StItching Finish

This is my 48th stitching finish of 2019.  In all honestly most of them have been smalls

Designer:  Prairie Schooler

Design:  Prairie Year - May

Fabric:  1CT PTP Earthen 

Floss:  DMC

1st Stitch:  12/21/2019

Last Stitch:  12/27/2019

For:  Me

It always amazes me how long these little Prairie Schooler designs take to stitch.  Although this one stitched up much faster then the others in this booklet did.  I was very leery of stitching this because I thought it was going to be really hard but it was very easy to stitch.

I am now stitching the first of Lizzie Kate's Autumn Smalls.  On New Year's Day I am going to start my 2020 Christmas ornaments.  Hopefully I can stitch one a month or maybe more.  I have no big plans for 2020.  I have a whole bunch of smalls in my to-do-pile and I think I am going to just concentrate on them this year.  Who knows I may finish more than 48 in 2020.  I already have 13 in my to be FFO'd pile.  Of course 2 of them need to be framed so they will go to Carolyn at Just Cross Stitch as soon as I get PS May back.  I would like to stitch Lizzie Kate Winter Smalls and Summer Smalls but I don't have the charts yet and I want to keep my purchases this year to mostly fabric and floss.

Another stitching finish

I finished the stitching on this a couple of days ago but haven't had a chance to post it.

Designer:  Lizzie Kate

Design:  Winter Wishes

Fabric:  16CT Aida - Winter Winds

This picture does not do the fabric justice.

It is a beautiful mottled opalescent blue

Floss:  WDW and one DMc

1st Stitch:  11/02/2019

Last Stitch:  12/21/2019

For:  Me

I am going to make it into a little pillow to display

in the Dough Bowl I didn't get for Christmas.

If I don't get one for my birthday I will get it for 

myself

We had a wonderful Christmas yesterday.  We had Eggs Benedict for breakfast.  Then opened our presents and relaxed a bit before eating a light lunch and starting to cook dinner.  Our menu was
Baked Ham, Scalloped Potatoes with cheese, mixed vegetable casserole and pineapple casserole.  Shirley made the pineapple casserole.  For dessert Bob and Shirley had  apple pie with vanilla ice cream.  I had vanilla ice cream.  I had also made dessert but it was replaced by the apple pie.  After dinner and cleaning up the kitchen Shirley and us exchanged Christmas presents.  After Shirley left Bob and I sat down and watched a Harry Potter movie.

Two stitching finishes

I have finished stitching two projects this week.   .  Now I need to get some finishing done as I have about 7 or 8 things that need finishing and about 5 that I want to have framed or finished professionally.   I also have another project that I need to sew on a charm, iron and take a picture of.  Maybe later today I will do that.

Anyway here are the 2 I finished stitching this week.

Designer:  Four Boys and an NL Girl (Patty)  ETSY

Design:  Stitchy Noel 2019

Fabric:  14CT Mushroom Aida

Floss: DMC

1st Stitch:  12/17/2019  - Last Stitch:  12/18/2019

For:  Me?

I plan on making it into a little pillow

I Designer: Subversive Cross Stitch

Design:  No More Corruption

A quote by George Kent, a witness in the

Impeachment investigation of Donald Trump 

in the House of Representatives

Fabric:  18CT Antique White Aida

Floss:  DMC

1st Stitch:  ?  Last Stitch:  12/20/2019

For:  Me

I plan on framing it in a 12" embroidery hoop

FFO - Prairie Schooler - Prairie Year - December

I finally finished FFOing Prairie Year December today.  It was just sitting there waiting patiently for me to sew up the stuffing hole on the back.  I figured I better get going on finishing it as it will soon be December.

Prairie Schooler - Prairie Year - December

Got a new car on November 14th.

Meet Frosty my new Subaru Forrester.

Love it and I know I will love it more once I figure

out all the bells and whistles.

Yes I name my cars and he is Frosty because the

color is Silver Ice.

Prairie Schooler 2019 Yearly Santa

Designer:  Prairie Schooler

Design:  2019 Yearly Santa

Fabric:  16CT Aida from my stash

Have no idea what it is

Floss:  DMC

1st Stitch:  ?

Last Stitch:  11/20/2019

For:  Me

Guess What!!!

We (I) are getting a new car.  My Honda Accord is now 11 years old and I am just tired of it.  While it only has 60,000 + miles on it I wanted to get rid of it before it starts giving me problems.  I also want a car with 4-wheel drive.  On Election day, November 4th, B and I went out car shopping.  We decided to buy a Subaru Forrester.  Has all the things I wanted on a car plus some things I truly don't care about.  We pick it up this afternoon at 4:00.

