Friday, January 19, 2024

Progress on Lady December

Progress on December - Heaven And Earth Designs - Artist is Anna Dittman - Designer is Michele Saytta of Heaven And Earth Designs - Wednesday, January 17, 2024

December
Heaven And Earth Designs
Artist is Anna Dittman
Designer is Michele Sayetta of Heaven And Earth Designs

25 Count Bone Lugana
1 x 1 Full Cross 

This is my progress on December.  It is a picture of a Lady's Face - Head that has Flowers in the side of her Hair.  She is done in Blues and Whites.  I almost have the first Column Done.  I have two more 10 x 10 Blocks to do and than Column One will be finished.  I am on Page One.  I just dearly love the colors and the Design.  I picked Lady December because December is my Birthday Month and my favorite colors are the Blues.  

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

Love & Prayers
God Bless You
Linda K, Buttercup 

Nantucket Rose Progress

Progress on Nantucket Rose - Marilyn Leavitt Imblum - Friday, January 19, 2024

Nantucket Rose
Lavender & Lace
Marilyn Leavitt Imblum - Designer-Artist

28 Count Flax Cashel Linen 
2 x 2 Full Cross 

I love Lavender & Lace Charts.  I love Marilyn Leavitt Imblum - she was a great Designer - Artist and I really miss her and her charts.  I have most of her Charts.  I love this Design - it is so pretty.  

That is all for now...

Thank you for looking :)

God Bless You
Love & Prayers
Linda K, Buttercup 

Tuesday, January 16, 2024

Sorry its been so long since I have posted anything - Life Update - Stitching Update

 Hello Friends 

Due to having Health Problems - seeing a Orthopedic Surgeon - getting a MRI done - being in Pain since last February has taken my stitching away from me and not feeling like doing much of anything.  

Next Month in February I will be having Double Surgery and after I have my Double Surgery I won't be doing any stitching at all because my left arm will be in a heavy duty sling and I will be wearing the sling for 6 weeks or longer.  It depends on how I heal.  The Second Surgery will be to remove part of my Clavical Bone (Collar Bone) to get rid of the Arthritis in my AC Joint which is on top of the shoulder.  The first surgery will be to repair a small tear on my Rotator Cuff.  

It will take up to a year for me to heal from everything.  If I don't post on here much after I have my Surgery you will know why.  

Please keep me in your Prayers.  Right now I am dealing with lots of pain on my entire upper left side. I stitch when I can but I cannot stitch very long - about 15 minutes is all.  

I have been working on "December"  Heaven And Earth Designs - Artist is Anna Dittman.  This Chart is pretty easy to work on.  The Confetti is not bad. 

My area where I live at - we have had snow - rain - sleet - Below Freezing Temps during the day time - clear down to a -30 Degrees below Zero F during the day time hours.  We had that from Sunday through today.  Today is a -3 Degrees Below Zero F and it feels like a -21 Degrees F Below Zero.   The local schools have been closed and they will stay closed until about Thursday if the weather is not too bad.  We are suppose to be getting Snow - Thursday - Friday - Saturday of this week and Saturday Night clear down to Zero for the Outside Temp.  

Over the next few days I will get a picture posted of "December".  She is done in Blues and she is so pretty.  I can't stop working on her.  

I had a good Christmas and a good Birthday.  My Pastor's Wife took me to Red Robin for my Birthday.  I love Red Robin.  I always get the same thing every time - Red Robin Gourmet Cheeseburger and of course their Fries and my Cherry Coke.  I got lots of Gift Cards for McDonalds and for Casey's.  Casey's is a Gas Station - Small Grocery - Hot Foods - Home Made Pizzas and Breadsticks.  Their Breadsticks are to die for.  They are so good.  

That is all I have for now...I will keep everyone updated as best as I can.  

God Bless You

Love & Prayers

Linda K, Buttercup 

Friday, October 20, 2023

Once Upon A Fairytale - Heaven And Earth Designs - My Progress

Progress on Once Upon A Fairytale - Heaven And Earth Designs - Aimee Stewart is Artist - Designer is Michele Sayetta - Wednesday, October 18, 2023

Once Upon A Fairytale

Heaven And Earth Designs

Artist - Aimee Stewart

Designer - Michele Sayetta 

25 Count Bone Lugana

1 x 1 Full Cross

This is my progress on my Full Coverage Heaven And Earth Designs Project.  I just have two more rows to do down at the bottom and than Page One will be completely finished.  

This is my Focus Piece for Heaven And Earth Designs - I just love this - if you look closely you can see the Owl's Head to the right of the picture.  I cannot wait til I finish him.  He is so darn cute and so adorable.  

I only do one 10 x 10 block from start to finish before I go to the next Block.  This is how I do all of my Full Coverage Projects.  This way I do not mess up and I do not get lost to where I am at.  There is tons of Confetti Stitching done for Page One.  

That is all for now...

