New Year Wishes!

Well, I have to say I have been blown away by all the beautiful finishes I have been seeing in everyone's year in review!  I was almost afraid to see how many (or how little) finishes I accomplished this year!  It was fun to look back at my year and I am happy to say I did finish a few things, some knitting projects, a couple of smalls, and the beautiful flower sampler SM1678... I had forgotten about that one!

Most of my time in the past year was taken up with my SDW German Sampler.  While I am disappointed to not finish it in 2013 I am happy that the journey on that one continues into 2014.  I love every stitch of that one.  It is like a good book that I do not want to ever end!  

Check out my blogiversary giveaway post here to enter to win one of 2 charts offered, drawing is on January 4th!

Wishing all of you a 2014 filled with happiness and joy and, of course, stitching!  See you in the New Year!

Happy New Year!!!  

Some Stitching and a Finish too!

Here we are, almost to another weekend.  Since I did not post my stitching progress in my last few posts, I will show you what I have been busy with lately.  I had a rough week and at times my stitching was able to keep me distracted and calm.

Here is SDW, the floral band is pretty much done except for some curlie-cue backstitching to do.

SDW Sampler

Here is my start finally on Manifesto... yes, I have jumped on that train too!  I am starting bottoms up on this one.  I really like how my stitches lay when I work right to left, bottom to top.  And this way I can stitch with the pattern right side up instead of upside down!  Look at all that fabric, oh MY!

The Manifesto

And here is a small finish (well, not that small really!) that I had intended to finish to show you all on Valentine's Day... WELL, I just didn't make it in time!  It is the same pattern that was in the giveaway I did, Stacy Nash Love Pinkeep.  I grabbed some of Nina's fabric and threads from my stash.  I hope Karen enjoys stitching it as much as I did.

Stacy Nash Love Pinkeep
Champagne and Rose Tea threads, 36ct Dusty Violet linen, both by Nina

And here are a few snaps of Gigi. These were taken a few weeks ago after I saw Margaret's Mia enjoying sniffing some coffee.  I was curious to see what Gigi would do so I gave her the empty cup, and YES, she really enjoyed it too, how funny!  She was rolling around quite happy!

Unfortunately, in the past week, she has been a sick baby, limping.  This is where my stress comes in.  Maybe she is doing circus stunts when I am not at home?  Her doctor thinks it is just a sprain so I hope she is on the mend and will be back to herself soon.  

I hope you all enjoy your weekend.  Finally, Oscar weekend is upon us!  I am hoping to see Amour tomorrow so I can see what I think of that one too.  But for now, a few that I am really hoping for are: 

Best Picture - Argo

Best Actor - Daniel Day-Lewis

Best Supporting Actor - Robert DeNiro

Best Song - Adele for Skyfall

Cinematography - Skyfall

Music - Skyfall

Yes, I know.... I see a trend here too.  :D

I hope you enjoy the Oscars or whatever else you have planned for your weekend!  And I hope that it will include some stitching too!  I know it will for me.  xxxx

A Valentine Winner!

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY TO YOU ALL!

Today's the day to pick a name for the Valentine giveaway, the Stacy Nash Love Pinkeep and Heart kit.  There were quite a few in the running...  A heart for each of you...

I had my co-worker pick a name........

AND THE WINNER IS.........   KAREN!   CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!

I will be spending my Valentine's day evening with Bond, James Bond watching Skyfall and maybe have a little wine and a little chocolate, oh and a little stitching too, of course!  :D

I hope you all have a sweet Valentine's Day filled with lots of love!  x ❤ x ❤ x ❤ x ❤ x