one is a Precious Moment pattern called Uncle Sam, I'm stitching it on 18 count aida. The second one is an artecy.com pattern called Horses 3, I'm stitching this one 1x1 on 25 count lugana.

Hope everyone has a wonderful Mother's day this weekend~ :0)

rose dream qs finished!

2010-04-20T18:31:00.001-07:00

At long last she's finished! I put the last few stitches in her yesterday. Now she needs a bath in the worst way, but I couldn't resist taking a pic~so here is Rose Dream quick stitch by HAED

Rose Dream

2010-04-11T19:23:00.001-07:00

I've finally gotten back to my stitching after a small break. This is what I've been working on, it's Rose Dream qs from HAED. I'm stitching it 1x1 on 25 count fabric. I don't know exactly when I started this one, it has 6 pages and on the third page it says that I started it(the page) in August of 2008.

started something new

2010-03-09T16:43:00.000-08:00

Well, I couldn't settle down with the sunflowers, they are pretty but just didn't "feel it" lol. So I decided that since I've finished 2 projects this year so far, I could give myself permission to start a new project. I picked Artecy.com's Horses 3, another one for Jessie. Girl loves her horses and this one is only 8 pages. Pretty small for an artecy pattern. And I'm doing it 1x1 on 25 count lugana so it will be pretty small when finished. Easier to find frames for the smaller size patterns. I'm really liking it so far, using the smaller stitches makes the details pop more in these kinds of patterns. I'll post a pic soon. So that's what I've been doing stitchy-wise, thought I'd better post something stitching related since this is supposed to be my stitching blog, and not all nascar, all the time! lol, hugs~

mixed feelings about end of race

2010-03-07T17:43:00.001-08:00

On one hand, Dale Jr did make a great comeback, on the other hand, Carl Edwards has proven to be such a jerk that it was sad. I really like Brad Keselowski, and what Carl did to him at the end was dangerous and so uncalled for. Makes me sad, because Carl was one of the guys that I would cheer for sometimes. Not anymore.

WooHoo!!!!

2010-03-05T17:30:00.001-08:00

DALE JR WON THE POLE AT ATLANTA!!!!!!!

and what I'm working on next

2010-03-02T10:39:00.001-08:00

This is Simply Sunflowers by Paula Vaughan. I started this one last summer, it's on 28 count evenweave which is one of my fave fabrics to stitch on so it should go fairly quickly. I think this is an appropriate project for right now since I have spring fever really bad, this should help. Or it will make it worse, lol

Fantasy Ride finished!!

2010-03-02T10:36:00.001-08:00

Here it is all finished! Hooray, one wip down, many more to go lol! ;0)

Las Vegas

2010-02-28T21:19:00.000-08:00

And the robot wins again-:(( sigh, congrats to Jimmie Johnson, you gotta hand it to him and his team, they've got this racing thing figured out. Junior did ok, actually moved up one spot in points. Now on to Atlanta, he always does really well there~hugs

qualifying at Las Vegas

2010-02-26T20:47:00.000-08:00

So close to getting the pole for Vegas, but 4th is good too so yay Junior! Can't wait for the race on Sunday, it should be a good one~

In case you couldn't tell I haven't been doing too much stitching lately. Just can't seem to settle down for long periods of time. I'm blaming this on spring fever/cabin fever. Spring can't get here fast enough for me~ :0)

Fontana, California race

2010-02-22T10:02:00.002-08:00

That's it, I've decided that Jimmie Johnson is a robot! Congrats to him and Chad for winning(again!)lol. Poor Junior, just can't catch a break. Hope next week is a better race for him-I live in hope!

Daytona 500

2010-02-15T09:49:00.000-08:00

Whoohoo! Congrats to Jamie McMurry for winning the Daytona 500, and man oh man, how about that Dale Jr?!! He made that last lap so exciting, best lap of the whole race! My daughter and I were screaming at the tv, it was awesome even if he didn't win. The nascar season is off to a great start this year!

some of my wips

2010-02-08T14:28:00.001-08:00

This is Quaker Patchwork, I'm still loving this design so much. I'm using my pretty silks to stitch this one on 18 count aida. I figure I'm close to halfway done with it~

And this is HAED'S Dark Cherry from last year's freebie sal. As you can see I didn't do too well with it, lol I finally finished page 2 and got a small start on page 3. I'm not participating in the freebie sal this year, I've too many projects needing to get finished. I had to put the carousel horse up for awhile, the dreaded frog came to visit and I have to frog quite a few stitches out in that one, sigh~

Blooming afghan

2010-01-31T14:12:00.001-08:00

My latest afghan, this one is called Blooming Afghan. I used I Love This Yarn from hobby lobby. I really like this pattern, it was fairly easy to do and the yarn is soo soft!

