More from the framer ...

Oh my gosh, I love the local framing store I found. They are very reasonably priced, and they do a fantastic job framing needlework. Sherri (my cross stitching buddy from the stitching group I meet with on Thursday nights) is the woman who does the mounting, and she does an awesome job! It makes me want to keep going!!!

Here's my latest ...

This one is a little pattern that Grandmom brought back from one of her trips. I stitched it years ago, and it had been languishing in the "too frame" box for long enough. It is actually my favorite thing I have had framed in a long time!


This is a sweet little alphabet I did for Jack's room:


And these are a pair of tiny little ladybugs (they are stitched over one on 32 count):


I started a larger sampler, and I am doing it over 2 on 40 count, just like the little alphabet. I think it will be darling when done!

Quick Framing Update!

This is a reframe of an angel I started in high school, worked on in Argentina, and finally finished in 2000. I love the way it looks now!



I fell in love with this little bunny when I saw him in a stitching store in Mt. Vernon ... he's in our hall bath:

This is another reframe, but now my tiny little Van Gogh Sunflowers (over one on 40 gauze) has a bold home!

Progress!!!

I have been plugging away (or as I see it, pumping in skein after skein of the same few colors) at my William Morris tapestry lately. Here's my progress so far!

At long last ...

I return from posting never land! I have actually still been stitching pretty regularly despite having a three month old and a 1 1/2 year old! Here's my main accomplishments from the past several months:

For my son:


For my niece (to hang the same way as Emily's!):


For baby Vick:


I am so proud of these, and I can't believe I've made eleven Christmas stockings!!!

Christmas Stockings

I love the way our family Christmas stockings look ...

A few finished projects

I finished up a few projects just in time for Christmas ...

Meara's stocking (finished in record time!!!)

Sus's Christmas sampler (she did most of the work, I just finished a bit of the stitching and framed it)

A poem for Dad for his two doggies (China and Mea) that passed this year

And I didn't get photos of the poinsettia towels I stitched for Sus or the Woodland Walk sampler I did for Mom. I always forget something!

And because they didn't make an earlier post .. here are the two stockings I made as gifts last year:

It was cool to see four of my handmade stockings hanging in a row this year!

Grant's Stocking

I have been working on lots of stitching projects lately, and don't have many finished to show off ...

But I did finish Grant's Christmas stocking just in time for the holidays. It is one of the hardest projects I've undertaken. Tons of blended thread, tons of different colors, specialty stitches, beads, and a very small thread count. I think it turned out beautifully, but I won't be doing this pattern again!