Happy New Year

Happy New Years to all my stitching sisters and brothers!

Have you made any resolustions for the new year? I have a few things that I would like to work on in the coming year. Stitch from my stash, learn to tat, do some crazy quilting and continue to improve my needlework skills on the needlework front. I always pray that I can be a better wife, mom, daughter and friend so I will work on those fronts also. Hope your New Year was safe and full of blessings!

Until next time,

May you be blessed with stitches,

Karol

Christmas Stitching

I hope everyone had a blessed Christmas!! I worked some more on my Christmas Mantel(sorry for the lousy picture I had a hard time getting it all in):


Our Christmas Eve was busy seeing extended family. But Christmas day was quiet and laid back just the DH, DS, DD, me and the grandpuppies. It was nice just to enjoy the day together and laugh about old times, and have a nice meal. No schedules no other demands. The DS liked the deer picture and was still contemplating where to hang it. He is home safe and sound to WV which is a blessing. The DD is busy getting ready to move into an apartment. Guess we will be empty nesters again :)! I hope everyone was able to enjoy their holiday as much as I did mine!
Until next time
May you be blessed with stitches,
Karol

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas to all my Stitching Sisters and Brothers!

Until Next time

May you be blessed with stitches,

Karol

A Little Stitching a lot of Snowing

Well I was supposed to return to work last Monday but it was delayed a day because of a snow storm. A lot of snow and a lot of blowing and a big ole tree down in the back yard. And winter doesn't start for two more days.
So after working some home for a while and in the evenings after working I did get some stitching done.

I finished Copper by Needle Delights. What a fun little stitch:




I finished up this little ornament:


I made a trivet with locker hooking:



I started the Christmas Mantel by Bent Creek:


It was a busy week with work and trying to get ready for Christmas. I have been pretty tired when I laid my head down but I guess that is a blessing.
Until next time
May you be blessed with stitches,
Karol

Stitching up a Winter Storm

Not sure what the weather is like where you are at but we are having a great big winter storm. Of course it happens when I have to return to work after 6 weeks. The commute in the morning will not be much fun if do able at all. On a happier note it was a wonderful week filled with stitching and fun.
Fist to show is the Deer picture all framed up:


Those ladies at House of Stitches do a wonderful job. Still have my fingers crossed that the DS will make it in for Christmas so I can see him open it.
On Tuesday night was our Christmas party for our guild. At this time our Secret Stitching Sisters are revealed. I had a wonderful one this year so many goodies and my Christmas present did not dispoint:


This is a locker hooked triviet that was part of my gift to my secret stitcher:

At our party we also do an ornament exchange. This is the one I put in:

I received this lovely temari ball ornament:

On the stitching front I finished up the Stitching for Autism piece by Sue Reed. This is a wonderful project. It is filled with facts about Autism and stitches are releated to dealing with Autism:

I also started Copper by Needle delights:

Well if you are somewhere that a storm is hitting be safe. Hopefully you can stay in with needle in hand.

Until next time

May you be blessed with stitches,

Karol

What have you bee up to???

Well I have been pretty busy since the last time I posted. We where able to go to WV to visit with our DS over Thanksgiving. What a lovely state look forward to visiting again. Had a great time with the DS and the grandpuppy.
I have also been doing some stitching.
I finished up 8 Kissing Pillows for Soldiers:


I crocheted an afghan for my DD (the grandpuppies put a hole in the other one I stitched for her):


My ANG group is doing the Mystery Sampler by Sue Reed found on the ANG website. After our meeting Saturday I got caught up to where I should be with our class:



I then started another Sue Reed class. This was our October ANG meeting project:

It is her Stitching for Autism piece I am enjoying this piece also learning more about Autism. We hope to also do this with my EGA group next year.

I also finished up a couple of ornaments and a giftie pictures next week because they are for the EGA holiday party on Tuesday.

Well it seems that this will be last week on sick leave. My follow up appointment is this week and I figure I will be heading back to work next Monday. I am thankful that everything seems to be have gone well with my surgery and recovery!

Until next time,

May you be blessed with stitches,

Karol

Happy Dance Going On!!!!!

Yes this afternoon there was some Happy Dancing going on in my family room:


The deer picture for my DS is complete!!! I am heading over to House of Stitches on Tuesday to get this framed. Hopefully still will be able to have it done for Christmas for the DS. I was so happy to get it finished. Hope he likes it.
So what's a girl supposed to do after finishing such a big project. Start in on something else!! My ANG group is doing a stitch along with the Stitch of the Month provided by ANG. We started back at our September meeting and I need to do the first three months to get caught up before our next meeting the first Saturday of December so here my progress so far:

I can tell all ready that I am going to love this project. Of course I enjoy Sue Reed's design's so there was no doubt that I would. I am actually stitching this on a green canvas even though it looks cream.

I want to wish all my American Stitching Sisters and Brothers:

A Happy Thanksgiving!! We are going to visit the DS on Wednesday till Sunday even though he has to work it will be fun to see were he is living in WV.

