Giveaway..........

This giveaway is for the Stacy Nash "Old White Farmhouse Sampler".....pattern, threads and the design started on 32ct hand dyed Belfast linen.  I forgot the name of the color of the linen but it's close to DMC 839....maybe a shade darker in places.  

The threads are Crescent Colors cotton floss that was purchased with the pattern for $32.50.

What you must do is comment on this post only your name and a way for me to get in touch with you.  If your email addy is in your blogger profile, that's fine because I can contact you that way.  

You must live in the U.S. or have a U.S. address where this can be sent.  Sorry but cost of postage is outrageous. 

I will leave this open till next Saturday morning and then Vallie will pick the winner.....if she's in the mood.  LOL

Good Luck and Blessings for a perfect day,

Barbara

I was wondering if anyone else is doing the Lizzie Kate SAL Things Unseen Mystery Sampler.  I decided to start mine today because the Stacy Nash sampler is ssooooooooooooo boring and I'm hoping this one goes better.  If you like Stacy Nash, stay alert because it and all the floss will be given as a giveaway soon.....very soon.

I think the colors in the Lizzie Kate are so beautiful and it's stitched entirely of WDW cotton threads.  I'll post my updates as I finish a section or two.

Have a Blessed Day, Barbara

I hope everyone is having a good Saturday....mine started off pretty annoying.  My DH bought me a new gold chain to hold a charm and a gold ring that I wear around my neck.  He asked me what I wanted for Christmas and I said a heavier one than the one I had been using.  He bought me a beautiful chain and I never take it off.  This morning I woke up with it missing and the charm and ring in the middle of the bed.  At first I thought Vallie had eaten it....my mind is not so clear that early in the morning.  :o)  I ended up finding it on the rug beside the bed...whew!  Needless to say, I'll be getting it fixed and a safety chain put on it also.

Okay unto the good stuff.  I finished the two pads for my grandmother's rocking chair and I'm very pleased with how they turned out.

I didn't have as much trouble with the back padding part as I thought I would.  

I think I'll go now and work some on the Stacy Nash sampler I've had in a frame for months....The White Farmhouse Sampler.  

Blessings for a perfect day, Barbara

First off, today is "dress your dog for work" day so here's Vallie in her go to meeting outfit.....ain't she cute!

I want to share with you what I'm working on.  I inherited my paternal grandmother's rocking chair and it's in need of a new seat cover.  I decided to do it in hexies with a ruffle at the front.  The hexies I have just about finished but I'm waiting on two more fabrics from the Fat Quarter Shop....hopefully they will arrive tomorrow.  This is the chair:

You see the top of the back?  Well I'd like to add a padded piece to fit over the top of the chair and only go as low as to where the spindles start.  My problem?  The top part if longer than the bottom part so how do I attach something like that.  I would of loved for it to just slip over the top but that's impossible because of the way it's shaped.  Does that make sense?  If anyone has any suggestions I would love to hear them.

Here are the hexies I have finished and they show the color scheme.

The fabric is a Moda fabric called Plum Sweet with gold and an antique plum color in it.  I know my grandmother would of loved it.

That's all for today.  I'm back to sewing hexies together and maybe watching an old black and white movie on TCM....my favorite channel.

Blessings for a perfect day, Barbara

Well I'm back on my favorite place to visit with friends and talk about what's going on in my life....good and bad.  I know I said I was shutting this blog down and going to a more straight display type of blog but I really didn't like it.  I want to talk with my followers and find out what they are up to and have them help me with questions I might have.

So if you'll forgive an old lady a lapse in judgement, please give me a chance to redeem myself and lets talk about what's going on in the world of needlework.

Blessings for a perfect day, Barbara

I wanted to take a minute or two and tell all of you that still read my blog that I love each and every one of you.  You have been there when I needed someone to talk to and I hope I've been the same to you.  I'm going to be closing down "To Stitch or Not to Stitch" at the end of this month.  Blogging takes up a lot of time and that's something I don't have much left of.  I am going to be posting my finished needlework pieces on a separate page called "My Needlework Gallery".  I have my email address posted there in case someone has a question or two but my dear friends, please keep in touch for as long as we can.

Blessings, Barbara

This month is the time to have the girls checked and make sure everything is okay.  You've read me talk about my niece Aleisha and her battle with breast cancer and I would like to offer something to loved ones of my readers.  If you click here http://aleishasjoy.blogspot.com/ you  will see several hats that are crocheted and ready to be mailed out to women who are battling this serious disease.  Just email me at grammy5822@gmail.com and I will mail it out with a card telling the person who it's from...you.  

Blessings, Barbara

A Stitch a long

Does anyone remember the SAL I hosted in 2013?  You had to make a book and then stitch two things to put in your book for each month of the year.  At the end of the year the members names who had finished the SAL was placed in a bowl and a winner was chosen for the gift bag.

I was wondering if anyone was interested in having another one of these types of SAL for 2015.  If so let me know by posting here and we'll see if we can get a group together.

To see what 2013's looked like go here: http://needleworkmastersmonthlysal.blogspot.com/

Blessings, Barbara

Everything is on sale.....

in my shop for 50% off.  That includes everything!

50% off 

Everything

Shipping will remain the same!
Please email me at
grammy5822@gmail.com

Barbara

And the winner is.....

well Vallie didn't cooperate this morning so I used the random number generator and it came up with the number 4 which is:

Calamity Jr.

Congratulations and I will be contacting her for her address.  I want to thank all of those who entered and I will be making a Christmas one for a giveaway near Christmas so you all have a second chance.

Blessings, Barbara