snow day

2010-01-29T11:28:00.001-08:00

The view outside my kitchen window this morning~

burden 2010

2010-01-21T18:59:00.001-08:00

This weekend is the themed sal for heaven and earth designs message board, the theme is background so I'd thought I'd drag this fellow out and put some stitches in. I only started this in October of 2006!! Hopefully I'll get if finished in my lifetime! lol, ;0)

spring fever

2010-01-19T09:22:00.000-08:00

So I haven't been doing too much stitching lately. It's finally warmed up a little bit, not feeling so much like we're living in the arctic with below freezing temps so I've been working out in the yard. I'm moving my garden space so it's a big job! The bermuda grass took over where the garden is now so I'm admitting defeat and moving on, lol. I have spring fever big-time, can't wait for all the seed catalogues to arrive so I can start wishing and planning!
I have been working on a new afghan so hopefully will have a pic to share soon~

fantasy ride

2010-01-13T10:05:00.001-08:00

Here is my next wip-this one is called fantasy ride. I started this one sometime last year so it's not been a wip/ufo for long, lol. I hope to get this one finished soon, it's for my daughter's bedroom. She's really into horses and unicorns right now so this will be perfect for her room~

chat noir finished!

2010-01-12T10:34:00.000-08:00

All done! my sister-n-law will be pleased to get him home~

Is it time yet?

2010-01-07T17:34:00.001-08:00

I'm ready for some nascar racing, is it time yet? lol

chat noir update

2010-01-06T10:20:00.001-08:00

Getting closer to a finish, all I have left is the black stitches on the kitty~

some funny cat pics

2010-01-04T19:29:00.000-08:00

the dreaded wip's

2010-01-02T11:21:00.000-08:00

lol, I did an inventory yesterday of all my wip's, there are 18 of them! Not too bad I guess if you take into consideration that 8 of them are heaven and earth designs, even their smallest patterns are rather large. So I hope to get some of them finished this year, but I'm not going to put any deadlines for getting them done, only "hopefully this year". How's that for vague?! Since I don't do new years resolutions-I just set myself up for failure with those-that is as close as I will get to a new years resolution.
It's still cold here, it's the afternoon and the temps are barely above freezing right now. We still have snow and ice all over the place, at least the road is drivable now, even if it's all mushy and muddy~
Well, I'm off to get some housework done, then sit down to some stitching and watch Scooby Doo, ha

Happy New Years

2009-12-31T18:47:00.001-08:00

Hope everyone has a safe and happy New Years, hope 2010 is full of joy and blessings for you all~

It was a white Christmas

2009-12-28T08:47:00.001-08:00

Santa Jessie!!

Christmas Day~

Christmas Eve~

Merry Christmas to you all!

2009-12-24T18:46:00.000-08:00

Merry Christmas everyone! Hope you all are safe and snug, getting ready to celebrate the miracle of Christmas tomorrow~

only 6 more days to Christmas

2009-12-19T16:08:00.000-08:00

Howdy all! I haven't been doing much here with the blog lately, I blame Facebook. I've discovered Farmville over there and have been playing it alot! My stitching still calls me back to reality from time to time, lol!
I don't think I will be gettin chat noir done before Christmas, especially since that is only 6 days away now. Oh well, it will get done, probably sooner rather than later since it's for someone else. I'm thinking of my new year's stitching resolutions-I'm toying with the idea of no new starts until I get some long-time wip's finished. I have a dresser drawer full of unfinished projects and it's getting to be overwhelming. So I figure it's time to put some structure back into my stitching **gasp** the startitis in me hates that idea big-time!!
I officially finished up my Christmas shopping today, I'm so proud of myself! I'm usually one of those people at walmart the day before trying desperatly to find gifts before it's too late, not this year!
I will be making a list of projects that I think I can finish next year, it's along list~;0)

chat noir update

2009-12-13T13:38:00.000-08:00

Here is some progress on chat noir, as you can see I'm procrastinating on stitching all the black on the kitty! Soon that will be the only color left so I will have no choice but to stitch it, lol I'm hoping to get this finished before the end of the year, fingers crossed~

my Quaker Patchwork wip

2009-12-08T10:08:00.000-08:00

I've been working on a new start this past week, I started the Quaker Patchwork, it is a free sal from the Wiehenburg yahoo group. It's so pretty, I couldn't wait to get started so I just jumped in, lol. I'm using 18 count aida and Vikki Clayton hdf, most of the colors are not labeled and I'm picking my own as I go along. A patchwork to me must be full of color, every single color you can think of!

Here is the link to the group if you want to go check it out! I love the samplers she has, they are all soo pretty!

my Colorado Ripple aghan

2009-12-03T11:48:00.001-08:00

Here is my Colorado Ripple afghan all finished! It's white and dark sage green, not black like it looks in the pic, lol. Now I need to get back to work on a round ripple I started in camo colors, I'd like to finish it in time to give to my brother for Christmas~hugs

My orts!

2009-12-02T14:44:00.000-08:00

As promised, here are my orts. I was keeping them in an old goldfish bowl, but recently got this old jar in a bunch of my mother-n-laws sewing stuff my father-n-law brought to me. It was holding buttons but I decided it would be much nicer with all my pretty threads in it. It doesn't have a lid and I normally keep it right next to me on the kitchen table where I do most of my stitching these days. I like the idea that something I always thought of as trash can be considered artsy!

