Happy Sunday

This has been a beautiful day, weather wise. A little windy, but the sun was shining brightly. So nice to finally see the gray of the last few months lifted. There is, however, this….

I finally pulled the last loop on this huge runner….

It still needs to be blocked and bound, but it is nice to have it off the frame.  It is a pattern from Cushing, here…. https://wcushing.com/?s=Let+us+be+silent+pattern&post_type=product

While I was packing away my St. Patty’s Day decor, I realized that I hadn’t shared that. Things are a little sparse, but this was the first year that I had decorated for this holiday.  This is my (rather large) dough bowl. 

This is Miss Shamrock from Pineberry Lane. 

Mystery linen in what I believe is 40ct. DMC threads similar to those in the pattern photo. 

A Celtic styled cross, pattern free from the internet. Mystery linen and a variegated overdyed cotton???color. 

A simple wool appliquéd shamrock. 

The wool applique round for the holiday. 


Followed by this one….probably my favorite thus far. 

The ladybug is a cute button from my stash. 

I store the pieces that aren’t in use inside this wonderful vintage picnic basket…

And the metal stand holding each month’s round sits atop it. 

Well, that’s about it for tonight. 

Take Care,

Jennie

I Need to Learn

I need to learn that I don’t need to take a gazillion Instagram worthy photos of my projects in order to blog. So I am going to try to blog more often and with more abandon. We’ll see how it goes. 

On the cross stitch arena, I am participating in #12ornamentsin22. The hash tag is pretty obvious. An ornament a month gives you twelve lovely ornaments for your tree by the end of the year. My focus thus far has been to bolster my collection of Prairie Schooler Santas. So here you go….

January:

February 

Both fully finished….gasp….and ready to be tucked away until Christmas. 

In the hooking arena, I am back to this very long, but simple, runner. Determined to get a finish here before proceeding to one of my other class projects. I have too many rugs in the works….thanks to Zoom classes with Lisanne Miller at Cushing. 

That’s going to be it for today. Hope you are having a good one. The weather is lovely here. It’s almost time to dig in the dirt again. 

Take Care,

Jennie

Some Christmas Goodies

Always bringing up the rear, but I finally took some photos of my Christmas stitching last night. 

Two from Pineberry Lane which were finished last year and fully finished this year. The middle one is from Lori Holt’s stitch cards and was completely finished this year.!

They are fashioned in a Rae Dunn Christmas bowl and surrounded by felt balls from Feltpod on Etsy. 

This cutie was completely finished this year to go with my new Santa Mug collection. 

Design is Tis the Season by Stitching with the Housewives. The frame is from Hobby Lobby and had some sort of saying behind the xstitch. 

Woodland Santa all mounted on an easel and standing beside my xstitch tree. 

 

Cross stitch on perforated paper all mounted to little sled ornaments. Completely finished this year.

The lower ones are from Anniebeez and the top ones from Foxwood Crossings. 

Prairie Schoolers and Blackbird Designs stockings. 

All but six of the Prairie Schooker designs completely finished this year. The other six stitched last year and fully finished this year. 

 The new crossstitch tree.

Our big tree. 


Mattie and Buddy. 


Casper and Daisy. 


The cousins. Oh my, how grown up they are. 


Our free spirit♥️




Wishing you the very best New year!!!

Take Care,

Jennie

Not Quite Ready

The Halloween/Fall/Thanksgiving decor is in the tubs and ready for next year, but it is a little too early for me to haul out the Christmas decor. As I put my decorations away, I realized they had never debuted on my blog. I know everyone is tired of seeing Fall decor, but I am going to post anyway. Just sign off if you can’t bear seeing another thing. 

Skinny pillows:

These are so stinking cute that I couldn’t stop making them. Easy, too.

Wool applique:

I am doing one a month of these fun stitches. Fall is a squirrel, but I am waiting on Rick rack to arrive on the slow boat from China so he won’t debut till next year. Santa is almost ready. They are attached with magnets glued to the backs for easy change out. 

