Another AMAZING Giveaway!

Nancy at Victorian Motto Sampler Shoppe is giving the following away as a part of her Days of Christmas giveaway:

Fourth Day of Christmas Give-away....LOTS of FLOSS!On the fourth Day of Christmas Nancy gave to Me:25!!! yes 25 skeins (20 yards each!), 500 yards!of floss from the 1795 Sampler Collection! One lucky winner. You pick the colors!

Click on the link above and let her know I sent you!

Giveaway Time of Year

Since I have recently entered the blogosphere, I am consistently amazed at the generosity of the members of this community. There are 2 giveaways that I have found that I think are amazing as you can see below:

1.) Nancy of Victorian Motto Sampler Shoppe is having her 3rd Day of Christmas giveaway!  She will give 10 skeins of her 20-yard over-dyed floss to a few winners on December 16.  Enter HERE and tell Nancy that I sent you! her Floss is amazing!

2.) Parsley of Seasons of My Mind blog is also having a giveaway of a book of snowman charts by Stoney Creek.  Drawing on December 10.  Enter Here and tell Parsley that I sent you! I love Snowmen!

If I find more, I will post! Happy Stitching everyone!

November Update Part 1

I had the following goals for the month of November:

1.) Finish Summer Mandala - DONE more in upcoming post

2.) Finish MOD Coasters - DONE

3.) Make 4 Dishrags - 2 of 4 so halfway

4.) Complete the finishing on Butterfly Cushion and Christmas ornaments - Done

5.) Complete Cowl - 10 of 50 rows so 20%

6.) get to halfway on 2nd baby blankets for Twins next door - totally done as the babies came a month early

7.) 6" on blanket for my brother - 2" of 6" so 33%

8.) 15 projects for Ultimate Crazy January Challenge - done more in upcoming post.

As you can see from above, the past week off from my everyday job was very productive. I only had completed partials of my goals prior to the time off.

So first and foremost:

Here are the finished MOD coasters

MOD Coasters
completed 11/24/2013

They were a fun stitch until I got to all of the backstitch that was necessary :(. I have the coaster frames on order from Herrschners so I will pop them in there when they get here.

Next I have the finished baby blanket for the 2nd baby next door.

Baby blanket #2
completed 11/30/2013

Here are the 2 blankets for the twins totally complete:

The red blanket is for the Female of the twins and the blue is for the Male of the twins. The blue blanket is the quickest blanket knit I have ever done. I completed it from start to finish in 6 days. I think my hands need a break. I am planning on giving them to the parents tomorrow. Hopefully they like them.

I finished the Christmas ornament finishes so that I could give them to my niece and nephew on Thanksgiving to put on their tree. The last of the 3 is going to be given to my parents.

I also pieced together the tops for some quilted placemats:

I also cut the panels and sashing for what will be a table runner for my mom:

There was also some stash addition as I spent some gift cards on Black Friday. I will have more posts in the upcoming days as I am trying to post more often.

December goals:

1.) post at minimum once a week

2.) Finish cowl

3.) Complete 8" of brother's blanket

4.) Complete Bags for Christmas Gifts

5.) Complete Cross Stitch for Lady a work

6.) Piece together top of table runner

Happy Stitching Everyone!

Progress Report!

November has been a month of much stash addition but not as much stitching. Here is my progress report for the month thus far post IHSW:

1.) 2 dishrags complete out of the target of 4. I used some random cotton I had for the one on the upper left and the bottom right used some Bernat Handicrafter.

2 Dishrags complete - 11/18/2013

2.) Summer Mandala: Completed all of the Black outline and started filling in the color.

3.) MOD coasters: The entire cross stitch is complete on this one and I started the back stitch. This one is part of my WIPocalypse projects.

MOD Coasters - Progress as of 11/18/2013

I was just informed that my friend who is having twins is having her C-section today. So I will be moving the completion of the second baby blanket for her twins to the top of my list. hopefully my hands will hold up :)

I am treating this upcoming weekend as another IHSW as well cause I can…and then I am off the entire American Thanksgiving week. So that will be prime crafting time for me.


Happy Stitching Everyone!

Stash Addition!

So for the past 2 weeks my grandmother was in town for a visit. she always loves going to the different LYS's and LNS's in the area with me. So I did have some stash addition which was part of my birthday gift from my grandparents in law as well.

So from the LNS: Keepsakes in Sharonville, OH.

I bought:
1.) The complete Less = More by Lizzie and Kate pattern set.
2.) Wouldn't Life Be Great by Lizzie and Katie
3.) 32 ct. Belfast Ivory Linen for #2
4.) 32 ct. Platinum Linen for #1
5.) another Lizzie and Kate Pattern
6.) Various 32 ct. Linen scraps from the store's scrap bin.

From the LYS: Main Street Yarns in Mason, OH.

1.) I bought the following Madelinetosh yarn for the "Cream and Sugar Cowl" pattern below.

 2.) I bought the following 4 colors for a Shawl.

Both 1 and 2 will be for my grandmother.

3.) I bought the following 2 hanks just because I liked the colors. :)

4.) The following 2 Hanks of Cascade Yarns Pima cotton were for a cowl pattern for a friend.

5.) Picked up the following Metal Circular Needles for my MIL needed 15's and 17's for blankets.

I have had some time to stitch the past week and will update that tomorrow as I need to take some pics. :)

Happy Stitching.

A Finish of a Finish

Just wanted to post a few pics of the finished Butterfly cushion after it was made into a cushion :)

Butterfly Cushion - Sewn into cushion 11/8/2013

Back of the cushion

I picked up the backing fabric at JoAnn Fabrics this weekend and gave the cushion to my grandmother that same day. I always make her homemade items and this one has special importance to her. My grandfather was in Hospice before he dies 2.5 years ago and butterflies play a huge part in the mourning once loved one's pass there. :) The cushion will be a wonderful remembrance of my grandfather.

I also made some progress on the Summer Mandala and Finished a dishrag too while babysitting my niece and nephew. Pictures will be coming as soon as I remember to take them.

Happy Stitching Everyone!

TUSAL late again and November Goals

I have time for a quick check in for TUSAL. Check out DaffyCat's Blog for more information.

Here are my ORT's for the month

They are mainly from the different christmas ornaments and the start of the black outline on the Summer Mandala.

My ORT's for the year are as follows:

November goals:
1.) Finish Summer Mandala
2.) Finish MOD Coasters
3.) Make 4 Dishrags
4.) Complete finishing on Butterfly cushion and Christmas Ornaments
5.) Complete Cowl for my aunt for Christmas
6.) Get halfway complete on 2nd Baby Blanket for Twins Next Door.
7.) Complete 6 inches of blanket for my brother
8.) Decide on 15 projects for Ultimate Crazy January Challenge.