Happy Thanksgiving to you all

2009-11-25T09:44:00.000-08:00

chatnoir update

2009-11-22T16:51:00.001-08:00

Got another page done~ ;0)

my granny square afghan

2009-11-19T18:49:00.000-08:00

Here is my small granny square afghan finish, it's going to be a gift to one of my sister-n-laws' for Christmas. I made it with leftover yarn from other projects, mostly red heart and some I Love This Yarn from hobby lobby. It was really easy and fun to do, especially picking out the colors. I could not help but try to match them up in color families. It's the x-stitcher in me, must have some semblance of pattern/and or order in my projects! It's not very big, more of a lapghan but just the right size for a person and a kitty to snuggle up in!

dark cherry update

2009-11-16T10:02:00.000-08:00

Here she is, almost 2 pages down. lol, 4 to go. I've decided not to join next years freebie sal on the haed bb, I'm so far behind on this one. And I need to get some ink for hubby's printer-somebody used it all (not me, no way, nuh uh, wasn't me!) so I can print the next 4 pages out or I'll never finish! Sorry the pic is so dark. It is dreary and cold here today, I guess the beautiful Indian summer we were having is over. Oh well, knew it was coming, one can't stop the season's from doing their thing~;0)

Happy Friday!

2009-11-13T10:07:00.000-08:00

Yayy! It's Friday and hubby has the weekend off, double yayy!! He's the man, let me tell you, my computer went kablooy last week. It was baaaad. Apparantly my antivirus software was, well, nowhere to be found. lol, how that happened I just don't know. Anyways, he completely redid my computer and, icing on the cake, got us Cricket wireless internet! Wahoo! No more crawling along with dial-up! I can see all the lovely pics on everyone's blogs without refreshing the pages over and over, it's awesome! And boy do all you stitcher's have some of the most beautiful finishing techniques. I am inspired to get busy and try out new and interesting ways to finish things off. Must go shopping! lol I need fabric, and trim, and buttons and ribbons and....the list goes on! lol
Well I'm off to blog-hop, later! ;0)

update on chat noir

2009-11-02T08:31:00.000-08:00

~ as of yesterday, hugs~

all better now!

2009-11-02T08:25:00.001-08:00

Check out the new mailbox, isn't my hubby awesome?!

He spray painted it, made the templates for the stars, and

his dad made the vinyl letters for us, we call it our

Spirit of '76 mailbox~hugs

All right, who dunnit?! lol

2009-10-29T11:03:00.000-07:00

LOL!! I can't help but laugh about this! It's been pouring down rain since about 6:30 this morning, it was still dark and stormy at 7:30 when I took the munchkin up the driveway to wait for the bus in the truck, it was still lightening and thundering like crazy so it was the best way. I didn't see it if it was already squished then, I found it around noon when I went to check for the mail, surprise! There was no mail inside, I checked lol. Good thing I'm not waiting on any stash! Oh well, I've been wanting a new box anyways, one that doesn't leak and get my mail all damp.

Of course my roof is leaking as well, all the plastic that we so carefully put up for a quick fix, well it blew off a few days ago. Actually it blew halfway off and is flapping around the side of the house driving me crazy at night. Want to take bets on how long it takes my dear sweet hubby to "get around to fixing it"? Anybody familiar with that phrase?! lol

pretty roses

2009-10-28T11:03:00.001-07:00

These roses are next to my front porch, they smell so good!!

I finished the afghan!

2009-10-26T10:36:00.000-07:00

Here it is all finished! It's just at 6 feet long, perfect size for hubby. Now, hopefully it fits in my washer when it needs washing and drying, lol!

chat noir by artecy

2009-10-19T11:19:00.000-07:00

Here is chat noir by artecy cross stitch. I'm finishing this one for my SIL who just doesn't have time to stitch much anymore. She really likes this one and it has been a UFO for a long, long time. It's being stitched on 22 count hardanger so it is going pretty slowly. But I like the pattern and since it is for someone else I will probably be able to stick with it to the finish. If it was for myself no telling how long it would hold my attention, I find that if I'm stitching for other people I'm able to keep working on a project until it is finished, if it's for me, not so much, lol!

pics of the afghans~

2009-10-15T14:05:00.000-07:00

Here is my round ripple all finished, this one is the free pattern by Aggie May, I like this pattern alot but had a lot of trouble keeping the gauge correct so it wouldn't poof up in the middle. It poofs, just a tiny bit, lol! I like it though. This one and several other afghans I've made over the past year are going to go to charity. I haven't decided where yet, need to do some checking into that to see what is available locally. My niece works in a nursing home, maybe I will see if I can bring them up there for the residents. I'm sure they will be appreciated.
And here is my hubby's blanket I'm working on. I added some navy blue at the top and am going to go in a pattern with the navy blue, teal, and grey in big stripes with the teal being the dominant color. This is almost halfway done, since he is very tall-6'4"-it needs to be really long! So that's about all I'm doing at the moment. I have an artecy cross stitch pattern that I'm working on, it's called Chat Noir and is a project my SIL started but doesn't have time to finish since she is working fulltime now. So I'm gonna finish it up for her. I find that if I'm stitching something for someone else, I can stick with it until I'm done. If I'm stitching for me, it's just whatever catches my interest in the moment, lol. I enjoy my hobbies~hugs

