'Tis Halloween.....

...and a Happy 3rd Birthday to Little John.

Blessings, Barbara

In Search of a Pattern

Remember a few years ago I hosted two blogs where you could post what you had for sale and what you were looking for?  Well I might have to start them back up again.  I saw a pattern on Pinterest and became very intrigued by it.  It's by Bent Creek and it's called The Big Round Zipper.  It's stitched on 18ct. over 2 threads and I would love to have this pattern.  Here is what it looks like....

If anyone has this and is willing to sell it or loan it to me, I'd greatly appreciate it.

Blessings for the week, Barbara

A New Start

I happen to come across this little Carriage House sampler pattern and knew I had to stitch this up.  I have an interesting finishing I want to try that I saw on Pinterest and this sampler will be perfect for it.  Here's what I have done so far....

I'm stitching it on 28ct. Natural Cashel linen using just plain ole DMC and I'm loving the colors.

You might have noticed that I've opened an Etsy shop.  I decided to do this because it's easier to take care of sales that way.  It's called "2StitchOrNot2Stitch".   Clever....right?  You can get to it by clicking on the picture at the top right of my blog.  I have several different catagories from cross stitch to quilting and a few in between.  I'm still adding things every day but my back says only so many a day.  I'm really cleaning house this time in my sewing room which needs it badly.

I'll leave you with a smile....

Blessings, Barbara

Happy Dance Time

I finished it!  I finally finished it!  I really like it on the board that I used and I used foam core to make it stand out a bit more.  I finally found the label for the fabric I used and it's called Flossie's Celadon Glenshee linen.

 Now I'm on to working on the owl mitten for sister in law.  I'm using 30ct.  Dower Linen with DMC and the black is Mandarin floss.  I absolutely hate DMC black for the way it looks fuzzy.   This should hopefully be a quick stitch.

I was looking on Etsy last nite and I came across a lady in the Ukraine who does cross stitch patterns.  My grand daughter, Peyton, loves Beauty and the Beast (Disney) and I saw that this woman had a pattern for an abstract of this movie.  I purchased the pattern and yesterday I went and bought all the floss needed.  I think I'm just going to do it on cream Belfast.  She says white but I don't use white unless I really have to.  Living here in Orlando, they really drive home the Disney trademarks and how you don't tread on their toes.  I feel like I've done something illegal by purchasing this pattern.  Should I feel this way?

I'll leave you with a chuckle...

Blessings on this perfect Sunday,

Barbara

Hard at Work

I have been very hard at work on The Drawn Thread's design "Snow Days" and am a matter of days from finishing it.  I made a comment about how much I love this linen and I have another piece that's the color of indigo that I need to find a pattern for.  If you can think of one, let me know.  Here's what I have finished....

I only have one last snowman to do in the bottom left corner and it's done.  I'm going to mount this on a primitive winterized board that I purchased at Michael's last year.  

I love to look at Pinterest and I came across some thimbles I thought I'd share with you.  Some of these are just beautiful.

I have my next project lined up.  My one sister-in-law loves owls so I thought I would do her the Cross Eyed Cricket mitten design that features an owl and make it into an ornament.  Think she'll like it and I also want to do a Little House Needlework design called "Bless Our Home" for the kids for Christmas.  Why do I always wait till the end of the year to get these ideas?  

I also purchased some wool felt in a ton of primitive colors to do some penny rugs.  Anybody else think these are just too cute?  I also have a few pincushion designs in mind.  I love working with wool felt so it will be a nice relief from cross stitching.

Blessings Upon You,

Barbara

I think the above says it all.

Remember this....

I believe this was suppose to be finished last year and I decided that this year, dang it, I'm going to finish it.  I absolutely love the linen that I'm stitching this on and since you can't get it anymore, I'm determined that it won't go to waste.  The linen is by Maureen Appleton of The Heart's Content that she dyed by all natural ingredients....veggies and such so that gives me a boost to finish it.

Here's a picture of my two little rugrats driving around in Little John's Jaguar.  Zane is having a ball.

Would you believe this little car has a radio in it and the doors open just like a real car.  Zane has decided that he's tired of crawling and has taken his first steps.  He thinks he's pretty neat and he just idolizes Little John.  He keeps following him around and some times Little John gets tired of it.  LOL Oh those pesty little brothers!

Have a great week!

Blessings, Barbara

Um....does anyone else find this pincushion as disturbing as I do?