April tomorrow, wow

I cannot believe that it is already April tomorrow. where has the time gone?? It is starting to heat up here in AZ, been in the 80's but going back down to the 60's for a few days. brrrr (just kidding)
Well, i have been a finishing fool lately. Chicks Rule has been a very popular design this year, that is for sure. I have finished 4 total so far, one is mine and 3are for other ladies.

this first one is Carolyn's

the back is the same for both Carolyn and Michelle's

Michelle's

Eileen's made into a no sew cube.

I also had a few other designs to finish that were Silver Needle's Secret Needle Night kits stitched by Kelly. These were fun to finish as well.

Let It All Hang Out

Love You

New Year


As for stitchy finishes of my own, i have recently finished up a WIP. Live Love Laugh by La D Da is finally finished and don't know what took me so long to finish it. LOL oh yeah, maybe its the other hundred WIP's i have always calling to me. LOL I stitched it on the recommended 35ct WDW Straw linen but I changed up the colors. I used CC wild berries, black coffee and weeping willow. I really like the color combination on this fabric. I just need to get a better picture of it, but you get the idea. :)

Today came a wonderful surprise in the mail from Lynda A. I am in a "pin pillow" exchange hosted by BeckySC. I rec'd this wonderful pillow from Lynda today and absolutely love it! Lynda did an awesome job on the stitching and the finishing it into the pillow (which is one of my new favorite finishes) and the fabric she used is perfect for it. Thank you sooo much Lynda! It is the March quaker by Workbasket.

I am still here and finishes

I just haven't been posting much lately, obviously. I was trying to figure out the editing on my new camera and just realized it didn't come with editing software. grrrrr so my pics aren't the best right now, but they will have to do.
I was gone for a week in the beginning of this month visiting my parents up in Reno NV. The weather was nice a little rainy but not much. No snow, unfortunately. There was old snow but i just wanted to see some flurries since we don't get snow in our part of Arizona. oh well. It was a very nice visit and did get a bit of stitching done as well. Mom and I did visit the LNS there, very small but I still managed to find a few things i just had to have. They were having a sale on there "cuts" of fabric from last year. There were lots of odd cuts in all different colors sizes, etc. $10 for a pound of fabric and let me tell you, you get alot of fabric in a pound.
I do have a few finishes from my WIP pile. First off I finished up It's a wonderful life by the sampler girl. I don't know why i never finished it earlier, very simple stitch. oh well, finished now. :)
I also finished up Evergreen by BBD. I changed the colors on this one when I saw Karen in SC's version of it. The colors it called for were browns and red, but the cover model showed green and red. weird. I used the greens since it is Evergreen.

Here is red winged blackbird by BC, i left off the star, as I am making this into a floss tag. I stitched this one on 40ct so he is small. Life's A Stitch by LK i stitched a couple years ago and it was just sitting there in my closet. I made this one into a little wooden box for myself. I really like how it turned out and very simple to make.


I also stitched up a freebie from The Sampler Girl last week and finished it into a pinkeep for myself. It is stitched on white opalescent fabric with GAST berry cobbler and tea rose. the fabric the pinkeep is laying on is the backing fabric. Also, last year i stitched up the Hugs & Kisses freebie from Erica Michaels and i just finished this one into a pinkeep ornie for myself as well. I used some fluffy yarn, braided it to get the thickness and pinned it on. didn't even want to try glue with it. I stitched up this cute little one Love by The Stitcherhood, yet another free chart. I made this one into a little pinkeep pillow. They are all displayed on my mantle with other stitching for Valentine's Day.