Alphabet Soup Progress

Alphabet Soup 

The Design Connection

28 Count Ivory Jobelan

2 x 2 Full Cross

One Strand of Thread for Back Stitching

This is my Oldest Project that I have been working on lately.  I am going to get this one finished.  This is my second Challenging Project that I have worked on since I started doing Counted Cross Stitch which was long long long time ago - back in the 80's.  Maybe in the 70's.  This project takes lots of Concentration and lots of Counting.  Right now I am stitching the one outside border on the left.  There are two Outside Borders that goes all the way around the entire piece.  I got the one Border done on the left.  I love working on this but you have to take your time with this and you really need to concentrate on this as you are stitching on this.  This is Out Of Print Pattern.  I bought this long long time ago.  It is a very pretty pattern to stitch.  I am almost done with this.  I am so glad too.  

The Tornado did not come through...we got lots of Wind and Rain but that was about it.  We had a Major Dust Storm come through the other day.  It was horrible.  Today we are getting lots of Rain and Wind and it is cold out.  I spent the entire day yesterday mowing my entire yard.  I have a very huge back yard and it takes a whole day to get it mowed.  I have a Battery Operated Lawn Mower.  When I had to charge up the Battery that is when I would take my Breaks from mowing.  My Front Yard is small.  I wish my Back Yard was small too but it isn't.  I am living in 200 some year old house that I grew up in and I am still sleeping in the same bedroom that I slept in when I was a little girl.  I will just die in my bedroom.  I love my bedroom.  Its nothing big or fancy but it is my bedroom that I have always slept in all of my life.  I have a Enclosed Front Porch and a Enclosed Back Porch.  Buttercup spends a lot of time on the Front Porch looking out the big tall wide windows and talking to his Birdie Friends.  My House has been remodeled 5 different times since I was little.  

I am taking it easy this week - Stitching and Reading.  I am reading A Promise Kept by Jo Ann Brown.  This is a very light Amish Romance Book.  It is really good.  I love this book.  

Who knows I just may pull out a project that I have not stitch on for a while.  You just never know about me.  

The Mixture that I posted the last time to get rid Of Moles it does work like for Gophers as well too.  I am not sure about any other animals.  

Thank You for all of your comments on my last post.  I really appreciate them very much. 

Take Care & Happy Stitching

God Bless You

Love & Prayers

Linda K, Buttercup 

ABC des Maisons Progress

ABC des Maisons 

Jardin Prive

Stitching this on 28 Count Antique White Cashel Linen

2 x 2 Full Cross

Back Stitch - One Strand 

DMC Threads

I am loving this - I do not want to quit working on this.  I am on the Third Row and there is one more row to go yet which will be the Fourth Row which is the last Row to do.  I did make a mistake somewhere on the Blue house in the third row but I was able to fudge it.  I was not about to tear all of that out just to make it correct.  I think it looks just fine myself.  This is my easy non full coverage WIP that I work on in the evenings.  I will work on this until it is finished.  Than I will pick another easy non full project to work on.  I have plenty of smaller easier projects to work on.  I keep buying them - Ha!  Prim Rose Cottage Stitches Charts are one of my favorites to buy.  

Life Update:  I am doing good.  Although I have hurt my Back - Right Shoulder Blade Area - I either pulled a Muscle or I tore a Muscle.  It is getting better but its taking its sweet ole time in healing up completely.  

I have been trying to get my yard work done too and its been so ungodly hot out and I live in town and there is very little trees in my Block so that Sun is beating down on my house - my car - the sidewalk.  I have to Stay inside of my house when it is hot out due to breathing problems if I don't.  I have Central Air - Thank Goodness.  

Mr. & Mrs Mole decided to come and visit me this week in my Front Yard - that is so sweet of them to come and visit me....NOT!  They are tearing up my front yard near my flower bed.  Darn them.  I got on the Internet and I found a Recipe to get rid of them:

One Gallon Of Water

One Tablespoon of Dawn Dish Soap 

Three Tablespoons of Castor Oil

You Mix all of that together and than you pour that on the mounds of Dirt and along the hill as I call it and I do it at night and in the mornings.  Its been working so far a little bit anyways.  You are not suppose to touch - Touching them by hand - Mounds according to what I have read. 

Stitching Update:  I have been working on Once Upon A Fairytale Heaven And Earth Designs - Aimee Stewart is the Artist and I also have been working on A Wise Old Owl by Paine Free Crafts - Chris Dunn is the Artist.  

We are in a Tornado Watch for tonight as I am writing this.  It is Thundering out.  

That is all for now...

Thank you all so much for all of your Comments...I really appreciate them so very much.  

God Bless You All

Love & Prayers

Linda K, Buttercup   

 

Once Upon A Fairytale Progress

Once Upon A Fairytale 

Heaven And Earth Designs

Artist is Aimee Stewart

Designer is Michele Sayetta

25 Count Bone Lugana

1 x 1 Full Cross

DMC Threads 

This is my progress so far on this.  I am on Page 14.  I am almost done with Page 14.  I am taking my time in stitching this.  I am in no hurry to get this one done.  I do one column from start to finish before I go to the next Column.  I do not have no lines.  The Trick is your Tension.  I love the Details that shows up as I am stitching on this.  

