Friendship is a Plant…

Finally, I have finished stitching the Friendship Sampler!!!!! YA~~~ I had a blast stitching this one up, the cute designs and bright colors are so much fun~~

Pattern: Birds of a Feather “Friendship Sampler”
Thread: Recommended cotton floss
Fabric: 40ct vintage light examplar Lakeside Linens
Size: 9.5” x 7.5”
Beginning Date: 11-06-2009
Completion Date: 02-25-2010

I love everything about this – the flowers, the birdie, the butterfly, the girls, and the meaningful wording. But I did took out the two bugs that was suppose to be in there. I just didn’t like them and think it will be too crowded if I add them in anyway. So I sided with Melissa and left them out.

Sorry it took me this long, but the chart is on it’s way to Barbara’s today. I hope everyone on the tour will enjoy this as much as I did.

Speaking of friendship, I’ve received a belated birthday gift from Jennifer this week. She told me this gift is very ME and I have to totally agree with her. Just look at this adorable giraffe fabric!!!!!! It really put a smile on my face when I saw this. Thank you sooooo much, Jennifer!!!! I will have to think of a special project for this one~~

Now that I’ve finished the Friendship Sampler, I think I’ll finish up some small pieces before tackling a big project again. I’m in desperate need of a finished finish!!!!

Seeing Spring on My Canvas~

And now we enter February, my favorite month of a year~ Why? Because its my birthday month, of course!!! In fact, my birthday is in two days~ I’m already thinking about the delicious cake I’ll get!! Yummy~~~~~

As for my stitching progress, I’ve finished the upper half of the Friendship Sampler, and I’m loving it!!! Seeing each flower coming to life was so much fun~~~ I wasn’t sure about the colors at first, but they really work well together, and now I can’t get enough of them!! I just want to keep on stitching~~

I don’t want to bore you with my Friendship Sampler progress, but this is the only thing that I am working on right now. I really want to get it done, cause I know there is a long line behind me waiting for its arrival. I’m determined to get it done!!!!!

So that’s it for now!!! What’s happening on your canvas?

I Have to Confess…

… that I have been derailed from stitching a little bit. With all the rain we had here, I was housebound for a whole week, which means lots of time to stitch, right? Well, that was what I thought so, too. But I did something bad… I pulled out a box of puzzle I purchased like 5 years ago but never been opened, and thought it would help DH and I kill some time while we were trapped in the house.

I never knew puzzles can be this additive!!!!! Basically DH only really worked on it with me the first day, then it was pretty much all me!! I just couldn’t pull myself away from it!!!! The thrill of putting each tiny piece into its place just totally captivated me!!! I did try to put it down and go do some stitching, but then I would keep thinking about the puzzle and finally just abandoned my stitching all together… I know!! I’m soooo bad!!!!

And then came the weekend, and I felt so guilty to have abandoned my stitching, so I worked on it during the weekend trying to catch up a little bit – with occasional breaks with puzzle solving, of course!! So here it is, my progress on Friendship Sampler so far. Have no fear, people, the puzzle is almost done, so there will be no distractions for me after that!!!! (I hope…)

I would also like to thank everyone for the kind comments regarding my “Angels Sang” piece and the pillow cases. They mean a world to me. Happy stitching~

Sick…

I felt like I haven’t been online a whole lot lately. I have been busy busy, and on top of that, sick… We were in Boston attending a wedding last weekend. The wedding was wonderful, but I have to say we’re so spoiled by the nice weather here in Southern California!! Both DH and I got sick the first night we were there. Right now I still have a sore throat and constant coughing which is killing me!!!!! And of course I was so excited to see the bright and sunny weather again on our way back, then Monday had to be stormy and windy and scary!!!!! We had a couple of nice days, but it seems like it is going to be rainy again tomorrow and the rest of the weekend… It has been so cold lately, and no heat in our apartment doesn’t help!!!

I did managed to put in a little time stitching, and I’m finally done with the alphabet part of the Friendship Sampler.

I love the little houses and trees and the little birdie~~ So cute~~ The colors are really nice, too!! I just wish I can have more time and strength working on them!!

Well, I hope you all are staying warm. And take care, being sick is no fun!!!

I Have Nothing Exciting…

…to show you this week. It is already Friday, and there’s not a whole lot of progress on my Friendship Sampler. I just didn’t sit down and stitch as much as I would like to. Here is where I’m at right now.

On the other end, the quilt I was working on for ages is finally close to being finished!! I only have 2 more flowers to quilt, then I can move on to binding it!! I spent a whole afternoon making this binding!!! I’ve never imagined so many work goes into making a quilt!!! Even the tiniest thing as binding has so many steps to it!!! I’m so glad that I have a great teacher showing me each step of the way~

After a long time being dormant, my little African Violet is finally blooming again!! It’s very refreshing to see this while other plants are just starting going into a long nap at this time of the year~

I hope your week had been a little more exciting then mine!! Have a great weekend~

Stitching, Stash and Fall Colors

After Melissa finished her Friendship Sampler from Birds of a Feather, she decided to sent it on a tour. I was very luck to be the third stop on the list, and even more fortunate to be the first one stitching it. I decided to use the Sampler Threads it called for and 40ct vintage light examplar from Lakeside Linens. I just love the color combination!!!

Now I actually have a question for all of you since this is my first time stitching on 40ct linens. Do you use one thread or two threads when you go over 2? I tried using 2 threads but felt that it was kind of difficult to pull my needle through. Maybe I need a smaller needle??

While I was ordering the threads and fabric for the Friendship Sampler, I couldn’t resist to add a little bit to my stash… Since I was already paying for shipping, a little bit more won’t hurt, right? ;-)

I am also very proud to say that I have been keeping up with my 12 stitches a day plan on the Mary Wigham Sampler. I’ve made quite a bit progress in 2 weeks!!! It’s so much fun seeing each motif coming to life~

Last week my DH told me the Maple Trees on his campus have started to turn red so he invited me for a lunch date so he could show it to me. It truly was very beautiful!!!! Just look at these brilliant fall colors!!!! I can’t resist but sharing it with you~

Thank you for visiting~~~ Have a wonderful week!!!