What am I stitching you ask....right now I am stitching Prairie Schooler 2019 yearly Santa.  I already have my next project along with the fabric all picked out. It is Lizzie Kate Winter Wishes. I have even checked to see if I have all the floss and I do, well except for one WDW floss but I will use DMC for that color since it is only a few stitched.

Another FFO

This is my 42nd stitched finish for this year.

Designer:  Blueladie Designs

Design:  We Gather Together

Fabric:  14CT Aida from my stash

Floss:  DMC

1st Stitch:  11/03/2019

Last Stitch:  11/05/2019

FFO'd:  11/08/2019

For:  Me

More stitching and an FFO

It's You I Like bookmark

A Christmas present for a friend

Prairie Schooler - A Prairie Year - November

FFO's and all ready for November 1st.

Designer:  Plum Street Samplers

Design:  BrewHaHa - A freebie from their blog

Fabric:  16CT Country French Golden Needle

Floss:  DMC

1st Stitch:  10/06/2019

Last Stitch:  10/17/2019

For:  ?

This is the 1st Plum Street I have ever stitched, it won't be the last one

Designer:  Prairie Schooler

Design:  A Prairie Year - February

Fabric:  mystery 16CT gray Aida

Floss:  DMC

1st Stitch:  10/16/2019

Last Stitch:  10/24/2019

For:  Me

Only 3 more of these to stitch.  

Emily & Carols' Wedding

My great-niece Emily got married on Saturday October 19, 2019  In Syracuse, NY at Redbarn20.  It was a beautiful wedding and the bride was gorgeous.  She and her husband Carlos live in Barcelona, Spain.  Since her entire family live in the United States they decided to have there wedding here.  The wedding itself was outside and it was a beautiful day for an outdoor wedding.  The reception was held in the RedBarn and was lots of fun.  Below are just a few of the pictures from the wedding.   

Shirley (Grandmother of the bride), CJ (Mother of the bride), Emily,  Matthew, 

and Laura (brother and sister of the bride) amd Carl (Grandfather of the bride) 

Me

Barbara, Me, Shirley and Bob

Emily hugging Shirley

Barbara, Iris and Shirley

Sisters

Bob took a lot more pictures but he had the camera on the wrong setting and many of them just didn't come out.

Praurue Scholler - Prairie Year - January

Finished stitching this last week.  Not a fun stitch in my opinion.  Red is very stressful on my eyes.

Designer:  Prairie Schooler

Design:  Prairie Year - January

Fabric:  16CT PTP Earthen

Floss: DMC

1st Stitch:  10/03/2019

Last Stitch:  10/08/2019

For: Me

I only have February, March, April, and May left to stitch of Prairie Year.  Although I now have November, December, and January to FFO.

I am currently stitching my first Plum Street Sampler and really loving it.   I think there will be more Plum Streets in my future.

Prairie Scholler - A Prairie Year - October

I finished this a couple of weeks ago and forgot to take a picture.  So here is October

Designer:  Prairie Scholler

Design:  A Prairie Year - October

Fabric:  16CT  ?

Floss:  DMC

1st Stitch:  07/31/2019 - Last Stitch:  08/08/2019

For:  Me

I started stitching January the other day and I absolutely hate stitching it.  It is only 3 colors and mostly red.  I do not find stitching red, it gives me a headache.

Stitching finish 37 for 2019

Now to be fair most of the 37 are smalls are smalls with only a few medium to medium large projects thrown in and also I do stitch almost every day.  After all I am retired and have lots of spare time.

Designer:  Prairie Schooler

Design:  A Prairie Year - December

Fabric:  PTP Earthen 16CT

Floss:  DMC

1st Stitch:  09/28/2019   Last Stitch:  10/02/2019

For:  Me

I hope to stitch January on the same piece of fabric and then I 

will finish November, December and January

Only 5 more to stitch to finish the whole year.

I've had 3 stitching finishes in the last few weeks

I have enjoyed stitching each of theses but Thanksgiving is something I have fallen in love with.  I know it won't be framed for this year but you can bet it will hang somewhere in my house for Thanksgiving 2021.  I would love to have it framed by Jill Rensel but I can't justify spending that much money on something that will only hand one month a year.  I know that Carolyn from Just Cross Stitch in Limerick PA will frame it perfectly for me.

