It is now New Years Eve…

 So I thought I would write a posts and share some picture with you all.

First I my wish for you all you putting here a picture I did with different holiday tatting I have done in years past.

Next is a tale of two free forming snowmen that I did in bobbin lace making. I follow a woman that is on YouTube. Some maybe know who she is. Her name is Nicola Parkman from the Cornwall, UK. She has a business called Hands Across Time Samplers. I find her very friendly sounding as I love when she talks about samplers that are found from times in the past and are reproduced and brought back to life. Well, she came here in the fall a couple months ago to teach a workshop. I would have loved to take the work shop and meet her in person. The beauty of this was I didn’t have to get on a plane. Nicola was going to be only 30 miles from my house … wonderful huh?? I had written to Nicola and told her how I follow her and the fact I live pretty close to where she was going to be when she came states side. I told her that I wished I could take her workshop and I lived close by. She said to come on Friday morning and we could have a coffee together. Since she was so nice and willing to do this I decided I would make her a cloth card and since Winter was on the horizon I made her a snowman. Here is the picture of that snowman which was on the front of the card. The back said Happy Winter with some confetti snowflakes with beads added on. I gave it to her and we had coffee together and a chat. It was a very nice and special time for me.

   I then made another snowman using the same pattern for my lace exchange partner in Spain. Here is that snowman. Marcella made for me a beautiful red star in Bobbi lace. I will show that in my next post. This will be all for tonight for the new year is now less than an hour away. I will write soon again. Happy New Years!!!!

Christmas is coming..

 and here is a stitching I did many years ago. The pattern was from a very old “Cross Stitch & Country Crafts” magazine. I don’t know the year..maybe in the 1980s/1990s.

 Just a few Cross stitches I have done lately. First up is "Onward Black Kitty" the design is from  "Hello Halloween" booklet that came out last year. The designer is Teresa Kogut. The frame is from Etsy which I love. 

I have another Halloween finish which the design is from this year's "Just Cross Stitch" Halloween issuse. The design is called "Wild Witch" designed by Liz Almond of Blackward Journey. I liked the way the skirt was done in the design.

And,,, I have just one more finish to share. The design is called "Nightshade Bird" designed by Paulette Stewart of Plum Street Samplers. I love the design.

I do my cross stitching in the evenings while  watching TV with my husband. This is it for now. Bye for now.

Just finshed

 Mill Hill kit “Painted Pumpkins” with lots of beads and a green star button. I love all the silly faces. The put a smile on my face.

Right now I am working on a small stitch from the new “ Just Cross Stitch special Halloween issue. My Binche Lace project keeps calling  to me… come and play with all the bobbins.

    

Mimosa Tree

 Here is a picture of my Mimosa Tree taken from my kitchen window. It is so pretty. The tree makes me think of my parents. Nobody had a Mimosa Tree around me. The only place I saw it here in New York was my parents. I remember my Dad with his binoculars  sitting in his chair in the living room watching the Hummingbirds.

   years ago while visiting my girlfriend Erin in Knoxville we pulled over the side of the highway so I could pick some seed pods. I brought the pods home and the next year I started the seeds in a pit and planted them. The MimosaTree that was at my parents house is no more. When my daughter had a room added to her house the Mimosa Tree was taken down.

   

When I see this beauty I think of my parents and my friend Erin whom I have fond memories of both.

A couple more pictures of my Scream House

 I couldn't add these pictures to my post using my phone so lets see if I can add them here.

I finally did Scream House

 I have had the kit for Scream House for years. It was a special kit designed by Just Nan for the company Silver Needle. It was a lot of fun to make but intimidating at first but I am like a dog with a bone and I just stayed with it until successfully done. Here are some pictures. Hi Edgar…lol

Away We Ride

 I just finished “Away We Ride” designed by Blackbird Designs. I did change some of the color threads. I love the design for I loved what it said. Now what to stitch next…hmmm

    I want to wish you all a Happy Valentine’s Day too !!

 Some cross stitching….

First is what I am now working on in the evenings. It is a pattern design called Away We Ride the designer is Blackbird Designs. I have decided to use my own color way. When using the colors called for, the colors are not matching the picture at all. So I am doing my own thing.

I love Satsuma Street Halloween and Christmas ornaments. So I have made some. They are mostly from the “Nutcracker”.I went to an online stitching event called “ The Jingle Ball” I found out from Jody the design that the metallic perforated paper was no longer being made so I went on a hunt to find the other “Nutcracker”  designs which I was able to get the ones I didn’t have. 

I have also since I last blogged finished my two cats from Teresa Kogut booklet “ Hello Halloween “

Here are my two kitties.  I also added a small amount of hand dyed thread called “Spooky” which was dyed by Yarnplayer on Etsy to add a bit of brightness to the designs. I loved doing the cats. I love the whole booklet!!