A finish

Hello! I hope everyone in the US is keeping cool. It's 10:45 p.m. here in Indiana and our heat index is still at 90 or higher! Good weather to stay in and stitch or bead or crochet!

With all of the events in the last several months and moving in with mom, I needed something easy and simple to stitch. I finished this about a week ago I think it was. Home of a Needleworker by LHN. I used white New Castle linen with the recommended DMC threads. I like the way it turned out! And it was an easy stitch! Sorry the picture isn't any better. I didn't want to iron it just yet.

Now that things are settling down, I've gotten some of my more detailed stitching out. I am working on Linda's Ort Bag by Victoria's Sampler and Beside Still Waters, a Thomas Kinkade piece by Candamar Designs. I've been working on that for.....well, a long time!

Stay cool and be safe!

Terri

Ornament finish

I finished this ornament, Peppermint by LHN just a few days ago. I had started it before Christmas and then got waylaid.

stitched on an unknown type of linen, 32 ct. with DMC and WDW, I think. It's what I had in my stash.

While it was doing this.....

and this.....


and this outside.....

I was doing this.....

Banana nut bread....yum!

I hope everyone is digging out from all the snow and ice safely! We didn't get much snow, but we got about 2 inches of ice! The yard out back looks like a frozen lake - you can't see the grass at all. And now it's really cold - supposed to get down to 2 or 3 tonight. Can you say Brrrrrrrrr?
And more snow heading our way this weekend and next week. Where is summer???

Eskie smiles,

Terri

A rough couple of weeks!

Hello! It's been a rough couple weeks around here. A co-worker passed away while on the job, another co-worker's daughter passed away, my car broke down, and my parent's dog is very sick. So that's why I haven't posted in a while.

While I was waiting in the hot waiting room a couple weeks ago for my car to be repaired, I started and finished this. It was a freebie from Sweet Pea Designs that an LNS kitted up for us for a meet and greet a couple years ago. It's called Lil Punkin. It's done on an unknown piece of Aida with DMC floss.

I stitched this quite a while ago and finally got it finished. The design is from Milady's Needle, Quaker Christmas Smalls, and is done in HDF silk 1 over 2 on New Castle (40 ct.) linen.

Remember the new book I purchased, The Proper Stitch? Well, I ordered the silks to do a project from it.

And I bought a couple charts - a LHN Christmas Ornament and Summer Stackers by Jeannette Douglas. Couldn't resist! I LOVE biscornus! I should take a picture of the basket full I have already made.

I now have 2 flower frogs! The first one is amber colored and sits in crystal bowl. They work for holding crochet hooks, too!

The next one my mom bought for me at Goodwill! It also sits in a crystal bowl. It holds My Favorite Dololly, too!

And finally, a couple pictures that should make anyone smile and brighten their day a little. They did for me! First is Jasper, who spent the night last Saturday night with me. What a wonderful smile!

And Allie just HAD to look outside! It was an extremely hot day and she didn't like the blinds being closed at all!

And Allie doesn't know it yet, but she's going to be getting a play mate! I'm adopting another American Eskimo, Kody, who is a toy Eskie. I will be going to pick him up some time on Labor Day weekend. I can't wait! I'll share a picture when I can.

Take care and stay cool!

Eskie smiles,

Beads and stash!

Hello! I've had a pretty good week and weekend. First of all, there was a bead show at the state fairgrounds this weekend and I went ---- twice!
I got this yesterday - 6 strands of 4 mm fire polish beads and 2 hanks of 11/0 gold plated beads. The picture doesn't do them justice - they sparkle to high heaven!

I had to work today near the fairgrounds and went back to get these. They are all 13/0 Charlottes - silver, champagne (2 hanks), and a teal blue. More sparklies!

Then, a friend had told me about a website where I could buy the trellis/ladder yarn and I ordered some. They came this week and they are yummy! There were WAY too many to choose from, so I just got 10 balls. Three of them are metallics and I think they are all scrumptious!


I made several necklaces from them, but only got pictures of these two. Pictures are clickable.

Then went to a local antique/thrift/whatever store and found this cute little jar. Somebody worked really hard on this and the stitching is gorgeous! This is the best picture I was able to get out of 6 or 7 tries. It's even "signed"! I think I paid $2.50 for it. I love it!

I also got a flower frog in amber glass, but accidentally deleted the picture!

I've been on a finishing frenzy lately too. I finished assembling this ornament, which I stitched last year or the year before. It's done on 32 ct. linen from MCG textiles with DMC and Mill Hill beads. Pattern was a freebie from Rosewood Manor. I like how it turned out.

And I finally got my scissors bed assembled - by Little House Needleworks. I like how it turned out, too!


It's still hot here, but not as humid as it was, thank goodness! My A/C isn't working properly either! I hope maintenance gets here tomorrow and fixes it!

Stay cool!

