Gingher Insurance

Does anybody else have family members who know you always have scissors and go for the stitching bag anytime they need a pair? Despite being told that needlework/sewing scissors become dull and don't work anymore after they are used for paper, etc.? A few years ago, I decided to start keeping cheapo scissors around in all the different places we keep 'gadget' misc. type things so that my guys would always have something BESIDES my Gingher scissors to go grab to cut that wire or paper or whatever it is. It has worked pretty well, aside from the fact that these scissors are constantly disappearing. Where on earth do they go?? Yesterday, I found these scissors on clearance for 25 cents a pair, so decided to stock up-with 16 pairs! Now surely, these will last a while! (?) Beacon and Bumper were helping me with my pictures, as usual.

A whole week's stitching

This is my stitching for the whole week. It's 'Free To Be Me' from Val's Stitching Stuff. I had four appointments this past week and managed to remember my stitching bag for just one of them, and that's the only stitching time I had all week. It's so busy here lately. I need some solitude, peace & quiet, some sanity!! :)
Fingers crossed for some of that this coming week!! Hope everybody has a lovely weekend. ttfn

Quiet Saturday Morning

Here's a better picture of the ME freebie, that shows the true colors better. :)

'Hearts and Flowers' notebook kit by Handwork-I've had this one stitched for a couple of years now, it was just waiting for me to blanket stitch it onto the presewn notebook cover.

2008 Prairie Schooler Santa, stitched with Crescent Colours 'Bandana' and GAST 'Pine'

Pine Mountain 'Tie One On' kit called 'The Best Things'-I just need to tie it on to its pillow

Wow, it's such a peaceful, quiet morning here for me. I'm the only one up and I've finished all of my morning chores/routine. Ah, it's so nice!! I've been going through my sewing room the past couple of weeks, trying to get things in order, rearranging, etc. It's amazing how many things I've found!! (that I forgot about) Yesterday, I found a stack of finished cross stitch pieces that were hidden and therefore forgotten for the time being. I took them outside and tried to take pictures as fast as I could, as the wind was kicking up and trying to whisk my stitching away. I did have Beacon (black lab) 'helping' me, ha ha, he always wants to be in the middle of EVERYTHING. So, all of the pictures I uploaded yesterday were things stitched in 2008. Today's pictures include: the notebook that was stitched a long time ago, but only finish-finished 2 nights ago, The PS santa I finished a couple of weeks ago, And the Pine Mountain kit was finished last summer. Those kits are great for times when I'm at the hospital. I think the fabrics they use to make their pillows are usually really pretty too.

Well, I hear a couple of kiddos stirring and heard something about 'what's for breakfast?' so I guess the chaos begins. I'm not sure I'll squeeze any stitching time in today, but I'm sure gonna try! Have a great weekend!

A Few From Last Year

'Ho Ho Ho' by Amy Brueken Designs 'Toasty'- a Mill Hill kit designed by Debbie Mumm

'Don't Get Your Tinsel in a Tangle' by Lizzie Kate-I added metallic blending filament to the word tinsel and to the packages but you can't see it so well in the picture.


'Cappucino' by Little House Needleworks

'Bethlehem' by Imaginating-stitched with GAST 'deep sea' on Picture This Plus linen 'mercedes' sparkly

'Chilly' by Stitchy Kitty, from the 'Snowman Trio' pattern

'Land That I Love' by Bent Creek

Happy Valentines Day

Have a Heart freebie from Mary Engelbreit

(you can find it at maryengelbreit.com under the 'free' tab)

Be True to Your Heart Pine Mountain pillow kit

Mercy, it's been a while! I've been stitching. Honestly, I just haven't wanted to blog. Let's just say that I was happy to say goodbye to 2008.

Today I'm showing a couple of recent finishes in honor of Valentines Day. The top project is much prettier in person, but me and my not so fancy photographing skills kept washing it out too much with the flash. lol The pillow kit was finished this morning. Very quick, and I *love* the fabrics used for 'framing' the stitching.

Hope it's a love-filled day for everybody!!

Where did this last week go??

Hi! I had good intentions of blogging at least once or twice this past week, but time just slipped thru my fingers and here it's Sunday already!
OK, about that giveaway! I used random.org to choose a winner and Courtney, the 'Ho Ho Ho' chart is yours! Please email your snail mail address to me so you can hurry and stitch it before Christmas! ;) Thank you so much to everybody who has stopped by and left a comment. I appreciate them!
Right now, I'm waiting for chicken to grill for dinner so have to run and do that. I hope to take a picture of Ho Ho Ho later tonight to share here.

Giveaway!

I bought this chart above the other day, and when I got home I realized that I had already purchased this chart + embellishments before! OOPS! It's by Amy Bruecken Designs and is called 'Ho Ho Ho'. So, I decided I would have a giveaway on my blog for it. Please leave a comment here on this post if you're interested in winning this chart (including the embellishment pack). I think I will draw for the winner next weekend because fall break is coming up this next week and with the kids home from school, I'll have to wait till the following week to be able to go to the post office to mail it off to its new owner. I started stitching mine last night and will share a WIP here soon. :)

Vista and me.....are not friends. I wanted to upload all of these pictures last night and after the first two, neither DH or I could figure out how to get the rest of them uploaded. I'm sure Vista is improvement...somehow.....but not being a computer whiz, it just seems more complicated and convoluted than it should be. LOL Ok, so today it worked, yay!!
Above is my 'Pair Tree' WIP, designed by Sue Hillis. Not being one who particularly likes stitching designs with lots of color changes (think Paula Vaughan, though they are so pretty!), I am stitching this one with 4 colors of overdyed thread and white DMC, instead of using different shades of same color as called for on the chart.

'Bless Our Home' by Country Cottage Needleworks stitched on 32 count country french latte linen with crescent colours. As usual, I changed some of the colors: clay pot was changed to wild berries and peanut brittle was changed to brown sugar. I finished this one up a couple months ago.

And here's 'Snapperville' by Bent Creek! Wahoo! It's been a WIP for a long time and I *finally* finished it up this past summer. I am still searching for just the right frame molding for this one, I have a picture in my mind of what I want, let's hope it exists! Snapperville' is stitched on 32 count Birds of a Feather 'sandpiper' linen.

It's a really beautiful fall day here, DS already had his soccer game this am, and the rest of the day is free for stitching! Hope you all find time to enjoy some stitching this weekend.