Liberty is Finished

I have finished Little House Needleworks - Liberty.  It's not really framed - I placed it under this frame to see if it's the frame that I want to use.
I mixed up the blues when I stitched the star on the right in the top row - the dark blue was supposed to be in the middle with the lighter blue around it. 
I don't think I will frog this mistake but will think of it more as a design change I meant to do.
Have some great days of stitching.

As a man thinks in his heart, so is he. [Proverbs 23:7]

2 WIPS and a Finish

I started Daniel in the Lion's Den from the book of Bible Samplers.
Then I was overcome by a wave of patriotism so I had to go through my stash and find a patriotic cross stitch - nothing too large so I could quickly stitch a finish, right?

I chose Little House Needleworks - Liberty.  Such a cute little chart but as you can see I am only about half way through the stitching so far.

I did spend some time putting together this patriotic quilt banner.  I was thinking of using it as a banner over the kitchen window but it may be a bit too big for that so I am in search of a better spot to hang it.

Enjoy your stitching.

As a man thinks in his heart, so is he. [Proverbs 23:7]

Bible Story Samplers

I finished the 23rd Psalm Sampler and the Ten Commandments Sampler.
The next chart in the leaflet is Daniel in the Lions' Den but I am not sure when I will start that one.
There is so much to be done that it's hard to focus sometimes - not such a terrible thing though.
Have a great week of stitching.

As a man thinks in his heart, so is he. [Proverbs 23:7]

A Finish and a Start

I have not quilted for a while so I pulled out this little top I did a long time ago to practice quilting before I attempt my snowman top.  This is only about 42" square so it didn't take very long - it did however convince me that I need to pull out another little top and practice some more before I quilt the snowman top.

I have a booklet of Beloved Bible Story Samplers by Leisure Arts.  You can see the booklet here.  This is the first chart I finished called Creation.  I don't know if I want to put the border on the charts so I stopped stitching it for now.  I can always finish it later or take out what is stitched of the border on this one.

I started stitching the 23rd Psalm from the same book - I only marked the border on this one.

I think these charts would make a nice quilt, too.

Have a great week of stitching.

As a man thinks in his heart, so is he. [Proverbs 23:7]

Snowman Quilt top

I have assembled a quilt top with the Vermillion Stitchery Snowmen series that I just finished.
I was a little nervous about looking at the picture - something usually jumps out at me the first time I see a picture that I can't believe I missed during the assembly process.  I am so thankful that none of the snowmen ended up upside down in the top.

It's not very big - 37" x 46.75" - but I am calling it done because nothing is coming to me that should be added to make it bigger and there isn't enough left of any the fabrics for another border.

As a man thinks in his heart, so is he. [Proverbs 23:7]

LK Giveaway on Crafty Cat's blog

Hurry on over to Cathy's blog to enter her Spring Cross Stitch giveaway - it's a wonderful prize but there isn't much time to enter - you only have until noon EST on Friday, May 27th.
If you like Lizzie Kate cross stitch charts here's a chance to win a lovely one with fabric and floss to complete it.
Good Luck to everyone who enters

As a man thinks in his heart, so is he. [Proverbs 23:7]

December Snowman Finish

The December Snowman was a delightful way to finish up this series.  I can't remember the last time I finished an entire series with so much enjoyment.
In case you missed it, the charts are still available on the wayback machine if you click here.
I have started squaring up each block and adding a border.  I have picked out some sashing so I hope to at least finish them into a quilt top rather than add them to my drawer of stitching that never got finished into something.
Have a Happy Stitching week.

As a man thinks in his heart, so is he. [Proverbs 23:7]

Sacajawea is Finished

My Daughter sent me this photo of my granddaughter's Sacajawea finish.  She said the lighting was so bad for a picture that she will bring it with her on their next visit so I can see it in person..  I am so impressed with my young 9 year old granddaughter for coming up with the idea to include a stitched piece in her school presentation and actually getting it finished in time.  Here is the original chart that we made a couple of changes to before she could start stitching.
My December snowman is finished!  I will have a picture posted tomorrow.
Happy Stitching

As a man thinks in his heart, so is he. [Proverbs 23:7]

November is done - 1 more to go

I just finished the November snowman in this series so December is the only month left to do.  The faces are a real challenge for me so I never know what expression ends up on each face until they are done - I am not sure how to describe this one but he looks like he can't wait to eat the turkey.
I have hundreds of projects dancing in my head so I may be in shock for a few days when the December snowman get its final stitch.
Have a great week of stitching.

As a man thinks in his heart, so is he. [Proverbs 23:7]

A Snow Witch Finish

I just finished the October Snow Witch and I love it.  Halloween is not my favorite holiday so other than an occasional pumpkin I rarely stitch from that theme - but I must say there is something about this Snow Witch that I find quite adorable.
I have 7 stitches in the November Snowman (actually it's an Indian holding a turkey) so I don't have a wip of that to post yet. 
Back in January I thought I would be done with these snowmen by the end of March so they are taking longer than I guestimated.  I refuse to put them aside no matter how many projects are saying "Start Me - right now".  It's so hard to get back to something when I set it aside so I am determined to finish these snowmen before I chose my next project.

As a man thinks in his heart, so is he. [Proverbs 23:7]

October Witch WIP

I started the October Witch this week and she is quite adorable for a witch.
I hope I can get more stitching time and finish it by next week.

My granddaughter (age 9) is doing a school presentation about Sacajawea.  She wants to cross stitch a visual aid as part of her presentation so we have been looking for beginner charts of indian girls but we did not have any luck finding anything suitable.  I designed a chart in Excel and I think that is the one she is going to be stitching.
Here is the chart and I hope to get a picture of her finish.

Enjoy your stitching time.

As a man thinks in his heart, so is he. [Proverbs 23:7]

Sept Snowman Done?

I can not decide if I want to backstitch the face guard on my football player.  Maybe he's waiting on the sidelines instead of actually out on the field playing in the game.
I don't know if I just don't like the look of the guard or if I just don't want to back stitch it right now. 
I think I really just want to start stitching the October Witch.  I can always go back later and back stitch the guard if I decide it doesn't look finished.
Have a great week of stitching

As a man thinks in his heart, so is he. [Proverbs 23:7]