New start...Come With Me

I started a new project today, Come With Me by The Snowflower Diaries.  I'm stitching it on 32 ct. antique white linen with DMC varigated floss #4240.  I am going to use the fabric in the picture for the backing and make it into a pincushion or pinkeep or just a hanging pillow...here is a picture of it's progress;

It has been extremely hot here this weekend; no better place to be then in a room with the A/C stitching away....

Chuckle for the day...

I was reading blogs this morning, and I had to chuckle when I was reading Hanging On By A Threads' blog.  She posted about the movie Rock a Doodle and the song Chanticleer sang "Sun Do Shine"; I remember watching this movie over and over with my kids when they were younger...so I just had to YouTube search to find a clip of Chanticleer singing Sun Do Shine and share it with everyone (be careful though, as Patty said, you will get the song stuck in your head...LOL)  Enjoy!

What started out...

Well, a holiday weekend that started out wet, windy and dismal for the first half, ended up sunny and pleasant the last half.

I started stitching my piece for the 2013 SAL Blog, You Are So Loved by The Snowflower Diaries the beginning of the weekend and finished putting the final stitches in last night.  I stitched it on 32 ct. antique white linen using the conversion to DMC floss she gave;

I just love the birds; especially the Momma and baby bird.  Here is a close up picture of them;

Luckily, the weather improved for the Memorial Day parade and I went to watch my husband march in it with his Mason Lodge.  Below are a few pictures of the him and the parade;

(In the above picture, my  husband is the one behind the guy with his hand out waving.)

After the parade, I went over to my Moms' to help her weed her garden and I took this picture of one of her many irises...I love the deep purple of this iris;

My plan now is to look for another stitching project to start and to do some finishing of the ones I've completed...

Stitching Smalls and more

In the last week or so I have been working on some "smalls" that I purchased at the Celebration of Needlework that was in Nashua, NH from May 1 -5.  My Mom and I went on Friday and Saturday and we had a great time shopping!  My favorite vendor every year is Olde Colonial Designs, she always has a great set up and her kits/designs are beautiful.  This year I vowed I was going to actually stitch some of the things I purchased rather than add them to my "stash" (collection).  The first thing I worked on is a kit from Olde Colonial Designs called Petite Pyn Pillow;

The next project I stitched was another Olde Colonial Designs kit called Polish Pottery Pin Cushion;

Followed by yet another Olde Colonial Designs kit called Spring Needlework Lollipop;

Below is a close up of the over one stitching and Queen stitches;

I still need to do the finishing, but isn't getting the stitching done half the battle?...

We have decided to stitch a design from The Snowflower Diaries for the 2013 SAL Blog, I chose her design You Are So Loved to do and today I pulled out the DMC threads and 32 ct. antique white linen I will be using...my plan is to work on it over this holiday weekend.

That's pretty much it for now, I did do some crocheting that I will post under the crochet/knit section located at top of blog...my husband is marching in the Memorial Day parade on Monday with his Mason Lodge, the weather is supposed to improve by then so I will go watch him do that...

I hope everyone has a safe, fun and stitch filled long holiday weekend...Happy Memorial Day!

Jaw dropping...oh my God...We are seeing who??

So my husband came home a little while ago and he said that a group of people from his Mason Lodge are going to go see a country show this summer and he said he put us in for tickets to go...I looked at him...waiting to hear who?  Well my jaw dropped...I screeched when he said KENNY CHESNEY at the Gillette Stadium!!!  YES YES YES!!!  My husband loves me so!!!

Inspired by pansies...

Inspired by the colors of pansies...

I finished stitching LOVE and you shall be loved by Victorian Motto Sampler Shoppe and I was inspired by the colors in pansies and changed the thread colors and I love how it looks;

Stitched on 32 ct. cream linen, I used the charted DMC thread colors 611 for the leaves and outlined heart and 3835 for the wording but changed the third color 3064 with 3822 for the flowers and diamond border and added 154 for the flower centers, hearts and corner letters.  It came out beautiful...here is a close up of the flower at top center that looks like a pansy to me...

It was a quick and fun stitch, now I am trying to decide whether to finish it as a pillow or frame it.  I am looking forward to the next SAL with the 2013 SAL Blog.

A new start...

I decided to start stitching on LOVE and you shall be loved by Victorian Motto Sampler Shoppe for the 2013 SAL Blog I joined.  I am stitching it on 32 ct. cream linen using the recommended DMC threads.
Here is a picture of my start;