I take a break from this on the weekends - Friday - Sunday Night and I stitch on something that is easy and simple to do.  This gives my Eyes a Break.  Also I do not get burn out on a Large Project like this because I take breaks.  

Thank you for looking :)

Love & Prayers

God Bless You

Happy Stitching

Linda K, Buttercup   

Strawberry Farm Progress

Strawberry Farm 

Etsy Shop - flossyfoxshop 

16 Count Navy Blue Aida - Zweigart

This is my progress on this so far.  I am loving this.  I love how the Colors pop out on this Navy Blue Fabric.  I don't have any problems seeing to stitch on the Navy Blue Fabric.  

We have been getting Rain - Snow - High Winds a lot lately.  The Snow does not last long.  It is suppose to warm up this coming week so hopefully Mother Nature will get out of her Snowy Attitude.  I don't mind the Cold Temps but the Snow and the Ice I do.  

I am going to be starting another Full Coverage Project.  It is called Cuddle Time by Randal Spangler - Heaven And Earth Designs.  This Chart is so darn cute and so adorable.  I just love this Chart.  I am still stitching on Once Upon A Fairytale as my Full Coverage Project.  I am on Page 14 for the time being.  I am almost done with this Page.  I love seeing the little details coming alive as I am stitching on this.  

This is all for now...

Love & Prayers

God Bless You

Linda K, Buttercup 

Progress on Block 5 - Bluebird Cabin - Frosty Forest Series by Country Cottage Needleworks

Frosty Forest 

Country Cottage Needleworks

Block 5 - Bluebird Cabin

Using DMC Threads - Called For

Stitching this on 14 Count Light Blue Aida

This is my progress so far on Bluebird Cabin.  I just have the top to do - the Chimney Smoke - Some Snowflakes to do all up at the top.  Than this Block will be finished.  I have Blocks 6-9 to do.  

It has been very cold out - we did get snow but not very much of it.  Right now the Temp is Zero.  

My Niece Katy and her family lives in Los Angeles.  Her and her family is not in danger due to the Fires which I am so thankful for.  They are safe.  

Take Care & Happy Stitching

God Bless You

Love & Prayers

Linda K, Buttercup 

Block 5 - Bluebird Cabin Progress - Country Cottage Needleworks

Frosty Forest by Country Cottage Needleworks

Stitching this on 14 Count Light Blue Aida 

I am on Block 5 - Bluebird Cabin.  Everything is done for Block 5 except for the Bluebird Cabin itself.  I am slowly stitching on this.  Its a Big Bluebird Cabin.  I love stitching on this.  Its a easy enjoyable pattern to stitch.  There are a total of 9 Blocks.  

On Monday and Tuesday of next week - my area will get down to extreme cold temps.  The High's for Monday and Tuesday will be 4 Degrees F above Zero.  The Windchill Factor will be a -30 Degrees below zero.  My Small Town will be dead.  No School and I doubt anything will be open except for two Gas/Food Mart Places in my town.  

Today is Friday, January 17th of 2025.  I went to McDonalds early this morning at 6 a.m. and got my favorite breakfast - Sausage Biscuit and my Large Plain Mocha Frappe.  I get this on Fridays.  I need to go to DG - Dollar General - and get a few groceries and than I am staying in this entire weekend and most of all next week.  

We did get snow the other day but it was in the 30's yesterday and today it will be in the 40's.  I am so glad of that.  

I am listening to Candy Coated Secrets by Cynthia Hickey.  Oh this book is so so funny.  Its a Christian Mystery.  The Sleuth and her Aunt gets into all sorts of predicaments and they are so funny especially her Aunt.  I dearly love this book.  It is so so good.  This is Book 2 in a series.  I don't know what the series is called.  Her Cousin is a Police Officer - the Sleuth and her Aunt gets arrested by her cousin because they keep getting into things where they don't belong.  I am on Chapter 21 out of 32 Chapters.  I am listening to this on Audible. 

I am praying for California - I have a Niece and her family that lives in Los Angeles.  I have not heard anything about them so I am hoping that they are okay.   

That is all for now...

God Bless You

Love & Prayers

Linda K, Buttercup 

Frosty Forest Series - Block 5 Progress

Frosty Forest Series by Country Cottage Needleworks

Block 5 - Bluebird Cabin 

14 Count Light Blue Aida - Zweigart

I made more progress on this.  The Fence - all of the Snow - the two Bluebirds are completely stitch.  The Trees are done as well.  

I have started on the Bluebird Cabin.  It is a huge Cabin.  It will take me a while to stitch the Bluebird Cabin.  

I just have Blocks 6-9 to do and than this project will be finished.  

Weather Wise - my weather where I live at got down to 10 Above Zero F last night - the night of January 8th. It got down right cold.  My town where I live at was pretty quiet today due to the Freezing Temps.  Tomorrow - Friday - we are suppose to get anywhere from 1 to 3 inches of snow.  Fridays are my McDonalds Day.  I am hoping to get to McDonalds tomorrow for my lunch.  

A close friend of mine has passed away this week.  

Buttercup and I are doing just fine.  

I hope that you are all staying safe and warm.  Prayers for California - I have a Niece and her family that lives right in the Los Angeles Area.  

God Bless You 

Love & Prayers

Linda K, Buttercup