Until next time

May you be blessed with stitches,

Karol

Recovery Stitching

I am two weeks post op and have been doing some stitching during my recovery.
I finished across in this area:


Started the last pass across:


This is how much I have to go:



Once I get all the way across the Happy Dance can start!! I do think it will be completed and framed for Christmas!
I am so thankful that my surgery went well. I still have to remember that I am healing though. I drove for the first time today and boy that was tiring. I have been so surprised by the wonderful cards that I have received from my stitching and church families. I hope you all are getting plenty of time to stitch.
Until next time
May you be blessed with stitches,
Karol
PS I apologize for taking so long to post. I had intended to post last week but crashed into bed very early :(!

Just a rolling along....

Well the stitcher bars got to do some rolling this past Friday


The second deer is quite majastic standing there looking out into the forest. After I did the rolling this is were I got to yesterday and today:


I am hoping that I don't have to roll the frames again. I have to get back to the right side and then there new pages with about 250 rows back across the bottom. I am getting more hopefully that it will be complete by Christmas. I will be home for 6 weeks after Wednesday so I am hoping to have some more stitching time. That is after I am able to after surgery Friday. So if my posts are a little sparatic stick with me I'll be back.
Until next time
May you be blessed with stitches,
Karol

Still Stitching Along

I am still stitching along on the deer project. The second deer made quit an apparence this week:


The rest of this section is quite alot of solid color blocks so hoping it goes quickly. Not so many color changes :)! Oh I am sure itching to stitch something new! I have so many things in my to do pile but I keep at this. I am hoping that next year it can be about me for stitching next year. No big gift projects but we will see. I am still thinking I will get this done by Christmas.
Until next time
May you be blessed with stitches,
Karol

Just stitching Along

Despite having a busy week(ladies guild at church, EGA , and a wonderful evening with friends) I think I was able to get a lot accomplished this past week:

What do you think? It always amazes me what it looks like when I step back from the piece. When I am working on it just seems like x's of colors but when you step away the picture is there. This week I will be at home after work each evening so hoping even more gets accomplished. Yesterday I was able to run to House of Stitches with my friend Beth and then out to lunch. We had a blast!! In addition to picking up a couple of things to make ornaments I also picked up to the first part of Bent Creeks' new series Christmas mantel. It is so cute sorry forgot to get a picture. I am looking forward to stitching it. Of course nothing is getting started till this piece is finished!

Until next time

May you be blessed with stitches,

Karol

It is Official!!

Yes it is official I am half way done!! Who hoo!!!!!

Ya have to celebrate the small victiories with pieces like this. I was able to do some stitching this weekend at our EGA guild show. We had a show of many of our members works. It was a lovely show and so inspiring it just made me want to stitch more. GREAT JOB NANI!!

I have a busy week ahead so not sure how much I will get done but watch for an update. I also will be heading to House of Stitches this Saturday sure hope they still have some market items available.

Until next time

May you be blessed with stitches,

Karol

More Stitching Going On

Well I am still going strong on the deer picture:

Yes a deer is finally making his way into the picture. I am also fast approching the half way point. Maybe it will be done for Christmas. Yesterday was the meeting for ANG lots of fun and more projects added to my to do pile.
I hope you all are having a good weekend and that your needles are flying.
Until next time
May you be blessed with stitches,
Karol

Stitching Along

Welll, I had to do some rolling on the scroll rods yesterday evening:


As you can see both of the deer have made their appearance.
This is what I was able to get done today:


I still am hopeful that I can get this done by Christmas. I guess we will just have to wait and see.
Today I also got prepared for my ANG meeting next week. Two great classes I know that I won't want to put either away but I will so that I continue with the deer piece.
We have had such lovely weather even the rain yesterday. At least I had my errands done before it started and it was nice to just sit and stitch. Hope you are having great weather also.
Until next time
May you be blessed with stitches,
Karol

Stitchy Weekend

This weekend I was able to take a class by Tony Minieri Safari Teapot. Here are some pictures of what I got done:

I would say this is my most advanced project to date and I look forward to working on in the future. Tony is a wonderful teacher! I don't think that it will be my last class with him!

Not any update on the deer picture this week. The DS was in an out for the week so kept it put away. Today he ventured back to WV with the grand puppy. But we got the other two grand puppies and the DD back with us so we still have some 4 legged lovebugs running around.
I hope you all have a wonderful week.

Until next time

May you be blessed with stitches,

Karol

Just Stitching Away

I continue to work on my deer project. Here is my progress as of Friday evening:

My DS is in town this weekend and next so not sure how much progress I will be making. I am still trying to keep it a secret. I have finished 1/3 of the picture! A tiny victory!

Yesterday since I need something else to do I worked on my first Locker Hooking Project and finished it up:

The gold crochet hook actually has an eye on the other end and that is what you use. I was pleased with the outcome for my first try. I still need to work on joining the fabrics (a little lumpy yet) but I think I will make some more projects in this manner.