Happy Monday

2009-10-12T11:10:00.000-07:00

I hope everyone had a great weekend. Mine was ok, dh worked all weekend so it was just me and the munchkin. Sort of a quiet and blah kind of weekend. It was chilly and cloudy most of the time. Today it is drizzly and cold. For me anyways, anything under 75 degrees is cold, lol. Watched alot of tv, cartoons and nascar. Gotta love that pink panther! That is my daughter's favorite cartoon for now. She wants me to crochet her a pink panther afghan. It's on the list, lol!

I watched both the nationwide and sprint cup nascar races. I've decided that I really like Joey Lagano, for such a young man he certainly is doing well so far in his career. I really enjoyed seeing Dale Jr run up front for most of the sprint cup race, I almost cried when he got wrecked, again by nothing of his own doing. He's doing so much better, it's obvious to me that he and Lance Mcgrew are working well together and it would be nice if people would quit WRECKING MY FAVORITE DRIVER!! hmphfff

Stitching wise, I haven't done much cross stitching the past few days. I have been crocheting though and I finished up a round ripple that I've had going for awhile and got quite alot done on dh's afghan. I can't take pics at the moment as my camera needs new batteries and the ones I've got just won't work in it. I don't know why, they are brand new, I opened the package myself. Technology confounds me alot of the time, lol So hopefully when payday rolls around I will remember to get more new batteries and try to get some pics to show, hope ya'll have a great week, hugs

sign sampler is finished!

2009-10-05T18:22:00.000-07:00

Here is the sign sampler all finished!

and a pic of my square ripple afghan wip for hubby, need more yarn! lol

I'm sooo close to a finish!

2009-10-03T09:14:00.000-07:00

lol, I'm so close to finishing my sign lanuage sampler. I ran out of floss with just 1 & 1/2 letters to go, ordered the floss, got it, stitched it, then ran out of beads halfway around the border! I had to just shake my head and laugh at myself. So I ordered the beads from 123stitch (my favorite online source for everything stitchy!) Hopefully they will be here today or Monday so I will have a finished pic to share soon. In the meantime I've started my Christmas stitching. I'm stitching some really cute cows for my SIL, her kitchen is done in cows. I had cows for awhile, but I'm gravitating back towards sunflowers. I love sunflowers, so bright and cheerful. I'm working on a afghan for hubby, it's just a regular ripple in black/grey/teal blue, hugs

the absentee blogger, that's me

2009-09-22T19:24:00.000-07:00

Hi! I haven't been in a 'blogging' mood lately, lol. I get in these moods every now and then when I just get real quiet and don't have much to say. I don't mean to ignore anybody, it just happens.
I haven't gotten much done on my stitching lately either, no new finishes to show yet. I have a drawer full of wip's and ufo's begging for my attention but I just don't really have any desire to stitch on them at the moment. So I'm crocheting instead as I can't not do nothing, you know what I mean? Like when I sit down to watch tv, I have to have something in my hands to keep busy with. It's really rare when a movie captures my attention enough for me to just sit and watch it. Transformers was the last movie I watched and was totally into it. My husband likes to tease me when I'm sitting on the couch watching tv and reading a book! lol, multi-tasking at it's finest! I will try to be better about updating here, hugs

a small afghan finish

2009-08-31T17:25:00.001-07:00

some updates

2009-07-23T18:53:00.000-07:00

Here is my progress on the sign sampler, after finishing the first row, I've discovered I am 3 rows off on all but the bottom row :0( I've decided to skip to the bottom two rows to see what it will look like when I get those signs stitched. If it doesn't look wrong I will leave it alone~grrr

This is Reign by My Big Toe. I'm stitching it 2x2 on 28 count with Vikki Clayton silks. I've changed the colors quite a bit, it calls for Crescent colors old red paint/dmc 902 and old purple paint/dmc 3740. I didn't like those colors, they seem drab to me. I wanted brighter colors~

and last, but certainly not least, here is my progress on Dark Cherry for the haed bb sal. I've almost completed the first page. Got the last page in the last sal weekend, lol I'd say I'm a little behind! She's so pretty, I love stitching on her ;0)

corner-to-corner crochet throw finished

2009-07-19T09:22:00.001-07:00

Here is my latest afghan finish, it's a free pattern by red heart called Corner-to-corner crochet throw. I started it as a scrap afghan, naturally had to buy more yarn to finish it, lol! I really like this pattern, it was very easy to do. My next project will be a kit I ordered from Herrschner's for my b-day, can't wait for it to get here! ;)

Sign Sampler update

2009-07-12T19:41:00.000-07:00

Only the backstitching and beads in the border left to go!

My teeny, tiny biscornu!

