Happy Mother's Day!

I hope everyone celebrating Mother's Day is having a great day!  My youngest daughter came home for the weekend so we were all together which was very nice:)))  I took Friday off and had a great day of stitching.  Here are a couple of things I finished this weekend:

Liberty Inn

Chessie & Me

(the fabric you see is what I backed it with)

 

And here it is in my basket of Patriotic smalls



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A couple of weeks ago my friends and I went on a weekend retrat to Country Sampler in Spring Green, Wisconsin.  We had a FABULOUS time!!!!  Laura did several wonderful posts about our time together and if you click here you can read all about it.  One of the projects I started was this Spring Drum by Blackbird Designs.  It was from the book that came out this year - Maria Humphrey.  This was a very different finish for me and I'm so pleased with how it came out.

 

Thanks for stopping by and visiting with me!

Have a great Sunday evening.

BrendaS

Mary Roe - Finally Finished

I finally finished Mary Roe by The Scarlett House.  This was my Olympic project from last year and obviously it didn't get done then:)  I don't know why it took me so long to get this finished up.  Once I completed all the over 1 in the verse and had all the "fun" stuff left I kept setting it aside for some crazy reason.  Oh well, it's done now and I'm very pleased with how it turned out.  I plan on going to Welcome Stitchery next Saturday to choose a frame.

Mary Roe

The Scarlett House

36ct Lakeside Sand Dune

Recommended Belle Soie Silks

 My favorite parts are this hill with the beautiful Rice Stitches.

 and this section of gorgeous flowers.

I'm working on another Scarlett House design -- Rachel Howells.  What a beautiful sampler!  I only have one flower and two leaves done so no pic yet.  Hopefully I will make get more finished in the coming week and will have a pic to show next time!

Thanks for visiting with me and for taking the time to leave a comment!  You are the best:)

Have a great week.

BrendaS

Honeybee Hill Box

Another week has flown by -- I can't believe we're almost to April 15th!!!  Tax season is almost over and I'm ready to take some extra days off!  Yesterday was very nice here in the Chicago area -- it was windy but the temp's were in the mid 60's and I was able to open some windows to get some fresh air blowing through the house.

I finished Blackbird Design's Honeybee Hill Sampler and mounted it in the handmade shaker box by Lone Elm Lane Designs.  The box itself is just beautiful -- very sturdy and extremely well made. 

Blackbird Designs

Honeybee Hill Sampler

Recommended 30ct Fabric and overdyed threads

Thanks for visiting with me today and all the wonderful comments you leave.  I appreciate each of them!

Have a great week:)

BrendaS

Lots to Share Today (Picture Heavy)

I have several things to share with you today!  Our Chicago winter just seemed to be dragging on and on and I needed something cheerful to stitch on so Alphabet Hearts by JBW was the answer.  I saw my friend Pat stitching it on this celery green gingham and it looked just perfect so that's what I chose to. 

Alphabet Hearts

JBW Designs

28ct Celery Green Gingham

w/recommended overdyed threads

 

I also stitched this little Nashville design from Shepherds Bush with the adorable button. 

Shepherds Bush

18ct Linen

Recommended Threads (Simply Wool for the sheep)

I've also picked up three framed pieces from Welcome Stitchery in the last month and I'm so very very pleased with how they came out.  What do you think?

The Mary Edmonson piece is on an easel on the table next to my upstairs stitching chair.  I just love that little gem:)))

It's just the 4 of us for Easter so it will be nice and quiet.  I have Rachel Howell all ready to start this afternoon.  After seeing Laurie and Margaret's progress on this one I knew I needed to get going.  It's such a pretty sampler with the red's and the birds.

Have a very Happy Easter and thanks so much for stopping by and visiting with me.

BrendaS

Jane and Mary

Can you believe that it's almost the end of February?  It seems like yesterday we were decorating the tree!  Even though life is busy I stitch as much as I can and and with that said I have finish to share.

Mary Edmonson
Pineberry Lane
40ct Vintage Navy Bean w/DMC

Yesterday I went to Welcome Stitchery and picked up Jane Pattison.  I'm just thrilled with how she turned out.  Monica does the BEST job of framing and I am never disappointed.

Sorry about the glare -- it's a beautiful sunny day in Chicagoland.  Too bad it isn't about 40 degrees warmer (LOL)

I have a new project to start this afternoon so I hope to spend most of the day stitching:))

As always, thank you for stopping by and visiting with me.  I appreciate all your comments -- they make my day!

Until next time.....

BrendaS

Frances Pool

I finished Frances Pool a week ago and I'm so pleased with how she came out.  What a beautiful design and wonderful colors.

Frances Pool

With Thy Needle and Thread

40ct Exemplar w/recommended threads

 

 

After I finished Frances I started Mary Edmonson from Pineberry Lane.  What a sweet little sampler (6x6 on 40ct Vintage Navy Bean) stitched with DMC.

Work has kept me busy but I always find time to stitch! 

Thanks for visiting with me -- I always appreciate you stopping by.

Have a great week, until next time.....

BrendaS

A Finish and a Partial Finish

I hope everyone is enjoying this first weekend in February.  Time is just flying by -- work is keeping me busy but I always find time to stitch every day, even if it's only for a half hour.  Stitching just relieves stress the stress for me and I always feel better after putting needle and thread to fabric.  I'm sure you all feel the same way too. 

Well I finally have a finish!  This is the Pinkeep from Brenda Gervais newest design -- Valentine Sampler.  I love all of the designs in her newest book and chose the pinkeep to stitch first.

Valentine Sampler - Pinkeep

With Thy Needle and Thread

40ct Cocoa

1 over 2 with recommended threads

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I am ALMOST finished with Frances Pool.  This is another design by Brenda Gervais.  The colors and motifs in this reproduction sampler just sing to me:))))

Frances Pool

With Thy Needle and Thread

40 ct Light Examplar

1 over 2 with recommended threads

Thanks for stopping by and visiting with me.  Anyone who knows me knows how much I love football and I'm certainly going to miss it for the next several months so I plan on watching/listening to this last game of the 2012 season and getting Frances that much closer to a finish!  I hope you have time to stitch today!  Have a good week:)

Until next time.....

BrendaS