I'm seeing red ...

and lovin' it! This was such a sweet stitch. I'm in love with this fabric and Victorian Motto floss .. heck I'm just in love with it all! lol

Diagramme réalisé par Rosa D. pour le PCB

stitched on 32ct very light examplar

with Victorian Motto Red 24

In my past post I talked about my little mixup with floss colors. I decided to finish the border with Cocoa, which was the recommended floss color. I really like how it looks. Peaceful Night is from the 2010 JCS Ornament Issue. This ornament will be a Christmas present for a dear friend.

Peaceful Night by Knotted Tree NeedleArt

stitched on a misc. piece of fabric with

recommended GAST and WDW floss

I finished up Part 2 of iStitch's Mystery SAL ... I'm just loving this design ...

Thank you for all your comments about my stitching ... I really enjoy hearing from everyone.

I hope you find your Joy in your stitches ...

I'm grateful for red ...

Lots to share ...

I had a pretty productive week stitching. This was the first week I've really felt like stitching ... starting to get my energy back.

I'm participating in Carol's Mystery SAL along with a lot of other stitchers. Check out her blog for pictures of everyone's Part 1. Here's my Part 1 ... I'm stitching on 40 ct cream fabric with CC's Manor Red. I love how it looks so far ...

While rummaging through my project bags I found this fun design that was almost done ... don't know why it sat for so long unfinished, only took me 30 minutes to complete ... lol

Merry New Year by The Stitcherhood

stitched on a misc piece of fabric with

Belle Soie's Old Crow

The first time I saw this beauty was on Staci's blog and knew I had to stitch it. Well I'm finally getting around to stitching it and I'm so glad I am ... it's so pretty! It's a freebie and can be found here ... I'm using Victorian Motto Red 24 on a very pretty piece of linen, too bad I can't remember the count or the color!

I need your advice/ideas on this next piece. I went a little brain dead and messed up on the border. I'm stitching this over one and wasn't about to rip it all out. Below is the picture ... here's the dilemma ... the border has three lines which should be Cocoa, Lancaster Red (I substituted Garnet), Cocoa. As you can see, the middle line isn't Lancaster Red, it's Dark Chocolate ;( Now I'm not sure if I should continue with Cocoa or use another color? Oatmeal and Schneckley and the other two colors in this design.

I've also been working on Home of a Needleworker ... building a blue house is fun!

I treated myself to a bit of new stash ... you knew I had to get these two charts when Amy at Down Sunshine Lane told me about them ... she knows me all to well :)

Here's the rest of my new stash. DH wants me to stitch him Death by Candy Corn and I'll be stitching Baked Goods for my friend Lisa ... we've baked together for 20 years ... I love new stash!

Sending out lots of safe and positive thoughts for everyone in Irene's path. Mother Nature is one tough lady these days.

And lastly, thank you all for your comments about my surgery and my dad's. Last night we had dinner over at my dad's house. It was my first real outing, that wasn't going to a dr appt ... I even put on some makeup! lol ... my brother cooked dinner for us, dad was his sous chef lol ... it was really nice getting out and seeing my family, but more it was nice to actually feel good enough to want to go out *smile*

I hope you find your Joy in your stitches ...

I'm grateful for feeling better ...

Peeking it to say hi ...

It's been a long three weeks around here. On July 27th my Dad had total knee replacement surgery on his right knee. I took off a week from work when he went home from the hospital to help him out around the house. After the 1st week of him being home I went in to the hospital for a scheduled hysterectomy. My brother and one of dad's neighbors took over taking care of him while I did my surgery and am now home and recuperating. Dad's doing really great! He's walking with a cane only, still can't drive and is still enjoying being waited on :) Tomorrow will be 2 weeks since my surgery and all in all I'm doing pretty good. Terry and the boys have been taking good care of me. 4 more weeks and I should be as good as new :)

When I arrived home from the hospital I had a package from Kathy waiting for me. Inside was the sweetest gift ... she found some Wizard of Oz fabric that reminded her of me so she whipped it into a project bag and sent it to me ... I just love it!
It's now the new home of my wip, Home of a Needleworker (two) ... I worked on it while taking care of my dad ...
Before my surgery I stitched up this freebie by primitivebettys ... I just love sunflowers so this was a must stitch for me. Not sure when it will get finish finished ... not really feeling up to dragging the sewing machine out quite yet ... I stitched it on some coffee dyed by me fabric and used these threads GA Sunburst, Victorian Motto Red 24, CC Caterpillar, BS Noir and Creme de Menthe. I really like how it turned out ...
Kim was my partner over on the Fair and Square exchange blog for the BBD design round. Here are the squares she stitched for me. They are lovely and stitched over one! I can't find pictures of what I stitched for her ... hopefully they'll turn up.

I've been stitching a bit while recovering from my surgery ... not as much as I wish, but a little here and there ... hopefully as I continue to feel better I'll get more stitching done. But for now, I'm off to nap ...

I hope you find your Joy in your stitches ...

I'm grateful for sunny days ...