2009-07-06T12:43:00.000-07:00

Here is the smallest biscornu I've ever attempted! It's 19 stitches wide by 19 stitches long and that's including the backstitching to sew it with lol! It's on 18 count aida with hdf, I don't know the name of the color. It was from a d-bag~

Happy 4th of July

2009-07-05T09:33:00.000-07:00

Hope everyone had a safe and happy 4th of July! We stayed home and did fireworks with family, it was alot of fun. All the neighbors around did them for like 3 days/nights in a row, they put on some great shows!

Watched the race last night, it was pretty boring actually until the end. I sort of lost interest when Junior got wrecked. Congrats to Tony Stewart for the win, I'm glad that all the drivers made it out safely-even peanuthead Kyle. Who I hoped learned a lesson. Which I doubt he did, but oh well~

American Sign Language Sampler

2009-07-01T10:42:00.000-07:00

Hello everyone! Sorry I haven't really been posting much lately. It's been really hot and I've been really cranky lol. So I've just been quiet, no need to share the misery!

Here is what I'm working on at the moment, it's the American Sign Language Sampler by Jemini Designs. I started this probably about 2 yrs ago for my daughter. She has an interest in sign language so when I found this pattern I had to stitch it for her. I'm about halfway there with it, it calls for beads in the leaves of the border. I'm thinking of substituting them for a really pretty variegated silk floss. It's coming along pretty quickly so hopefully I will have it finished up soon~

It's a frog sort of day!

2009-06-13T10:09:00.000-07:00

Meet the King of the broken gutter on my porch, LOL

I made a doily! lol

2009-05-23T14:37:00.000-07:00

Here is my first blocking board I made this afternoon! Not bad for a first attempt at making my own. I had to use a small scrap of plywood that I had on hand that didn't need to be cut down to size so it's a little thin. I used my husbands stapler, I really need to invest in my own stapler I found out. His is I guess what you'd call industrial size! The staples went all the way through all the layers and still had the ends of the staples sticking out. I just pounded them flat with a hammer and all is well, lol. Not showing you the back as it is kind of messy, besides I'm not using the back so who needs to see it huh?! lol The doily is called Daisy in the sun and is from the July 2009 issue of Crochet! that I got in the mail this morning. It was supereasy to make and really fun too. I'll take a better picture of it once it's dry and off the board.

As for my latest xstitch finish, Yesteryear, I've decided to turn it into a bellpull. I need to find just the right fabric for it, and order some hardware too. I found some at 123 stitch that I like and it is reasonably priced as well so hopefully I can get that one finish-finished soon! lol, technical term that, finish-finished! ;)

Little House Needleworks/Yesteryear

2009-05-16T14:07:00.000-07:00

All finished!

LHN Yesteryears wip

2009-05-12T12:15:00.000-07:00

This is what I'm working on now, it's called Yesteryear and it's by Little House Needlework. I'm stitching it on 18 count aida with dmc threads. I actually started this sometime last year and am really wanting to get it finished soon. I'm trying not to start new projects until I get some of these wip's finished up. Hopefully the startitus will stay away!

la petite brodeuse

2009-05-11T18:41:00.001-07:00

Here is a freebie I just finished from broderie.net, it's called la petite brodeuse. I used dmc #334 and 28 count evenweave. This is a project I worked on between RR's for the last few weeks. Since she's all one color she was a very easy stitch and so pretty and sweet!

When it rains, it pours

2009-05-06T09:52:00.000-07:00

It's been raining here for almost non-stop for about a week now. We needed the rain but I'm longing for some sunshine. It's been a rough few days, first the transmission in my car went. Now in just the last 2 days we lost 4 puppies to some sort of sickness. The 2 that are left I've been letting just run loose in the yard. They stay close to the house and don't bother the neighbors thankfully, as I'm not putting any more animals of any kind in our dogpen until we figure out what they got into(or what got into them) Not much else I can do at this point.
I'm still stitching on RR's so nothing to show stitchy-wise.
Oh, yeah. Happy birthday Kyle Bush and congrats for winning on your special day.
Not a very cheerful post this time, but that's life eh? It will be better soon, I don't stay down for long, hugs

Talledaga/Nascar

2009-04-29T13:51:00.000-07:00

Wow! What a race that was! Big congrats to Brad Kaselowski for his first cup win, and awesome Dale jr, got 2nd! Moved up in the points too! I was soo thankful to see Carl Edwards get out of his car, and Ryan Newman too. That was a cool thing Carl did, running across the finish line, lol. and his interview was very classy, I agree with all he said. Nascar created the stituation that caused that wreck and Brad didn't do anything wrong at all. Me and hubby were cheering all out for Carl when he got out and ran across the finish line!

Speaking of cars, the transmission in ours went kablooey~big sigh, we got our second vehicle up and running well enough for now. We're hoping to trade it in this weekend for a truck, we live in the country and we really need one. We don't really want a car payment, but what can we do? We live almost 35-40 miles from hubby's job and moving is out of the question. Ah well, the Lord will provide!

