Remembering Lisa

A dear friend that loved Halloween as much as I did. My heart goes out to her family.

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!

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas! I hope you received everything you asked for, if not the store open early tomorrow. lol!

I can't believe it has been so long since I have blogged. I have passed two more college classes though, that much closer to my degree. Yeah!

I have been working on Esther Yeakel, I want to get her finished up before the new year. I changed the colors to red instead of peach.


I started CHS Purity of Heart on 40 ct. pearled barley.
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I thought I would throw in this cute penguin decoration. My sister and I exchange homemade gifts each and I thought she would like this guy. Merry Christmas, Teena!

Some of my Santas. I found them in a store in Nashville, In. It was a fun store with lots of cool decorations.

Last but not least my sampler plate. I asked for this plate for Christmas just hoping it would show up. I must have a been a good girl because it did! Yay!!

Until next time, merry stitching!!!

Halloween

I thought I had better post my pictures before Halloween is over. I can't believe October is almost over, how fast time seems to pass me by nowadays. My Halloween decorations almost compare to my stash! lol! Mainly, I love October because it is my birthday month and I seem to celebrate all month long instead of just one day.

My sister painted the witch plate for me for my birthday. Her birthday is Oct. 13th and mine is two weeks later so for two weeks we are the same age. She sometimes forgets and calls me old and I have to reminder that we are the same age during this time.

Here I am at the Making Strides Breast Cancer walk. Macho Mike is the motivator guy. He blew me a kiss after I took this photo. He probably danced for an hour before the walk, I was impressed. I thought I could surely make a 5K if this guy could dance for an hour. He had all the latest moves.

I didn't get the memo I was to come in costume but these ladies sure did. Very cute! On a high note, I always get emotional thinking about all the ladies that turn out to walk that are survivors.

It gives you hope. Our team raised the most money and I had my 15 minutes of fame on Channel 13. Did you see me??

I love driving around and checking out all the Halloween decorations. This lady is over the top. Who doesn't want a cementary in the side yard? Hmmm...

Or maybe I just jealous I don't have giant spiders on my porch, or skeletons dining in the side yard. I thought the rat running along the back of the chair was a nice touch.

The Covered Bridge Festival has come and gone for another year. This is Mansfield where most of the vendors are located. It is amazing all the people who turn out for this event. If you have never been you should go at least once. Parke County is known for their covered bridges and I think this is one of twenty-two bridges. I had to park on the other side of the bridge and you walk across it to see all the other vendors. Wear your walking shoes!



You never know what you are going to see or buy either. I was too busy watching this lady I didn't even notice the signs until now. Too funny! These vendors got a lot of business, or maybe a lot of pointing and laughing. Well that is it for now. I was in such a rush to get these pictures posted I forgot to take pictures of my stitching progress. Oh well, I will save that for tomorrow.

Thursday

Hi everyone, I thought it was time to update my blog only I haven't done any stitching to speak of so I thought I would share some pictures. My online classes have taken more of my time than I would have thought. The first picture is of coxcomb it is doing really well this year.

My new old Singer sewing machine that I picked up at the flea market last Saturday for $10. I couldn't pass it up.



I started pulling out my Halloween decorations. This is one of my favorite Halloween pictures. It is from an old Holiday Craft magazine. It was my first time stitching on black. I thought I was to go crossed-eye before I finished it. A black tree that I picked up at the Covered Bridge Festival which is coming up soon, and an old paper mache witch. The ceramic witch I made a few years ago.

Next, I am participating in a cancer walk. If you would like to donate great. Thanks for helping me out and helping reach my goal. No worries if you are not interested.

http://makingstrides.acsevents.org/site/TR/MakingStridesAgainstBreastCancer/MSABCFY10National?px=12767509&pg=personal&fr_id=19846

Thanks for visiting my blog. Hope to share some stitching soon.

TGIF

I am so ready for it to be Friday. It was a very stressful week full of getting teacher contracts out, payroll, posting the budget in the paper and starting night classes.

On a lighter note, today is my girls's birthday. It is hard to believe they turned 22 & 23 today. We use to have big parties with lots of kids here, but like everything else times change. They are out celebrating with friends tonight while I am home baking their cakes. What is wrong with this picture? lol!

BTW, I am working on a needlepunch design and I will post a picture later but for now here are a few pictures of my girls. Poor Mackenzie used to be bald a cue ball until she was four while I was putting up Megan's hair in ponytails when she was one. I know I have million pictures of the girls but the 4-H ones were on the computer. Sorry for the poor quality of the old pictures.

Happy Birthday Megan & Mackenzie!!! I love you to pieces.

CHS Stocking Update

I can't believe it another post in the same week. I wanted to show you progress on my stocking. I bet Annemarie thinks I abandoned ship. I am still here working slow and steady on her.Please excuse the wrinkles.

It is also time for the Indiana State Fair. I am going to take you on a trip down memory lane. I use to sew a lot and enter in the Fashion Show. Here I am with Katelyn, my BF's daughter.It must have been humid that day because most of my makeup is missing and my hair is limp. lol! This is an old picture and I have aged just a teeny tiny bit. I still have the jacket and hat around here somewhere. The pattern is from ThreadBare Designs. It has a cute cat backpack on the back of the jacket that is removable. I made the jeans too. I was so proud of Katelyn, she did an excellent job of modeling my outfit for me. There were 30 other contestants all worthy of winning so I was surprised when I received second place. The lady handing Katelyn the platter is from Archway Cookies. They use to sponsor the event. Thanks for going down memory lane with me.

Sarah Salter

I can't believe how long it has been since I last posted. Egads! That is what happens when change occurs at the workplace. Too many late nights and too many long hours is all I can say.

I was suppose to have this incentive piece finish August 8th. I didn't make it but this is my progress so far. Sarah Salter by Sheepish Designs. The needle books I picked up at the flea market. I think they are cool.

To finish my story about Dillinger. He robbed this bank in Greencastle. Pretty cheeky
since it is adjacent to the Courthourse.

Now here is the story about my family. My aunt Pauline was a night operator above the bank in Roachdale in 1931. You remember when you had to call the operator and she connected you to your party. Probably not, but you see it in the movies like "Road to Perdition." Well her sister Margie was keeping her company that evening when robbers entered the bank with machine guns and dynamite and held them hostage. Scary stuff! and quite something to talk about for a sleepy town of Roachdale. It was speculated that Dillinger did it, some say not. Maybe it was Baby Face Nelson, who knows. The robbers were never caught. Anyway when I was young, I was fascinated by the story. I still am actually.

Another project I am working on is CHS Esther Yeakel. I changed the colors around. Jan helped me convert the colors. Can you tell I like red? I am stitching it on 40ct. Buttercream with NPI.

My last picture is what I am going to do when I get off the Internet. Make salsa and can tomato juice. Yeah! And those bags are full of corn to be cut of the cob. Be still my heart! lol!!! Next until next time- Happy Stitching!