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

LET'S SEE IT IS 'REALLY' ONLY????

 Do you play this game with yourself on the first couple of days of when we have to change our clocks??? I sure do--I guess after a couple days though I get tired of the game and start believing what the clock says and  get on with--whatever!!!

The first week of every month is always busy for me, for some reason--there is always extra shopping trips it seems too--

Plus--that is when all our new BOM projects show up for each month and a new color is given--

So I received March's wool project and am happy to say it is done already--

It was the block with 3 spools of thread and flowers and birds--and let me tell you those tiny star buttons on the red flowers are very tiny--but oh so cute!!!

And here is all '3' blocks so far--!!!

And for whatever reason--I am still doing the small hexie embroidery pieces --one each day and here is what I have done so far-

These are so addicting--

And this month's color is Red--

and I have a couple done--as for stitching--but lots are cut out to be stitched up--

Found the Ladybug fat quarter at Walmart---there was no way I wasn't going to  leave it behind--I love Ladybugs--and here is some more neutrals to add to the bowl--

I also got this months Tiny House done in counted cross stitching--but it is not made into the little pillow yet--

And I am still working on the Spring Easter Cross stitch--at the end of each week I say--ok--one more week and this one will be finished--but---there is always more stitching to do on it--and I do work on it every day!!!

And March's block for Country Hart embroidery is here and is a gazebo with lots of roses on it and I did get it traced off and will be working on it afternoon while watching the race--at least that is the plan!!

Last Thursday I did a bus trip to Publix for water and a couple food items--and had 10 minutes before I had to be at the bus stop so flew into Bealls--and right there in the front on a display was this picture--

Love at first sight and put it back--but--I just had to buy it--so--

and on the end cap on the way to pay for it--this jumped into my arms--

a cute metal white lamp--the bird sitting on the base is one I bought while in Illinois back in Oct!!!

each was $12.99 and I knew I had a $5 off coupon--well--when I went to pay--I also had 2 other coupons--one a birthday one at 20% off--though my B-day isn't till May and --and a $25.00 Reward customer gift--so we used the $25.00 off one and these cuties only cost me $1.05--Bingo!!  Happy dance!!!!!!

HAPPY TIME CHANGE TO EVERYONE AND KEEP LOOKING FOR THE RAINBOW AND THE POT OF GOLD--

HUGS, DI

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I am so sad about the tornado's this past couple days and the loss of homes and lives--my prayers and heart go out to each and everyone--

ROUND'EM UP FOR FEBRUARY--

 I have to say I had a busy month in the stitching and craft projects--

Here is some projects not already shown this month--

First --this was my Chookshed challenge for this month--

I got this tulip fabric before I moved to Florida 10 years or so ago--from the local quilt shop in NY--I have 2 other fabrics to go with these tulips--I have attempted to work on these off and  on every few years--but I decided they needed to come out of --time out--and become something--all I can say is--so far I have 4 brown baskets of pink tulips!!!!

For the jewel hearts I did do quite a few of the green ones--and in looking for some other fabrics for a project--I found more blue prints--

So added some for of those--My girl friend Anne, in NY often sends me small pieces of fabric that she is working with in her hospice quilts and this week I got the blue with the daisy's and the red print with the black and white dogs on them--also have a white with some pink flowers--don't have them stitched up yet--I also cut out more 'basic' colored jewels--

And here is photo of 28 hexies that I embroidered one each day for the International Embroidery month of Feb--I love doing these--and I think I will trace out more and keep going--but now I don't have to do one every day--believe it or not--each one took me at least an hour--and sometimes 2 hours to stitch!!

Now this week--I basically had it 'free' for 4 days--my monthly challenges where done--but don't fear--I had a list of projects to do--the first day I sewed up these 3 little items--

The chicken on the left was a kit--that I bought back in 2005 while on a shop hop--from a shop called Adirondack Quilts in Glen Falls, NY--and I did look them up--they are still in business--I finally got her made--the little lamb is a kit that I got free in my first months kit package for the Country living BOM project--and this chicken on the right is a wool chicken--I got the pattern in a recent wool order I did-------well--they may look quick and easy--but those chickens were a 'dickens' to figure out--I need to do more small items, I guess!!!!

The second day--I actually did some painting--

I got these two birdhouses to paint on the same day--the teapot one I got at JoAnn's probably the last time I went there, a good year ago or so--and the green on I got that day at Aldi's next door--I painted the teapot one a light pink and did the napkin mod podge thing to it--first time I did that--the other one is a dark green paint--the roof was already painted the navy blue--and I had a nice floral rub on that I used on it--

the 3rd day--I was back at finishing off some counted cross stitch projects--for displaying--

These 2 were hung up but needed the fabric backing piece and I also decided to add a bit of trim to the tops of them--

and these--

needed the first step of getting their cardboard (I use cake boards from Walmart cut to size)--they will get fabric backings as well--but I need more cake boards first--there was alot and I mean alot of tacky glue used on this day!!!!

I gave myself a surprise--Missouri quilts had a daily deal and one day this tin popped up--

I believe the original price was like $65?? and they had it on sale for $25--and I just happened to have alittle money yet in the bank so I did press that pay button--

And this is all the 'goodness' inside the tin--I believe there is 28 flower patterns in the booklet--My biggest surprise was that it came in a tin instead of a cardboard container--I do love 'tins'!!!

And it looks like Diane is thinking about Easter all ready????

THE HAPPIEST NEWS IS--WE GOT A LITTLE RAIN--WE ARE SO DRY HERE--CAN'T REMEMBER WHEN WE GOT RAIN LAST--ALL I KNOW IT'S BEEN AWHILE!!!

ARE YOU READY FOR MARCH--OUR COLOR WILL BE RED I SEE--AND IT WILL BE TIME TO START ALL OUR MARCH PROJECTS--

HUGS, AND BLESSINGS TO EVERYONE--DI

UNDER THE NEEDLE

 My goodness--why doesn't Di keep us up to date on what she is doing??

It's cause--I am either hiding under quilts while I am stitching or --

having to have the A/C cooling unit on and it's too hot to type!!!!

But let's see what she has been up to lately--

First up is a new monthly BOM from Country Harts--

the fee is $10.00 a month and it's a downloadable pattern--and is out of AU--I love all the designs I have seen for this BOM so far--it's right up my alley as they say--this months was a 'big' one--but some seem to be much simpler--I do not believe I will be making my blocks this large--this is also a 'quilt' as you go project--again--I haven't decided for mine??????

And here is Block 2 of the Country Living bom--

It's a button box--and yes--I did reverse  the wools--but that is ok-I love it just the same!!!

Here is the first '2' blocks of this BOM--

And I have this month's house blocks done--in the color green--

and the second house--

I am getting 

creative with the 'door's!!!

And 2 more knitted items are finished--

a small hat--

and another larger baby sweater--

I am using up small balls of leftover yarns--

Lot's more projects--need to do photo's though--!!!!!

And last Friday I took myself out to lunch--

to the Harvest Thyme café next door--it was 85 degrees and very hot--so I ended up eating inside--but one of these days I am gonna enjoy lunch on this porch!!!!

It is really pretty inside --too!!!  I had the Strawberry French toast again with a tall glass of unsweet ice tea--yummmmy!!!

OH and now we are back to 30's at night and only 55 during the day--but it is suppose to warm up tomorrow--to low 70's--we will see--and the big news is---we had about 10 minutes of nice rain on Saturday--can't remember when we had rain last??????????????

WE ARE CLOSING IN ON SPRING--TIME TO THINK TULIPS, DAFFOIDS, RABBIT'S, CHICK'S AND EGG'S!!!

HUGS, DI