Gift for Maragret

My gift for Maragret has arrived safely in Nevada. I choose to stitch this freebie and finish it into a biscornu fob. I really like to make these fobs. I admit it, I am addicted to them. :)

Sorry no Geisha pictures today. I have all the backstitching done except for the kimono. There is quite a lot of detail to stitch on it but if I don't finish it today there definitely will be a finish tomorrow!

Gift for Dani

I heard from Dani that the gift I made for her arrived safely. I have been reading her blog for a long time and she is an awesome stitcher! Usually, I have to go thru my patterns a couple of times before I actually decide on what to stitch but not this time. I stitched the freebie Love Takes Two from Dragon Dreams. I decided to finish it off by making it into a tin. I really have come to like making these little tins!

Yesterday I managed to sew Allie another pair of gauchos. As you can tell she loves colors that are bright and stick out. That is so much like her personality! I just want to say that I am not playing favorites when it comes to sewing clothes for my kids. Krissy is 13 and won't be caught dead in something that is handmade. *Sigh* I know it is just the age (I hope!) but I miss making her clothes and hearing her proudly telling her friends that her mom made them for her. Mac is all boy so anything I do make for him instantly gets stained or ripped.

I think today I will start on the backstitching on Geisha. I am so close to being finished with her that she is all I want to stitch on right now. :)

Gift for Hazel

I heard today from Hazel that my gift for her has arrived safely. I was beginning to get concerned as I had sent it almost 2 weeks ago. Luckily, it arrived safely and now is residing with Hazel. I hope she enjoys it half as much as I enjoyed stitching it!

The design is from Heart in Hand and called Summer Fobs. I really fell in love with this one right away. I will have to make one for me soon. If you look closely there are a few mistakes but that is what gives it character:)

I worked on Geisha last night and I am proud to say I finished all the cross stitching on her! Now all I have left is to stitch the trees/leaves in the background and the backstitching. Yippie! I will more than likely work on her again tonight:) I want to finish the background stitching before I put her away to work on Above the Clouds.

Sorry for the lack of post these past few days but I have been working on exchanges, gifts, and PIF's. I love doing all of these except I hate waiting to show pictures of the final piece! :)

Yesterday, I finished my piece for the Monochromatic Exchange. I really loved this one because the person's color I got to stitch for happened to be my favorite color, too! After that I worked on the stitched piece for a PIF gift. That left me to finish the finishing for this morning.

Hope everyone is having a good week.

Gift Finishing

I have been busy stitching but can show pictures since they are gifts. I have to admit these first 2 gifts were rather simple to make but they are just so darned cute. I just hope the recipients like them. Now, all Ihave to do is package them up and take them to the post office:)

I am not sure what I am going to stitch on today. I need to find a pattern for the Monochromatic Exchange and start it but then again Mine All Mine is calling me,too. So much to stitch and not enough hands!

Have a great weekend!

The Winners are..

This morning I had Mac draw names from a hat and the winners are...

Dani

Heather
Hazel

Margaret

Vonna

Congrats to you ladies! :) If you would please send me an email (msgal28atgmaildotcom) with your address and any little tidbits of info about you that you would like me to know about you :) I want to thank everyone who entered. I wish I could have been able to stitch something for everybody unfortunately I have to eat and sleep sometime..lol.

SBQ of the Week

Today's SBQ was suggested by Kathryn and is:

When you start a new work do you look for something small, do you look for another huge project or do you consider your UFOs?

Normally, when I finish a small design I start another small design. If it is a large piece, I start another large project. I treat my UFO's as new projects so they get picked up when I have had a large finish.

Geisha has a head finally! Those little green spots above her head are the leaves on the tree but I decided I wanted to work on her bottom half instead. I had a nice time working on her because Allie and I were stitching together. She is working on a little kitty design for her grandma.

It rained again today...*sigh*...and forecasted for the next week. I love the rain but even this is ridiculous! Just today we got an 1 3/4 inches of rain. Even Girly, who loves to go out and run in the rain, tucks her tail in between her legs and scampers away from the door. Good thing I have stitching to pass the time! :)

I am still taking names for the gifts drawings until Saturday night. I will draw names on Sunday and post who will be receiving a gift from me. The response has been wonderful and totally surprised me! Thank you!!

Have a great weekend and try and stay dry! :)

My Friend Gifts

Thank you for all the encouraging words on my lack of sleep. I normally don't have problems sleeping but once or twice a year I go thru these spurts where I get insomnia. I did manage to get a little bit more sleep last night.

Last night I watched the weather and they said no rain today. So, why is it raining (AGAIN!)? At some point the kids would like to actually be able to go outside on their vacation not to mention so would I!

Rain, rain,

Go Away

come again

another day!

I did work on something yesterday but I can't show it as it is for XXXX for the freebie exchange. For a freebie theme I have had the worst time picking out one to stitch! I have all the cross stitching done I am just working on the backstitching. If all goes well I should be able to do the finishing tonight.

When I first signed up to do exchanges my main reason was to be able to get to know other stitchers. I have found this a little problematic on the exchanges that are secret. It's not like I can ask that person what is their favorite color, etc. Don't get me wrong I have made some wonderful friends thru exchanges! I love participating in them and plan to keep on participating in them. My point of this rambling is I would like to get to know my fellow stitchers better and to say thank you for being a friend.

Here is my plan. I will stitch 5 different gifts for 5 different people. You will know it is from me because I just might ask have to ask what your favorite color is or something like that! If you would like to be one of the receivers leave me a comment. If there are more than 5 people interested I will draw names. This is open to everyone even if I have stitched for you before!