Finish My First UFO!

Cold Hands, Warm Hands
by Barbara Ana
14 ct light blue aida

I am doing a happy dance!!!! I finished my first UFO! I am so excited. In my ILCSing group, there was a Change Color Freebie Kit exchange. A freebie pattern was selected, you change the colors in the pattern and kit it up. Cold Hands, Warm Hearts by Barbara Ana was the pattern choosen by the group. Debra was my partner. She did a great job selecting the colors. I love it. I wasnt too sure of the brown in it and the birds are a bit off, but its for me. I am going to put it into a pillow. I have the perfect material for it. Now I must do my monthly ornament or before I know it, it will be February. Bye for now!

Fabby Blog Award

Thank Kelly for awarding me this Fabulous award. I have to list 5 addictions and 5 fabby friends.
My addictions:

1. My family
2. My friends
3. Cross stitch
4 Broadway music
5 Shopping, especially for stash

I give this award to:

1. Mare
2. Debra S.
3. Kim
4. Karol J
5. Vickie

My 2nd Finish!

I finished my January Block yesterday! The theme was coffee, so I picked Coffee Crazy by Lizzie Kate. It was a very quick stitch. I changed the colors and used Carrie Creations Tropical Rainstorm, GAST Brair Rose, DMC 209 and 746 on a piece of Sassys Fabbys Olive 14 count aida.
Yesterday, a friend picked me up so I could go for a blood test. After the tech took the blood, the tube slipped from her hands and broke on the floor. She had to repricked me to fill another tube. I felt sorry for her because I know it was an accident. My friend and I went to Walmart. I wanted to pick up some fabric to finish off my cows. I picked out this beautiful white and black print, and waited for the clerk. I waited and waited and waited. No showed up, even though other workers called for the clerk. It kind of ticked me off. If there was no help, than a manager should have came or put a sign up stating no one was available. I did picked up a patroitic tote bag for just a dollar. We went to KFC for lunch and brought the chicken back to my place. Their soda machine was down, and I had soda at the house. Last night I picked up an UFO from my pile, Cold Hands, Warm Heart by Barbara Ana. I put in about 200 stitches, not much for me, but I going to work on it for the rest of this weekend. I will post a picture in a few days.

My First 2009 Finish and a Fairy Update

I have a first finish for the year 2009. It is a Plaid Cow for an exchange from the Sapphire Stitching group. I will be sending it out this weekend, hopefully with another stitched cow, which was my last stitched item in 2008.

This past weekend I worked on my L&L Fairy Dreams. I haven't worked on her for awhile. So I am posting the first update picture and following with the recent update. I will probably work on her this weekend again, cause she is still calling me to stitch her.
First update
July 20, 2008
L & L Fairy Dreams

Second update
Jan 13, 2009

I am back!

I got my computer back up and working, Hooray!!! I missed using the computer so much. The last few days I have been catching up on my email and the blogs. Everyone has done such beautiful work. I have done some stitching, and the end of the year, I have stitched 51 pieces. All of them were small or medium size projects. You can see the photos Here. I know the album says 48 items, but I have 3 more photos to put in, which I still need to take.

On Christmas Eve, I went to my cousin's house for a party. I capture a rare picture of my Dad holding Zayden, who is 8 months old. As I was downloading the picture, I realize Zayden is a great-great nephew to my dad. Our family is growing. Here is the picture.
I received 2 more Small Finished Exchanges in the last few months. Vickie H send me a box with a stitched cat wearing a witch's hat. She put ribbon with Boo! around the side covers. It is adorable. Thanks Vickie!



Mylene send me a floss tag. She stitched USA with red, white and blue threads. She added two skeins and a few bobbins to the ring. She did a great job. Thanks Mylene!





I got this beautiful poinsetta christmas ornament from Debbie B. She did a great job. The exchange was a Blind Swap ornament and I got a delicious recipe of cookies. I did made them and they were so good. Definetly a cookie I will be making next season too.






