Yes I am WAY AHEAD but I want to make sure I have these in the bag. Mardis Gras ornament from Needlepoint Now.  This was a great project with all the threads that took 2 days. The ornament for my little neighbor next door who loves needlepoint.  I agonized over the hair and finally gave up and did outline stitch.  It's the tail that's the star of the piece anyway. Heading back to the LOVE canvas ..read more

I'm working on the BIG Strawberry Hearts canvas along with almost half the country it seems.  Here's my second heart - I skipped the first but will go back to it next week.   There was an issue brought up in the chat room about the amount of thread so I thought I would go ahead and do this heart just to see.  I had plenty of thread so it just be the path that the stitcher took.  I stitched in horizontal rows and had enough. I'm still trying to catch up on my knitted blanket before the next yarn shipment so I haven't gotten very far on LOVE.  I'm almost done with L a ..read more

Hi there, I can't believe it's Friday already but here it is.  It's been a busy week and I have been all over the map.  I'm knitting a blanket and am on the bobble row.  It's a monthly kit club (naturally a monthly club) so I have this row and one more before the next kit arrives in the mail.  So far it hasn't been too bad- hopefully I will finish this before I head to the nursing home! Here is heart #2.  I think I may slow down on these and save one or two for car trips. And Emily in yet another small town dog show.  She looks bored or tired here- not ..read more

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 Now that the second big project of 2021 is in the bag, I want to finish up some small projects. Here are the first 2 finishes: My last strawberry from Barbara's Needlepoint - these are so cute when they are finished My first of 6 Melissa Shirley hearts- I'm thinking 3 ornaments and 3 mini pillows for Valentines Day I also have the heart of the month club from Barbara's Needlepoint but thats only one big canvas with 9 hearts. It's not yet on stretcher bars but looks like fun ..read more

 Hi all, I have finished all 6 Ladies and am now finishing up the last of the background beading.  This was a LONG Ruth Mystery Project but never fear I have more! Here are  the last few photos Lady #6 with her turban and fringe This is Lady #3 but I had to wait until the very end to do the scarf. This was a fun project even if it did take 4 years to complete.  It will get framed. Next up to  finish will be the Zero Degrees North canvas #1 with the bears. Have a great week Linda ..read more

 Hi all, I'm going to try and finish the Ladies II in the next week assuming I get the gold Kreinik in the mail.  I "borrowed" it for another project and of course did not put it back. Here's the photo of the last 2 ladies. The stitch guide called for twisted lazy daisy for the pick swirls next to the hat on the left girl but after much agony I went with bouillon stitches.  You can see the padding under the turban for girl #2 in this photo. AND THE HAT! I guess I will work on the background until the Kreinik arrives and then finish up ..read more

 I'm all done with the Tudors canvas and ready to move on to the Ladies!  I worked on the Tudors every day for about 2-3 hours and it took me about 10 weeks to finish.  I'm a TINY bit worried that I will not make it through all the projects I brought with me this summer!  Fortunately I only have one lady left.   ..read more

I managed to work on my Tudors project over the holiday.  Last night I was cruising and finished the Jessicas and decided to  move on to the Crescent stitches.  I stopped around 11:30 and checked my work this morning only to find that the crescent that I put in last night was the WRONG COLOR AROUND THE WRONG BEADS!  I obviously need to quit while I'm ahead.  The first photo is before I put in the vines (last Thursday) Now they're done - this was Monday The vines are done and starting the black.  I was so happy to finish the black that I jumped right in on ..read more

I've FINALLY finished the background for this section and placed all the sequins so now on to couching the vines!  It's a big weekend here so I may not get back to this until next Tuesday.  I'm looking forward to a FINISH!!   ..read more