Father & Daughter/ Father & Son

Hi there, I have a couple of photos to share with you today.  When I was going through all the magazines that I had, I found a couple of delightful designs that I wanted to stitch.  It was a single colour design of a father pushing his son on a tricycle and the other one was a father swinging his daughter up in the air.  I could just imagine the squeals of joy because I remember doing that with my nieces and nephews. The disigner is Carol Emmer and the designs are from the Just Cross Stitch magazine June 2008.





As well, I stitched a couple more stockings and the Lizzie-Kate Love design from her latest Christmas series. 

Remember I told you that I had taken a couple of quilting courses, well, here is my perfect square.  I love purple and when I saw the pink, I had to buy it to go with the purple and there is also a green fabric that has the same pattern design as the pink.  Will let you know what I am going to do with them when I figure it out.

Thats all for now, have a wonderful day and until the next time, big hugs from me to you. Louise

Kincavel Krosses Stained Glass Windows

Here they are, aren't they beautiful?  I had so much fun doing the first one - it is part of my 31 day challenge that I thought I would do a couple more for the craft fair.  This is all aida and floss from my stash. The designer is Kell Smurthwaite, Kincavel Krosses She is a very talented lady.  Thank you for these beautiful designs.
Louise

January challenge - a few more finishes

Hello dear friends, once again, it has been a long time since I wrote anything.  I have been busy finishing a few things, I had some company and I took a quilting course.  Hmmm, as you know from the previous post I came home from Massachusetts with an itch to start quilting/sewing again.  I found some beautiful teacup fabric for my kitchen curtains and some gorgeous dolphin fabric. 
I took a quilting course to make a bread and butter table runner - I have some beautiful Christmas fabrics that I wanted to use.  Well to make a long story short, my square did not turn out the way that I wanted because I used the wrong fabric for a certain part, the block/square still looks nice but it doesn't have the "oomph" that I was looking for.  Good thing I have lots of fabic. lol  I will take some pictures and update this posting for you.
So I finished some ornaments for my upcoming craft fair and I think they look pretty nice.

So my friends, that's it for now.  Must get back to stitching, I am more than ready for a day of sipping tea and stitching away.  I am currently working on the Mill Hill beaded kit "Believe".  Hugs to all and remember that you are loved.  Louise

Visit to Massachusetts

Hello everyone, I apologize for not posting in a while but I was off visiting 2 wonderful ladies in Massachusetts. I first met Roberta and Peggy at a retreat in February and they invited me down for the garage sale at Sudberry House.  They have a sale the first 3 Saturdays in August, so of  course I just had to go down and visit and shop!!  I stayed with Roberta and her husband and their 3 cats and Peggy was there as well.  We had a wonderful time, they took me to 3 different cross stitch stores (one that was 2 hours away!!) and 3 or was it 4 different quilt stores.  Oh dear me, that was dangerous and they really had to twist my arm to go shopping at these stores!! Let me just say that I spent a few pennies and thoroughly enjoyed myself.  I used to sew quite a lot years ago and I even did a bit of quilting but nothing like Roberta, she has gorgeous quilts and quilted pieces everywhere in her home - simply stunning.  So of course, all these goodies brought back the itch to sew!  I bought some lovely fabrics and a few kits to get me started.  Don't worry, I will take pictures of the finished goodies.

I hitched a ride with Janice and Dave and since I wasn't driving I was able to do some stitching.  I started the little red piece and did the middle of the design and then added a few fans at the edges and turned it into a humbug.  It is really cute. 
And of course I talked about Jaxon and FOP and Roberta was very generous and opened up her Christmas ornaments box and donated quite a few.  Check them out, these ladies are finishers extraordinaire!

Hockey Santa is finally done

Hi there, yes another finish for me... another happy dance... what can I say... actually I thought I would never get this little guy finished. It is about 5 inches high and 3 wide, but I have to admit, towards the end, the needle was flying.  The designer is Charlotte's Collectibles and this pattern booklet also contains the designs for a Santa holding a basketball, a soccer ball, a baseball and glove, and a football.  The fabric is an overdyed aida from my stash as well as the DMC threads, I did use a Rainbow Gallery Petite Treasure Braid for the cuffs and the hat's brim.  I think it looks smashing.  Hugs and kisses to all and once again, thanks for taking the time to read my blog.  Louise

Jim Shore Santa Claus finished

Hi everyone, did you think I would never post again. OOPS, sorry about that but I really didn't have a lot to say (or write).  Like my t-shirt says "Eat, Sleep, Stitch".... yup that's what I do.  But I have a really good reason for not posting, I was working on my Santa Claus by Jim Shore and its finished.  (Can you see me doing my happy dance?)  It is so pretty, I love it and now I want to order another one of his - Saint Nicholas.  I showed it to my Dad and Angele today at brunch and Angele liked it so much, she wants me to do one for her!  So... here's the picture.  Hugs to all of you. Louise

Mill Hill World Peace is finished

Happy Canada Day to all Canadians where ever you are.

One of my many January challenges was a Mill Hill beaded kit entitled World Peace, after finishing the Love Tree, I decided to work on World Peace.  It was beautiful to stitch because there was large areas of one colour so it did stitch up rather quickly (at least I thought so).  I was hoping to finish it for the end of June and thus be able to show it off today and as you see by the title - it is finished.  I think that I will put it into a box like I did with the Poinsettia, I like the finished look of them when they are in the boxes.  Guess I will just have to go back to Sudberry House and buy some more of them. lol

As always, thank you for taking the time to read my blog, hugs to you all. Louise

PS, I have created another "gadget" in the right hand column so that you can see the progress of my January starts.