Stitchmaynia 2017....

I decided to participate again in Stitchmaynia,
where you have 15 new starts in the
first 15 days of May.  I decided
to tweak it to better suit my schedule

and have a new start every other day. 
I was able to get a really good start on my
projects and still have time for other stitching.

To make it even easier I decided to us the
club kits I have been accumulating the
last 3 years as my new starts.

All of the projects are small and this
will give a good variety to pick up
and go over the next year.

The clubs kits were included the
Colonial Gatherings Club, which I
have been a member of for 3 years. 
The designers are Plum Street Samplers and
Scarlett House so you know these will be good.

The third club is Silver Needle's
A Little Help from our Friends Stitching Circle. 
Each year has featured 5 different designers
so I have a good variety with this club.

I did have to swap out some of the fabrics
because of color or texture but I know I will
have some finishes I will treasure.

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Plum Street Samplers

Thistle Pocket

Cricket Collection

Autumn Blooms

Scarlett House

On Redware Road

Lizzie Kate

Stitch With Me

Plum Street Samplers

Fraktur Friends

Scarlett House

Nice to Meet Ewe

La D Da

My Friend

Shepherd's Bush

Heart of My Heart

Scarlett House

Strawberry House

Plum Street Samplers

Colonial Candle Pocket

The Drawn Thread

Threads That Bind

Scarlett House

Button Posies

Plum Street Sampler

Autumn Cottage

Scarlett House

On Stoneware Street

Blackbird Designs

Patchwork Pinkeep

Plum Street Samplers

Hurt Not the Earth

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I hope to finish many of these this year. 
Some of these were hard to put down
so I will definitely visiting with them this month.
It will be nice to have a basket of smalls to
sprinkle within my bigger projects

I hope you are finding time to put needle
and thread to fabric.
Thanks for visiting my little space
on the stitching universe!

When it's hot......

....you stitch.

July 4th weekend was just too hot

for much else but stitching.

It was too hot (for me at least)

to even cookout.

I finished this month's installment of the

Prairie Schooler alphabet first thing.

Prairie Schooler "A is for Anchor"

stitched on Lakeside Linen w/DMC

This was definitely the easiest block

so far with no big blocks of color.

Not sure why but I really like

this block.

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I picked up one of my

Stitchmaynia starts and focused

on finishing it.  Saturday I was lucky

to meet up with some stitching

friends, old and new, at the

Stitch & Frame

for some shopping, stitching,

eating and laughter.

With a little help from them, I have

had a good stitching weekend.

This was the first installment of this

year's Dyeing to Stitch

Colonial Gatherings Club kit.

Plum Street Samplers "Pennsylvania Fraktur"

Colonial Gatherings kit

stitched on R&R 36ct Ligonier Latte with

WDW, GAST and Classic Colorworks

Hubby and I vacationed in June in Pittsburgh

and was my first visit to Pennsylvania.

We had a great time, which may be

surprising to some, and Pittsburgh

had some neat things to do and see.

Fittingly, the design is a sweet tribute

to the founding of Pennsylvania

with the state's birth date and state motto.

I will definitely be reminded of my

wonderful trip.

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Decisions, decisions, decisions....

what to stitch next?

I am itching to start something new

.......so I think I will.

Happy stitching and thanks for visiting!

Catching up: May......

May can only mean one thing...

.......STITCHMAYNIA.......

If you watch Flosstube, then you
know exactly what I mean.

In the same vein as the Crazy January
challenge, you start 15 projects in 15 days. 
Some do more....some do less.

Once again, I was on the band wagon.  
Unlike most, I decided to do a start
every other day and spread it over
the entire month.  I kitted up 15 projects
and went on my merry way. 

Here is my lineup...

WTNT "Grand Olde Flag"

stitched on 40ct PTP Sand with

Victorian Motto thread conversion

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Kathy Barrick "Miss Martha's Potting Shed"

stitched on 40ct PTP Fog

with Victorian Motto thread conversion

These threads are just yummy!!!

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Notforgotten Farm "Bee Sampler"

stitched on 40ct Lakeside Linen Vintage Porcelain

with Victorian Motto thread conversion

and we had a finish......

This will soon have a place of honor on

my Bee Wall in my kitchen.

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Lila's Studio "Bee Sampler"

stitched on Lakeside Linen 40ct Vintage Porcelain

with my thread conversion

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Drawn Thread "Free & Brave"

stitched on 32ct PTP Legacy

with Victorian Motto thread conversion

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Notforgotten Farms PSS 2016 Retreat kit

.......and finished!

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Plum Street "Pennsylvania Fraktur"

Colonial Gatherings club piece

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Notforgotten Farms "Sepia Sampler"

stitched on 40ct Khaki linen

with recommended DMC

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Primitive Needle "Hornbook Angel"

stitched on 40ct WDW Straw with

my DMC thread conversion

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Lizzie Kate "Selfie Sampler" kit

stitched on 32ct WDW Red Pear

with recommended threads

....and another finished!  

I just love the fabric in this kit....sweetest color.

I was excited to have three finishes so that only

added 7 more to my WIP pile.   I now

have 20+ projects to choose from

so I shouldn't get bored anytime soon.

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I still found time for my monthly
Prairie Schooler project.  These designs
take me about a week to stitch so that
did eat into my Stitchmaynia plans. 
No problem...just happy to have another done.

Prairie Schooler "S*R*T"

stitched on 40ct Lakeside Linen with recommended DMC

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Well if you stuck with me this long,
thank you ever so much!
Happy stitching....

