What are you doing New Year's Eve?

I am all nestled in for a quiet evening.

I will be watching a movie, most appropriate, 'New Year's Eve'.  

Then it will be time to watch the ball in NYC Times Square drop along with the thousands that will be there.  I hope they are wearing long johns, it will be a frosty one!!  I prefer to be all cuddled up, watching it on TV.

While I still had some projects that were not yet complete, I went thru my posts from the past year and was happy to see that I did get a few things accomplished!  :D

2012 finishes

 2012 was my first year of blogging and I want to thank all of you who read my ramblings and take the time to leave comments.  It has been wonderful to get to know all of you and for us all to share our passion for stitching. 

So out with the old year and in with the new year!

2013 is already shaping up to be a fun, stitch-y year.  

I have a few projects lined up and will share those with you in...

I wish you the HAPPIEST of NEW YEARS, 

full of good HEALTH and HAPPINESS, PEACE and JOY!!

Cheers and Happy Stitching!!  xxxxx

Stitching and a Shopping Spree!

Hello everyone!  I hope you all enjoyed your weekend.  Thank you so much for all the great comments! It was a busy weekend for me, but I did manage to get some stitching accomplished....

I finished up my christmas partridge pinkeep pillow, although I still need to actually make it into a pillow...

Christmas Partridge Pinkeep Pillow
designed by Stacy Nash Primitives
28 ct lambswool with dmc as charted

And since I am still waiting on Elizabeth Hancock to arrive....she is now somewhere between Canada and Connecticut :D.... I kept rolling along on Mary... 

I am loving the purple I added in and now the squirrel (?) to me looks like he is playing in a vineyard :D

One thing I did find out this weekend was that stitching and watching tennis does not really mix for me!  Tennis is not a sport I can just listen to, which was okay since the Australian Open was on at 4am, I don't do too much stitching at that hour, but I didn't get much sleeping in either!

On Saturday, I went on a road trip and shopping spree at Thistle Needleworks!  Woo-hoo!

Thistle Needleworks
Glastonbury, CT

Omg, what an amazing shop!  I spent almost THREE hours browsing thru the racks and racks of patterns, and threads and linens.  I picked up some linens, stocked up on my twin pointed needles (which I can hardly find anywhere!), and of course picked out some new patterns for my stash!  Some Blackbird Designs, Plum Street Samplers, Mirabilia, r&r, e&e&f.......

I love that Blackbird in the middle of the pic... it looks like a stained glass design.  And even though I don't tend toward the Mirabilia's since they are so big, I just love this Sabrina pattern since it reminds me of the Audrey Hepburn movie.  I am thinking of trying that one over one so that it will not be such a HUGE project size-wise.  The R&R is the Jane Stone yuletide sampler.  I was really taken by all of the verses on that one.   LOTS more for my to-do list :D   For sure, I will be going back to Thistle again and again! 

And, another lovely Valentine giveaway to enter... Barbara at To Stitch or Not to Stitch is giving away a lovely Valentine sachet that she made!  Stop by and see! :D

Have a wonderful week filled with miles of smiles! :D
Thanks for stopping by...   Happy Stitching!!  xxxxxxxxxxx

A Snowy Weekend

Happy Sunday!  I hope everyone is enjoying their weekend.  I think for many it has been a cold and snowy one!  I had such big plans to get lots done this weekend, but somehow things went a bit sideways. 

Did anyone get to see the Sotheby's auction of the Betty Ring collection online today?  It was amazing to see all of those antique embroideries and samplers go for such outstanding prices!  I only wish I could have been bidding as well...I should have played lotto!  Such a beautiful collection of 175 pieces!  I had hoped to get to the exhibition yesterday to see it but the weather was just not on my side.  Sotheby's has an e-catalog at their website detailing the history of the pieces, it is definitely worth a look-see!

So, I started a new stitch... one that isn't even on my to-do list!  It came in the mail this week and it moved to the front of the line.  It is a Stacy Nash Primitives Design, Christmas Partridge Pinkeep Pillow Pattern (say that three times fast!!) and here is how far I have gotten so far....

The rest of my time so far has been spent going through my stash of linen picking and choosing for patterns I have planned.  Everything seems to be the wrong color, wrong size, or wrong count!  Soooooo I will have to go shopping! :D  I have been pulling together a list of goodies to get because next Saturday I am taking a road trip to a stitching store in Glastonbury.  Woo-Hoo!! I can't wait!!

I am so happy we have gotten some snow, it finally looks like winter! 
My front yard is a blanket of white...

         ...and Gigi keeps looking out for birdies and furry friends....

..... but none can be found, they must all be nestled up in the their nests and houses!

So, for the rest of the day I will work on my BAP, Mary, and enjoy looking out at the beautiful snow with Gigi, watch a movie and some football, and stitch, stitch, stitch! 

Thank you for visiting.  I wish you all a wonderful new week!

Happy Stitching!!