Eskie smiles,

Floods, rainbows, birthdays, and a finish

Hello! I live in Central Indiana and we've had storm after storm after storm the last week or more. Today, very early, we received between 3-5 inches of rain and here are the results. All pictures are clickable.

This is normally a dry area near a lake and the water was over the road at one point, I think. There were evacuations by boat at a condo/housing addition right on the other side of this. That addition has a lake in the middle of it and a creek behind it (that was spilling into this lake)


This is approaching that lake. There is a walk path somewhere along here.

This is the "creek" that spilled into the previous lake. Normally, the first set of legs under the bridge you can walk to and not get wet.

This is one of the retention ponds in my apartment complex. Normally you can see a wide row of large white rocks.

Here's a double rainbow after a storm last week.

And that's it for the storm/flood pictures!

My youngest grandson, Jasper, turns 1 on the 24th and we had a party for him this last Saturday.

The birthday boy eating cake.

My oldest grandson, Jack, with a "faux" mohawk. Isn't that a gorgeous smile of his? The other boy is a friend but for the life of me, I can't remember his name!

Jasper's cake. It was yummy!

And my "finish". I posted about finishing the stitching last week, and I finally got it made into a scissor fob. I really like the way it turned out.


I thought I had another stitching finish, but I can't think of what it was. Oh well, maybe by this weekend, I'll have a finish to share!

It was also both of my daughters-in-laws' birthdays this month (Anna and Robyn) but I didn't get any pictures of them. They enjoyed the Bath and Body Works gift cards I got them.

Let's hope we have no more rain. There is a dam/levee upstream from us that is "leaking" and if we get more heavy rain, it may just give out completely. Yikes!

I hope you all have a great, dry week!

Eskie smiles,

LNS stash, garage sale stash, and a finish!

Hello! I went to an LNS about 45 minutes away from me on Thursday evening for their weekly stitching get together. I stitched some, but shopped more!

I've been wanting this book for years and finally bought it with a 25% discount coupon!

It's a wonderful book and I will be ordering silks to do one of the samplers in it soon!

I also bought these LHN ornament patterns.

And I bought this pattern and the threads to stitch it with, also an LHN pattern.

And I finished stitching this. It's by LHN, it's on 32 ct. Lambswool linen, and I used the Crescent Colors that came with it. It goes on the scissors "bed" by Impie, Hattie, and Bea.

And I'm working on the scissors fob that was included. I'm using the same fabric and threads

Went to some garage sales yesterday and bought this! 6 balls of Trellis Thread, which is hard to come by, for $5!

I also bought some floss in a nifty little tupperware container that were already carded and marked, but I've put them up. I also got a couple butterfly floss keepers and some lace. Not a bad haul!

We have storms heading our way this evening. I hope all is well wherever you are!

Eskie smiles,

Project keep finish, iPod

Hi!~ Well, I didn't get a post done this past Sunday, so I'm doing one now. Hopefully, I will get back on schedule soon.

With my "Leisure Rewards" that I earn on my debit card with my bank, I cashed them in and got this pink iPod Shuffle. Today's technology is so amazing to me! This iPod will hold up to 1,000 songs! I have 3-4 CD's on it now and still have lots of room for more. And it's SO SMALL! My flash drives are larger!


This is a piece by Little House Needleworks I finished a while back, but just put it on the project keep tonight. I like the way it turned out!

Inside the project keep

I left the top open to use as a pocket for scissors, bead box, or chart

That's all I have completed for now. I think I'll go finish an ornament I did a while back.

I hope everyone has a great week!

Eskie smiles,

Merry Christmas!

I know, it's a little late, but I hope everyone had a great Christmas! We sure did here! Here are a few pictures.


My new crock pot!

A stand mixer I've been wanting for years!

My great-nephews Braden, Christian, and my great-niece, Ariana.

My Christmas tree with almost all handmade ornaments.


Gabe and Allie, Tom and Jasper. I love this picture of Gabe and Allie!


I call this one Motley Crew! LOL!! L-R Connor, Sean, Anna, Tom, Robyn and Gabe. Jasper is sitting on Tom's lap. It's rare that I get all of them here at once so I grabbed a picture when I could. This was taken Chrismas Eve.

I don't have any stitching pictures to show, but I did start LHNs Winter Wonderland to go on a project keep. I'm almost done, so will take a picture when it's finished.


It's not a very good picture, but I think these were my favorite gifts this year. On the left is a locket that belonged to my grandmother and inside are pictures of her and my grandfather when they were very young. My mom gave me this and I cried! On the right is a perfume bottle attached to a pin. My grandparents brought this back to me when I was a girl in the 70's from Bulgaria (where my grandfather was from). I never noticed until mom gave it to me this year, but the rose is petit point on silk gauze! What a treasure!

It's snowing here today and we are under a winter weather advisory, so I doubt I will be venturing out.

We are supposed to get 1-3" and blowing and drifting. I know it's not much compared to what some have had this year, but it's enough!

I hope everyone has a safe and happy new year!!