WHAT I'M WORKING ON

Currently I am working on a small doggie piece and still working on autumn grandeur (picture to follow later) and my newest one from HAED - All Dogs Go to Heaven by Jim Warren. I have another Jim Warren tos tart - Canine Companions. These are absolutely beautiful patterns for any dog lover (like me) but the blue sky in All Dogs Go To Heaven is driving me CRAZY (that really isn't a drive, just a short putt LOL).

SURPRISE, I decided it's high time I got back into doing my blog. I've been really out of touch lately due to (a) saving my church from being closed by the Episcopal Diocese of PA - and we did it - we're doing faily well now and (b) just keeping busy as Senior Warden at my church and stitching whatever, whenever. I added 2 new furbabies since my last post - a 1-1/2 yr old tabbly named Maxine (from my local SPCA) and a 6 wk old kitty rescued by the Police Dept where I work from under the hood of a car - his name is AJ. And of course I still have my darling Daisy.

Below is a stitchy piece I made for a raffle being held by an organization call Canines For Life - they are having an open house on 9/8/12.

Outside of the above I really haven't been doing too much - it was a very hot summer and I'm really, really looking forward to fall. Fall is my most favorite time of year.

Ruth's Giveaway

RUTH'S GIVEAWAY (From my CCS Group) Ruth is having a great giveaway on her blog: http://ruthsrunningstitch.blogspot.com/ check it out

January 2011 Stitching

Below are pictures of what I've been stitching this month. But first is the reason why I don't get more done. Daisy Dog just has to take over my stitching chair whenever I get up. LOL. And there isn't enough room for both of us.
Next is a bookmark I made for a bookmark swap. When I got my surprise package from Herschnerrs there was all this
blue floss so I did the bookmark blue and learned a few new stitches along the way. The design was a freebie from CyberStitchers.com.


Owl SAL from Oak Haven - the fabric is actually a lavender over-dyed luanga 32ct 1 over 1. The snowflakes have silver filament and the owl body is is that DMS special effects white.


And this is the Eagle Scout Emblem for my oldest grand-son. There is quite a bit of silver filament in the eagle's body and the wording but it is a relatively easy stitch - just time consuming.

I also worked on Power In The Midst but there really isn't enough to post yet.

Christmas Presents 2010

This is actually done in a bright green glitter floss and my co-worker likes green.





These are the ornaments I made for all the ladies I work with.





This is the jar lid I made for the guy at work who loves golfing and constantly brags about my stitching. He's the one I made the black lab for and he told me this morning that it was the hit of their Christmas Party.

I finally finished Dutch Treat's Nativity Table Topper. I didn't follow the chart exactly, I used red beads on the wreaths instead of french knots and did not do the blue squares around the center design. Please do comment.

Vegas LNS

Then I took a very looooooooooong bus trip to the only cross stitch shop in Vegas. Actually it was one bus up the Strip then a transfer to another bus up Sahara Blvd. But the good news: Only $7.00 for a 24 hr bus pass anywhere you wanted to go. I had a great time chatting with the women working there and a couple of great ladies that were stitching away. Then, of course, I bought a few things LOL.
STITCHERS PARADISE - LAS VEGAS, NV. If you ever get to Vegas you just have to go there.

These kits come in all 50 States
and each State has a different
type of New Stitch.
PA has Victoria Stitch and Nevada
has Greek Stitch. These could be VERY
INTERESTING to stitch LOL.







These are: Britty Puppies by Britter Cup Designs and have a dog house charm and a paw print charm. They were just toooo cute to resist - I love my doggie designs. The other one is a kinny Mini by Charland Designs and has several "strange" (for me that is) stitches and ice skate charm. It came with floss but not fabric.



This is a Pine Mountain Designs pillow call Top Ties. It was so colorful I couldn't resist it and it looks like a "quick stitch."

And last but not least is my Hinzeit chart. I have fallen in love with Hinzeit charts with charms. The material is a gloss 28 ct over dyed linen with a dark beigh background with mauvish, greenish design. The floss is Kreinik Fine Overdyed Braid in beigh, green, mauve colors. I loved the colors and just hope I can manage stitching with braid.


All in all I had a fantastic time visiting this shop.