Thankful for Ewe

Isn't this just the sweetest pattern ever??  I think it's my favorite finish of my challenge pieces so far.  (number 5 of 15 in case you're counting!) It's an adorable chart called "Thankful", by Sharon Crescent of Crescent Colours and Diane Williams of LHN, that was a complimentary pattern around 2005.  The only place I've seen it online is here...  http://www.needlecraft-corner.com/specialkits.html 

...where you can see it in its original colors.  I chose to do it on 28 ct Monaco with the leftover threads from LHN's Traveling Stitcher, and I *just love it*!!!!  I'm not sure what I'm going to do with it yet.  For now it will be consigned to the "I made this" box. ☺

I'll be happy to pass along the chart (with the colors I used written in in pencil, in case you want to know), so leave a comment here and I'll pull a name on Wednesday.

Before I go... my dd just brought in my JCS magazine.  Oh my.  I'm in so much trouble!!!  There are five patterns that I just *must* stitch.  I'm up to at least 11 patterns that are on my *must do* list and that doesn't include the 10 that I still have to finish for the challenge.  Must. Keep. Stitching.

Blessings!

Tricia

Catching Up

Hello friends!  I have a few days of starts and one finish to show you today!  First up is the little pillow that I finished and mailed off to my friend with cancer.  I pray it will be a blessing to her!

Here's today's start (Day 12).  Bwahahahahaha.  I won't have a lot of time today to stitch, so I did about 35 border stitches this morning, and then realized that my fabric was turned the wrong way and I was going to go off the edge, if I continued.  Grrr...  So, I frogged it all and did 2 stitches the right way.  It's still a start!! LOL!

Yesterday (Day 11) I worked on this little sampler from October's Cross Country Stitching magazine.  It's going to be cute, I think. :-)  And I *love* two-handed stitching!!!  I worked on the kit this morning without it being on my stand and I really missed using it.  It goes so much faster with the stand!

We interrupt this blog post to show you the blog candy I won around Christmas-time! :-)  Thanks so much Cathryn!

And one more start! Day 10 I worked on a JCS ornament for my DD for Christmas next year.  It's almost done! :-)

Thanks for stopping by to check on me!  Just a few more days of the challenge and then it will be time to finish some of these!!

Blessings!

Crazy Days!

Welcome to 2011!!  I'm sorry that I didn't update yesterday, but I'll try to catch you up to today...

First, here's my new Stitch E-Z lap stand (and some of my grey hair if you look closely! LOL!)  It comes with the clamp that you see, as well as a scroll frame.  I'm loving it!  Although it is going to take me awhile to learn this two-handed stitching thing!!

In the hoop is a square for the Angel Quilt Project.  I hope to do a number of squares for them this year!

Here's my last finish for 2010 - a JCS ornament.  I haven't had a chance to finish it into a pillow yet, but it is for a friend who has just been diagnosed with gastric cancer.  I'd like to send it to her as a start to a "basket of hope"- something like Faye's pink basket that she's making in honor of a friend.

Here is my start for Day One of the Crazy challenge.  I really didn't have a lot of time to stitch yesterday, so there isn't a ton done, but it does seem like it will be a fun stitch... except for trying to use 5 strands of floss in 18 count aida.  Grrrr....

And here's today's start.  This adorable fob by Shepherd's Bush.  I've finished the back and started on the front, but I think now I will put it away and work on my Angel Quilt square for awhile tonight.

I'm starting to feel like I could be getting the cold/flu that my daughter has been fighting with for a week.    I do hope that I'll at least be able to do my crazy 15 starts if I get sick. :-)  See you soon!

Blessings!