It finally Snowed

In Raleigh! I like the snow but my sinus' sure don't. I'm a palm tree girl so getting snow once a season is enough for me :) One good thing is I got to take a snow day yesterday and got lots of stitching done. These pics were taken when the snow was coming in the morning. It was very pretty. Now we just got to deal with the melting that will freeze tonight.

I received this beautiful scissor fob all the way from Monika in Poland today. This is an exchange from the Tiny Treasures Exchange that I'm a member of. Her stitching is beautiful and love the extra crocheted detail for the tail of the fob.

The rest of these pics of of the finishes I did this weekend. My first mitten finish! I think it turned out pretty good for the first try. The other is the finished Blackbird stocking from the 2008 JCS Ornament issue.

Happy Belated New Year!!!

I can't believe how fast the day's have flown by since the Holiday's! I also can't believe it's been almost a month since my last post! I hope I can keep up on the posts more often. It's been pretty busy since the Holidays.....in fact ever since Christmas Eve, I've been nonstop. The good thing is I've been able to do a lot of stitching :)

The Holidays went smoothly. My Mom and Stepfather came here for the Holidays! It was so nice to have them stay with us for a long weekend. The whole family went to my Sister & BIL's place to celebrate Christmas and a good time was had by all! Lot's of visiting and eating, and more eating.......I don't think I've baked so many sweets in one Holiday and my Mom brought all her baked goods too! Talk about sugar overload - I'm just starting to see my counters again as each container gets consumed or taken to work for others to enjoy!

Well let's see....On the stitching front I've been stitching some secret stuff so I can't show them. BUT I did stitch these beauties.....I can feel an ornament fest coming to town!

I received JBW's Red Mitten Collection I & II from Amy in SC as a PIF. I used some really pretty silk floss I received from Michelle in Washington. BTW, thank you so much Michelle, it was a pretty cool surprise when I received your Christmas Card! I'm hoping to finish these off this weekend.


This is the Blackbird stocking design from the 2008 JCS Ornament Issue. I'm almost done stitching another one with a P for Bruce.

I also decided to tackle the pile of Fair & Square pieces I received throughout 2008. I only got 2 finished during the Holidays. I decided to finish them as Pynkeeps and I really like how they came out. The 1st 2 pics are the squares I received from Melissa in CA and the other is from Diane in CA.

(side note, if anyone knows what chart I can find this type backstitched alphabet, I would really appreciate it you could drop me a line. I just love the style of the script - it almost looks like she charted her handwriting. If that can be done, easily, let me know too!!)

I also dragged out my Mirabilia 2007 Christmas Tree. I'm starting to get in the grove of stitching this piece. Its a lot of scattered stitching which I can't get into sometimes. Sometimes I can go for hours on the piece and sometimes I just look at the chart go ughhhhhh....I don't think so, not tonight!

Last but not least, I found some fabric for this new bag I'm going to try and make. I might be getting a little too advanced for myself, but I'm going to give it a try. My Mom really liked the pattern so I picked this fabric for her. Fabric on the left is going to be the lining, middle fabric will be the bottom, pockets, flap, and the 3rd fabric will be middle outside of the bag. I think she's really going to like it!

I also made a Jelly Roll Tote Bag for my Sister for Christmas and it was a big hit. Now I'm working on one for my Stepmother. I'll try to get pictures of them up sometime soon.

I hope all my blog and stitching friends have a Happy New Year! Thanks for all your comments; they really help keep me going on my posts!

Malinda