Leaving for a week

I am going out to visit my son for a week so thought I would do a quick post or else I will not make 2 posts this month.

As I told you I was working very hard to finish the Army emblem. I succeeded!!! YAYAYAYAYAAAA The blue lines you see are the waste canvas that I used to stitch this. They will be gone as soon as I finish the square.

I then picked up Spring Village. I would like to get it finished so I can use the table runner this year but I have been pulled in so many directions I do not think it will happen.

I am going to be taking a simple project with me on the trip so I have Mary Poppins kitted up. When I get back I will give an update as to how much I was able to accomplish.

I also have made an envelope bag as a gift for our retreat coordinator. I do not want o post at the moment because she may see it on my blog so I will not ruin the surprise until after our retreat in March.
 I received my bag of the month for February. At first I was a bit disappointed because it did not have the traditional hearts but once I got it out and admired it I am quite pleased with the design. It is beautiful and different. The added gift were heart buttons and a heart charm.

We had our monthly stitching meet and as we do every February we had an exchange. It has to be a stitching related gift either supplies or a stitched gift. I gave the bag, magnet, scissors, flosses, pattern, and 1 of my hand dyed fabrics. I received 3 patterns, a needleminder, Thread Heaven, Red Hand dyed floss and note pads with little mice stitching a heart.

Enjoy ladies and I will be back with pictures and stories after my trip.

The Groundhog says more Winter...... YEAH!!!!!!!

California needs the rain. I sure hope we get some. The rest of you are probably ready for spring but not here.

Some really exciting news. I saw an advertisement on Facebook for a tour going to Ireland.  And I have signed up. A friend may go with me but if not I will just meet some new stitching friends. This is so awesome because my Dad was a full blooded Irishman and I have always wanted to go there and see where we came from. What better way to do it then to have a stitching tour.

Come along with Just CrossStitch Magazine as we travel to Ireland! The Stitching in Ireland tour September 29-October 7, 2018. Along with seeing the beautiful sights of Ireland, we'll also have the opportunity to enjoy stitching workshops with our guest instructor Lorna Bateman!

Click here for more information and to reserve your spot: http://bit.ly/2qZHsqo

I did pretty good on my Stitch from Stash, plus with the tour I am going on in Oct I have some really good incentive to save so when I am over there I can pick up some beautiful treasures. Both stitching and mementos. I have a roll-over from last year and then I did quite well not buying and just enjoying what I have. I did get a couple of patterns and I had to replace some floss but other then that worked on my rotation and stash. Being on the + side of things is always a good thing.

Stitch from Stash

Begin Balance                                                $ 87.53
Monthly Budget                                             $ 20.00
Monthly Finishes (4 pieces worked on)         $ 40.00

Subtotal                                                          $147.53

Purchases                                                     - $71.15

Final Total for the Month                              $76.38

Okay and now to show what I have been working on. I did a bit of experimenting with dyeing my own fabric. It was so much easier then I thought and the colors came out so pretty. Yellow, Pink (the bottle said Red but this is the color it came out), Purple, Green, Blue, Black, Peach and another Blue (this one I let set a bit longer but it is the same bottle as the first 2 Blues.  

 I have been stitching I am working very hard to finish up the Army Emblem and I had hoped to show you this time but unfortunately I am not quite done. It will have to wait for the next update. I did have a finish, I wanted something to display with my pink elephant from last years finishes. This sweet little guys was what I did. He is suppose to be Green but I made the changes to Pink. I had this pretty fabric in my quilting stash and I just love how it looks together with the bird. Oh it is a Jim Shore pattern.

 

Well I hope you have enjoyed my update and I will see you later in the month.