WIPocalypse.....September

Oh the Blood Moon would have been beautiful to see but of all nights we had overcast skies........boo

September Question.....Where do you buy most of your stitching supplies?

Well that is not an easy question, for my specialty threads and some charts I have a LNS that is just 20 minutes away. Terri is fabulous with helping pick just the right color or texture to make my finish wonderful so I always buy what I can from her. For my DMC I do not want to pay more then I have to so Hobby Lobby or Michael's for those and fabric and most charts I will buy from the internet. If 123stitch.com or Patternsonline.com do not have it I am in shock. Both of these companies are fabulous when it comes to customer service. I use a few others but they are just when my regulars are can not help me.

What have I been stitching???

Frank's Family Portrait by Glendon Place is coming on well. As is my HAED Christmas Cottage by Dona Gelsinger

I have also started 3 new projects Friendship Compass by Glendon Place Facebook Group, Warm Winter Wishes by Waxing Moon and a self made pattern that will be a gift for a friend. The last one I can not show you a picture of as I am hosting a contest on my blog that involves that project.

 

I also have 5 finishes.... another of the squares for my sons quilt It is a map of England with an English Nutcracker. I finished the pumpkin canvas I bough from my LNS at one of her trunk shows. The Cottage of the Month "June" by Country Cottage Needleworks and Women who behave by Sue Hillis this is a gift for a friend. And finally Boo from Just Cross Stitch magazine Halloween issue

I plan to make this into a very unique finish....at least I hope it comes out. I have this image in my mind and this week-end I will work on it. Stay tuned for updates. That gets you caught up with my stitching for the last 2 months.

New completions

It has been a while since I have updated you on my projects. It has been a crazy few weeks and I have not had the time to sit down and type a report. But with the long week-end I found some me time. 

The first thing I have finished, just today is the England square for my sons quilt. I love how it turned out and is a perfect memorial to his grandpa.

 I completed the stitching on these other 2 pieces several weeks ago and today I was able to get in the sewing room and finish them off. First I sewed up the June cottage so I can send it off to my daughter with her birthday presents. I only had to do a quick sew around the edges and put the velcro strip on the back. Easy peezy........

 

I also wanted to finish the pumpkin that I had stitched a few weeks back. I have seen others finish their completed work into a box they look so cute and I thought this would be perfect as a Halloween decoration. I used a piece of styrofoam from Joann's and I found some really cute ribbon and other trims, for the little feet I used some small black buttons.

I have also been working on Frank and the Mrs. they are looking fabulous.

 

I will be starting on a new project tomorrow since I now have room in my rotation. It will be a Christmas gift for another friend. I will post the new project next week.  

Quilt for Son

So my next WIP. I am in the process of stitching squares to make a quilt for my son. I have already stitched a quilt for my daughter.

This quilt is going to be a combination of life events and a collection of nutcrackers. Why nutcrackers you may ask????? Weeeeelllllllll when my son was younger 8 or 9 years old he told me that he really liked nutcrackers, he thought they were very cool. So for many years every Christmas I found a nutcracker to give to him. Now as you can imagine as he grew and got into his teens getting a nutcracker was not all that cool of a gift, so then I got creative. I would find creative ways to give him a nutcracker. He has several of the actual statues in different sizes, he has a video of the Nutcracker play, a book of the Nutcracker play, another book about a boy who received a nutcracker during WWI. Then as my son got older and moved out on his own he got potholders, towels, pillowcases, napkins, a cookbook I made with a Nutcracker on the front. and so on. Now I am making the quilt and what better design to add but a NUTCRACKER!!!!!! Hee hee.

I have the first square finished. It is a tribute to his Grandpa.......my dad......He was a full blood Irish man. So I found a map of Ireland added an Irish Nutcracker and dad's name and the first one is complete.

I am now working on the second square and that one will honor his other Grandpa. It is a map of England, as Grandpa Barrow was full blood English, and an English Nutcracker with full name. So far I have the map done and have the start of the little man.