Progress?

Not much but still logging for my own perusal

Quaker Diamonds

Going slow but enjoying...

Christmas 2012

Had an awesome Christmas. Wonderful time with my whole family in Vegas this year. Among the many wonderful blessings was a solo trip to my favorite shop there: Stitchers' Paradise. I picked up a few things including the kit for Rosewood Manor's Quaker Diamonds. It came complete with the valdani threads and I picked up a gorgeous 28ct lugana.
Finally back home, house clean laundry put away and all unpacking complete. Now for my first stitch in a long time...

By the Bay

Old WIP: "In My Fathers House". Have been working on a piece for my aunt and it's a whole lot of blue. While I want I finish it soon. I need a break. Now i will be getting an unexpected break from stitching since I will be having surgery for my wrist soon. I pray for a quick recovery and some great stitching time to come soon!

Stitching

Taking a break from cross stitching a piece for my aunt. It's from a Spanish magazine that she has had for a while. Not something I would stitch for myself and the pattern is not the easiest to read, but I have been plugging away. No pics cause its still lots of boring blue. Towards the evening I switch to crocheting on a baby blanket

Graduation weekend

Son #2 graduated college on Sunday and Son#3 graduated high school
You would think I would be used to it by now but just thinking of saying goodbye to #3, my "baby"makes me sad :-(
We are proud of our three boys (#1 lives in New York state like #2 and he is in law enforcement )
I have to thank God that #3 decided ro go to school here in Okie:-)
Today is quiet. Dh and I took a day off. He is watching a movie and I am enjoying first stitch day in a long time!

Mothers day

Not much stitching going on... Trying our my new electric pressure cooker for the first time. It was one of my moms day gifts. Anyone out there have one? Still a little freaked out I was petrified of the stovetop one my mom had growing up.

The Teacher

Picking up this UFO I believe I started this 5 years ago. It is "the Teacher" by Butternut Road. I come from a long line of educators, my second masters is in an Education field and my youngest recently announced he wants to be a teacher:-) this piece has special meaning.

Framed

Unfortunately I have misplaced my camera charger and my cell phone is not doing this frame any justice.
Today will be deciding to finish a UFO or starting something new. I think the UFO/ WIP will win out.

Finish!

Little House Needlework's Battle Hymn of the Republic. Not sure if it will go in DH's office or in mine.

Christmas Eve

Happy Christmas Eve. I started filling the stockings just before dinner and realized I never trimmed out the mantel with garland. Looks pretty naked. Will send the boys out to the garage to fetch the box with garland to do one last minute decor. Seafood feast for dinner as well as fun dips, and other snack ítems. Cant wait for tomorrow!
Have a drink in hand watching a movie with the family.

First cup

That first cup of coffee this morning in my favorite Christmas mug met the skein of DMC 216 that I was using to finish up the flowers at the top of my LHN "Battle Hymn of the Republic". I don't think I have ever done this before. I ran to soak it and changed
The water. I was happy to find that I had I more threaded needle which ended up being enough to finish what needed finishing. All was not lost. I am thinking May finish in time to frame and put under the tree for hubby to put in his office.

Mine Eyes...

Have seen the glory of the Lord every day! Today I will continue to plug away at this former UFO and current WIP...

Soup Day

Its a cheeseburger soup kind of day. Pretty rainy and dark. My first day off was spent going to the library, mailing my Christmas cards then home for a nap, straightening up the house getting the soup on for dinner And now for some stitchy time!

Christmas stitchy time

Last day of work was Friday. After an awesome time at work with great coworker I finished my shopping and last of the Christmas decor. So for the next 17 days I am off to enjoy Christmas, family, friends, great food and stitchy time!! I finished my Anna sampler. Now to stitch on a WIP or start something new ??

Progress

This is what I had by Sunday night, same day I started this LHN 2010 ornament. Yesterday was Vierlanden's Anna sampler day. It is all one color of DMC 815 so I did all the stitches one way ( I forget what that's called) and now am going back and filling in the top stitch. It is 8:30am. All household chores done, breakfast dishes in the dishwasher, hubby and the kid gone for the work/school day, coffeepot done brewing and I am free to stitch the whole day through!!!!

Christmas Orny

Wow three posts in a row! I know I said I was working on Vierlanden and Battle Hymn in rotation, but decided to get a move on the Christmas ornaments. Did not get very far in my planned LHN ornaments last year. The ones I did make I ended up giving as gifts. This year these are keepers. First on the list, "All Dolled Up". Plan to make the ornaments take along projects to my new job for work on during lunch. Vierlanden I really want to finish for my new office.

Wrinkly Progress

A very wrinkly progress on " Battle Hymn of the Republic".

Ready

House clean, laundry done, dinner in the crockpot, READY for some stitching ! I have LHN "Battle Hymn od the Republic" And Vierlanden's "Anna" in rotation. Hope to have 2 finishes very soon!!

LHN update