From My Garden And An Ornament

I just had to show off my broccoli that I grew! I know, I'm weird. I get excited over the strangest things sometimes. The taste of home grown veggies cannot be beaten.


This is an ornament that I stitched for my little niece that passed away after only 4 weeks at the beginning of 2010. I am also working on an ornament for my Nephew so I am planning to give them both to my sister at the same time. We have all been missing Lucy and this was my way of dealing with the sadness. We are at the same time excited to welcome Atticus into the family. It has been a very emotional holiday to say the least. Oh, I almost forgot to give all the details of the orni. This is Frosty Friends by Mosey 'N Me from the JCS Ornament issue 2008 stitched on 14 count Polar Ice Charles Craft Aida. I had to change one or two colors to accommodate the fabric but this color just caught my eye as being the perfect snowy background. Hopefully my ornament for Atticus will be done soon and I will show that off as well.

Brave Knight Finished

My nephew finally decided to come! So here is "Brave Knight" by Bucilla, all finished (edited for privacy). I had just a couple of days to stitch the date and frame it so I could give it to my Sis for Christmas. I even had to make an emergency trip to Michael's because the frame I had bought just wasn't going to work. And it was a pretty red one too. :( I work best under pressure I guess. I didn't manage to finish his Christmas Ornament but oh well. No big deal.

Our family drama wrapped itself up and ended in time for us to have a decent Christmas Day. I'm hoping next year goes alot better though.

Bah Humbug!

I'm going to go ahead and say "Merry Christmas" now since I can't guarantee that I will be on here any closer to Christmas. This year has been full of family drama so I'm feeling very Grinchy lately. I have never felt this awful at Christmas before but I'm sure it will all be ok eventually. I hope your holiday celebrations go much better for you than mine are going for me.

Brave Knight Somewhat Finished

It's all done! Well sort of. I have to wait till my Nephew is born (which could be any day now) to finish this.

UFO RR

This is Lisa Anne's Enchanting Geisha from Dimensions/Gold Collection. Here are the Before and After photos showing what it looked like when I received it and how it looks now before I send it along to the next person. I'm looking forward to the next project!



Speaking of next project, I find myself thinking about what I'm going to start next. That can be dangerous thinking! Ha ha ha!

Q & A

A question was asked about how big Brave Knight is and if it is blanket size. There is a blanket kit in the design series as well as matching bibs. The one I am doing though is a birth sampler about 10.5" x 13" to hung on the wall. I found the photos of all three on the Plaid/Bucilla website. They really are too cute!

Brave Knight

It's amazing how much stitching I get done when I stay off of Facebook and all the games on it. Lol! I *might* actually get this finished before my nephew is born. I have a few stars, a crown, a dragon, and then the name/date left. Of course then there's the back stitching but hopefully all that won't take too long.