A Winner and some updates

First off I want to thank all you beautiful stitchers out there that read my blog.  I've been doing it for quite some now but it's always nice to hear from you.  We have a winner for the DMC floss and it's

Rose Heck

I used the number generator and the winner was number 4.  Rose, please email me with your shipping information so I can get these in the mail to you asap.

For you that are wondering if I've heard anything from DMC about my tin, the answer is no.  I'm very disappointed in them  and will think twice before purchasing anything else from them in the future.  I'm going to post a picture of the damage to Facebook so that other's are aware of this.  I guess in this case it was buyer beware.

I do have a finish to show you.  Do you have finished stitching and you just don't know what to do with it?  Well I had one of The Primitive Hare's designs and I found the cutest fabric to go with it.  I used the name of the fabric collection to add a label to my finished project bag.

Also, I've been working hard on my Lizzie Kate Christmas Mystery SAL so I'll give you a glimpse of what it looks like.

I was up at Needle Orts and picked up a new sampler by Nicky's Creation called Alphabet Garden.  I'm going to be changing the colors to more of a primitive look but I love the alphabet.

That's all for now.  I hope everyone has had a peaceful weekend and you have lots of "ME" time this upcoming week.  We all need that sometimes.

Blessings, Barbara

Let's Have a Giveaway

Hello my fine stitchers!  I guess everyone by now knows about DMC coming out with some new colors.  Well I ordered my tin with the skeins and this is how I received it.

Well I wasn't too happy and I notified them but haven't heard back from them yet and probably never will.  My DH says he can fix it and that's just fine with me.  I went thru the new colors and there were several that I know I will never use so I thought I'd let someone else have them.  They are all pastel colors in beautiful shades of green, purples, pinks, blues and yellows.....16 in all.

If you are interested in these, please make a comment to this post and I'll pick a winner this Sunday evening.  Let's make this world wide because the shipping will be quite low.  Also, please be one of my followers.  Good Luck

Blessed Be, Barbara

A New Start

Hello my fellow stitcher's.  Here it is Sunday afternoon and we are enjoying a peaceful afternoon after a chaotic morning.  Today we celebrated Little John's second birthday....a few days early.  Here are 2 pictures of our big boy blowing out his candle on his dinosaur cupcake.  He was really quite proud of himself.

It was a houseful over at Peyton's and John's and we had a lot of fun helping him celebrate.  He's becoming such a big boy it's funny calling him "Little John".

I made a Halloween display for him over at our house of my fall and Halloween creations.  He loves looking at it when he comes over.  Halloween is such a fun time of year.

I started two new projects.  One is a shawl for myself out of the softest yarn I have ever worked with.  It's alpaca, cashmere and silk and it is yummy.  The color is a beautiful silver that will go with anything.  I have 4 skeins of this beautiful yarn and I plan on using it all on this shawl.  I want it big so I can snuggle in it.   That's 1,740 yards so I know I'll be working on this for a while but it will be worth it.  As you can see, Vallie agrees with me about how soft the yarn is.  If I put it down, she's on it immediately.

The other start is a SAL by Lizzie Kate called "Spirit of Christmas".  I'm chugging right along on it and so far so good.  Since it's a mystery sal, I don't want to give away what the finish project looks like but I think it's okay to show you what I have done so far.  I was going to change the colors (Weeks Dye Works) to more primitive colors, but now I'm glad I didn't.  Loving them!

Well that's what I've been up to this week.  I hope yours has been just as enjoyable.  You all have a great week.

Blessings, Barbara

I Actually Finished Something!!!

Hello my fellow stitching friends.  I have been busy stitching on a new Christmas ornament for this year and I actually finished it.....sort of.  I first saw this design on "Samplers and Santas"..Marly's blog...and went to the shop on Etsy and purchased the pattern.  It worked up fast and I love how many different ways this can be finished.  I decided to do a little pillow that can also double as an ornament.  I added one of my signature bows and I'm waiting for the rusty bells and rusty safety pins so I can add them.  That's what I meant by sort of.   I stitched it on 28ct. flax linen using Crescent colors and it turned out about 3 x 5....perfect for an ornament.

Also, if you have a daughter or grand daughter who loves Beauty and the Beast, in my store "Fabrics for sale" you will find a set of premium cotton fabrics that I had purchased hoping that our next great-grandchild was going to be a girl but that didn't happen.  So if you're a quilter, it's a beautiful set to make a nice size quilt.

I've also listed a project bag for sale.

That's all for now.  Everyone have a fantastic weekend.

Blessings, Barbara

Shawls for Sale

I fell in love with the above picture and I thought I'd use it to let you all know that I've listed some finished shawls for sale.  They are under "Finished items for sale" and if you have any questions please email me at grammy5822@gmail.com.  One of these would make a beautiful Christmas gift for that lady who is hard to buy for.

Thanks, Barbara

Update on Stash

I want to thank everyone who purchased some of my patterns from me.  My stash is slowly getting smaller and I love it.  I'm going to be mailing all of them out on Monday....those that have paid....so you should be receiving them soon.  

Look for yarn to be placed on here next if you are interested in that.

Thanks again, Barbara

P.S.  Due to Monday being a Federal Holiday....Columbus Day....I will be mailing these on Tuesday.  Sorry for the confusion.

Bunch of new stash for sale

I just placed a bunch of patterns on my "Cross Stitch Patterns for Sale" page.  Please email me if you have any questions about any of them at grammy5822@gmail.com

Sorry about the enabling but I got's to lower my stash volumn.

Barbara

Updates

It's been awhile Ladies since I gave update and I hope everything is going well for you all.  

Well we made it thru Irma but she remains to be seen.  You look around your neighborhood and you see piles of brush, stacks of wood chopped up and debris everywhere.  I have no idea when the county is going to get around to picking this up but it's really getting annoying to look at.  

Then if that wasn't bad enough, the day after we got power I came down with bronchitis.  For 8 days I could barely move, talk, cough or sneeze without pain somewhere.  I think I'm going to call it "Irma's Revenge" from now on.  I didn't go to the doctor because I already knew what he was going to say...."drink plenty of fluids and take tylenol".  Right?  Why make him richer when I might need that money towards our new roof.

I did start 2 new projects while trying to live thru all this.  First is a design called "Queen Bee" and it's by Little House Needleworks.  I've had in my stash a piece of fabric that's a very pale green and it has printed on it a design that looks like a honey comb.  Well I thought that would be perfect and here's what I have finished so far.

I'm stitching it with Au Ver A Soie 100/3 silks and Belle Soie and I'm loving it.  I hope you can make out the print on the fabric....it's pretty pale.  The fabric off to the side is the pack of 5 inch charm squares I'm going to use to make a project bag out of it.  It's slow going but I'll "git r dun".

Then I started a new shawl using a very unusual fiber...at least for me....sugar cane.     It's by Araucania  and it's called Ruca Multy.  It's very much like bamboo and will have a wonderful drape to it.  It's a dk weight so the shawl should be a little larger than the pattern says which is fine by me.

It has an unusual color combination....camel, toast brown, light blue and mauve but I like how it's turning out so far.  I'm using a pattern that I've used before and  by the way it's made, it should lay on the shoulders very nicely.

Well that's about it.  I hope everyone has a pleasant week and you get lots of time to do something you love.

Blessings, Barbara