Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Crazy January 15 Challenge~Day 3

Well I had a meeting last night at church do I didn't get much done at all. I was going to work on a WIP, but I decided to start Noah's Garden by The Goode Huswife instead. So here is what I got accomplished-its a start anyway!
Today I need to work on dolls and do some model stitching. Tonight my hubby and I are going into Chicago to see Wicked at the Cadillac Palace! Whoo-who! It was a Christmas present from my hubby to me-I was totally suprised! He knows I have wanted to see Wicked forever. What a sweetie! First we are going to dinner at The Melting Pot, which is a fondue restaurant. I am excited to try it, we have never been there before. So, unless I am able to put a few stitches in late this afternoon, OR maybe in the car on the way into the city (which could be an hour or more depending on traffic), I may not have much to show tomorrow. I am thoroughly enjoying this challenge. Even though I may not get everything completed in a year, I feel good about getting things started that have just been languishing in my stash for so long.

Monday, January 3, 2011

Crazy January 15 Challenge~Day 2 and I got something framed!!

First of all here is my start on Noah's Stocking by CHS. I am stitching it on 36 ct pearled barley using a Vickie Clayton HDF conversion. This is something I have had kitted up in my stash for quite some time. I am not sure about the HDF conversion-some of the silks may be too light for my taste. I may end up substituting some NPI as I continue to work on this. I WAS stitching right along at a good clip and then the family decided to watch Horatio Hornblower(which was a Christmas gift-the whole set of 6 movies!! Yippee!), and I got caught up in the action and kept catching myself not stitching at all! For shame! LOL!
And in other exciting news! I finally got around to finishing the framing on This is the Day!! I had the frame made at Joann with a 60% off coupon so it only cost me about 20 dollars. Then I followed the tutorial on framing by Vonna at The Twisted Stitcher and Ta-Daa!! It turned out great! Thank you Vonna for so generously posting your tutorial!


And this morning I hung it in my living room along with a punch needle piece done by Lori Brechlin of Notforgotten Farm. I am so happy! These peices are hung directly across from where I sit in the morning with my coffee and Bible.
I bought this piece from Lori a couple of years ago on ebay. I just adore the way she did the frame! One of my goals for this year is to learn to make and paint my own primitive frames. It is a punch needle heart with the words "Wahre Liebe" in German, which means "true love". I adore this piece. My grandparents were both immigrants from Germany, and my father spoke fluent german. So whenever I look at this piece I think of my Dad, who I miss so much! Its a really special piece to me. And I just love Lori's work-she is so talented.
Today I will be picking up one of my WIPs for the challenge, not sure which one yet. Come back tomorrow to see which one and what progress I have made. Isn't this challenge fun!

Sunday, January 2, 2011

Crazy January 15 Challenge~Day 1

I started out with Happy Hearts by Birds of a Feather. I am stitching it on 35 ct. cappachino from Weekes Dye Workes, using my own conversion from GAST to Crescent Colors because I have a lot of CC threads in my stash.
This is what I was able to accomplish in one day. Not much but I was interrupted quite frequently. I really really love this design and would love to keep going on it. It might be the first one I come back to on Jan.16th! We'll see...

Now onto the next start, which for me is going to be Noah's Stocking by CHS. Tune in tomorrow for an update on that one!

Saturday, January 1, 2011

Workes by hand in 2010

Well it was really fun to go back over my pictures and look at all of the things I created in 2010. I really made more dolls than I realized, as I didn't really begin to focus on cross stitch again until about September! 
Here is my collage of needle workes:
And here are all of the dolls I created:
So I feel like it was a productive year.
I have so many more things planned for 2011. I want to work some more with wool, and hopefully even get my rug hooking out again. I actually have 2 more cross stitch pieces finished that I m making into charts right now. I didn't want to include them in the collage as they are not yet published. 
So I feel actually a bit ahead of the game for 2011, something that I can assure you has NEVER happened before. I have to attribute it to the fact that most of my kids are grown and I actually have a little more of that most sought after commodity, 
"TIME"!!!

Friday, December 31, 2010

New folk doll for sale at the TDIPT Mercantile

Please visit "the Merc" to see my latest handmade folk doll "Jane". She is one of a kind and will come to you signed and dated. 
I am also offering FREE SHIPPING!
She also comes with a punch needle valentine cupboard hanger!
Thanks for looking!