GOT ME SOME FINISHES---

 I spent a couple days this week--just doing some total finishes--mostly on Counted Cross stitching projects--

First up--is this month's Tiny House monthly Cross Stitch from Melisa--

I changed the color of mine--Melisa used a clay color--I believe--but I was in a Spring/Easter mode--so I did purple and lavenders--Thank you Melisa--I love my Easter tiny home!! and she has joined the January, February, and March, on my lighted tree!!

While I was waiting on cloth to stitch the New Spring rain pattern I stitched up this Easter piece--

And I finished it off into  a little pillow--

and before I did this one--I had stitched this piece up--

I found this cute little thin black chalkboard hanger at Dollar Tree and decided it was perfect for this Easter piece--next Spring when I bring it out--I do need to add a button or ribbon to the top center piece where I glued the 2 ends of the braid together--

And then here in all her glory is Mrs. Rabbit the protector of baby chicks during a rain storm--

I loved stitching this piece--and yes--you know me--had to do a couple color changes--the umbrella is a different color as is the '3' tulips--again --I need a button or ribbon on the center bottom to cover up where the 2 braids are coming together--I did get better at joining them in the next '2' projects--

Here is to finishes for these 2 older cross stitches and they got some braid trim around them too--the bottom one's fabric background is much lighter color in primitive blues--these are ready to hang on the wall now--

And so--while I am in the waiting time again for a couple pieces of cloth in yellows to do Melisa's Summer stitch along--guess who got to come out of --Time out--???

Mrs. Claus--

I worked hard on getting the rest of that rocking chair in--I still need to do more stitching on that bottom runner--then-- I can play with some colors besides ---browns---I am really tired of browns!!!!

but as you can see--I still have lots of stitching to do--I am thinking of doing a blue rug --instead of green--what do you think?????

Did get a few more pink jewels done--

These are pretty much done--except when I find new/more pink fabric in my stash or such--

And I am finally back to hand quilting--seems --I took about 3 months off--not sure why--???

Lots of hand quilting on this one!!!

And two more baby sweaters are ready for buttons--

My bag of finished sweaters is full--so need to take a day and sew on buttons--think I will call my local quilt club to see if there is a local organization here in FL-- I can give these or some of these to--shipping is gotten so expensive--to ship a box of them to PA--would be around $30--I can get some more yarn for that money--these sweaters I am using up odds and ends of skeins of my cotton yarns!!

WELL--THIS IS MY FINISHES FOR NOW--FEELS GOOD TO HAVE SO MANY FINISHES FOR A CHANGE---HAVE YOU GOTTEN ANY FINISHES LATELY--SHARE THEM WITH ME--

AND--I AM DELIGHTED TO THE FEW WHO ALWAYS COMMENT--MY COMMENTS DO NOT GO TO MY EMAIL AS IT IS SUPPOSE TO--AND I AM TRIED OF TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHY--NEED TO KEEP STITCHING INSTEAD--SO A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO YOU!!

HUGS, AND ENJOY THE WEEK AND THE SPRING WEATHER--DI

APRIL PROJECTS--SO FAR----

 Hello April--

I did this, whole 12 month series, and this one --is one of my favorites--!!!

I guess we will do quilt-y things first--

I have gotten this months BOM on the Country living project finished-

there was 2 blocks--the sheep and the embroidery block-both were enjoyable to do--I did get a bit colorful on the flowers--though???

And Pink is the color for the month--so here is some of my jewels in the pinks--

first up is some 'fussy' cut ones--the two flower ones on the bottom is from a piece of fabric my friend, Anne, in NY sent me in her letter this week--and I noticed-- in laying these out to photo that I believe I could sew these together with a filler piece-- instead of having them with rows upside down like in the pattern I had seen--Hummm?????????????

And here is lots of hearts --in pinks--all shades of pink---

and my 'other' self--the one who loves fabric and spending money--did a couple fabric orders this month--

These are fabrics for the second BOM-I and doing from Attic Heirlooms --the top piece and last  piece are not from the line that the others are from--oh, and maybe the couple browns--???  This is suppose to be a quilt as you go project--so I needed to get my fabrics so I can start on that part--the blocks for #1 & #2 are all embroidered--am working on #3!!

And here is '7' Tilda fabrics that were on sale for only less than $10 a yard--good sale--I got half yards of these to make some Grandmother garden flowers to go with some I already started in the hexagons--

Remember these--felt I needed more 'color'--at least that is what I am telling myself--to justify the order!!!!

And my purple pansy is so pretty--

Doesn't this one's center look like it is lit up???