I don't know about you but there is a hint of a cooling trend oh that makes me happy! I have a full week ahead EGA meeting and then a needlework class next weekend. Of course I have to go to work in between oh well!

Until next time

May you be blessed with stitches,

Karol

Rolling Along

The time came yesterday to move the old scroll rods!! A victory in and of itself with a large project.
Here is the whole top half before I moved the rods last night:


So I am back over on the left hand side and her is a pic to where I got to today:


This path across is only about three rows and then it is off to the next set of pages.
I hope you all are having a great week. Me I am hoping for a cooling trend. It was quite pleasant today hopefully it will continue.
Until next time
May you be blessed with stitches,
Karol

A Stitchy Update

I continue to make progress on my big project. It is getting so wide that it is hard to get it all in sorry about that. I hope to make some speedy progress because there is a lot of blocks of color instead of lots of color change in the section I am working on.

Yesterday some girlfriends and I headed over to a quilt show. We had lots of fun, saw some beautiful pieces, eat some great food and all got hooked on a new craft. Yes we all picked up locker hooking projects. It looks like fun. I did no get going on mine yet but stay tuned.

I hope you all had a lovely week I am awaiting the cooler temps! We actually have some leaves that feel off our tree. I don't think it has anything to do with fall probably the hot weather.

Until next time

May you be blessed with stitches,

Karol

Slow and Steady

Well I am still at it with this big piece:

I gues my blog post are not to exciting when this all I am working on but I am making progress. I am getting to a point where there is some solid stitching of colors. Less color changes I think will make more progress. At least that is what I am telling myself. It looks like the heat and humidity have returned to my neck of the woods! Yuck! But since the first football game was on this evening I keep telling myself that fall will be upon us shortly. Now that is something to look forward to.
I hope that you all are keeping cool and that you are able to get some stitching in.
Until next time
May you be blessed with stitches,
Karol

Plugging Along

As you can see I have been plugging along on my latest project:


I know that I have a long way to go but each stitch gets me one stitch closer I keep telling myself. I had hoped to get more done this weekend but. Today I went and did some shopping with my DD, DN and DSM. It was a lot of fun! Boy I wish I had a Trader Joes closer just love that store. It was my first time and I hope to get back!
It looks like we are in for some more hot and sticky weather this week! BLAH!! I was happy when the weather guy said in a month it will be September 1st looking forward to some coolness.
I hope each of you have been able to spend some time with your needle I know it is good for my soul.
Until next time
May you be blessed with stitches,
Karol

Trying to stay Cool!!

Even though today was lovely I am really done with the heat and humidty. It looks like it will be back in a few days yuck!! Yes I love my cool weather! I have managed to get some stitching in:

I am happy with my progress. It still amazes me that when you step away from it the picture that comes out. When I am right on top of it stitching all I see is orange.
Yesterday I was over at House of Stitches to pick up some framing and some items for a Christmas gift. As usual they did a lovely job. Thank you ladies!!
Well I hope your needles are smoking this week but you manage to stay cool!!
Until next time
May you be blessed with stitches,
Karol

Happy Dance & a New Start!!!

Here is the other half of Stitchers Row:


I finished this up Wednesday. It was such a fun stitch!
Here is what I started after that:


Yes I am crazy!!. This is a Kustom Kraft piece that is 196x196 solidly stitched. I am stitching it for my DS. He doesn't know about it yet. Last Christmas he looked at a Stoney Creek deer piece I did for my DH many years ago and requested something like that. So this is what I picked. It is over 2 on linen so not quite as hard to stitch as the HAED Wolf I did a while back for him.
This is my progress since Wednesday evening:



It is amazing when I am stitching on it all I see is orange but you can see the defination with the picture. It seems to be stitching pretty easily but I sure have a long way to go:)!
I don't know about your part of the world but it has been HOT here!! I am definately ready for fall but I admit I am more of a cold weather person.
Until next time
May you be blessed with stitches,
Karol

Stitchers Row Update

I have been stitching away on Stitchers Row by Bent Creek:

Do to the size of it it is kind of hard to get in one picture. It really is a fun stitch and I am hoping to finish it up this week.

I hope everyone is having a great weekend and that your week ahead will be full of blessings.

Until next time

May you be blessed with stitches,

Karol

Sparklers for Needles

Yes I must have been using sparklers for needles this 4th of July because it was sparking!!!
First off I did it!! The baby sampler is finished:


I am pleased with how it turned out even the DH who wasn't sure of the design at first really liked the colors.
Second I got finished my ANG class from June:

This is a freebie design from Rainbow Gallery by Laura J Perin Tequilla Sunrise. I think with the alternate colors it looks more like the Arctic Sunrise. Which is fine with me cause it was way to humid and hot for me this weekend.

Then this evening I started Stitchers Row by Bent Creek:

Seems lik it is going to be a fun easy stitch.

I hope you all had a safe and happy 4th! Ours was pretty low key but it was nice to get things done around the house and have time for stitching.

Until next time

May you be blessed with stitches,

Karol