Progress on Summer Flowers

Good morning! I thought I would share the progress I made on these this past week. I love stitching these. I'm thinking these will be done early next week.

Remember I mentioned in my last post about a potluck at church and Pastor asked everyone to bring a big dish to pass. Well everyone did. I made a huge bowl of macaroni salad. Problem was so did 2 other people. Oh well....we had had plenty of food, and I had enough macaroni salad left over for the next 3 days, throwing away what was left. Considering there was so much macaroni salad there I was satisfied with what was taken at the potluck. We did vote on our Worship directors and they will be moving here from AZ in the next couple weeks. They want to get up here so they can get their two children in school at the start of the school year.

My niece and her husband and two boys are now in Sweden until next August. They seem to be doing okay.

One of our favorite cats at Faithful to Felines and his brother finally got adopted this past week. We are so happy for Felix and Fester, both are nice cats. Fester was the quiet, lay back one, sort of shy and that's why they wanted them adopted together, also they had been together since birth. Felix was a loveable little character. Always scratching at his room door to get out, going to anyone who would pay attention to him. He often was my little escort. He also was full of mischief and personality. We just loved him. He probably would have been adopted long ago but he and Fester had to be adopted together and not too many people want two new cats. We just hope they get all the love and attention they deserve.

Next week is a busy week as we are having Bible School at church, and plus other things will be going on so not much stitching will be done. I do hope to start a small cat piece to be sold in Sept. when we have our open house at Faithful to Felines. They asked me to do one.

Well....until next time Happy Stitching!

Butterfly Baby Finished

Good Afternoon! It's a beautiful summer day out there. I finished this piece earlier today. It was so much fun to stitch. So bright and cheery! It also was easy. This will go to either Love Quilts or my youngest great niece, Holly. I'll ask Holly's mother if she wants it. Now I'm doing Summer Flowers by Stoney Creek. It's from the same book Spring flowers were from and much the same colors as those. It'll go to my nephew's wife, Chrissy. She asked me to do some flowers for her.

Last Friday I got to spend the day in Rockford with my nieces, Heather and Michelle. Michelle was here from CO with her two little boys. All 4 kids were so much fun. We made cookies and I think the kids liked the cookie dough more than the cookie! I wish I could have gone up north to the cabin with all of them for the week. My sister and brother in law rented a cabin since they couldn't get a campsite like they would have preferred. Michelle, Heather, their husbands and children, and Bryan and his wife and children are all up there. Fun and noisy! Three of the children are 4 year old boys, and another boy is 5. The two girls are 7 and 1. They've been posting pictures on facebook so they are fun to see.

Well, I'm going back to stitching. Until next time.....Happy Stitching!

Off and running!

Good evening! After struggling so on the Disney Car I decided to do something easy, fun, and cheery. The colors on the Disney car were so dark and drab and so much confetti stitching drove me crazy. This piece is by Stoney Creek and for being Stoney Creek is fast and easy. I've worked on it about 12 hours and just about half done. I like these babies. I may do one other one right after this one is done. Then I'll see if I can find the seasonal flower book and do summer flowers from it. I'm doing easy pieces for the rest of this month. In Aug. I'll pick up America again.

I am looking forward to seeing my nieces and their children tomorrow. Right now I'm nervous about my brother's car making it but I know once we get on the road I'll laugh at how silly my fears are. I always do.

Also tomorrow another niece, Melissa, is being induced. The baby isn't due until Aug. but something in her blood work made them want to induce tomorrow. It's only a couple weeks early as she is due Aug.4. So much for my brother hoping he would be born on his birthday. Melissa and John have Johnny 8 and Katelyn 5. They also have a 6 year old foster daughter who they hope to adopt. This baby is a boy. It just seems like yesterday I posted that Johnny was born and he's 8 now! Man time goes by fast!

Well....until next time Happy Stitching!

Doc Hudson is Finished!!!!!

I finished this late yesterday afternoon. I am so happy it's done. This was a hard piece to do, but I'm happy I stuck with it. Now I'm doing a Butterfly baby from Stoney Creek's Bug Babies Book. I'm doing some easy pieces for a little while

Well....until next time happy stitching!