And I did get to go to a Thrift shop last week--

I lucked out and found 3 of my mini cup and saucer sets--the one with the little bird on it had a tag that said 'Dayspring' on it--also the basket in the back is new-

picked up these two items--love the little white basket--

And this heavy glass dish--I seen it yesterday on facebook-- I seen a gal in a thrift store find this same one--and there was a 2nd piece--a creamer--so this must be  a sugar bowl--now to find the creamer to go with it--they were both on a glass tray too--!!!!

I bought this new at Beall's--went to wash it and discovered a sticker on the bottom saying--Made in china-contains lead--what--I was gonna drink out of it--would of taken it back --but decided to keep--can you tell me why?????(answer--it's pink and has roses!!!!)

And here is my Easter decorating for this year--plus some rabbits on my desk--Easter just came too quick for me this year--I did have some plans--but at least most of my 'favorite things were out!!  And I am keeping them out for awhile longer--I can do that--right????

I have lots of projects in the works--hopefully next week I will have some more to share with you--

KEEP THINKING GOOD THOUGHTS AND PLANNING THAT NEXT STITCHING PROJECT AND THIS TIME OF THE YEAR--GARDEN --PLANS ARE AT THE TOP OF THE LIST--

ENJOY AND HUGS, DI

RAINY SUNDAY--BUT---

 We really need rain here--so I am not complaining--(I just won't have to feel guilty for being inside and stitching today!!!!!)

I can not believe we are at the end of March already--and that this is only my 2nd post this month--I have this habit  of saying to myself--I will photography this project and do a blog post tomorrow--only--tomorrow finds me working on another project and wanting to wait until I am further along or it is finished before I do a post--and this is my daily merry-go-round--it seems!!!!

So lets' start with March's color--Red--

More red jewel paper hearts where made--

And 2 red houses where stitched --the sheep in the window, print I have had for a long long time and decided I needed to at least use a lamb in a window for a small piece of it--

This month's Country hart design--took a while to get it all embroidered--

There is alot and I mean alot of roses in this gazebo--and alot to the gazebo itself--but is not done--and it joins the first block with the cupcake block--

I did just jumped down a rabbit hole this month with another applique heart project--

I got '2' charm packs in of this collection--and decided to do some hearts for my friend Anne in NY for her hospice quilts--did one whole package up--42 hearts--now to get around and send them to her before April 26th when the Post office is upping the package rate by 8% for the rest of the year--( I have 2 other packages I need to get in the mail too--my daughter's birthday box and a box of the baby sweaters I have knitted--(hint it is much cheaper to use your own box than the priority boxes from the post office!!)

I did work more on the little embroidered hexie project--need 64 for what I want to make--thought I had reached that mark last week-but apparently I can't count--need 9 more--so did get them traced out and have started stitching them--

 Now for counted cross stitch projects--

first up is this months Tiny House by Melisa--

Here is mine--I just love that tiny lamb by the house--thank you, Melisa--

And it has joined the other 2 houses on the new tree!!!

I did this Easter stitch--

It did have words on top--Happy Easter--but I just moved the butterflies and added one and left off the words--it is more a spring one this way!!

and I did this one--now I need to get these finished for displaying one day this week--???

And Mrs Claus is tried of being in time out--BUT--

this one hopped up first and demanded I do it NOW--

This is a brand new pattern just off the line--and I fell head over heels in love with it--

And here she is with her ears stitched on --even got these done this morning after doing up several Easter cards to put in the mail tomorrow and then taking the photos for today's post!!!!!

Only one big adventure this month--Cheryl, Barbara and I went out--and we went to Cracker Barrel for lunch--oh dear--you know what I bought while there don't you--

Lots of the little salt and pepper shakers--I love each one of them--but this little rocking chair and the fireplace are really sweet--there is a couple gifts one here, too--

then after lunch they dropped me off at a Target store while Barbara went and got her hair trimmed--

and this is what I got there--their $5 little shelf piece--a rabbit with glasses--a pink egg cup and a package of '2' glass straw spoons with pink straw parts--of course--and a bag of  pretty brown filler grass--also got a package of pens and some small post it notes on sale--

And I was excited to see that Publix-grocery--had the shamrock plants again this year and this one has really been blooming for me--

And of course I did get a couple more baby sweatered knitted-

some are really colorful as I am using up small balls of yarn in each one!!

SO ARE YOU READY FOR APRIL AND EASTER AND LOTS OF SPRING TIME 'THINGS'???

HUGS, AND BLESSINGS, DI