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Time for an update on my rotation and an another finish! First up are the rotation pieces ... Peppermint Twist ... stupid tree was pretty boring to stitch, but I love how it looks! Earth laughs is coming along nicely ... even with all the color changes for each flower, I still can stitch more in an evening ... feeling sooo accomplished! lol and last is L*K's Christmas Flip-its ... I'm a bit bummed because I dont' think I have enough fabric left to finish the last of the designs ... I might rip out the top of the border and see if one would fit on top of holly ... I really need to sit down and count it out ... yuck! My finish for the week is Autumn Song by Blackbird Design. I was doing a SAL with Natasha . She got a little side tracked by other stitching that had to get done, but she's really close to finishing it :) I really enjoyed this ... loved the colors! I know I won't be stitching this again and would like to offer it up as a giveaway. The g

Happy Friday! Was this your first week back to work after the holiday? It was for me ... and it was a long one after being off work for 17 days, such did spoil me! This week I received two lovely surprises from a couple of online friends. First package is was from Jennifer . She stitched this lovely stocking for me. The design is from Blackbird Designs stockings, quaker fragments from the March leaflet. I just love it! She also included some pretty floss and a little memo pad for my purse with my initial on it. Thanks Jenn. Every year I hang it on my tree I'll think of you *smile* The 2nd package that arrived a RAK was from Faye . She stitched for me a cute coffee cup design that is hanging in my kitchen. She also included some coffee ... can't wait to try it! Oh and look at the back ... I love how she personalized it for me ... cute cute cute! Thanks Faye for the darling RAK! I was remiss in posting about another Christmas present I received from Natasha . Bac

Next time I leave this much finishing to do ... just shoot me and put me out of my misery! It's been a wild couple of weeks trying to get this pile of finishing done ... a lot of them are for exchanges at the Pal's Fall Fling ... I leave on Sunday, so I had to get my butt in gear! Grab a cup of coffee or tea ... there's a lot of pictures! Remember this picture? Well here's what they turned into ... I just love this cute finish. It's from The Stitcherhood's eXpressions: Halloween And a few more ... Boo is from eXpressions: Halloween too and Witch is a freebie from Glen Oaks Primitives . I stitched this freebie from The Stitcherhood twice last year. One was for an exchange, the other one for me ... I finally got around to finishing it ... I was really pleased with how it turned out ... Crows was a freebie from primitivebettys ... I found the sunflower button at The Attic a couple of years ago ... thought it was perfect for the pillow ... I finished sti

I don't have any stitching to show you ... not because I've lost my stitching mojo ... this time it's because I've lost the use of my right hand.  6 years ago I had an health issue arise that was thought to be MS or a small stroke.  After tests and tests and tests nothing was confirmed so the course of action was to do nothing unless my symptoms presented themselves.  6 years pasted with nothing until July 3rd ... I woke up and my entire right side was numb and has remained that way ... more tests and again nothing definitive.  We are now waiting for a MS expert to review my mri's to see what he thinks. I've been trying to stitch left handed ... pretty slow but doable.  I've also ordered a lap frame with a clamp that I'm hoping will help too .... I'm really missing my needle and thread! I'm really trying to keep a positive attitude through all this ... visiting your blogs helps a lot!!  I don't comment in your blogs because typing is ve

You all know me pretty well by now and my love of Reindeer ... I like to share some of my favorites with you .... I finished this sweet design last week ... love all the different reinder!   Sweet Nothings Reindeer Parade by JBW Designs stitched with suggested floss on a misc piece of fabric The minute I saw this freebie I knew I had to stitch it ... love love love it!  Red Christmas Deer by Laura Rimola of The Little Stitcher stitched with Victorian Motto PL$ and Crescent Colours Toasted Marshmallow on a piece of 30 ct RR linen Decorating with reindeer is so much fun!  I really enjoy getting them out every year and remembering where I got them, who gave me one ... all the memories :) yep I have a troll doll reindeer! lol  these are all my Annalee reindeer ...  this shelf has all my vintage reindeer/santas ... I think I need a few more ... Here's our tree in it's natural state ... and here it is all decorated ... so pretty!