Exchange received!!!

I'm still a little behind in posts (about a month to be
exact). Back in June, I received my squares for F&S
round #7 from Lisa V. She found out that I like tea &
that I love the color purple and stitched me these.
So pretty! Not sure who the designer is.
(Click on photo for a close up).

This is the whole exchange she sent all together-
including all my wonderful goodies. Thanks again Lisa.

Teacher's gift

This is the only teacher gift I had time to
make. It was made for DD's (McKenna)
teacher for the end of the year. I wanted to
do something special since I knew this
teacher was being let go-due to budget cuts.
Not to mention, out of all the teachers that
my 3 children have had-she was my favorite.
She will be missed!

Lizzie Kate's-Teaching is a work of heart
Stitched on 14 ct. fiddler's aida (I ran out
of linen & only had a few days to stitch this).
Finished into a pillow. I added a ribbon bow
and then an apple button on top.

Thanks for all your wonderful comments!!

Freebie exchange!!

Here's what I got from Nic W. for the HOE freebie exchange.
She stitched for me not one, but two things. A scissor fob with
my name stitched on the back & a butterfly charm. I also got this
cute little pillow/pincushion. She stitched the same design, but
the fob is stitched over 1 thread. The pillow will soon have a
permanent home in my basket of smalls, which will be kept on
my sofa table in my living room.

Design-Lizzie Kate (freebie)


Here is a pic of the whole exchange she sent me. Beads, rayon
floss, a button, felt and some body wash and lotion from Avon.
Thanks for a great first HOE exchange Nic.

Stash shopping!!

Oh was I a bad girl!! Back at the beginning of June, I went
to my not so LNS with my stithin friend down the street.
I don't go there very often since it's a 40 minute drive. So
with the gas prices being what they are, I figured I'd make
it worth my while. I won't tell you what I spent. Here's what
I got! Can you tell it had been awhile since I had gone?!
I did manage to get 10% off my whole order. Thank goodness
she has a frequent buyer program!

I just couldn't resist-I wanted one of everything!

My first floss ring tag!

Thanks to Staci's wonderful tutorial, I made my first floss
ring tag (awhile back). I had seen so many neat ones made
by her on her blog that I just had to make one myself.
Thanks for the inspiration Staci!!
I made it for Jen R., for the HOE freebie exchange.

Design-Trail Creek Farm
fabric-hand dyed by me (28 ct monaco)
fibers-dmc



These are the other items I sent to her. The pansies
pincushion is handmade by me. I also included some
buttons (not pictured).

I can't wait to make one for myself & my stitchin friend
who lives down the street.

I'm back!!!

I am a very, very bad blogger-I know! I thought once
summer got here things would slow down a bit. What
was I thinking?! i have 3 kids home all day. I don't have
any time to myself. But I do promise to post a lot more
often. I have tons of pic's to share. the first is the gift I
made my Mom for Mother's Day. I took a plain black
sweatshirt and turned it into a cardigan. Added some
Laurel Birch patches. I made the binding by hand with
a matching LB fabric. She loved it! I plan on selling these
types of sweatshirts at craft fairs in the fall.

Here's the back.

-Until next time!!

Long time no post!!

Sorry everyone, spring sports season is here. Don't have much time to post. My evenings are filled with either DS's baseball games/practices or DD's soccer games. I do have some finishes-finally!


This is the square I stitched for Tina's snowman RR#36.
It's "Let it snow" by Barbara Ana. Stitched on lt.blue
fiddler's aida. I used all dmc floss. The hat and the word "snow"
were stitched using janlynn variegated floss.



These are the squares I stitched for the fair and square
exchange-round #6 for Neila. She just loves coffee (like I
do) so I thought this design was perfect for her. It's "coffee
crazy" by Lizzie Kate. Stitched on 32 ct off white linen with
dmc threads.

My last one to share is also "coffee crazy" by

Lizzie Kate. It's the square I stitched for my

coffee RR#36 for one of my yahoo groups I'm

in. Stitched on off white fiddler's aida with dmc

floss and Gentle Art sampler threads. I don't really

stitch on aida anymore. I had joined this RR before

I became addicted to evenweave/linen. That's it for

now. Thanks for looking! BTW-I love comments!!