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May flowers
Texas is finally warming and flowers are opening all over my little flower bed and my stitching! I planted some lily bulbs a couple of years ago and they are doing well!And in my stitching, Santa # 6...
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Santa # 7
Another Santa completed! Number six was fun to stitch as he was a gardener and the flowers have been so pretty this year in my little perennial bed. I really am glad that Santa enjoys to garden in...
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June SAL and Santa # 8
Well, I must start out by saying I had such a fun week finishing the stitching on Santa # 7, but he is hiding until next Sunday. He's a very patriotic Santa so he wanted to wait till we get closer...
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Happy Flag Day!
I thought I would start the celebration with a pic of Santa number six of my 12 Santa Journey! He's not as jolly as some of the others but was still a lot of fun to stitch! Will you be displaying a...
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Santa #8
After finishing up on the June chart for the Linen and Threads SAL, I started Santa #8. I have been working on him for two weeks and he still needs his boots and the border stitched, but he is coming...
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Two finishes this week!
Well, with summer in full swing here in North Texas we are spending more time inside. Covid is on a huge upswing here, another reason to stay close to home. I am so happy that our govenor finally bit...
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Santa # 9 in the hoop
I started Santa# 9 this week, it's been moving along quite nicely. I did have to unpick a few stitches. But now I am back on track to add a few more slow stitches today!This is what our weather...
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Santa Progress
I haven't shared my progress in a while, so I thought I would share today! I finished up Santa number 9 over a week ago. He's a caroling Santa who looks like he really enjoys singing. Then I moved...
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10 down 2 to go
I finished up woodland Santa and he is waiting with the others to be made into an pillow ornament! I really like this one with the raccoon, squirrel and rabbit and all the birds! Two more charts to...
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Finished Strawberry!
It seems I always have good intentions when it comes to stitching! Somehow, especially since my husband has retired, they don't seem to happen. I do make sure I get in my exercise and in the summer...
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Santa #11 is complete, but...............................
I felt pretty good about the sewing I did this week. First off I actually went in to my sewing room and stitched up a little pillow. The front of the pillow is a quilt block that my online quilting...
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Stitching Away!
It's been a very hot week here! Friday was 105 with the humidity at about 40 percent! I needed to get some ribbon to turn Santa# 11 into a finished ornament, so I headed out and on the way home I...
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I keep on stitching!
It's been a great week here, each day I made a little more progress on my Quilter Santa #2. He is as much fun to stitch the second time around.Time was also spent in the sewing room. First I had to...
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Few stitches, a lot of relaxation!
It was a fun week in East Texas! I always look forward to quality time with family! The weather was really nice, good food and good times, you can't ask for more than that! There is a lot of...
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Football and Stitching
Oh what beautiful weather we have been having. I have spent a lot of times outdoors just enjoying it. Today, we will warm up a bit so my plans are to enjoy some slow stitching and football. My...
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Progress
It's been busy here! We had a new fence put in on the east side of our yard so we spent Tuesday spraying it and the west side so now they are all coherent and ready for the weather. I have spent a...
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So many stitches, so little time!
Well, it didn't take long to complete Santa #12! I can't believe I have finished the stitching part of my 12 Santa journey! I have to say I have truly enjoyed stitching everyone of these and I have...
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Thankful for slow stitching!
It's been a hectic week here. The new floors will arrive Monday and take most of the week to install. We are replacing three rooms of carpeting with a wood plank look tile. We looked at laminates...
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Advances
It's been a crazy the last two weeks at our house. But all in all things have gone well. We had our tile planks installed and the house is back in order. We were very luck to have gorgeous fall...
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How time flies!
Wow! I can't believe that tomorrow is the last day of November. How time flies when your having fun they say! I will start this post with announcing that the shot I received on the 16th was a...
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Holiday Decorating
December arrived this week and I thought I would have my Santa's completely finished but life has been full of surprises as of late. I do know it won't happen unless I keep at it. The steps to...
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It's been ages!
Well it's been ages since I have done a blog post! The holidays are long over and I am not sure where the time has gone. I do know that I spend part of my day doing the PT stretches for my back and...
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Summer ABC's
A little more progress was made on my Summer ABC's by Little House Needleworks. I was able to finish the stitches around the tree branch add a few fireflies and add letters E-J. I also added the...
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Ice Cream & Lemonade
A wee bit more progress on my Summer ABCs. What's summer without ice cream and lemonade?
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Spring
Well, spring has arrived and we are starting to see signs of life outdoors again. Unfortunately the artic blast we had several weeks ago here in Texas killed all of the shrubs in our landscape out...
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