I'm back to working on a RR this week so no new xstitch pics for awhile. I'm working on a freebie from broderie.net, it's a really cute one color pattern of a little girl doing xstitch. I'm doing mine on 28 count evenweave with dmc #332, I'll post a pic when it's finished~

update on Burden/haed

2009-04-25T09:37:00.001-07:00

Here is Burden, I've finally almost reached the halfway mark! I've finished 12 of 25 pages, and I only started him 3 years ago lol!! I'm stitching him 1x1 on 28 count monaco which I will not be doing again anytime soon(1x1 on 28 count that is!) It's very tedious but worth the effort I think. I had hoped to get him finished by the end of this year but don't think that will be happening unless I buckle down and get hard at work on him. And I know that won't be happening, I'm like a butterfly flitting around from project to project, whatever makes me happy in the moment! Oh well, it's my hobby, I'll do it like I want to! ;0)

It's Wednesday~

2009-04-22T08:44:00.000-07:00

Well, I started Castles in the Air, but decided I didn't like the fabric I had so I'm going to restart at a later date. I'll just collect the parts while I shop around for the "perfect fabbie" lol! Oh well, if I'm going to commit to a 2 year sal I better get everything just right or I won't be able to stay with it. So instead I started Mates, a really beautiful pattern of 2 wolves by Cross My Heart. I got the pattern at patternsonline several years ago and just haven't gotten around to doing it. I'm stitching it on 18 count aida, which seems to be my fabric of choice for patterns like that, the ones that cover the whole fabric like a painting. I'm enjoying it so far~
I had to redo my blog template as the Pyzam one messed up, then the header got stuck on there somehow and it was just yucky. So back to the plain blogger one which I shall stick with for now. Hope everyone has a great day today, it's warm here in OK-which reminds me OMG!! I was walking in my yard yesterday picking up stitcks, getting ready to mow it for the first time this weekend, when I almost stepped on a really BIG, black snake! AAAAAAGGHHHHH!! I hate snakes. I have a live and let live policy which goes something like this-you live if you stay the he*&% away from me! lol I ran back to the house to get my camera for a pic, but he was gone when I got back, so that's good. But now I'm seeing snakes everywhere lol~

Dark Cherry/haed bb sal update

2009-04-20T09:08:00.001-07:00

Here she is so far! I love this one, she's so pretty and so pink! I'm stitching her 1x1 on 25 count lugana, in a color called Lt. Rose. It's very close to the dmc #818 or 819 in color. I've already put her away, now I'm starting Papillon's new mystery sal for 2009 called Castles in the Air. It has lots and lots of specialty stitches in it & is going to last for 24 months. I'm just barely getting started and haven't even picked out all of the colors for it yet. I'm sort of doing it as I go along, picking what looks good as I get to it. I am using dmc as it is overwhelming to try to pick out hdf for this one(to me anyways lol) too many beautiful color choices with hdf. And I'm on a bit of a budget right now too so good old dmc it is! I'll post pics as I complete each month's installment, probably not in the month it came out as I'm already 2 months behind!!

I missed the race this weekend

2009-04-19T15:41:00.000-07:00

Lol, I completely missed the race on Saturday, didn't even think of it. Oh well, sounds like I didn't miss much. Congrats to Mark Martin for winning, that's pretty cool. Poor Jr, seems like he had a bad day. :(0

I've been busy stitching on a couple of RR's this past few weeks. I've finished those and will be mailing them out this week sometime. I can't show them to you as we are all waiting to see the finished projects when we get them back. Now I'm stitching on my Dark Cherry for haed's freebie sal. I missed the last 2 sal's on the bb, so I'm making up for lost time. When it gets lighter I'll take a pic for you to see, hugs Christine

It's Easter!

2009-04-12T08:12:00.000-07:00

Hallelujah, He is risen!!

rose bunny all finished for Easter

2009-04-09T12:11:00.000-07:00

Here is rose bunny from artecy.com, all finished and ready for Easter! Let me tell you though, I will never use a prefinished tote bag for this kind of project again. Sewing it on was difficult with my sewing machine, I shoulda just did it by hand lol. Oh well, next time I will make the finished piece itself into a tote, lesson learned!

nascar/Texas

2009-04-06T12:14:00.000-07:00

Yayy! Jeff Gordon finally won at Texas! And Jimmy Johnson did well too, what a comeback from the struggles he had all day. That's why he's a repeat champion. And good job to Dale jr and crew, what a great day he would've had if *&%&* hadn't RUN into him on the restart. Seriously, it's called RACING, not bumper cars. With him being 2 laps down I thought it was just uncalled for.
Jeff looked real good in his cowboy hat, eh?! ;0)

Shocking Pink round ripple afghan finish

2009-04-04T16:07:00.000-07:00

Here is my latest round ripple afghan finish-pink huh!! It's made with Red Heart worsted in black, candy print, and shocking pink. Appropriate name for this one-Shocking Pink! My daughter loves it, she doesn't know it but she will be getting it for Christmas. She thinks it's for one of her cousins, which it was when I started it, but since she's been begging me to give it to her, well I can't say no but it will be a surprise on Christmas~ ;0)

Martinsville/Nascar

2009-03-30T08:53:00.000-07:00

Yayy!! I really enjoyed watching the race this time! Congrats to Jimmy Johnson for winning, loved how he moved Denny Hamlin and took over the lead, it was very exciting towards the end. Jimmy got cheers from me that are usually reserved for Dale jr, lol. And it was great seeing Jeff Gordon lead so many laps, he had a great day too. And of course Dale jr did pretty great as well, 9th place finish and moved up to 16th in points! Now on to Texas, loove Texas! ;0)

It's supposed to be spring now, right?

