When Is the last time you kazooed?

Hi everyone! It is about time I posted something. I finished Sarah Esh on 30 count straw. Sarah accidently took a coffee bath compliments of my husband's coffee cup and my rush to get Sarah out of the way of mayhem.



A needle punch by With Thy Needle.

I volunteered yesterday at Riley's Children Hospital. My family use to spend a lot of time there before my sister passed away. It was my way of paying it forward.
Anyway, there was a big "Around the World" celebration going on rain or shine. Lots of happy faces and food.
Here are the kazoos. They look so simple to play don't they? So pretty just begging to be played. After fifteen minutes or two hours of trying to get it to play,I discovered the trick is to hum into to it. For your own piece of mind if your hummer is broken step away.

I worked the South America table letting the kids kick the soccer ball and passing out candy and kazoos. Scotland showed up with bagpipes.

Mexico with food.


And a happy young fellow with his face painted. I don't know who was doing the face painting but they were awesome finishes.
You could jump on the Concord (or cross the sidewalk) and be in Paris next to throw hoops on the Eiffel Tower.

It was a great day even though it rained.

Until next time, happy stitching!

Happy Valentine's Day

Happy Valentine's Day! What do you for Valentine's Day? Do you go out to dinner, see a movie? That is exactly what I did. I went and saw Valentine's Day. It is a cute movie.

Are you excited about the new releases at the Nashville Market? I am looking forward to seeing what the designers have come up with over the winter.

I am showing you my progress on my CHS stocking. I am over half way now. Woohoo!

Here is my work on CHS Purity of Heart.

Here are a couple of my old Valentines. I wish they still made them like this. I love the bright colors.

I enjoy feeding the birds. Hey, Cardinal! He seems to be saying, "Stop taking pictures and get the us the seeds, lady".


How many cardinal do you see in my cherry tree? I had this many in my other tree but couldn't get a clear picture of them. My dad will be so jealous. He enjoys watching the birds too. So does my cat, Shadow, he had his nose pressed up against the window watching too.

My other neighborhood friends. Hello, Woodpecker.

Other visitors to the feed box. How are you doing Blue Jays?

I am glad you stopped by. Hopefully I will have more stitching to show. Until next time, Happy Stitching! Tanya

Go Colts/Esther

I had my worries there the Colts might not win. However, they prevailed and are off to the Superbowl. Congratulations Colts for being AFC Champs!

I finally have a finish in Esther. Whew! I was beginning to wonder if I would ever had any finishes. I got down to putting Esther's name on the design and didn't realize how difficult it is to stitch over 1 on 40ct. A new appreciation on my level to anyone that tackles this feat. I thought I was going to go crosseyed.
It is not a great picture since the sun doesn't want to stay out to long in Indiana. I changed the colors quite a bit to reds instead of peach.

I thought I would share a couple of other things I enjoy doing. Here is one of my hooked rugs - Mr. Snowman. I took a class off of Margo White a few years ago and this was the class project.

And needle punching. I like the frame so I stuck it in here until I can find something better. This design is by M.Shaw called Flower Basket. If you haven't tried needle punching you should give it a try. It eats a lot of thread but goes really fast.

I can't believe February will be here soon. My classes are just starting they are aren't as bad as last semester so hopefully I will have more time to stitch. Yay!

I saw a cute movie last weekend called Leap Year. It is a cute romantic movie. I really loved the Ireland scenery.

Until next time, happy stitching!