The tale of 2 needles

Hello my stitchy friends!

I had a very productive day on Monday.  I finished a whole column on Cars but there was a couple casualties.

Needle #1 just snapped in two.  It was well used as you can see it isn't even very shiny any more.

Needle #2 broke when I was trying to frog a stubborn stitch.

I should also mention that is not blood.  It is the backside of my pattern and is highlighter bleed through...so it is kinda blood, just not mine.

But even with all that trouble I managed to stitch a whole column!

And then on Tuesday I started Rascal Raccoon.

We are stormed in again today.  That makes 3 days of school Brayden missed this week!

I hope the weather where you are is better than where I am!

Happy Stitching!

Slow progress

Hiya guys!

I finished row 7 on ABC's Of Parenting.  Finally.  I hope the rest of the rows don't take me so long or I may never finish this!

I am almost finished the border on the February block for the Joyful World SAL by The Snowflower Diaries.  Hope it matches up!

We took the boys to see The Lego Batman Movie.  It was pretty funny and Thomas is a big Lego Batman fan.  And we extra enjoyed it since the boys had movie money and we had a gift card so it didn't cost us a cent!

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Happy Stitching!

Quiet days

Hiya!

We have had a week of winter weather here this week but we can't complain too much because we haven't had much snow up until now.

I put some more stitches in on The Gift by Blackberry Lane.  I almost have the bottom finished and I started on some of the grey on the lamb.

I also finished another column on Cars.  Sally has 2 headlights now and only 3 more columns to a page finish.

I hope you all are having a wonderful weekend!

Happy Stitching!

Free Shipping Sale at XJudesign

Hey guys!

I just wanted to let you all know about a sale at XJudesign's etsy shop.  She is having a free international shipping sale on orders over $35.  I won some thread from her a while back and it is absolutely beautiful and I also purchased some lace that I used on my Frosted Pumpkin Spooky Halloween Sampler.  You should also check out her facebook page, where she shares her newest creations.

Happy Stitching!

Finish #2

Cassie Cow from Brooke's Books advent animal freebies

Started on January 27, 2017

Finished on February 6,2017

Stitched on unknown 28 ct evenweave

Fibers used - DMC

Little update

Hello!

I hope everyone is well!  Brayden came down with an ear infection Sunday so we have been laying petty low here.  But I have been managing to get some stitching in!  Yay!

ABC's of Parenting had the yellow around the letter "q" stitching and the letters "lec" and part of the "t" stitched last time I had it out.

Cars had a whole column finished and you can see Sally's mouth if you know where to look.  Not real happy with the colors on her but I wasn't with Lighting McQueen either until I had more of him stitched so I am sure she will look fine in the end.

I also started the border for February on the Joyful World SAL, which is a freebie!  I watched the movie The Reader while stitching for the Stitchers film club on Instagram.  If you would like to join in with us use the hashtag #stitchersfilmclub or head over to http://heatherstitches.com/ , she is hosting the club and doing a mighty fine job!  The movie was really good but dealt with some heavy stuff, definitely not a puppies and rainbow kinda movie.

We lost one of our chickens the other night.  Still aren't really sure what happened but the rest seem to be ok so far.  It will be so nice when it is warm again and they can spend their days outside and we won't have to worry about the eggs freezing.  It is -16 with a -26 wind chill here today so going out to look after chickens wasn't high on my list of things I wanted to do but I did it.  I think I will have some eggs for lunch to remind me of the benefit of having our own chickens and to get me in the mood to head back out in the freezing cold to water them again.

Happy Stitching!

She's Home, She's Home!!!

Hello!  Hello!

Can you tell I am excited?!  Well if not, I am very excited :)

Yesterday I hung Titania on my wall and all was right in my world.  She was framed by Old Crow Weaving & Framing.  They did the most wonderful job of choosing the perfect mat and frame.  I couldn't be happier with how she turned out.  And now I get to stare at her every day.

I have been getting a little bit of stitching done too.  Here is Cassie Cow, which I was able to finish off 6 colors on yesterday.

One more measly word got stitched on ABC's of Parenting

And 23 whole stitches was all I manged on Cars the last day I stitched on it.

I do have a good excuse, I was finishing off a really good book.  It is called Lake In The Clouds by Sara Donati.  It is book 3 in the Wilderness Series.  If anyone is looking for a new series of books to sink your teeth into this is a good one!  The books start of with a lady coming from England to live in a remote village in New York in the late 1700s to start a school for the children of the village.  That is all I am giving you.  

And then I started another really good book that is the complete opposite of Lake In The Clouds.  It is called Ready Player One by Ernest Cline and is set in 2044, people are living in travel trailers stacked 40 high because we have run out of room and virtual reality is how everyone does everything.  I.Can't.Put.It.Down.  I was reading it while I waited for my pictures to upload on this post!  Ha!  And it is being made into a movie directed by Steven Spielberg!  Hopefully the next book I pick up is a boring one so I can get some stitching done.

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Happy Stitching!