Designer:  Prairie Schooler

Design:  Book # 66 - Autumn Samplers

Thanksgiving

Fabric:  Picture This Plus

16CT Earthen

Floss:  Called for DMC

1st Stitch:  08/08/2019 - Last Stitch -  09/27/2019

For:  Me - I will get this framed 

Designer:  Shakespeare's Peddler

Design:  Antique Locks & Keys

Fabric:  Picture This Plus

18CT Fresco

Floss:  Threadworks 011581 Eggplant

1st Stitch - 09/ /2019 - Last Stitch:  09/16/2019

This was a SAL with some Flosstubers:

Lost in Floss

Stitching In The Barn

and many others

For:  Me

I am looking for a wrought iron trivet that I can break the tile out of

and mount this project in the opening.

Designer:  Prairie Schooler

Design:  A Prairie Year - November

Fabric:  16CT ?

Floss:  called for DMC

1st Stitch - 09/18/2019 - Last Stotcj"  09/27/2019

For:  Me

I wil make this into an ornament like the other Prairie Year smalls I have stitched this year

Hands on Design - Pumpkin Spice Farm

I brought this little pillow home from the finisher's yesterday.  Very happy with how it turned out.

My Weekend Stitching

One finish and a new start that is a SAL with Flosstube "Lost in Floss".

Designer:  Country Cottage Needleworks

Design:  By the Chimney

Fabric:  16CT Picture This Plus - Earthen

This picture in no way represents the true color of the fabric

Floss:  Called for DNC & WDW

1st Stitch:  08/21/2019

Last Stitch:  09/01/2019

For:  Me?

Designer:  Shakespeare's Peddler

Design:  Antique Locks & Keys

Fabric:  16CT Fresco PTP

1st Stitch:  09/01/2019

This is a SAL started by the gals on

Lost in Floss (Flosstube)

I tink I will do one key or lock each day 

so I can continue to work on Autumn-Thanksgiving

Back from the framer

Designer: The Chocolate Cat

Design: I Love You

Fabric 18CT Vintage Country Mocha

Floss: Gloriana Silk - Autumn Arbor

1st Stitch: 03/18/2019 - Last Stitch: 03/19/2019

For: Emily and Carlos

This was my first time stitching with silk and I unknowingly stitched with 2 strands.  Next time I will know to only use one strand.  However, I do like the effect on this.  Can't wait for Emily and Carolos to see it.

Stitching Progress

Made some progress on Country Cottage Needleworks "By the Chimney"  this weekend.  I will take  it to Just Cross Stitch tomorrow and make a little more progress.

Current WIPs

Prairie Schooler 

Autumn Sampler

Thanksgiving

Country Cottage Needleworks

By The Chimney

Butterflies

Bob was out in the back yard yesterday taking pictures of butterflies.  We have so many this year and I love to sit on the porch and watch them flutter among the flowers.

Just finished listening to Rusian Roulette

I just finished listening to Russian Roulette by Michael Isikoff and & David Corn.  A good read if you are at all interested in the Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.  Very scary to think this pppened in 2016 and that it is almost sure to happen again in 2020.

Christmas Ornament FFO

This is the last of the Christmas ornaments I have to do for this year.  No guarantee I won't stitch more Christmas ornaments.  This ornament is for a great-niece who lives in Spain.  She is getting married in October to a Spaniard.  Unfortunately the wedding is here in the states and not in Spain.  I was hoping for a trip to Spain.

Designer:  :Lizzie Kate

Design:  Tiny Tidings XV Feliz Naivad

Fabric:  16CT Fiddlers

Floss:  DMC

1st Stitch: 07/17/2019 - Last Stitch:  0322/2019

For:  Emily - Christmas 2019

I did start Prairie Schooler - Prairie Year - October last night.  Didn't get much done bot a start is a start.

Prairie Schooler 2005 Yearly Santa

Stitching is all finished.  I hope Vonna takes more finishing soon so I can send this to her for finishing.

Designer:  Prairie Schooler

Design: 2005 Yearly Santa

Fabroc"  16CT Lambswool

Floss:  DMC

All called for except the red in his coat.

I pulled DMC 321 instead of 221 and was almost finished

with the coat before I realized the mistake.

1st Stitch:  07*16/2019 - Last Stitch: 07/30/2019

For:  Me

I can't believe that this was stitching finish number 31 for me this year.  I only finished 32 all last year.  Of course most of the ones I have stitched this year are ornament size.

My start today will be Prairie School - Prairie Year - October.  Another ornament sized project.

I have lots of finished Christmas Ornaments

I have been finishing ornaments for the last couple of weeks.  I now have them all finished except for one which I hope to finish this afternoon.

Designer:  Wendy Peatross

Design:  Heart of Christmas - 2016 JCS Ornament Issue

Fabric:  16CT Country French Café Mocha

Floss:  DMC

1st Stitch:  03/01/2019 - Last Stitch:  03/03/2016

For: Hannah

Designer:  Kathleen Berleu ?

