ALL WAS FOR AN APPIL PROGRESS

This is my progress on ALL WAS FOR AN APPIL
not much but stitching a little in the mornings and
nights since I do not have that much time during the
day. It is a fun stitch and a way to relieve stress.

But I am enjoying myself working on my wips and
cannot wait to get to the others so I can finish them
and start on some new ones.

And the Winner is.....

Well, I couldn't decide on just one winner.  All the entries were great so I had Kathy draw 2 names out of the hat.  So, Congratulations to Maureen and Teresa S.  the two winners.  You will need to email Kathy at madstitcherdesigns@gmail.com and give her your mailing information as she will be sending out the charts.  Thank you all for your wonderful comments and keep checking back.  We will be having another contest in the future.

Contest!! PUMPKIN SEASON

 

As autumn is quickly approaching we thought it might be fun to do something a bit different.  So...


I am posting the start of a contest for all my readers.  What you need to do is post a comment here on the blog telling me why you would like to stitch my chart called Pumpkin Season and what you like about it.  The dates of the contest are from Sunday, September 13th  through Sunday, September 27th.  At the close of the contest I will draw a name from all the entries for a free chart.  Remember only posts here on the blog will be entered and only one entry per person will be counted--although you may comment as often as you like.  Kathy aka The Mad Stitcher will be mailing out the chart at the end of the contest.  I would also like to hear what you think about the blog including anything you would like to see added or improved upon.  We are always looking for something new and exciting to do here.

PLEASE: IF YOU CHOOSE TO POST ANONYMOUSLY YOU MUST AT LEAST SIGN YOUR NAME SO THAT WE WILL KNOW WHO YOU ARE. OTHERWISE YOU WILL NOT BE ENTERED IN THE DRAWING.

Grandson #4

Grant is growing like a weed and his birthday is
coming soon, I cannot believe that he will be 1 year
old. He loves to smile and he is so loving and sweet.
My husband and I love to babysit him, he loves for
us to be just right beside him and play with him, he
gets upset if we leave him alone since he likes for
us to entertain him, He does not like to be fed, he
likes to eat by himself since he was 9 months old and if
we try to feed him, he just pushes our hand out of the
way. lol lol lol what a mess he makes but the worst
part is cleaning up after he eats and also cleaning
him up hahahaha but we love to see how independent
he is.

JESUS WEPT CIRCA 1820

This is another wip that I decided to take out and finish
since I fell in love with it when the Scarlet Letter released
it, I am using the silk floss it came with, I decided to use
40 count hand-dyed linen and stitch it with one thread over
two threads of linen, since it calls for 1 over 1. It is a
double sided reproduction and the other piece is a wonderful
verse which I will also stitch and frame them individually.

I took the picture at night and the flash hit that light spot below.

AND ALL WAS FOR AN APPIL

After years of having bought this kit with
the 35 count linen and silk floss and wanting
to start it as soon as I got it,but never having
the time to stitch for myself, I decided to make
time for me and started it last week, so this
is a picture of what I have done so far.

This kit is from The Scarlet Letter.

ANN WELLINGTON 1809

This is another wip that I had started and decided
to also finish. I am stitching this one on 35 count
hand-dyed linen with silk floss.

WIP OF A.W. 1756

I decided to take some time and work on my wips.
This is a Vierlande sampler reproduction from the
Scarlet Letter, it is stitched entirely in red with the
exception of Adam and Eve's hair and the serpent
which are stitched in black.

I am stitching this design in 40 count hand-dyed
linen with silk floss.

THE LAST ADVENTURE OF SUMMER

My husband and son-in-law took the boys
on a wonderful camping trip, where they
got to fish, swim, take the canoe on the lake
for more fishing and sleeping under the stars.

The waterfalls of Cascade Lake in North
Carolina are very beautiful and the boys
enjoyed the swimming under the waterfalls.

QUAKER ALPHABET SAMPLAR

Model was stitched on 32/36 unevenweave
linen, which I dyed with blackberry tea. One
strand of floss was used over two threads
of linen. Of course you can stitch this design
on any count of linen. WDW threads were
used with a conversion to DMC

Stitch Count: 118w X 152h

FINISHED PHOTOS OF JOANN'S SAMPLERS

Joann from Houston sent me two finished
pictures of her designs of WHERE ARE THEE
ADAM and EVIL SERPENT. Thank you so
much Joann for sharing your wonderful stitched
pieces with me, I love the frames you used
on both of them, again thank you.

HAVEN'S TRIP BACK HOME

Well frankly these were very sad pictures to
take since they meant that my oldest grandson
Haven had to go back home and get ready for
school.

We had a wonderful time with him and he had
a wonderful time also since he went to Dollywood,
TN, camping, swimming, Toys 'R' Us (this is his
favorite place hahaha) Alex and Haven had a wonderful
time getting to see each other again, we had slumber
parties at the house, seeing lots of movies and fixing
their favorite snacks (my husband and I would just
look at one another and say "when will they fall asleep,
we are just to old for this) it brought back memories
when our kids use to have slumber parties and drive
us crazy.

But anyway my heart broke in two seeing him go and
only God knows when we will get to see him again, we
are thinking Christmas (maybe) he is such a wonderful
and sweet little boy.

WE HAVE BEEN SUPER BUSY

Kathy (Madstitcher) is stitching up a storm on three new designs,
one is already at the framers and she is almost finish with the
second one and getting ready for the third one.

Mindy Gooding is stitching a wonderful long band sampler with
a beautiful old verse in the colors red, black and gold.

I am working on a long band sampler with alphabets, lots of bands
with the focal point of Adam and Eve. I am also taking a break and
stitching something for myself that I have been wanting to do for
almost 7 years and it is "And All Was For An Appil" from the Scarlet
Letter. I am stitching it on 35 count linen from the Scarlet Letter.
I will take a picture and post it soon on what I have stitched so far.

ALEX'S BIRTHDAY PARTY

Here are some pictures of my grandson's birthday party,
we had a ball, especially the boy's. On one of the pictures
you can see my three grandson's in the pool, on the left
is Alex, in the middle Grant and on the right is my oldest
grandson Haven, who lives in Texas and came to spend
two wonderful weeks with us.

We let Grant eat his first piece of cake his way hahaha