Part 3 is out the door

 Just sent hubby John off to the Country Sampler with part 3 of Chessie's Club......Make Do Sampler.  Here's a peek!!
This project has been so much fun for me to design...hope you're all having as much fun working on it!!

Our house is finally "dressed for the season".......I love decorating with fresh greens and this year, John scored a HUGH fallen fir tree from across the road......so for several days I spent most of my time cutting branches from it and adding them to every surface throughout the house.
The cats wore out their little noses sniffing each and every pine bough that came through the door !!!  Believe me...a fun time was had by ALL!!!

This is an after Thanksgiving shot which mimiced what we all wanted to do after the feast....I know it's very last month, but they look so contented, I thought it was still worth sharing.

Happy Holidays to all!!

Sneak Peek at New Design

Forgive my mistakes........I'm multitasking......trying to blog and watch football and since this Greenbay/Buccaneer game is turning into a real nail biter, it's becoming kind of difficult.  Meanwhile the cats are happy cause usually when I'm watching football , I'm screaming or cheering...which tends to disturb their NAP TIME !!!

Here's the promised peek at my new design.  There are snowflakes on the backside of each cushion and would make a fun gift for a stitching friend.....they stitch up rather quickly and although may look difficult to assemble , are really very easy.  Trust me, if I can put them together......ANYONE can!!!!

Last week I attended the Country Christmas Open House at the Country Sampler in Spring Green.  It has definitely put me in the holiday spirit.  Check out her website www.sgcountrysampler.com , she's got some great pictures on her blog portion,and if you get a chance, visit in person, for an even better "view"!

That's it for this week........I've got to get down to business getting ready for Thanksgiving.  My brother and family come on Thursday (in time for the football game of course) and will stay thru Sat, so we'll have lots of time to spend together!!

I'll try to sneak in some stitching time....hope you can do the same!

Linda

Hunkering Down !!

Can you believe it??  It's been snowing the last 2 days.  It really caught us unaware......usually the first snow prediction is WAY over the top and no one pays that much attention to it.  However , this time they were right on , so John is scrambling to winterize everything while I'm fighting off a monster cold.

Last weekend I hosted our fall "Stitch & Bitch" group here and a wonderful time was had by all.  We ate, stitched, laughed and watched "chick flicks" the whole weekend.....I don't even think any one left the house !!!!  Brewster and Chessa stayed in the thick of things and thoroughly enjoyed all of the attention.

But now I must get some work done (cold or no cold).  May you all stay warm and dry  and find a minute to take a stitch or two !!

Next time I'll preview my little snowman pincushion set that will be released soon.

Arizona vsitor

 Just spent a week with my sister Mary.  She flew in from Arizon for an escape from their heat and to enjoy some of our wonderul fall weather !!!!  My brother Bill, drove her out from Milwaukee and the three of us got to spend a little time together as well.  It's the first time in too many years that we've  been together...... so of course we had to take a picture to prove it.

 The trees in our yard have reached "peak color" !!!!  Way too soon for my taste but we had some great color this year, however short the time was.

Mary and I did a little shopping (of course) but mainly spent time stitching and visiting.  I'm soooo lucky to have a sister who is a  wonderful stitcher .....it really is great to have that in common!!!  She is working on the "Christmas at Hawke's Runn Hollow" sampler .  She's about 1/2 done and it is absolutely beautiful!!!

I caught her up on my newest projects and even showed her a new design in the hand charted stage so she can say she saw it before it was even stitched .

I showed her a quilt I had done and 2 seconds after setting it down, Miss Chessa had to take a nap on it!!!!  She has this thing about being high.  If she's on the table and there's a piece of paper on one side , she will sit on that because she thinks she's higher!!  Go figure!!! Cat's certainly have their own individual personalities.

Well, enough rambling for me ......Chessa is sitting on top of the printer as we speak, giving me the "stop blogging and get to work" stare.

May you get time to stitch with someone you love in the near future!!!

Return From Liberty, Mo

Just got back from teaching for "Old Mill Stitchery" in Liberty,Mo and wanted to share some pictures of the ladies hard at work in class.

I love spending time with all of them and always come away from this annual event feeling renewed.

Mary and Barb have a new classroom space now and it's wonderful!!!!.  It's right next to the shop , has great light and  plenty of room .

  As usual, they did a marvelous job of providing for our every need and making sure a fun time was had by all.

For me , this weekend always feels like a homecoming of sorts, and I look forward to it every year!!

Spending time with "Stitching Sisters" is good for the soul!!!

When I looked out the window this morning, I discovered "Fall" had begun while I was away.  Welcome to my favorite time of year.  I've got to dig in my stitch basket and find a fall project to work on.......Happy Autumn Stitching!!!!!

Chessie's Club Part 2

Where has the summer gone???
It's time to kit Chessie's Club Make-do Sampler Part 2.

I'm having a problem gettings pictures to load, so all I'll show you today is this one shot.  I think my time will be better served getting these kits done and out to the Country Sampler www.spcountrysampler.com so they can get them out to the club members!!!

So far I've gotten great feedback on the first part...hope you like part 2 as well.

If anyone wants to share their progress, email me a picture and I'll be happy to try to post them for all to see!!

That's all for now.....it's time to get to work.

Find a moment to stitch and enjoy this lovely fall weather!!

Linda and Chessie





Another finished project!!

Hi Again,

Just had to take a break to show my finished project .  I joined the Birds of a feather mystery sampler  club and actually finished mine in a timely manner!!!!

My kit was from Attic Needlework using Lakeside Linen and silk threads.  I found if I stitched a little each night it was like a treat from my "work stitching" .  I know...it sounds a lot like procrastination.....but I really was working on Chessie & Me designs at the same time!!

I know you  can't see them in the picture, but there are lots of cat hairs stitched into the piece, since I had a constant lap companion while I was working.  It might have been a gentle reminder to get back to "Chessie bussiness".......this "fun stitching" doesn't pay the bills you know.

Next time, I'll have some more progress on Chessie's Club project to share.  I'm really enjoying putting this "puzzle" together.

Have a great week....try to take a stitch every day!