Design:  Evergreen Star - 2019 Feb. Just Cross Stitch

Fabric:  PTP Confetti

Floss:  DMC

1st Stitch:  01-16-2019 - Last Stitch:  01/14-2019

For:  Shirley

Designer:  MTV Designs

Design:  My Christmas Song

Fabric:  18CT French Country Mocha

Floss:  Weeds Dye Works & DMC

1st Stitch:  03/20/2019 - Last Stitch:  04/05/2019

For:  Kayla

Designer:  Country Cottage Needleworks

Design:  Merry Merry

Fabric: 16CT Platinum

Floss: DMC & Classic Color Works

1st Stitch:  11/13/2018 -  Last Stitch:  11/19/2018

For:  Carla

Designer:  Lizzie Kate - Tiny Tidings X111

Design: December 25th

Fabric:  16CT Country French Cave Mocha

Floss:  DMC

1st Stitch:  04/12/2019 - Last Stitch:  04/16/2019

For:  CJ

Designer:  Lizzie Kate

Design:  Tiny Tidings XXII - Merry Christmas

Fabric:  Country French Golden Needle 16CT

Floss:  DMC

1st Stitch:  04/06/2019 - Last Stitch:  04/9/2019

For:  Matt

Designer: Lizzie Kate

Design:  Our 1st Christmas - Tiny Tidings X111

Fabric:  16CT Country French Golden Needle

Floss:  DMC

1st Stitch:  04/09/2019 - Last Stitch:  04/12/2019

For:  Emily & Carlos

Last night I finished the stitching on Prairie Schooler 2005 Yearly Santa.  I'll post a picture once I get it pressed and take the picture.

Love this sunflower

Another Christmas Ornament FFO

I finished another Christmas ornament yesterday and worked on three more.  I hope to finish the FFOing the three I started today.  Although when I turned one of them my bottom was a little wonky so I have to turn it and fix that.

Designer:  MTV Designs

Design:  My Christmas Song

Fabric:  18CT French Country Mocha

Floss:  Weeks & DMC

1st Stitch:  03830/2019 - Last Stitch: 04/05/2019

For:  Kayla - Christmas 2019

This was from a Just Cross Stitch Ornament issue I just

don't know which year.

Another Christmas ornament I FFO'd

I see I didn't post this ornament finish which I finished last week.

Designer:  From The Heart Needleart

2015 Just Cross Stitch Ornament Issue

Chart:  Merry Christmas

Fabric:  16CT Mystery Aida

Floss:  Gentle Arts

1st Stitch:  02/08/2019 - Last Stitch:  02/17/2019

For:  Laaura - 2019 Christmas Ornament

Two Mire FFO's

Designer:  Prairie Scholler

Chart - Prairie Year - September

Fabric:  16CT Lambswool

Floss:  DMC

1st Stitch: 07/11/2019 - Last Stitch:  07/16/2019

For: Me

Designer:  Lizzie Kate

Chart:  Tiny Tidings XV - Joyeux Noel

Fabric:  16CT mystery Aida from stash

Floss:  DMC

1st Stitch:  03/22/2019 - Last Stitch:  03/29/2019

For:  Jessi - 2019 Christmas Ornament

I have 2 more ornaments ready to be sewn together.  Several more cut out and waiting for me to put them together and get them to the sewing machine.

I am currently stitching on Prairie Schooler 2005 Yearly Santa.  I have a couple more charts kitted up and ready to start and one that I need fabric for and plan to start on September 1st as a Stitch-Along with some Floss-Tubers.

Other than stitching and watching Flosstube I haven't been doing much of anything.  It has been to stinking hot.  Temps have been in the mid to high 90s with very high humidity.  Ugh, the last week has been unbearable.

Today I have Chair Yoga at the Senior Center.  It always makes me feel so relaxed.

Christmas in July SAL finish

I stitched this little pillow for 2 Christmas in July SALs.  It is stitched and finished.  Although finishing it turned out to be quite a challenge.  I had it all sewed together and when I went to turn it I discovered I had it sandwiched incorrectly.  Soooooo I had to tear it all apart and reassemble it.  I am kind of glad it happened because I think it would have been to big the first time.

Designer:  Little House of Needleworks

Design:  Spot of Christmas

Fabric:  16CT PTP - Earthen

Floss:  Classic Color Works & Six Strand Sweets

The called for green was CC Spinach.  I didn't have it and my

LNS didin't have it in stock so I have this whole set of SS.  I used

SSS Christmas Green for the green

1st Stitch:  07/01/2019 - Last Stitch - 04/10/2019

FFO - 07-12-2019

For:  ?

This is the back of Spot of Christmas