This little mat is slightly bigger than my hand and was a kit from Maggie B’s club years ago at Country Sampler. Am going to try to work through them over the next few months. 

Cross Stitch:

I had posted the birds before, but just got around to fully finishing it. The Halloween small is one of my favorites. 

I need to press poor Louisa, but I am getting pretty close to a finish on her. 

I’ve stitched fourteen Prairie Schooler Santa’s over the past couple of years. This one is the latest. Plan to finish them soon…I bought a special tree for them, so that is my incentive to get them done. 

These Blackbird Designs stockings were stitched by me and sent to Faye Rigsbee @carolinastitcher for finishing. They fit in the palm of my hand. I am in love with them and plan to stitch more….they have monthly leaflets for lots of them. 

Daisy and Casper got groomed last week and arrived home exhausted.

Christi and John got married♥️♥️♥️

And Macy(on left) won Most Improved for her first year running Cross Country!!


Baby, it’s cold outside….


Happy Thanksgiving and Take Care,

Jennie

No Better

Well, I was doing better with blogging more regularly, and now a month has passed by. Good grief. Well, at any rate, here we go.

Finished this cute rug, Pumpkin Ride, in another class with Lisanne. 

It is blocked and just needs to be bound. Need to do that so that I can enjoy it for Fall. 

This cute stitch, Good Intentions by Kathy Barrick, will be finished soon. 

Didn’t need to start another project, but this one had been calling my name for awhile. 

Kitty Corn will not be a wrap for Halloween this year, but I am making a little progress. 


This English paper pieced project has been planned for a long while. It is from a Quiltmania book, and I believe it is called Feathering the Nest. 

The centers are from a modern line of barkcloth. The fabric it is on will actually be the next row of hexies which will serve to join the current set. In the book, this joining tow was embellished with beautiful embroidery, but that won’t be happening here. Friend Laura has also started this one and we are working on it together.

Macy bested her time by over two minutes at the most recent cross country meet!!


Sara Ashley was home from college for Fall Break last week.


Good advice.


Take Care,

Jennie

Another Rainy Day

We have had so much rain here. Pretty much all summer, and now. I shouldn’t complain, because we generally don’t have enough. But I would like to do some yard work now that it’s cooled off. It won’t likely happen this week,as it looks as though it will continue to rain for several more days. Oh well, that means that I can stitch more. 

I have finally finished First Grade Flowers. I love this rug!!

Everything except the background is from my worms. You can’t tell that I used a single thing out of that basket. But I have another scrap rug going up next. This one has been blocked and will hopefully get bound this week. Determined to get some things fully finished. 

I am hoping to get this cute quilt done in time to enjoy for Halloween. 


My progress, thus far. Thirty three of the required ninety  9 patches done and the strip sets done for the rest. 

These fabrics are so stinking cute. 

Stitched Autumn by Country Rustic Primitives on a mystery linen. I think it is 32 count. 

Now to make it into a Pinkeep for my Fall decor(which is still in tubs in the garage😬).

Here is my progress on Louisa Coulimore. 

I am pretty happy with this. 

This is where I was not so long ago. I am over half done now. There is light at the end of the tunnel, and I’m not in a rush. Besides, I am down to the fun stuff now. 

It is Sampler September on Instagram. So what do I have the urge to stitch????

Yes, Prairie Schooler Santas. Just can’t help myself. There is something so classic about these guys. 

We celebrated little Casper’s third gotcha year this week. 

How lucky we are to have had the privilege of rescuing this sweet, smart boy. 


Friday was Parents’ Day at Sara Ashley’s sorority at Clemson. 

Christi, SA and Christi’s fiancé, John. Yes, we are excited for them. A November wedding is planned as that will be the anniversary of dating a year. SA and Robert like him. and Rob’s mom introduced them to each other. 


I recognize this🤣🤣🤣


Take Care,

Jennie