Dec 30, 2011
Last finish of 2011
After stitching the reindeer ornaments for my nephews, I decided to stitch a little ornament just for me just because I wanted to. This is "Hearts 'n' Stitches" cat from the Cross Stitch and Country Crafts Dec. '00 magazine. I stitched it on 14 count antique brown perforated paper with DMC and Mill Hill beads for the french knots. I hate stitching french knots and generally use beads instead.
LoneStar
Dec 28, 2011
The dregs of the old year
It's the tween week - the week between Christmas and New Year's. No, I'm not making any New Year's resolutions. And no, I'm not making any stitching resolutions either.
Okay, well, maybe I am making a sort of resolution. I've decided to participate in my first ever stitch-a-long (SAL). There's one going on at the 123 Stitch MB (actually, there are several going on over there). On January 1st, I'll start stitching on "Crabby All Year" by Raise the Roof Designs, a four-part series of 12 monthly designs. The goal is to stitch one design a month. I think I can do that. Maybe.
My stitching buddy Gloria stitched this a while back and I really liked it. Let me warn you that the buttons used for these patterns are expensive! I ended up ordering mine off eBay where they were less costly. I thought about leaving the buttons off and stitching something in their place, but after seeing Gloria's completed work, I agree that the buttons are a must; they make the pattern!
It is a large pattern so you will need a fat quarter of fabric. But it is stitched with DMC, so at least the floss won't cost you an arm and a leg like the fabric and buttons will.
I finished my oldest nephew's Christmas ornament this week and here it is. Now I just need to finish-finish this and his brother's ornament and get them in the mail.
DH and I stayed home for Christmas this year. In 24+ years of marriage, we've stayed home only three times. Twice when we lived in Dallas near most of our relatives, and once when we lived in Oklahoma. We had actually started on the trip down to Dallas, but I got deathly ill halfway there and DH took me back home. This year we enjoyed having a long quiet weekend together. We watched a lot of football, read a lot, and ate turkey.
DH finished splitting and stacking all our firewood. He filled the racks and then stacked the extra against one end of our loafing shed. Hopefully this abundance of firewood is not an omen of a really cold winter.
LoneStar
Okay, well, maybe I am making a sort of resolution. I've decided to participate in my first ever stitch-a-long (SAL). There's one going on at the 123 Stitch MB (actually, there are several going on over there). On January 1st, I'll start stitching on "Crabby All Year" by Raise the Roof Designs, a four-part series of 12 monthly designs. The goal is to stitch one design a month. I think I can do that. Maybe.
My stitching buddy Gloria stitched this a while back and I really liked it. Let me warn you that the buttons used for these patterns are expensive! I ended up ordering mine off eBay where they were less costly. I thought about leaving the buttons off and stitching something in their place, but after seeing Gloria's completed work, I agree that the buttons are a must; they make the pattern!
It is a large pattern so you will need a fat quarter of fabric. But it is stitched with DMC, so at least the floss won't cost you an arm and a leg like the fabric and buttons will.
I finished my oldest nephew's Christmas ornament this week and here it is. Now I just need to finish-finish this and his brother's ornament and get them in the mail.
DH and I stayed home for Christmas this year. In 24+ years of marriage, we've stayed home only three times. Twice when we lived in Dallas near most of our relatives, and once when we lived in Oklahoma. We had actually started on the trip down to Dallas, but I got deathly ill halfway there and DH took me back home. This year we enjoyed having a long quiet weekend together. We watched a lot of football, read a lot, and ate turkey.
DH finished splitting and stacking all our firewood. He filled the racks and then stacked the extra against one end of our loafing shed. Hopefully this abundance of firewood is not an omen of a really cold winter.
Dec 25, 2011
Merry Christmas!
John 1:14 - "And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth." (KJV)
Dec 19, 2011
Help! I'm stitching and I can't stop!
I thought I'd better pause and make a blog post lest everyone think I've died and fallen off the face of the earth. I've been stitching like a fiend on several Christmas presents, trying to get them done in time for Christmas. I think I might make it. And no, I can't show them until after Christmas.
DH has spent the last two weekends being a lumber jack. The first weekend he spent with his chainsaw and the tractor. He cut up several downed trees on our property and used the tractor to carry the logs to our wood rack area.
Here he is getting the tractor ready. Notice the chainsaw, etc., in the bucket. Emma had to help and supervise. You'll notice DH is wearing blaze orange accessories. He was in the woods, hunting season is still going strong, and we have neighbors who hunt near our woods.
He was able to cut quite a pile of wood and began splitting it. He spent this past weekend splitting and splitting and splitting, but is still not done yet. All three of our wood racks are filled, and he is stacking the extra wood on one side of our loafing shed. An embarrassment of woodly riches!
Hopefully I'll have some stitching photos to share soon.
LoneStar
DH has spent the last two weekends being a lumber jack. The first weekend he spent with his chainsaw and the tractor. He cut up several downed trees on our property and used the tractor to carry the logs to our wood rack area.
Here he is getting the tractor ready. Notice the chainsaw, etc., in the bucket. Emma had to help and supervise. You'll notice DH is wearing blaze orange accessories. He was in the woods, hunting season is still going strong, and we have neighbors who hunt near our woods.
Hopefully I'll have some stitching photos to share soon.
LoneStar
Dec 8, 2011
Winter is finally here
Well, winter is finally here. I know this because the temperatures have forced me into pants, long-sleeved shirts, and socks and shoes. Phooey. It was sad when I did laundry on Monday and there were shorts and T-shirts in there from last week.
DH will be cutting wood this weekend as our wood racks are nearly bare. He reserved a log splitter for the next weekend and I will help him stack after he splits it all. I may also get to drive the tractor a lot from the woods to the splitting area so DH can keep on cutting.
It was nice to sleep in this past weekend as DH is done deer hunting for the season as he has bagged his limit. He will still go out and hunt for pigs, but he took last weekend off.
And I've been stitching but I can't show you what I'm stitching on because it's for a friend and she reads my blog.
I'll leave you with a picture of Emma warming her butt in front of the wood stove.
LoneStar
DH will be cutting wood this weekend as our wood racks are nearly bare. He reserved a log splitter for the next weekend and I will help him stack after he splits it all. I may also get to drive the tractor a lot from the woods to the splitting area so DH can keep on cutting.
It was nice to sleep in this past weekend as DH is done deer hunting for the season as he has bagged his limit. He will still go out and hunt for pigs, but he took last weekend off.
And I've been stitching but I can't show you what I'm stitching on because it's for a friend and she reads my blog.
I'll leave you with a picture of Emma warming her butt in front of the wood stove.
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