2009-03-28T11:52:00.000-07:00

It's snowing here today. After raining all day yesterday, it is a mess! I'm thankful however, that the weatherman was wrong (at least here in central OK) This junk was supposed to start last night and it only just now started at about 1:00 this afternoon. I don't think any of it will actually stick around, it's been too warm lately and the ground isn't frozen anymore. We did need the rain though, it's been a very dry for a while now. I'm really thankful that I haven't done any gardening except for some elephant ears that I planted last week, they should be fine. Got watered in real good huh!! lol

Bristol/Nascar

2009-03-23T15:53:00.000-07:00

Umm, will the real Bristol please stand up? Where was all the beating and banging, temper tantrums? I will not even grace you with my opinion yet again of Kyle Bush-insert eyeroll here. And Dale jr, 14th place is ok, but seriously seemed like you were stuck in quicksand, lol. Never really moved forward at all and thank God for the lucky dog! Anyhoo, moved up to 19th in points so that's good. Moving forward is a good thing. Even if the racing is BORING. smiles and hugs~

haed finish/wip

2009-03-20T08:17:00.000-07:00

Here is an update on my Dark Cherry for haed's bb freebie sal. I got quite a bit done this time around, hopefully I can get at least one full page done before the 3rd page comes out!

and here is haed's pirate dragon freebie, I finished this cute fellow up a few nights ago. He's stitched on 18 count aida. Not sure what I'm going to do with him, either frame him or make a pillow~

Rose Bunny

2009-03-16T09:05:00.000-07:00

Here is an Artecy.com pattern called Rose Bunny. I'm stitching this one for the munchkin for Easter. Originally I thought I'd make a pillow out of it but now I'm thinking of making a tote bag instead. I think it would be really cute with some Easter fabric, she could use it to hunt for eggs with in the Easter hunt, or stuff it with candy etc. I'm stitching it on a light mint green 18 count aida fabric, it's really shiny and kind of stiff. I think it's damask? Whatever that is-some fabric expert I am huh!

Typical Oklahoma weather, it was sleeting on Saturday morning, by the afternoon it was in the upper 60's and sunny, got alot of yard work done~I want to start my garden so bad I can't stand it but am waiting for that frost date to pass. April something or other, lol

nascar/Altlanta

2009-03-09T12:22:00.000-07:00

Another fairly good finish for Dale jr-11th not so bad considering the race was a joke. I was once again bored. Bored, bored bored. At this rate I would not consider paying $$ to go see a race at one of the tracks. Dale jr is pretty much the only reason I stick with it on Sundays~

On a different subject, it's springtime here in the Sooner state. All my daffodils are blooming along with the bridal wreath bushes, the firebushes, and the plum & peach trees as well. They are kind of sparse though compared to before the icestorm. And it's been so dry as well. I've reclaimed another part of my yard, I'm hard at it getting branches etc. picked up and piled up. Not much else to do with it at the moment, certainly can't burn it lol. So I'll make compost out of it. That's a good thing, right?!

I've been stitching a little bit. I've slowed down somewhat as I need to get my eyes checked. It's getting hard to focus on the small print and I've been getting headaches. Doesn't help that I've had a cold/allergies all in one for the last week or so. Welcome springtime! lol

my first stitched towel

2009-03-07T08:46:00.000-08:00

This is a Stoney Creek pattern I got at Patternsonline.com called Folksy Chicken towel. I messed up and didn't get it centered properly so this is just a part of the whole design. It didn't print right somehow and ended up being off-center by about 5 rows on the actual design and I didn't notice until I had most of the chicken stitched. No way was I ripping it out and starting over so I just altered it to make it work~

snowman finish

2009-03-04T17:08:00.000-08:00

This is a freebie from Midnight Stitching, stitched 2x2 on

28 count evenweave with VC silks. I'll finish it into a

Christmas ornament (one of these days!)

I was given an award!

2009-03-03T11:06:00.000-08:00

Thanks so much to Carolyn for nominating me this on her blog, this is a first for me! Thanks so much to everyone who reads and comments here, it is greatly appreciated. Who knew there were so many other people out there like me who are crazy and passionate about their hobbies! I'll be passing this on as soon as I can~hugs, Christine

Sunday at Vegas

2009-03-01T18:14:00.000-08:00

Don't really have much to say about it really. Thank God Jr finished and in 10th place no less, and congrats to Jeff Gordon leaving with the points lead!!

a small "finished finish" lol

2009-02-27T16:49:00.000-08:00

Here is a small angel freebie I did awhile back, finished into a pinkeep. It's stitched with Vicki Clayton hdf on 28 count evenweave fabric. This is my second time making a pinkeep and I'm very pleased with this one. Remembered to take a pic of the back this time lol!

