Some other things to be taken care of.........

Several of you ladies signed up to take part in a RR with the Sweetheart Tree design.  Well Rita's name was drawn and she will start it off.  Now the rest of you ladies who are interested in it will have to pay attention to her blog to see when she's finished with it and ready to pass the pattern on.  I will try to keep up and have the stitcher's blog posted in my side bar for all to see.

I hope everyone has read that Kat was the winner of the birthday giveaway for the month of March and that everyone will watch for my next giveaway which will take place sometime in April/May.

Blessings as always,

Barbara

The winner is.....plus terrible weather here in Orlando

We have had some really rough weather last nite and today. Hail, tornados and very bad lightning storms. I was able to get online for about 15 minutes this morning to email the winner of my birthday giveaway but was cut off before I could post it. I am posting this little bit via my blackberry and its a trip. Lol.
Anyways, the winner of my birthday giveaway is KAT. I am hoping to get online later with the computer so I can explain a few things.
From water soaked Florida, Barbara

Isn't this adorable????

I received this picture from Connie today and I just had to share it.  I love how she finished it into a pillow.  She stated that her daughter said parts of it reminded her of sea shells.  Now that she's said that I too can see them.  Just goes to show you that someone can design a design but it takes someone else to see everything in that design.  Thank you Connie for sharing this with us...a beautiful stitched piece and finishing!!

Blessings as always,

Barbara

A new start.....

Before I start my month of La D Da and Blackbird Design stitching, I'm going to stitch this beautiful Madame la Fee design for Rhonda's Mother.  Her mother loves poppy's and when we saw this, we knew she would love it.  It should take a few days and then it will be made into a pillow for her.  I would love ideas on what you think the pillow should look like....always open to new ideas.

Blessings as always,

Barbara

A new finish and something to share.....

 First off, I went up to my LNS...Needle Orts.....yesterday and she had in this very cute set of minature accessories.  There's a magnet for holding your needle in place on your fabric, a 2 inch ruler, a hornbook and a thread holder.  All but the magnet have claw hooks on them so you can attach them to anything you like.  Well mine I have attached to a larger claw and then attached them to my scissors.  Aren't they the cutest???  

I also finished the Sweetheart Tree Mini Quaker Pincushion I was working on.  I stitched it on a natural/red Graziano Linen using a beautiful silk fiber.  I also attached some buttons to the upper right hand corner just for decoration.  If you are interested in this, check out my store.

I read about this on another blog and I thought I'd see what the interest is here.  The Sweetheart Tree design you see above would be mailed by me to someone along with a skein of floss or silk.  The person who is chosen to receive this, must have a blog and also must drop whatever she is stitching at the moment in order to stitch this design in a timely manner.  She would then put it on her blog and ask for someone to accept the pattern and a skein of floss from her.  It's kind of like a round robin and the object is to see how many people we can get to stitch this design.  Let me know if anyone is interested in this because I think it would be fun to see what someone else could come up with.

Blessings as always,

Barbara

The Brown Bunny....

is all finished and just ready for Easter.  I absolutely love Carol's designs which you can find here and you won't regret purchasing and stitching them.  I have purchased several from her and have stitched most of them....not enough hours in the day for me to stitch everything I want to.  If you are interested in this one, you'll find it in my store.

Well this just about finishes up my month of traveling and my giveaway winner will be picked on the 31st.  I have purchased a slew of Blackbird Designs and La D Da designs and those are the ones I will be concentrating on in April.  I do have some others I want to get going on and I've already started a new Sweetheart Tree which will be a pincushion and scissor fob.  I've also purchased some linen and threads from Nina and I'm looking for the perfect design for them.  They are all in shades of roses so I'm thinking of a feminine design.....maybe a quaker.  We'll have to see about that one.

Well it's raining here in Orlando and we do need the rain, but what a dreary day it makes.  Vallie has decided that she doesn't like the rain one bit and that it is beneath her to get her feet wet.  Anyone know where I can purchase a pair of rubber boots for a very small dog?  Maybe in the doll section at Walmart or Target?  LOL  

Blessings as always,

Barbara

I Won an Award!!!!

The Rules of the Award:

1.  Thank the person who awarded you:  Many thanks Agi....this means alot to me.

2.  List 7 things about myself:

          I love doing needlework of any kind.

          I have 5 grandchildren 

          I am the new owner of a very active Maltese puppy

          I love watching Nascar and my driver is Dale Earnhardt Jr.

          My husband and I celebrated 40 years together this year.

          I love history....especially American history.

          I love looking at foreign blogs 

3.  Pass this on to 15 other stylish bloggers. 

Blessings as always,

Barbara

Which hand should I hold the baton in?

If you want to see something truly amazing and absolutely adorable, click on the link below and watch a video that will melt your heart.

Which hand should I hold the baton in?

Blessings as always,

Barbara

A wonderful birthday surprise....

came in the mail for me yesterday.  This absolutely beautiful and flawless drawn thread centerpiece.  My sweet friend, Rhonda, made this for me and she told me it was her first attempt at this type of work.  Well I am dutifully impressed by her work because it is stunning.  It makes the perfect back drop for my grandparents wedding bowl and my mothers brass candlesticks.  I cannot thank her enough for this special birthday gift.  I think it's wonderful when friends surprise you with handmade gifts.  To me there is nothing better than something that person made just for you....always makes me feel special.

Blessings as always,

Barbara

Red French Needle and Scissor Holder

The name of this design from Atalie is "Le Labrinthe des Lettres" and it was a fun stitch.  She actually had a flower stitched in the center but I decided to leave that off and instead sew a heart shape piece of wool felt to hold needles.  I was even able to find an Eiffel Tower charm that I think is just adorable.  I stitched it on an HDF 36ct. linen using "Perfect Red" HDF silks.  On the back there is a pocket to hold your scissors or needle packets.  I did twisted braid around the outside and placed frosted pearls evenly spaced to hold the braid in place.  I do like how this turned out, but I have so many of these I'm running out of room to display them....therefore, this one is in my store if you are interested.  

Blessings as always,

Barbara