IHSW results :)

"Just a Little Autumn" by Sandra Dering stitched on 18ct Aida and
I'm just starting on "Autumn Blessings" by Plum Street Samplers.

I have to admit, 

I've been so focused on Christmas 

that I almost missed the fact that fall is favorite time of year!

So this weekend I stitched some Autumn themed

charts to get into the fall spirit :)

The weather here has been over 100 degrees

this past week and that is definitely

NOT much like fall weather,

but I'm determined to pretend it's fall!

This week I'll be baking pumpkin muffins 

and busting out my pumpkin scented candles :)

All kinds of fun stuff...

This weekend was another International Hermit and Stitch weekend.

So that's what I did as often as I could :)

Cross stitch is so wonderfully relaxing for me. 

I just love it.

I'm working on this "Love and Be Loved"

 by With Thy Needle & Thread.

I'm going to finish it as a  pillow for my bedroom.

I also had to share photos of my beautiful granddaughters

 wearing their new jumpers.

This is Sofie and her beautiful Mommy :)

And this is Evie (little Ms. Independent)

They are just so adorable I almost can't stand it! 

And before I forget,

here is my ORT (old ratty threads) jar

for my August TUSAL report.

And last but not least,

I'm going to be taking part if the Quilter's Blog Hop Party with Give-aways!

You can jump over to QuiltingGallery.com  to learn more about it

or just come back here on August 25th to see what I'll be giving away :)

A bit of Stitchin and Patriotism :)

Well it's time again for the Internation Hermit & Stitch Weekend!

And it couldn't come at a better time.

We've had lots of birthday festivities the last few weeks

and this weekend will be relatively quiet.

Sometimes it's just nice to slow down for a minute.

I just started the Jumping Cat and hopefully

I'll have some progress before the weekend is over :)

I also wanted to show you the fabulous goodies

I received in the Stitched with Love exchange.

You can see the entire gallery here.

It was a Patriotic theme this time around

and look what I received from Jen

at Crafty Imaginings by Jen.

(you NEED to check out her fun blog!)

She's an amazing stitcher!

Look at what she sent me!

I was spoiled for sure!!!

Here's a closer look at her beautiful stitching skills!

This is what I stitched and sent to Marjorie.

She loves primitive decor so I tried my best

to keep it in that vein.

I made her some reversible coasters 

using Osnaburg and Homespun fabrics in red & blue

and finished the stitchery in a small pillow with some vintage buttons.

Have a lovely weekend everyone!!!

I know I'll be stitchin' and sewin'

(and cleanin' and cookin'......*sigh*)

FNSI and IHSW results :)

First - my FNSI results:

 I know I showed you pictures of Sweetwater fabric

and I said I was going to sew curtains.......but......

I didn't have enough fabric to make the style

of curtains that my daughter in law wanted :(

I did, however, 

have a project that needed my attention.

2 of my grandsons needed me to replace

some of their little felt dinosaurs 

that had been loved to death :)

You can read more about the dinos here.

So I cut and stitched these little guys for them.

They were super happy to have 

their "Kung Fu Dino Posse" complete again!

Now for my International Hermit & Stitch Weekend result:

I finished my "America" by Little House Needleworks

It is stitched on 32ct evenweave over 1 thread.

I love to stitch super tiny crosses over 1.

It looks so compact and bold.

I changed out all the colors to what I liked

that I had on hand.

And last, but not least

some of the Father's Day fun

that I was working on:

Every year I made a special Father's Day card

for my hubby.

It's his favorite thing 

and he looks forward to it more than Christmas!

You can see some of his previous cards here.

This year I went with Despicable Me :)

(I love me some Minions!!!)

Took me an entire day

to cut out  those tiny blue overalls

and those goggles were tricky too!

Those are our 4 grandsons and 2 granddaughters.

He loved his card!

Now I have another year to start

planning his next card :)

I also made some mug rugs for my hubby

and our son and son in law.

I used fabrics to match their offices

and phrases that they each use

that would make them smile :)

I baked up some chocolate chip cookies for the Dad's at church.

I found these great free printable labels on the net.

Gotta love the Internet!

All in all it was a busy weekend.

We had a fabulous Father's Day with all our children

and grandchildren :)

Hope yours was lovely too!