Lately I have been babysitting my cousin's newborn son, Mason Vincent. I took a picture of him last month, when he was 2 months old. He is a big baby and already teething. He has this cutest smile and laugh. I love babysitting him.

I AM STILL ALIVE!!!

I am still here! My computer caught a virus, which means I have more time stitching, and boy, have I been stitching!!! I have finished Mare's and Elaine's SFE. Mare's SFE was a black cat from JBW Designs-French Country. It is the same cat I did earlier for the July block swap. I loved how it came out as a pinkeep. I just did not have enough white pins so I used a few green pins, Mare's favorite color. Elaine's SFE was a Halloween pattern from Prairie Scholer(spelling is wrong) in the Just Cross Stitch magazine. It was stitched on Olive from Sassy's Fabbys and finished as a small pillow. I used glow in the dark thread for the eyes, beak and body to glow.

I also received two SFEs, one from Sarah and the other from Elaine. They did a wonderful job! I love them and right now they are on my dresser.

I finished the Fiber Contest from the ILCS Retreat. I did the little man on yellow. I used a lot of metallic threads, which was in the box I received. He came out cute. I finished the Heart sampler from the Retreat too. I was given the color green. I think it will be given to a friend of mine, being made into a pillow. I will take a picture of the pillow when I finish it off.

I have 2 more finishes to show off. Both of them are Lizzie Kates. One is the Housework pattern and the other is Dont get Your tinsel in a Tangle. I also got an Christmas ornament but I forgot to take a picture so I will have to post it later. I am now stitching a Mill Hill ornament for my tree and I will be stitching a teacup for Vickie's SFE.


I almost forgot, I also finished a Halloween ornie and a dragon ornie for a couple members from the Phoenix Stitchers group.


A couple weeks ago, I went to my cousins's 25th Anniversary party. My cousin kept her wedding dress and it was displayed at the party. I was looking at the wedding album and saw a pic of my parents. Boy did they look so young. I told my dad and when he went to look for it, he missed it. I had to show him where it was and than he admitted he was looking a picture of him with gray hair, lol. You can guessed he had gray hair for a long time. Here is a picture of the wedding dress and a picture of Dad and me.

Exchanges and Finishes

I have been busy stitching and I also received a couple exchanges too. I got a lovely Halloween exchange for Joan. Joan is the owner of Sapphire Stitching and formed a yahoo group which I joined. The exchange came from The Phoenix Stitchers which we both belong to. This was a combination of 2 exchanges, Halloween ornament and Spooky Stash. She send me some Halloween buttons, a piece of hand dyed fabric in orange, glow in the dark floss, black floss, foamies for a Halloween Sal Joan is hosting, and a pattern from her called Pumpkin Stack. She designed it herself. She is very talented. I put a close up picture of the ornament. I just love the beads.
My second package is from my new Secret Sister from the i love cross stitch group. She send me Lizzie Kate Normal kit and the Hocus Pocus Pattern. I cant wait to stitch them. I got a Mirabilia kit of the Queen of Peace. This kit came from my angel Stitcher, Wanda J in Canada. I dont have a picture but I cant wait to start this one too. I have so much projects I wanting to stitch.
I did finish stitching Debra's SFE and its on her way. She should be getting it soon and than I can show it off. I am still waiting to hear from Viv if she got hers. She lives in England and sometimes the packages takes forever to get there. I finished the September Block Swap and Ornament too. The theme for the swap was Fall or bats. I found a cute bat pattern from Helga Mandl. I sitiched it on Sassy Fabbys Spring Green aida. The eyes is stitched with glow in the dark floss so they will glow in the dark. How cool is that! My Sept ornament is another Mill Hill and its called Believe. I love the blues and silver beads make it so wintery. I am also using it for a Blind Oranament Swap in another group. I will get another ornament in exchange. Until next time.