Hunkered down!

Well this has definitely been the biggest winter storm I have ever seen! It took my husband 2 hours to dig out this morning, but he did it and made it to work. He works security at a hospital, so he had to go. The kids are all home from school and we have been digging out all morning. Here are some pictures, I won't bore you with all that I took because I know most of the midwest and north east are dealing with the same thing. The last I heard we had 21 inches, and the drifts are up to 4 feet! We live next door to a park with a great sledding hill and I have seen a steady stream of kids heading over there all morning with their sleds.

 

Meanwhile I have been needle punching another heart. This one is called Tulip Heart and is another design by artist Lori Brechlin of Notforgotten Farm. I love her color choices!

This is another big one, and I am punching it on my rug hooking frame. The cover with the center opening is a little thing I made to keep my wrists from getting scratched up by the frames pins.

 

Isn't this going to be pretty! Here is a pic of the right side. All I have left is the background.

I have also been working on the block I am doing for "Love Quilts". A little more progress on this one:

Blizzard Warning

We are expecting a blizzard here in Chicagoland. They are saying it will begin at 3PM today, but it has been snowing since I got up this morning at 6:30! So there you go-the weather reporting in Chicago continues to be, well...ridiculous!
 I am so happy and honored to say that both of my offerings on TDIPT Mercantile this morning have been sold! Thank you so kindly to my lovely customers-you continue to astound me with your generosity and encouragement!

Here is another picture of the lovely Felicity Ann:

Felicity Ann 26" folk doll

So . it is a good day to stay in and stitch, don't you think? I have all the episodes of John Adams at my disposal, so I plan to put them in the DVD player and work on a little design from LHN that I am stitching for the LOVE QUILTS project-a very worthy cause! Here is the state of my desk, so I will be doing a little bit of cleaning first! LOL! Have a great day!

Good Deeds by Little House Needleworks

New Offerings on TDIPT!

Sampler Heart

9 1/2" by 7"

 Felicity Ann

26" folk doll

Check out these great new finished pieces at TDIPT Mercantile!

Thanks for looking!

2 new cross stitch designs

These are available from Hoffman Distributors right now, ask for them at your LNS or ONS. (local needlework store or online needlework store).

Flag Day

House #3 in the Quilty Neighborhood series

DMC on 32 ct. Flax Linen

I Will Love You

DMC on 32ct Sand Linen

I finished mine as a pillow, but it could easily be framed.

Thanks for looking!

What I did last weekend

Was to join over 300,000 protesters on the capital mall in Washington DC. This is a picture of my daughter and I. We chaperoned 2 busloads of high school students. It was awesome!! Please don't be offended if you don't agree with my view. I hope you will just respect it as I respect yours.

Block 2 of Days of Advent

We are having another snowstorm here today-it really is pretty. I would like it so much better if I didn't have to drive in it.  :^)
  Here is my second block of Days of Advent. I messed it up and it is like 2 stitches to the right-I just left it and compensated, because I would have had to rip out so much. Hopefully it is not too noticeable. I really love the colors in this piece.

Needle punched heart

Here is my finished heart. It turned out to be too big for my needle punch frame, so I had to put it on my rug hooking frame. I love the colors in this one! Thanks Lori for another great design-it was super fun to punch!