Pumpkin Cottage Finished!

I so wanted to finish this yesterday, so I set aside 15 minutes of every hour to stitch.  For 45 minutes I would clean, do paperwork, run errands, etc., and then for 15 minutes I would stitch.  It worked beautifully!  Not only did I get a lot of stitching done, but I got a *lot* of other work done, too!!

I just love this design!  I made a number of counting errors, but everything came together at the end, and now I know that it's "mine".  {smiles}  By the way, the colors are much more pastel in real life.  It's gorgeous.  Sigh.  I think I'll get a frame from Crescent Colors for it... when I have a little money to spend.

Next up I plan to finish Woodland Sampling - hopefully by Friday, and then I need to start something new - a Roly Poly Cherished Teddy for a Charity Quilt.

Thanks so much for stopping by!!  I'm always happy to see you!

Blessings,

Weekend Wrap Up & Friday Night Stitch In

Hello friends!

Friday Night Sew In became Friday Night Stitch In at my house yesterday.  Somehow sitting, stitching and watching an old Doris Day movie seemed to be what the evening called for, so I complied. ☺

I've been working on Pumpkin Cottage this week mostly.  Here's the progress so far...

Hopefully you can't tell all the little (or big!) mistakes I made.  I tried to cover them up and I think it will be ok...  We'll see!!  I just love the colors in this one.  It makes me happy!!

I've also put a few stitches in my LHN Woodland Sampling.  I'll work on that more this week, too, I think.  Here's it's progress...

Now my fun mail for today!  My son went out early, early this morning to put a letter in the mailbox and came back with a little box that I'm *sure* wasn't there yesterday.  Hmmm... Anyway - I received my ornament from the HOE Reindeer Exchange from Janet and its MARVELOUS!  The fabric is sparkly and there is wool on the back.  Sigh!  I love it.  She also send a few threads and some gold John James needles.  I am *so* spoiled.  What a happy Saturday morning!

Isn't it gorgeous??

Well, that's it for me for now!  Hopefully I'll have a finish to show by the end of this next week.

Blessings!

Day 9 - Pumpkin Cottage

Last year, when I was working on The Stocking that I was making for my daughter for Christmas, Country Cottage Needleworks came out with the adorable pattern, Pumpkin Cottage.  I don't know exactly why, but I just fell in love with it.  I think it was the colors.  Anyway, I knew that I just couldn't start it until The Stocking was finished, but I did go buy the pattern and floss and tuck it away in a mesh bag as a "prize" for when The Stocking was complete.  Of course the Crazy January Challenge was then announced and I decided to join, so Pumpkin Cottage became just one of a group of starts - rather than the enjoyable "stitch until it's finished" that I had planned on.  For that reason, I hadn't started it yet during the challenge.  I felt like it deserved better.  Isn't that silly?  Especially when I was sick, I just couldn't *not* enjoy it while I was stitching on it.  I thought maybe I would leave it until last, but yesterday I realized that it *was* the last week of the challenge - already!  So I pulled out my fabric, attached it to the scroll bars of my new lap stand and sat down to enjoy a day of stitching and to celebrate feeling so much better.  I wasn't quite up to going to church yet, so between making meals and cleaning up the kitchen, taking the dogs out and taking a nap, I was able to make some pretty good progress.  I'm *really* enjoying my new lap stand!  Of course, I did make a mistake... my house is one line too short.  But it was way back at the beginning of my stitching and there was no way I was going to frog all that work.  So I'll just work around it.  It won't be perfect, but it will be mine. :-)  I'm loving the colors.  They are so soft and warm and fall-ish.  I'm working it on 28 ct Monaco - maybe called Mushroom?  I don't remember.  But it is just the perfect color.  I'm going to have a hard time leaving this for the week, while I work on my other starts.  Sigh.  I so look forward to finishing them all!!

I hope to get around to comment on everyone's work this week.  I might be a little pressed for time, though, as I didn't do anything much last week while I was sick, and now I have the year end things to do for my GraceWorks business.  Thank you all so much for stopping by and for your sweet comments!  You are such an encouragement to me!!

Blessings,