It's been a long time - WIP update

It's been a while since I've posted, but I'm finally getting back into my stitching after DH's heart attack last November.  I've been working on Papillon "Castles in the Air", Mirabilia "Winter Queen" and The Workbasket "Quaker Sampler".  I've mostly worked on Quaker Sampler and am 3/4 of the way done with it I believe.

Here are some pictures of where they are now.

Castles in the Air

Winter Queen

Quaker Sampler

Oh, and almost forgot this one that I'm working on.  LHN "Trustworthy & True" - I bought this one to make and give to my daughter & son in law for their 2 year anniversary this year and I also bought the "Strong & Beautiful" and "Soft & Sweet" from the Little Women Virtue series to give to my daughter and grand-daughter respectively.

Trustworthy & True

Speaking of my grand-daughter, Emma has grown like a weed and changed so much over the last few months.  She is now 2 1/2 and definitely becoming her own little person.  My son in law with his parents have a farm where they raise alpacas, Dexter cattle/beef, and Jacob sheep, in addition to his Dad running a recycling business.  Emma loves to help feed the animals (including their own egg chickens), and work in their "shop" with mommy and daddy helping them sort the metal.  Here's a few peeks at our precious girl.

Mommy & Emma 2nd birthday

Emma Easter 2012

"winking" while goofing with Uncle Devan

On our way to church

Thanks for visiting!

Menus on a Dime e-book giveaway

I get a newsletter from the Living on a Dime website and lots of great tips for frugal living.  They're having a giveaway for their Menus on a Dime 3 e-book set.  Take a look here for a chance to enter.

IHSW

I haven't blogged since Dave had his heart attack and I haven't stitched much either.  But I'm trying this weekend to get back in the groove of things by participating in the International Hermit & Stitch weekend (IHSW).

So I've signed up for it and I plan to stitch in-between washing & hanging the laundry today and will probably stitch at least some tomorrow after church.  We've had a lot going on the last couple of months, and it's been just so busy.  I'm looking forward to relaxing a bit.

If you're interested, here's the link. 

Another giveaway!

Terri over at Dixie Samplar is having a Christmas giveaway.  Go check it out here. 

A 2nd Giveaway @Victoria Sampler!

Just realized Nancy has a 2nd giveaway on her blog, this one is for threads only - 25 skeins @20 yards each of her hand dyed threads.  Wow, that's 500 yards!  What a generous giveaway.

Go here for a chance to enter.

Victorian Motto Sampler giveaway!

Nancy over at Victorian Motto Sampler is having a Christmas giveaway.  She's so generous and offering 3 different gifts on this one giveaway.

I've been wanting to try her hand dyed threads & trims, but haven't been able to justify the extra expense recently, so maybe I'll get lucky and win one of them.

Go here to enter!

Linen for Sale - Vikki Clayton Linen

 I bought these from Vikki Clayton and they are her mercerized linen and I'm pretty sure they're all 36ct.  These are fun, funky, bright & they're all pieces that didn't make the cut for selling on her site.  Yes, they have some "odd' spots to them, but there's a lot you could do also.  I kept quite a few, but these just weren't for me.  Each big piece is $2.

Green is 19 x 12 - Dark Blue is 19 1/2 x 13 - Blue is 19 x 12 1/2 - Pink is 19 x 12 1/2
The bottom picture are 3 ornament cuts that are a little over 8 x 8 $2 for all 3.

Thanks for looking!