Stitched goodies....

 

I'm back.   I make a promise to myself

each time I do a blog post that I will not

wait so long until the next one. 

Amazing how time flies.....

 

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I first want to say I have time to write

this blog today

due to my office being closed.

We experienced horrific flooding over

 the weekend in South Carolina

thanks to Joaquin.  The devastation

we have seen in our city has been unbelievable

and the flooding continues due to

dam breaches.  Please say a prayer for

all of these families.  We made it through

Hugo and know we will make it

through this too. 

 

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Just a few goodies to share.

I knew as soon as I finished this one that

I wouldn't wait to have it framed.

I still love it and have to say it is still

one of my favorite stitches.

 

By The Bay "Thirteenth Colony Parts 1,2 & 3"

 

I always gravitate to this molding

and thought it fit this piece beautifully.

 

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August turned to be a good month to finish

up some long lingering WIPS.

 

I started this piece back in 2012 as part

of the Crazy January Challenge.

I have picked it up several times over

the years but it just felt like a chore to stitch.

 

Plum Street Samplers "Halloween Hornbook"

Stitched on Lakeside Linen 35ct Parchment

w/Victorian Motto threads

 

I still don't know why I had such as

hard time with this one but I am so happy

I stuck with it and finished in time

for this Halloween.  Hopefully I can

get my gumption up to get it finished

before month end.

 

I am guessing these are some type of

morbid peacock and I just love

this one with the witch's hat.

 

I dove back into my pile of WIPS

and pulled this one out.

This was a freebie that I had miscounted

and just lost my steam.



Freebie--"Pear XII--Swan Song"

from Samplers and Santas Blog

 



I think I still have a couple more of

these to stitch.  I can say that I was glad to

finish this one and add it to my collection.

 

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Well...if you made it this far, thanks for

visiting my small place in the universe.

 

I hope you are having a great stitching month.

Happy stitching.... 

Red, White and Blue finish....





I decided to start Plum Street's

My Dearest Friend

but wanted to change the colors

to coordinate with some other

PSS stitched pieces.

 



 

Here is the original design.  It all started

with the flags and  I decided

to change the colors to be more realistic.

(FYI...there noses look so funny to me.)

 

 

After that it only seemed natural make it

more red, white and blue.



Plum Street Samplers "My Dearest Friend"

stitched on Lakeside Linen 40ct with DMC

I did omit the urn with flowers at the bottom

and I am happy with it.  This will definitely

be in the next framing trip.

 

Love this little horse stitched over one and

the small pop of Americana on the barn.

 

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Thanks for all of your nice comments

on my framed goodies.  Well I'm off

to start something new to add to

the frame pile.  Next up is

"Wool Willi" from Jeannette Douglas'

A Most Notable Name Series.

Happy stitching...   

Christmas is coming....

 

I always enjoy the holiday

season and look forward to

rediscovering all my

stitched treasures

celebrating Christmas.

 

 

 

I am happy to add these

beauties from

Plum Street Samplers

to my collection.

 

Plum Street Samplers "Christmas is Coming"

stitched on PTP Sand with Victorian Motto

 

These turned out to be a fall project.

They were stitched in August.....

Sewn in September.......

Stuffed in October......

and finally 'finished' in November!

 

 

 

So simple yet so lovely.....

I will definitely look forward to

rediscovering these in

the coming years.

 

 

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I have always dreamed of having

a hand-stitched ornament tree.

 

We decided on a smaller tree and I

found it to be just the perfect

size for an ornament tree.

 

 

   It is amazing how I can still

remember when an ornament was

stitched and what was going on in

life at the time.  The same is true

for the many I have received

from exchanges or gifts.

I have met so many great stitching

pals over the years and it is

extra special that many are a small

part of my holiday celebrations.

Makes my heart smile....

 

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Well...you can never have enough

Christmas so I am off to start another

holiday project.  Happy stitching...

 

 

 

Framed goodies.....

 

It's a birthday tradition of mine to treat

myself and frame some of my stitched goodies.

Love this year's lucky ones.

 

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Threadwork Primitives "Bee's Gathering"

 

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BBD "Autumn Silhouette"

 

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BBD "It's Berry Time"

 

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 HE "Land of Peace & Plenty"

 

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Plum Street Samplers "Colonial Garden"

 

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Thanks for visiting!  

I am off to stitch and hope to be back

soon with another finish.

 

Hope you have a great week and happy stitching.



Fall.......ahhhhhhhhh

 

So happy that fall is here.....

at least in theory.

The calendar tells me it is fall but the

temps in SC are telling another story....

hopeful cool weather will be here soon to stay.

 

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Work is starting to settle down after a crazy

summer.  To get back in the swing of

things, I picked these up to add to

may fall basket of goodies..

 

Plum Street Samplers "Stranded Jacks"

stitched on 40 ct. LL Toasted Almond

w/Victorian Motto threads

 

Don't you just love that name...

Stranded Jacks....

I wouldn't be surprised it there was an Irish

trio out there by that name.

 

Anyway...these are a fun stitch.

There is still one more to stitch but I just

couldn't wait to finish these.

 

I just couldn't bring myself to get out

the sewing machine...

 

so I decided on a no-sew method.

 

 

I did bring out my Sidekick to

make the scalloped frames.

 

 

This is my favorite....

I love the little wave at the bottom

and think it matches the fabric perfectly.

 

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Well....I'm off to catch up some blogs and

see what other wonderful goodies y'all

have been busy stitching!

 

Wishing you a great stitching week...