Updates

December `9, 2007

Good news all around this week... My sisiter-in-law just called to tell me that her son and daughter-in-law had a baby girl yesterday, weighing in at 9 pounds, 3 ounces! No wonder poor Lisa was so uncomfortable when I saw her a couple of weeks ago..no name yet but everyone is well and happy.

Here is my CdC as of last week. Today is the day to work on it so I'll be at it very soon. This is what I got done last Friday on Pretty Pumpkings...It is coming along nicely!
I also dragged out Kaleidoscope this week and I am loving how it is shaping up!
This little ornie only took two days. It was fun to do and I am looking forward to stitching the other three in the series. (The Gift of Stitching magazine December 2007)
And of course we had a storm over the weekend. I did manage to make a snow angel when Dan and I were out snow blowing and shoveling at some point. Alas it quickly got covered up again during Sunday's blizzard.
It was quite a full weekend as we not only had David and Erin and the 2 grandchildren from Saturday afternoon till Monday morning but also Erin's Mom and step-father! It was full house with 6 extra people but we had fun. Mostly we ate and watched Christmas movies...Ernest Saves Christmas, The Santa Clause and at least part of Miracle on 34th Street! In spite of all that I even got a bit of stitching done. Nicholas, my 9 year old grandson, also worked on his "sewing". Up until this weekend he confined himself to plastic canvas and wool but this weekend he wanted fabric and a hoop so I fitted him out and we "sewed" together. I may have created a monster though because he likes the sparkly thread...so some gold and red sparkly stuff was added to his stitching stash! So far he is creating his own designs and not following a pattern...won't be long though!!

Ornaments

May 11, 2007

I have some pictures in the camera of yesterday's Thursday Stitchers gathering but that is the problem...they are in the camera, not the computer so you will have to wait for another day to see what we are all working on.

Meanwhile here is a shot of three ornament blocks from Madeiros. I made them up last month and expect to do the rest of them before Christmas. They are a delight to stitch because they are fast yet interesting. Melinda incorporates specialty stitches and specialty fibres, mostly GAST, to make these cute blocks.

Also once you know how to make them, there is no reason why you can't make the sides of the blocks say anything you want. I am thinking specialized ornament blocks...racecars for my step-son, Nascar stuff for my husband, karate motifs (anybody know of any?) for my grandson, any kind of cars for the youngest grandson, F1 stuff for my daughter-in-law...Is there sort of a common thread theme in what the people in my family like?