HAPPY DANCING!

October Cottage / October Calendar Girl is finished!!!  I am Happy Dancing!

I'll try to get a better photo later.  I may add one more line of grass under my girl's feet.  But I'm happy with it.  I used colours that *I* like and that are colours found on a Savannah October's day.

Tomorrow,  I will begin work on Pumpkins 4-Sale!

October Girl: So darn close!

I should really be finished with October Girl.  I just can't take another stitch this night.  

It's storming, the lights have blinked on and off and on again. I'm afraid I'll screw something up and have to frog tomorrow.

Current Progress:

As much as I have loved working on this piece, I'm eager to start work on Pumpkins 4-Sale! 

My Mom is steadily improving, although she is not out of the woods yet.  This news keeps me going and I haven't had a meltdown of epic proportions.  I keep praying and asking the Good Lord to heal and comfort her.

Praying that everyone has a wonderful, blessed, and safe Labour Day weekend.  May your week bring you joy.

Happy Stitching!
Terri

Welcome September!

Welcome September!  I have been yearning for you since May.

Now comes the Autumn and I rejoice!

UPDATE: My Mom seems to be more alert today and is responding to the nurses' commands!

*deep sigh of relief*

 

We'll be going to see her tomorrow along with Morgan Rose.  Hoping she'll acknowledge and know us.

I received some new stash today. Charts, buttons, fabric, and floss!  

Afternoon in London and Afternoon in Paris from Country Cottage Needleworks plus some sweet Ladybug buttons!

Pumpkins 4-Sale (LHN) and ThreadworX Cotton Floss.

32 count Lugana from Picture This Plus in a gorgeous Jade Green!

*Stashgasm!*

I'll begin working on Pumpkins 4-Sale as my project for the Fall LHN / CCN Facebook Group SAL (Stitch Along)

Happy stitching, ya'll.  May your September be ever blessed.

The lighthouse above is the Cockspur Island Light.  It sits just off of Fort Pulaski near Tybee Island, where I was born and raised. 

The "Waving Girl", Florence Martus, rowed out to the light often with her father, a lighthouse keeper.

HAPPY DANCING -- October Cottage is done!

I took the last stitch in October Cottage about 20 minutes ago!

Now, to add October Girl next to it!

I so loved stitching this piece.  I had not stitched in so long, I thought perhaps I would never complete another project.

I am on a stitcher's high right now!

Don't forget to leave me a comment and tell me if you think I should offer a Birthday Giveaway!

Have a lovely evening and a great week.

Stay safe, Happy Stitching!

PROGRESS: October Cottage August 16th.

I've been stitching in spurts the last week,  but made good progress.  I'm almost finished with the cottage, just pumpkins, grass, and bottom border to go.

The above was my progress as of August 14th.

This is my progress as of 11:00 p.m. August 15th.

I changed the colours on the cottage and I made the door look like one we once had. I haven't decided if I'm going to fill in the windows of the cottage yet.

Can you believe it's Mid-August? Where has the summer gone? I've only been in the pool four times.  It rained the entire month of July (in the afternoon).

I am looking forward to September.  Now, if I could only convince our Governor and the President to abolish Daylight Saving Time!!!

Happy Stitching Y'all!

FALL SAL

The Facebook LHN / CCN group is having a FALL SAL.

This is the design I chose:

Pumpkins 4 Sale 

I hope to have an October Cottage update this evening.

Happy stitching!

WORLD CROSS STITCH DAY!

Today is World Cross Stitch Day!

Today, I'm working on CCN's October Cottage.

Working on the house today.  I HOPE I will finish it before September.

August 10th was the day I lost my beloved Pop.  Just 19 days before my youngest daughter was born. 

This is a photo of Nanie and Pop in 1986.  It's how I remember them best.

Funny... I never realized that they had grown old and never thought there would come a time when I wouldn't have them.

I hope you all have a blessed weekend. Happy Stitching!

Terri

October Cottage and other nifty things!

July seemed to drag on and on.  I'm glad it's over.  August means that school is starting and Fall comes closer.  

It's a bittersweet time.  I lost my beloved maternal grandparents (they adopted me when I was a wee lass) on the 3rd (1994) and 10th (1992) -- this is a difficult seven days.

However, Happy Husband and youngest daughter were born on the 27th and 29th.  

I cope. Usually.

Happy Husband brought this sweet little stitching buddy home to me in a new coffee mug!

Isn't he adorable?  I'm calling him Buddy. Very original, dontcha think?

October Cottage:

Using my own colourway.  Mostly ThreadworX and a few flosses from Victorian Motto Sampler Shoppe

I am so enjoying this project.  I think I'll also stitch up August and December for my daughters birthdays.

I had forgotten how much stitching comforts me... how it relaxes me.  It's almost like the feeling of peace and contentment I have when I hold my Rosary and pray.

I am so grateful to the Good Lord for giving me the patience and ability to stitch again.  I am so blessed.

Happy Stitching, Ya'll!

Terri

New Computer and October Cottage Update

First of all, thank you to Happy Husband for the new HP Pavilion!  Getting used to Windows 10 will take a few days, but I LOVE this laptop!

I've made progress on October Cottage as well.  Stupid me... I thought I was working on lugana... it's linen. 32 ct. Belfast.  Apparently, I lost my mind when I stopped stitching.

Glad I've found it.

Have a very happy Weekend!  Keep stitching!

Terri

New Start: CCNs October Cottage

I started Country Cottage Needleworks October Cottage last night.  The fabric is 32 count Belfast Linen.  To save my life, I can't recall where or when I bought it.

I'm using cotton over-dyed floss from ThreadworX -- I love variegated floss -- my own conversion!

This is a large piece of linen and I intend to stitch Little House Needleworks October Girl next to it. 

My birthday is in October and this piece is just for me!

Happy Stitching!

Red, White, and Bloom: Facebook SAL!

We've got an SAL going at Facebook for Country Cottage Needlework's Red, White, and Bloom!

It's a simple design -- simply lovely!

Come on over and join at the Red, White, and Bloom SAL Group.

You can see and purchase the chart at 123 Stitch and at other fine needlework shops!

Hope to see you there!

Terri ,