First Finish of 2014

It is nice to  get a project done even if it is just a little Mill Hill bead kit. Hopefully I will get a bigger project done soon...

Mail Art and Snow

I am tired of winter.  I am so ready for spring.  How about you?

A Little Bit of Cuff

Here is a little of Elizabeth's cuff. 
I was blog hopping yesterday and saw this post by Nicola at Stitching By A Cornish Sea Shore . In it she post advice given by a woman before doing any sewing. It is worth a look.  Anyway, it made me realize that I don't stitch until I get all my chores done.  Maybe if I gave myself rewards during the day, I would get more stitching time.  By evening I have been too tired lately to get anything big out. Just a thought...

Another Band on Heirloom

I got a little more done before setting this downstairs.  We had company and they brought a puppy.  I knew I wouldn't have time to stitch and I did not want to offer her any temptation.

One Quarter Done-Kind of

Not much time to write, but here are the outlines for the pots for Ghost Dancer.  Lots of counting!!

Dancing Moving Along

I have actually made some progress on this piece.  I did not realize that it is due to Ro Pace in March. Yikes!  I am very worried about running out of threads so I may just order what I think I will need.  My other choice is to substitute DMC floss for some of the threads.  That way if I run out, it is easy to get the thread I need.

This piece has been difficult for me to count.  When I put the center Jessicas in I realized the couching was incorrect on three of the legs.  So they had to be redone.  One is still wrong, but I will leave it.  If I get an extension, I may go back and redo that part.

Counting issues made me decide to put the pots in and then the border.  (Ro has the border put in first.) Once I get all the outlines for the pots in, I will put the border in.  I am thinking of using beads for the center instead of French Knots so I will put them in later too.

Painted Desert Quilt Finished

Ta da!  I got this back from the quilters and stayed up late one night to get the binding done.  Now I have to send it on to my mom.  Hope she and Dad get to enjoy it for many, many years.