Be My Valentine Pincushion

I want to wish all my friends the happiest of Valentine's Day!  I finished my little heart pincushion by Brenda Gervais but I ran out of time to finish the little heart box that goes with it.  I do wish I didn't have to sleep, eat or go to the bathroom because I could get so much more finished.  LOL  For those who haven't seen these new M&M's in the store they are cherry chocolate.  Needless to say I bought several bags to keep in the freezer for emergencies.  You never know when you might wake in the middle of the night and have chocolate withdrawal and need a quick fix.  This happens quite often to me as my waistline shows.

I had the little JAB stick pin with the birdhouse on it and I think it's perfect.  Well back to the Victoria Sampler Ort Bag for Rhonda.  I'm working on the second side but I really didn't get much accomplished today.  Vallie decided this was going to be her "needy" day and want to sit in my lap every time I sat down.  Bless her little heart...............sigh

Blessings as always,

Barbara

Day ride.....

It was so pretty here today that hubby and I decided to take a little ride. We put the top down on the little beemer and went off to Big Tree Park. Clever name huh? LOL It's a very nice place in that it's very quiet and you can actually hear yourself think for a change. It's not very large and that's one of the things we like best about it. Not too many people. I think when we were there today, there might of been 10 other people and it seemed like they wanted the quiet as much as we did.

I took the pics of the spanish moss because that's one of my favorite things down here to look at. Strange, right? Oh well.....I admit it.....I am. It just looks so elegant in a down home kind of way.....if you get my meaning.

Well that's what we did on this second day of the New Year. We came home and I went right to working on my french heart again. I'm determined to get this finished this week. Maybe I should post a pic of what it is I'm working on.

It always helps if you can see what a person is working on instead of relying on a description. I'm not going to frame this but I am making it into a pillow. I haven't picked out the coordinating fabric yet but am holding out till it's finished. That is one of my favorite things to do.....mix and match fabric. Don't ya just love how it feels between your fingers???? Ok it's not getting done with me on here so.......

As always, Barbara

A Late Valentine's Day Finish

Yep I was hoping to have this finished by Valentine's Day but as you see, I'm just a little late. This was a fun project and the HDF silk I used was called "Cherry Cheesecake". Now I ask you....how can stitching with just a silk not be fun? LOL The whole time I worked on this I swear I was hungry for cheesecake but was able to control myself. The linen I used was a flax 28ct from Zweigart which is a very nice linen to stitch on. I recommend it if you are looking for a nice light neutral to show off the colors of floss you are using. It doesn't distract from the design.

There is a mistake in my stitching but I just couldn't make myself fix the mistake. I believe in the Amish belief of leaving your mistakes in your work because nobody is perfect except God and your work should reflect that. Let me know if you can find the mistake....

As always,

Barbara