Quilt, Craft and Sewing Festival

Even though I am "car-less" at the moment, I made it to the Craft Show at the LA Fairgrounds in Pomona today. I took the Metrolink train and rode a city bus for the first time! It was perfect weather in the 80s with blue skies. I made a needlebook with a yo-yo fabric circle decoration on the cover. They sold different sizes of plastic circles to make yo-yo quilting pieces and patterns to make dolls or animals. It was a busy booth with lots of customers.

I talked to the ladies at the ANG/EGA booth and got info about their chapters and meetings. They had a display of gorgeous projects showing different types of stitches besides the cross stitch. Someday I would love to try these.

I also visited the Bobbie G Designs booth 3 times! I kept looking at the charts and kits. They had a special of Buy 3 Get 1 Free. At the end, I ended up not buying anything. I have so many kits waiting for me at home.

I did buy some pretty new stork scissors, a glass nail file, pretty notepad, and a Tooth Fairy ceramic trinket box for my niece. She just lost her first tooth and turned 5 today! Her party is this Saturday.

Now that I'm home, I will get back to stitching!

A Paris Kiss update #1

This is my first experience stitching on 28 ct linen over 2.  I love how easily the needle and floss slide right through!  This is a gift for my daughter, which I don't want her to see until it is finished, so when she is home, I switch over to the Hen on Nest for my mom or the Christmas ornaments.  It has some faint printed background of the Eiffel Tower.  The colors are all in brown and sepia tones.  I am almost done stitching the man's hair.  He is leaning down to kiss a woman.

Hen on Nest update #2

I've been stitching away on this gift for my mom. The brown floss colors are a little darker than shown in the picture, but it will be OK. It is stitched with 3 threads. This is easy to stitch because there are blocks of color.

I joined a new blog today called Let's Stitch, where we share our stitching progress every weekend.

TUSAL #3

It's another New Moon and time for an update pic of my ORT jar! Thanks to Daffycat for starting this Totally Useless Stitch-A-Long!

Day #13 - Santa's List

Another Christmas ornament from my Crazy January Challenge list is in progress!  Only two more to go until I'm caught up to where I should have been on January 15th.  I think it's so much fun to have 15 WIP to work on.  I've only stitched one at a time before.  These little ornaments are the perfect thing to work on in the waiting room for doctor appointments.

Day #12 - Starry Snowman

Another ornament for next Christmas! This is on 18 count Aida with lots of quarter-stitches which are a real pain! I'm glad that I'm finally getting around to starting all these little kits that have been in my stash for so long, thanks to the Crazy January Challenge.

Day #11 - Santa

This is my first cross stitch on plastic canvas. I'm still catching up on the Crazy January Challenge. Now I have three ornaments on the way for next Christmas!

Day #10 - Sleeping Teddy

I'm still playing catch-up on the last few small projects for my Crazy January Challenge.  This little Christmas ornament has a teddy bear asleep in bed, dreaming about Christmas goodies. It comes with the house-shaped frame. 

An Apple a Day - framed!

I stitched this for my mother's neighbor. My mom found an old frame and painted it just the right shade of red! I signed the back but didn't stitch my initials. I think I will start to do that from now on.

Day #9 - Tree With Gifts

I have always wanted to have cross-stitched ornaments on my Christmas tree, and I've been buying ornie kits for years.  Thanks to the Crazy January Challenge, I finally got started on my first one!  It comes with a house-shaped plastic frame.  How cute!

 

Hen on Nest update #1

I kind of pooped out on the Crazy January Challenge.  I still have to start on the small items for Days #9-15.  I've been stitching on "Hen on Nest" for my mom.  Here is a little progress, along with a pic of what it will look like when it's finished:

I baked some yummy chocolate cookies yesterday!  See pics and recipe on my other blog.

TUSAL #2

It's time for the February TUSAL photo!  I have added ORT from my Crazy January Challenge starts and one finished project, Apple a Day.  Thanks to Daffycat for starting this!