God Bless You
Love & Prayers
Linda K, Buttercup 

Progress on ABC des Maisons by Jardin Prive

Progress on ABC's des Maisons by Jardin Prive - Tuesday, October 17, 2023

ABC des Maisons
Jardin Prive

14 Count White Aida 

I started this earlier this year because I wanted to start something new so I started this.  Since this photo was taken I washed my fabric to get it a little bit more softer and it did become more soft after I washed it with Plain cool water.  I took it out of the Q Snap and I have it now in a hoop.  

I prefer using Embroidery Hoops more so instead of Q Snaps.  Due to my weak hands and fingers it is so much easier for me to use a Hoop.  Plus I can hold it closer to me as well by using a Hoop.  I am a Hoop Stitchy kinda girl.  

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

That is all for now....

God Bless You
Love & Prayers
Linda K, Buttercup 

Progress on Alphabet Soup

Progress on Alphabet Soup - The Design Connection - Monday, October 16, 2023

Alphabet Soup
The Design Connection

28 Count Ivory Jobelan
2 x 2 Full Cross
Quarter Stitches
Back Stitching

I almost have the left side of this completely finished.  I have the handle to stitch yet and finish up the Yellow on the side and than do the Blue Squares on the same side as well.  

I have a whole lot more to do on this yet and my plan for this is to get this completely finished by the end of this year.  I would love to get this framed and give this to a dear close friend of mine who just loves all kinds of Soups and who eats a bowl of Soup every single day either for lunch or for her supper.  We are really close and we do our shopping trips together and we love to go to Wendy's to eat our lunch when we are out shopping.  

I love this but this is my third most difficult project that I have worked on since 1980.  

That is all for now....

God Bless You 
Love & Prayers
Linda K, Buttercup 

Saturday, September 30, 2023

Happy Fall

 Hello Stitching Friends

Well in my corner of the world we are now in Fall Season - the Leaves are starting to turn into their beautiful colors.  The Leaves are starting to fall.  The Grass does not need mowing as much.  It has been two weeks since I have had my grass mowed.  This Coming Monday I will have my grass mowed.  It sort of needs it.  I have somebody mow it for me.  

This Weekend in my town we are having the Big Town Wide Event this entire weekend.  It is called Falloween Fest.  It is at the high school where I graduated from so long ago.  We have the Big Parade which is the Kick Off for the Falloween Fest and the best part is that it goes right past my house.  I do not have to leave to see the parade.  Two of my cousins were in the Parade and my Church was in the Parade last night.  It was so great to see all of my friends and my cousins and my church in the Parade.  I got a New Hat- tons of Candy thrown right at me - a Free Hot Dog - all from the Parade.  I love it.  The Parade was last night - Friday Night.  

I really enjoyed the Parade last night - I love seeing the real old cars in the Parade with their Music Playing.  There is a couple in my town that has this really neat car and it is identical to the Bat Mobile that was in the Batman - Robin TV Show.  This Car is identical to that.  I love seeing this Car.  It is so neat looking and I always call it the Bat Mobile every time I see this car.  The couple only drives it during the summer months but not very often though and it is in the Parade every year.  It is so cool looking.  

I was going to go get me a Elephant Ear today since that is the only thing that I get during the Falloween Fest but they are over $10.00 now to get one so I decided not to get one.  I know its only once a year but I just want a Peaceful Quiet Day and Evening and not be around a whole bunch of people.  I love staying home with Buttercup and spending the day with him and be very lazy today.  All of the Events are at the high school so that is about 6 blocks away from my house.  My Street was full of people last night due to the Parade.  The Falloween Fest is from Friday Night to Sunday early evening.  It ends at 6 p.m. on Sunday Evening.  Usually Saturday is when everybody goes to the Falloween Fest.  That is the only full day that we have for the Falloween Fest.  It goes from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. 

I have 6 Books checked out from my County Library but I would have to spend all of my time reading my Library Books and I would not get nothing else done.  So I have decided to just read my own books from my own shelves.  This way I can take my time in reading my Books and still do what I need to get done and to have some stitching time as well.  I Pre Order The Iron Flame which is the Sequel to Fourth Wing.  I have Fourth Wing on my Kindle but I would love to get the Physical Book as well which I will be getting next month - October.  I love reading Fantasy and Cozy Mysteries and Children's Books.  I am currently reading Knits, Knots, and Knives by Emmie Caldwell.  I am almost done with this Book.  It is a Cozy Mystery and its my own book.  I will be taking my Library Books back to the Library probably sometime tomorrow afternoon.  As much as I love going to the Library I just need to take my time in reading my Books and not have to worry about trying to get them read by a certain date.  I know I can renew them but its not the same.  I dearly love my County Library - the Staff is fantastic - we have the Self Check Out Computerized System - we have the Self  Automatic Computerized Return Slot for all of your Return Items and you get a Receipt if you chose to get one.  This is why I love my County Library.  Also too - my High School English Teacher works at the County Library and I get to see her every time I go there.  

This is all for now...

Take Care & Happy Stitching

God Bless You

Love & Prayers

Linda K, Buttercup