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?

P.S.  The Bent Creek design I started went to the trash.  One word.....BORING!!!!

A finish

I hope everyone's week has been good so far.  I'm really worried about those in the pan handle of Florida.  I have a reader who lives outside of Tallahassee and I haven't heard from her in 2 days so I'm a little worried.  I received an email from another reader who has Mary's phone number and she hasn't been able to get in touch with her.  I know that there is so much destruction there that it will be weeks before they get electricity but that doesn't stop me from worrying.  I heard that one little town was wiped completely off the map.  Unless you have gone thru one of these storms, it's hard to describe the fear and anxiety that you live with.  Let's all say a prayer for those in need.

I do have a finished to share with you.  It's another Blackbird design that's done in one color.  For some reason I've been attached to this type for the moment.  This one is called "Autumn Silhouette" and I stitched it in another DMC Variations thread 4522.  One thing I'd like to add about this pattern....I absolutely hated stitching the border.

I've started a new project and it's another older pattern.  "Quaker Home" by Bent Creek.  I'm stitching it on 30ct. Dover Linen with the recommended DMC threads.  Here's what the pattern looks like.  I know it looks like it's stitched in shades of blue and green but they are actually browns and greys.  I'm not planning on framing mine but making it into a stand up.  We'll see just how it looks when I'm finished.

Halloween is coming up soon so I thought I'd start celebrating early.

Blessings, Barbara

A Sewing Sunday

Good Sunday Ladies and I hope you are enjoying this afternoon of leisure and getting some much needed stitching (or resting) done.  I decided to do some sewing and work up a pattern for my half doll that I showed you weeks ago that I purchased on Etsy.  Here she is as I purchased her....

and here she is now....

She is part pin cushion and part caddy.  For the dress I used mini charm squares and I used a coordinating semi solid for the pockets.  The bottom I used a cd so she sits very flat and I stuffed the bottom of her with walnut granules with polyfiber on top for the pincushion part.  I used a satiny lace that matches the stole around her shoulders and I used the same for the lace around her waist.  I had no pattern for this but I like how she turned out and she's sitting beside my stitching chair to hold my glasses and scissors in her pockets.  I've always wanted to make one of these and now I can strike that off my "to do" list.

Peyton has decided to make some knitting markers and she did a beautiful job.  She really can't get into needlework because of her two little ones but this she can do at night while sitting in bed watching tv.  You will find these in her store at the top of my blog page under "Peyton's Stitch Markers for Sale".  It will have the price plus shipping and with each order you receive a surprise which I'm not allowed to tell you about.  These will hopefully help pay for her medical bills since their insurance isn't the best.

That's about all for now.  Thank you for stopping in and also for all the prayers that are being said for Peyton.  

Blessings for a Wonderful Week, Barbara

Awareness Day

October 7th

Well I've gotten a new HP laptop and I'm slowly learning Windows 10 which isn't too bad.  My old one had Windows 7 so there's not that much difference.  I've been able to retrieve quite a lot more than I expected from the external drive that I used for back up.  I just now have to find a way to retrieve all my machine embroidery patterns and I'll be set to go.  

Tonight Peyton and I went to the Orlando Regional Medical Center to listen to 3 different doctors talk about Trigeminal Neuralgia and how it can be treated.  The one that Peyton really wanted to talk with was the surgeon and she did get to after the meeting and he was very gracious with all the info he gave her.  She was the only one there that has it on both sides of her face and he made mention that she's very young to have this condition let alone on both sides.  She became so emotional that tears were running down her face when he said that she more than qualifies to be studied at his center there at the hospital if her insurance allows her to be.  Well of course when I saw the tears on her face I started crying because I would gladly take this pain for her.  So now it's in the hands of the insurance company when she calls them and the Lord only knows how that will go.  I did make a mistake on my last post when I said October 4th was awareness day.  It's actually on the 7th of October and again the color is teal.

I started a new BBD project called Autumn Silhouette and I'm stitching this with another one of the DMC Variations threads.  This one is 4522 which has dark grey, a medium brown, a medium rust and just a touch of purple.  I am loving this color and here's what I have done so far.

I want to thank you all for the prayers that have been said in Peyton's behalf.  She's such a sweet girl and to be going thru this I don't want to see her become discouraged.  She's trying to keep Little John's and Zane's life as normal as possible and I can't give her enough credit for that.  They are getting the house ready for Halloween and both boys birthdays.  Little John's is of course on Halloween and Zane's is November 8th so they will be celebrating on November 3rd.  I cannot believe that Little John will be 3 and Zane 1.....time goes so fast when you get older.

Thanks for stopping by and I wish you nothing but happiness and love until we talk again.  

Blessings, Barbara