While watching Downton...

Background and border done for top. 

January 2014

Here's some updates on some progress:

Wedding Quadrille (would like to make some good progress on this in the next month as it would be nice to get this to my friend before her anniversary.

Jan 2014 Progress Wedding Quadrille

EGA Project: Fisherton De La Mere Biscornu
I already have more of that done as I worked on it between the picture and the post.

Jan 2014 Progress - biscornu

Happy New Year

I have had a pretty busy fall with some family things, so the blog was not updated. I have just added a list of 2013 finishes, and 2014 plans.  We will see how much I get done :)

Bookmarks and Drawn thread and a lot of old stuff

Summer is flying by. I was able to complete the Rosebud Trellis, and it's off at the framers.
I have two more boutique items ready - both bookmarks and will start another one tonight.
I also did a quick punch needle project which I'll send to a friend before school starts.

Pictures... it's time for pictures

Bookmark pattern, stitched using a double running stitch

Finished bookmark

Another bookmark

Here's the punch needle box:

Sunflower box, punchneedle

 Here's the rosebud trellis

Rosebud trellis

I added an inscription on it for my sister.  I got the idea from Ellen Chester (With my Needle), when she stitches a reproduction sampler she adds her information in block letters outside the border so it's on the fabric, but hidden in the frame.

Here's my first "harvest" from my garden.  

first beans of 2013

Last spring I took pictures of things I'd stitched that were at my mother's house.  Here's some of my older things that are around my house.  Most of them pre-date digital pictures and blogs...

Dogwood flowers, stitched on aida

Birds at Wheat.  I had found this one in my grandmother's stash after she'd died.  I finished it.  Stitched on congress cloth

Dragonfly

this was from a very old dimensions kit

I sent away for a free chart from DMC  go figure it would use a million different colors.  It did turn out well though

Angels, a Mill Hill Kit

Assorted pillows on the guest bed

Keepsakes

Free chart I got in Cape May, NJ

More punchneedle boxes

Class at Sinsinawa - stitching over 1 thread

My first really big piece.  Started when I had mono in grad school

quilt - it was fun to do, but I don't remember much else about it

Rosebud trellis - update

Of course, I took these pictures over the weekend, then kept on stitching.  I have completed the second and third drawn thread rows, and a row of rosebuds underneath the third row.