Stitch * Stitch * Stitch

I love to embroider in the evenings! :-)

I was given this wonderful pattern and perle cotton as a Christmas gift and couldn't wait to start stitching.~ Bird Brain Designs Snow People

I am so happy with my new draft dodger! :-)

Hope you are having a happy weekend too!
Until next time~
keep stitchin'!

Lots of Stuff~

LOL, How is that for a title?? :-)

It seems like I am always a little behind in posting so today I am going to cover 'lots of stuff'! ;-)

Thank you! for your ideas for storing floss. I think I am going to have to visit the fishing box and tool aisles of the hardware store a little more often. ;-) I will let you know what I finally decide on. All the ideas were great! ((hugs))

I have been working on a lot of things at once~ that seems to be the way I operate. ;-)  I have about a half dozen of my plates together for the Bunny Hill Scrappy Plates Club (see sidebar for link). I am really enjoying the stitching.

Yesterday's mail brought a package from Australia!! :-)  I was so lucky to win this wonderful little twister quilt and all these scraps from Lurline of Lurline's Place during the Sew Scraps Along sponsored by Jodi at Pleasant Home.  Lurline did this wonderful tutorial that I am just wanting to drop everything and make! ;-)  ~Dresden Plate Tutorial~    I really did not expect there to be so many scraps in the bundles!  The brights are going to make a wonderful Dresden plate table topper. And the repro's are going to be put to use right away!  The adorable twister quilt is going to be treasured! I just love all the prints in it! Thank you so much Lurline!! ((hugs))

Where am I going to use the repro's?  In my BOM that I am doing with my friend Karen on HGTV's quilting forum!  :-) This was my February block~

Now it is time for me to get working on March's block! ;-)

Thanks for stopping by today!
Until next time~
Happy Stitchin'!!

Help! Storage Question~

I am hoping one of my smart readers can help me out~ :-)

I store my embroidery floss in these containers~

I love them. I can write the color number on the card, pull out the cards I need for a project and keep them together, and put them back when I'm finished.  Works great. ;-)  And it is organized.

My problem is... how do you store perle cotton?  Especially the kind that comes wound in a little bundle?
 Or keep the number with the ball once you've used up a bit?

It is too big to fit nicely on a floss card. And once you open up the wound one, your chances of keeping the number with it decreases~ a lot! :-o  At least they do for me! ;-)  I've seen people who cut it all into 16 or 18 inch lengths and braid it to the number~ but I don't want to cut it! :-o What if I need a long piece for punch needle embroidery?  And a little baggy for each one is not very user friendly. So what am I missing?  How do you store it?

Thanks for the help!!
Have a happy day!

Happy Tuesday!

Tomorrow is February 1st already!  Are you ready?
It will also be the day for the 'Another Year of Schnibbles' parade! I love a parade!  :-)
The pattern for January was 'Full House 'by Miss Rosie's Quilt Co.

I made a 'Full House' pillow~

I need to get a bigger form, or make one for it. ;-)

To see the parade go to Sinta's or Sherri's blogs tomorrow~
Enjoy!!

Christmas Through the Year~~

I joined Darlene and Cheryl (see sidebar) to keep myself motivated to make a few gifts through the year so I wouldn't be so overwhelmed in December.  It's a great concept, isn't it? :-)

The hard part is the follow through! But I am determined. ;-)

January's projects are a few pillowcases~

And I made two if these little quilts~ one for me and one to give. This is a Sherri Falls pattern, and was really fun to stitch. And I used my Thimbleberries fabrics to border them for Thimbleberries Sew Days last week. ;-) I love two-fers! LOL They are not wonky!~ :-o I think the floor boards give that illusion. ;-)

I hope you are finding time to stitch/sew a few little gifts too!
Until next time~
Have a happy! :-)

Today Is The Day~

Thimbleberries Sew Day! :-)

I don't have my design wall cleaned off enough to lay out the Log Cabin quilt I had been making blocks for, so I am going to do a couple fast and fun projects today.  :-)

I embroidered these two snowmen (Sherri Falls- This and That pattern) a while back and plan to make little borders for them today with the Thimbleberries stash and finish them up. :)

What are you working on?

I'll be back with an up date later today~  :-)

Tomorrow ♪♪♫♫♪ Tomorrow

♪♪♫♫♪♪♪♫♫♪... is only a day away!!!

And it is Thimbleberries Sew Day!!

Hope to see you in the AM! :-)