Happy Dance!!

2nd of 8 on commission
Design by X-Appeal
14ct Aida with DMC threads

I re-did the bottom border and added the vine from the other pattern
that is with this one.

Happy Dance!

The 1st of 8 commissioned pieces!!
This is by Waxing Moon Designs
14 ct Aida with DMC Threads
I didn't follow the listed threads. I used the front picture to
 gauge color and then chose from a DMC color chart.

Needlework Masters Monthly SAL-August Page

Needlework Masters Monthly SAL

Upper left is Just Nan-Royal Blossoms 2007
28 ct even weave with DMC threads
Lower right is silk ribbon embroidery

Close ups of  page

Back home from playing nurse!

Well, my son is on the road to recovery. Six weeks though before he can give up the crutches. I have some catching up to do as my August page for the Needlework Masters Monthly SAL. Not finished. Over half done though so shouldn't take too long.

Mother, Nurse ?

Going to go spend a couple of days with my youngest. He just had knee surgery and needs a little help with things. Won't be much sewing going on as he lives on a ranch and there is dirt, dirt and dirt every where.

Latest Finish!!

Not much really but another one added to my Aunt's growing calendar display for the seasons and holidays.

14 ct Adia with DMC threads
Kit from Studio 8
Earth Fairy

Cross over post from Just Nan Blog

Have been busy with a SAL and have stitched a Just Nan design every month since January 2013.  Not really good photos but then I am not a photographer. Enjoying the year long stitch. Not sure what August will be yet.

28 ct evenweave
Among the Roses

28ct natural linen
Bee Hive Violets

28ct even weave
Butterfly Lace

28 ct Linen
Dragonfly Summer

28 ct even weave
Have a Heart

28ct natural linen
Primrose Path

28ct even weave
I dyed the fabric
Rose Wings

Finally found a few minutes to post July!

July page of my Needlework Masters Monthly SAL
Top left is Just Nan-Butterfly Lace on 28ct even weave
Lower Right is Glory Bee-4th of July on 28ct natural even weave.
Both use DMC threads

Happy Dance Again!!

Hands to Work-Hearts to God by Donna Vermillion Giampa
on 14 Ct Adia with DMC threads
For my BF on her birthday 2013

Fantastic Give Away on The Snowflower Diaries Blog

The Snow Flower Diaries Give Away

The give away is open until 4 August.

She has some really cute free patterns and why not look at her Facebook page as well.

Happy Dance!

This is for the monthly SAL I am in. By Glory Bee on 28ct natural linen with DMC threads.

On 28 ct Envy Jobalen Fabric by Hand Dyed Fabrics By Stephanie
Pattern by Kissy Cross with DMC threads. The
website is in German.

This is for my Aunt's monthly display. This came from
Glory Bee, done on 28ct even weave with DMC threads.

HAPPY 4TH OF JULY!!!!!

Happy 111th Birthday!!

July 2, 1902 - May 30, 1983

We lost him on Memorial Day of 1983.  

Devastating News!!!!

PRESCOTT HOTSHOTS--19 LOST 6/30/19--MAY THEY REST IN PEACE.

Goodbye to Google and Hello to Bloglovin'

So, I like so many others am now following blogs with Bloglovin'.  Hope to see all my followers at the new site.

Other things I have been doing.

This is a picture off the web of the next piece. It is better than I could ever take. The colors are correct as well.

Just Nan-Remember 9/11. This piece is going into our local fair.
3 roses for the 3 buildings
4 flowers for the 4 planes
Red-White and Blue silk for the American Flag
The Roman Numerals IX  XI for 9/11 used as a row under the word REMEMBER,
I wish I was a better photographer and could get a close up of the different rows.

This is for my great niece Emery in Texas I should be at least 1/2 done but other things keep getting in the way. I will be done though before her 2nd birthday, which is when I usually finish. The colors are off a little, just not great light. 

