Exchanges arrived!

Hi! Well it is the first Sunday in March and I can't believe it is already March. Time sure flies. Yesterday the mail brought to me my Spring exchange package from Friends Stitching Through The Seasons exchange and my partner was Faye. Yeah! (i already knew this though because i organized it). LOL But I acted surprised when it came. :-) Faye stitched a really cute bunny pillow for me and included some real fun goodies! Thanks so much Faye!!!! you really spoiled me.


I also see that Gillie has rec'd her biscournu for February from me from Please Pass the Biscournu exchange I am in. We stitch for a different person each month. I stitched a Stacy Nash design for her since she likes prims and used some of my coffee dyed/baked fabric for it. I like it so much that I will be stitching it for me too.
Not much else really going on right now, just wanted to drop in with the exchanges!

Chicks Rule!

Well, i went to Market Day at the Attic this past Saturday and got a bunch of new stash but haven't taken a picture yet. I will try tomorrow. BUT, I have finished one of the goodies i bought. Chicks Rule by LK limited edition kit. I decided to stitch this adorable piece on 30ct light purple linen i had in my stash with good ole DMC. I used a satin stitch for their beaks as well. I really really like how it turned out and now to find the perfect backing fabric to make it into a flat fold or pillow, not sure yet.

I rec'd in the mail today the most beautiful biscournu from Marjorie from the Please Pass the Biscournu exchange I am in. This wonderful small will be spending the spring time on my mantle with my other springy stitches. Thank you again Marjorie.


A couple weeks ago I rec'd an old used sewing machine through the freecycle in our area. I just posted that I was looking for a working machine, nothing fancy whatsoever and had a response in just a few minutes and she just lived around the corner from us. I have never sewed and have wanted to learn, especially to help out with finishing pillows, etc (that will take a bit of time until i am totally confident in myself with the machine). LOL But I have had a brief instruction on it and have just dived right in. I found 2 smallish stitched pieces in my closet and made a scissor fob and a little pillow.

The scissor fob is "no frogging allowed" by Stitchy Kitty (i believe, its been awhile since i stitched this one) and i had some really cute froggy material for the backing. The little pillow my daughter Caitie stitched up Boo from Monsters Inc about 5 years ago when she was 12 or 13. So i made this into a little pillow. I really like how they turned out, still have to make my hand sewing a bit cleaner, but its a start. I hand sewed on the cording on both of them.

WIP's & UFO's Oh My!

Okay, as promised here are my pics of my WIP's/UFO's. I knew i had alot but taking a picture of them just made it worse! This is really embarrassing and i feel like i need this to get motivated to get these pieces done. The only new projects i will start now are for exchanges/RR's ONLY. When i finish a piece then i can start a new one, but am going to try to get a couple done before i do that. And i know there are probably a couple in this group that i probably just don't feel like doing anymore and i need to make a decision on those ones as well.







ALso, here is a pic of the biscournu i finished last night. It is the squares i rec'd from Pam from the Fair & Square exchange. I finally sat down and finished it into the biscournu and i think it turned out really great.

Well, here it is, December. AHHHH! where did all the time go? I can officially say i have started shopping for Christmas (I have 1 thing). LOL I have been trying to finish up a bunch of WIP's, i really want as many as i can get done, finished! I have WAY too many going and need to really cut down on too many projects at once. (i have probably about 25 going)

Here are a couple recent finishes for me. French Sampler Reindeer by JBW designs and a free pattern of a biscournu which i finished yesterday. I will definitely be stitching more biscournu's. that was alot of fun, tedious, but fun to put together. i added a ribbon to make it an ornament but didn't add a button in the middle of this one, i will on my next one.

It should be a very stitchy day here in AZ. We had rain, yes, RAIN, all day yesterday and it looks to be starting again soon. the wind is really kicking up too and the sky is very very dark. it is absolutely wonderful! We never get rain, never, so we just love it when it does and of course we get flooded everywhere. We also do not have sewers(sp) for the rain to go down.