Celebration of Needlework

Getting ready for my favorite time of the year!
10 more days and 11 sleeps before our entire stitching group descends on Nashua NH.
The "Ladies have been going to Celebration for 10 years now as a group and the "F.L.O.S.S. ies" are coming for their 4th trip.  Four and a half days of bliss full stitching, gabbing, shopping and eating with the best friends in the world, all sharing a common passion for the needle and floss.
AND to top it all off, not one time will we hear the plaintiff yell of MOMMY! LOL
Okay, I'll admit it; most of us are of grandma age but we still cringe at the sound and there will be NONE of that!
Check back in two weeks for pictures of our WIP and the fun and silliness.

www.celebrationofnw.com

Egg Hunt

Here is my rendition of Glory Bee's Easter Egg Hunt.
My daughter Stacey has a hunt every Easter with all the kids in the family. I changed the chart a bit as she is always reminding them to bring their own basket or it's a plastic grocery bag for them! LOL

Here is the original chart...

And here is my finish that I made into a door ornament...

I used leftover fibers from my collection and stitched it on 28 count white crystal linen.

I just happened to have the "egg" fabric in another collection of stash to finish it off.

New adventure!

Okay, I have fallen in love with biscornus' or, as my friend Sue in Texas calls them; Biscuits!
Of course it's much more effective when she says it. LOL
I have recently discovered 15 sided "biscuits and am diving in head first. They are stitched "over" one so we shall see how these tired eyes make out and I'll post pics when I make some progress.
Wish me luck!

New finish for 2011

This is a tray that was a gift from my dear niece, Deb. I finally found enough small motifs to fill it from my collection of Quaker samplers. I stitched it on 28 count linen using an overdyed thread fromThreadworx.

Snow days!...Many, many snow days!

We've had soooo much snow here in RI this January that my stitching has taken on a life of it's own. LOL

 Now for a teaser.....

I'm going gang buster on a piece that is very involved and taking on a life of it's own. My stitching group here at home know what and whom I'm speaking of but I can't say any further as it's a future birthday gift for a very special someone in my life.

Stay tuned in the future months for a completed pic.

My last projects of 2010

Now that I'm catching up here, it's time to share my latest finishes while I work away on my first for 2011.

This piece I stitched for my daughter and her husband. It hangs in her new dining room.

This is an Irish Blessing that was suppose to be white on white, but again, I changed it.

 Go figure! What are the odds of that?

Love with a Capital "L" by Pappillion.

This was stitched using Vicki Clayton silks and I changed some of the details to include Joe and my initials and our last name and wedding date to officially FINALLY give us a wedding sampler!

It's pretty sad when your two children and their spouses have wedding samplers before you do and after 36 years, I felt it was about time!

This is an "M" Designs with our last initial done in a VC overdye fiber

Antique Tin Tiles by Rosewood Manor

This was stitched on a hand dyed fabric using Threadworx fiber

"L" Monogram by the French Needle

I stitched this on a sparkly black hand dyed fabric from Picture This Plus and used Dinky Dyes white fiber

Ahhhh!

Buddy Holly!

This was stitched for my sweetheart of a husband who just loves this music. It was a surprise for his birthday.

I stitched it on a Picture This Plus fabric and the design was by Crafts Unlimited...

http://www.crafts-unlimited.co.uk/index.html

As one final note, with just a few exceptions, I do all my own framing with the help of a wonderful site...

http://www.pictureframes.com/scripts/WebObjects/PictureFrames.woa/wa/Home

Busy as a bee.....

January 15, 2011

BIG Time updating going on tonight! LOL

I can't believe I've let 7 months slip by again. I guess I have to wait until I'm ready to let everything pour out at once.

Anyway, I hope every one's holiday's were wonderful and a Happy and Prosperous New Year to all!

So, here we go....I'll try to take a breath in here once in a while for all your sakes.....

This first picture is of a carrying case I designed for my Ott Light. It opens from the top and there's a pocket on the front of the bag to hold a handy dandy extension cord!

This piece is by Glendon Place and stitched on an unknown piece of fabric I picked up at the Celebration Of Needlework Convention one year. The fibers are Weeks Dye Work and the beads, (which are hard to see but sparkle like crazy!) are Mill Hill. This was a birthday gift for my niece Lauren.

This stocking was my very first design! . I designed it using PC Stitch 9 and it's for my youngest grandson.

This is a Sweetheart Tree Biscornu.

Christmas Tree Name design by Nouveau Encore for Benjamin

This is a Sampler in a Year 2000 by Linda Driscoll. I finally got the courage to stitch it and it was wonderful! The specialty stitches were a challenge but a pure joy. My spin on it was to stitch it in a green fiber. The original was white on white, and while beautiful, I was not putting all that work in to have to be on top of it to see it. LOL

 Blue Ribbon Designs, (thanks for the info Shannon!).  I used premium fibers by Vicki Clayton.

Now, this one I know!

Lizzie Kate's ABC"S of Life Lessons. I stitched it on 28 count Jobelene with the fibers that were supplied in the packet. Gee, where did my "Spin" go on this one?