A decade rosary as a bracelet for the fair.

A bookmark for the fair.

Needlework Masters Monthly SAL Page for June.

My June page for the Needlework Masters Monthly SAL

Basic Embroidery of a pattern from Red Brolly

Just Nan-Primrose Path on 28ct Natural Linen with DMC Threads

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DADDY!!!!

Don Roland
19 June 1931

HAPPY 82nd BIRTHDAY!!! MISS YOU WISH I WAS THERE!!

Happy Father's Day!!!

Gone but not forgotten!

Grandpa Raleigh Roland

Grandpa Clifford Nichols

 My Dad 82 years young!

Don Roland

 My Son just started  his journey as a Father 4 years ago!

Lee Braden

Our love hate relationship with our cars.

I love being mobile but, not when the car decides to quit. I think I may have lost a lifter and now have a nasty rattle. Car is parked until........ not sure how I will get it fixed. Only have 4 1/2 payments until it is paid off!! To say my nerves are a mess is to put it mildly and added to my stomach problems of late not a good combination. I have at least made a start on my June Needlework Masters SAL.  Should be able to post some pics soon.

Just a Note!

I am sorry that I haven't post since Mother's Day, but, I have been sick. I can't spend to much time sitting at the computer. My stomach and belly have been on the fritz. Even now I am feeling somewhat better but not the best. Still can't spend very long sitting. Lots of laying down in the past couple of weeks and still to come in the near future. Thank you for hanging in and I hope to have something to show for my stitching in the near future.

Mother's Day

Well I was going to post a couple of pieces that I stitched for my friends for Mother's Day but Blogger is not behaving. It wants to turn them on their sides. Sooo, I will forgo the post today. Maybe tomorrow it will let me post right side up.  

Here are some really great women that were in my life for too short of a time. Gone but not forgotten.

Grandma LaRene Peterson Nichols

Grandma Mary Margaret Ross Roland

Mother Kay Nichols Roland

Needlework Masters page for May and more

May page for Needlework Masters Monthly SAL

Upper Left Just Nan-Beehive Violets

28ct natural Linen-DMC threads and Krenik with beads

Lower Right is Blackwork on 28ct Natural Linen

These are both designs by Paulette Stewart of Plum Street Samplers

done on 18ct Fiddler cloth with DMC threads

Easter

St Patricks Day

April Stitching!

This is my page for the Needlework Masters Monthly SAL.

I stitched Just Nan-Among the Roses. I bought this kit in 2000 and finally stitched it up. It came with silk threads and I am now in LOVE! The second piece is Assisi work and is a simple free design I found online.

This is a birthday present for a very good friend.

Prayers for West, Texas!

With all that is happening in Boston, it seems that what happened in West, TX is being forgotten.

Prayers for all those lost and for those who have not yet been found. Our prayers should continue even after, as West will have a long road ahead of them to recover from this devastation.

Terror in Boston!

I don't usually post about current events, but, what has been happening in Boston this past week requires that I say something.

First and foremost  my prayers and thoughts are with all who have or are living through the nightmare unfolding in Boston.

The bombing, the shooting of a police officer and now a door to door search.

But, with that said,  these two men that the authorities are chasing are innocent until proven guilty.

This is America.

The media is chasing anyone that is remotely attached to this men and putting them on TV just for air time. CNN especially is hyping rather than reporting. I had hoped they would learn better tactics, but, it doesn't seem so.

Birth Sampler Progress

This is 2 of 4 birth samplers that I need to get done. I finished the first in January.

for Emery my Great Niece. Bug in a Rug by Janlynn.

RAK received!!!

These are what arrived in the mail on  Good Friday. I finally got a chance to take pics and get them posted. These are an RAK from Maggee at stitchingdevotee.blogspot.com


THANK YOU THANK YOU
I can't wait to do the God's Critters but I have to finish this months part of a SAL and then I can get started. I have the perfect fabric as well.