September Smalls Update

09/29/2017

Oh my gosh. October starts in two days; are your decorations up yet?  I love Halloween and fall in general.  The incredibly rich and vibrant colors of the leaves changing, the warm days and brisk mornings and nights.  The occasional rainy or snowy day.  Simply my favorite time of year.

Stitchy updates. As always, thanks to Heather at Stitching Lotus for hosting the Smalls SAL.  It means I update my blog at least once a month :)

Work for the month, a few Mill Hill finishes. I started all of them in previous months and finished them this month.

 

 

 

And the FIVE September Sapphire cards by Shannon Christine Designs.  It got a little challenging to come up with different layouts and I'm done with this pattern.

 

 

A few Christmas card pieces. I am really behind on Christmas cards; expect a bunch of finishes in October.

 

A couple of cats for World of Charity Stitching.

 

And more baby cards.  The heffalump was stitched last year, so I only added the words for that card.

 

I have three baby cards to make this month, assuming the babies arrive when they are supposed to.  Twin girls and a baby boy, all due at the end of the month.

These are my finishes for this month. I've started working on a couple of larger projects and am trying to balance making progress on them with the large amount of Christmas cards I need to complete this year.  Wish me luck.

Happy Fall!

Michele

Cards from stitching

09/13/2017

Hello,
I wanted to post a few cards I have made out of some finished pieces.  The patterns are all from Shannon Christine Designs and are October Birthstone, Spooky Elegance and December Zircon.  I'm working on the September Sapphire pattern this month as I have five, yes, FIVE, cards to make.

 

Hope you are experiencing some cooler fall weather and are not affected by the hurricanes.  Denver has been hot, hot, hot!

Happy stitching,
Michele

August SAL

09/05/2017

Another month has flown by.  Thanks, as always to Heather at Stitching Lotus for hosting this SAL.

I didn't have as many finishes this month as I was working on a couple of larger projects.  Ok, they are larger than I usually stitch, but still small by some people's standards.
This project was for a co-worker and it's the brand from his ranch.  He asked me to design and make it after learning I had software that let's me import pictures and create cross stitch patterns.

A going away card for a co-worker.  She's very much about doing things, rather than owning things.














This is a house warming gift for my dad.  He loves trains and used to have a model train.


Cute little unicorn from Artecy.  I stitched it "just because."

Piece for WOCS;  they are making a patriotic quilt.

Baby card for co-worker

And a variety of Christmas pieces.

 

 

 

That's my stitching for the month.

On a personal note, my dad is moved and his house closed a few days early.  He's settling in to his new home, but is having problems figuring out his tv.  He's very technologically challenged and won't ask for help.  He's further challenged in that he's completely deaf. He reads lips and is very good at it, but if he doesn't understand something, he is a little too prideful to admit he didn't understand.  Of course, if someone isn't facing him, he doesn't realize they are speaking so doesn't know he missed something.  He's been deaf since I was about 2, and I never really thought of him as handicapped, just someone who's ears didn't work. However, as he gets older, his lack of hearing is finally becoming a handicap to him.  With that said, he does let his pride get in  his way and just won't ask people to repeat things or admit he didn't understand.    It gets frustrating because if he'd just admit he didn't understand, people would be willing to repeat themselves.  And of course, being so far away, there's only so much I can do.

My boys have settled into college and my youngest is enjoying his own challenges of figuring out the washer and dryer.  He's such a goofy kid. So incredibly book smart, but common sense, yeah, not so much.

Happy stitching to everyone!

Michele