I've been stitching on HAED'S pirate dragon freebie, I'm almost finished with it. Naturally since I'm so close to finishing I keep running out of floss. Hopefully I'll have him finished and ready for his picture to be taken soon~hugs

first sign of spring!

2009-02-20T17:07:00.001-08:00

Here is the first daffodil of spring!! My daughter was playing outside today and found it, isn't it gorgeous?! I've noticed for the past few days that the birds are singing again, a maple tree in our front yard is blooming as well and was full of bees yesterday! Yayy, spring is a-coming!
and in honor of spring, I've decided to work on this ufo-it's called Gathering and it's by Marjolein Bastin. It's been a ufo for awhile now, I don't know why, guess I just got bored with it. Hopefully I can make a lot of progress on it this go around~;)

a crochet finish

2009-02-19T11:50:00.000-08:00

Here is an afghan I finished up recently, it's called Rainbow Round and it is from the Leisure Arts book called Artsy afghans. I did it in I Love This Yarn from Hobby Lobby which is super-soft and easy to work with. It turned out really well, if small. More a lapghan than a full-size afghan. The pattern was fairly easy to do, but it was easy to get lost counting in the rows. Now I'm working on one called Granny's Ripple, also in the same brand yarn~hugs

Daytona 500

2009-02-15T18:58:00.000-08:00

Well, what can I say? To Matt Kenseth-yayyy Congrats on winning, couldn't have happened to a nicer guy! To Brian Vickers-sucks to be you, have you forgotten Talledega? I haven't, and even though Dale Jr says it was an accident, you had it coming. To Vile Kyle-really sucks to be you, I'm still chuckling as I think of your squished up car-thought about making a screensaver out of it but decided it would seriously mess up my computer. And most importantly-Dale jr, I'm still proud to be your fan and am looking forward to next week!
Other than that, the race was extremely boring. Kinda just blah~lol

Jennifer Rardin/Another One Bites the Dust

2009-02-12T18:47:00.001-08:00

In their latest mission, Jaz and Vayl are sent to kill an ancient Chinese vamp who’s stolen a vital piece of biotechnology. The catch? They’re undercover as street performers…and Jaz has to bellydance

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This was a good read, Jennifer Rardin is quickly becoming one of my favorite writers. Now I have to be patient and wait to get to Barnes & Noble for the next 2 installments in the series, I'm behind!

the Bud shoot-out

2009-02-08T07:36:00.000-08:00

Congratulations to Kevin Harvick on winning the Budwieser shoot-out! It was an exciting race, Jr did well even though he got caught up in a crash towards the end :( I was hoping Jeff Gordon would win after that but didn't happen. The nascar season is back in action, all is well in my little world! lol hugs

and here's the pictures!

2009-02-05T17:12:00.001-08:00

Here she is in all her splendor!

And here's a closeup of her beads & face.

If I remember correctly, this was my first

time stitching 1x1. I like the 1x1 on the face better

than 2x2, more details~

fairy dreams is finished!

2009-02-04T18:03:00.000-08:00

Yay me! I finished fairy dreams tonight, woohoo!! Another long-time wip bites the dust. I still don't have any batteries in my camera but should get some tomorrow, so no pic yet :(
It is such a wonderful feeling of accomplishment to finish something so large, I don't know what I will be stitching on next. I'm thinking of doing haed's pirate dragon freebie. It's such a cute design and I've had my eye on him for awhile now. Actually I've already printed him out and he's sitting here on my desk staring at me-stitch me, stitch me he says! So I think I shall, and completely ignore my new years resolutions of no new starts until I finish the old ones. But honestly, did you think I could resist starting new ones?! I do have startitis and it's not curable. You can only treat the symptoms, with new starts~lol, hugs, Christine

stitching updates

2009-01-31T17:15:00.000-08:00

Hi! I haven't posted in awhile, I have been stitching on Fairy Dreams this week. I ran out of one kreinik, with just a tiny bit to go, very frustrating! All I have left after that bit is the beading. I'm waiting to get the kreinik before I do the beading, it's very tedious and I'm concerned about squashing the beads in my q-snaps. In reality they probably won't break, but I don't want to take the chance, lol
So I'm working on Burden for awhile, see if I can get some progress on poor Frodo, he gets awfully neglected! My own fault really, I'm stitching him 1x1 on 28 count and it gets very tiresome after a bit, especially with all the black. But he will be well worth it in the end so I keep plugging away on him. I'm getting close to being halfway. I don't have any batteries in my camera at the moment so no pics~
Oh, and a reminder, it's getting close to the DAYTONA 500!!! Yes, I'm excited, can you tell?! lol I get so bored when racing is 'on vacation'. Like my favorite driver doesn't work hard and need a vacation every once in awhile! grins and waves~