Baby Sampler

My baby sampler for Izaiah arrived safe and sound in San Antonio a few days before I did. The "kids" (my son and DIL) were quite anxious to open it.

Stitching update...

I picked up For This Child from the framers and I'm thrilled with the results. Hope my son and daughter in law love it half as much I do and my grandson has it for a very long time. I also picked up Sailing Sailing by Little House Needleworks.

I continued working on Time for God by Lizzie Kate and made a bit more progress. I'm afraid it's one of those designs I'll have to stitch twice. This one I plan to give to my mom and I think I will try a one-color-variegated for mine. Just an idea at the moment since I have more stitching to get done and first on the agenda is a new model for Little House Needleworks.

F-I-N-I-S-H-E-D!

Wooohooooooo! Yep, that was me yelling with joy. I have finished the baby sampler for my grandson. I love how it turned out and can't wait to see it framed.

For This Child

by My Big Toe

16 ct. Heritage Aida

DMC colors: 3808, 3811 and 745

Izaiah

11 months old

Stitching progress...

This past week I worked on the baby sampler for my grandson and I'm quite happy with the progress I'ved made. If I can keep up this pace I should be able to have it completed and ready for framing before the end of the month. This is what I have as of today:

For This Child

by My Big Toe Designs

Updates of WIPs

I might have made more progress on For This Child by My Big Toe had I not run out of DMC 3808 and having to embark on a trip to various Michael's to find what I needed. For some reason (that no one is willing to admit to) the DMC floss bins at their stores have been pretty neglected lately. I finally found three skeins at my local JoAnn's.

Yesterday my local stitch group spent the day at Madonna's Needleworks in Morgan Hill and I did a little work on Mildred's Garden House by Blackbird Designs. As you can see this one is pretty close to being done too.

This upcoming week all my stitching will be set aside for a new model I'll be stitching for Country Cottage Needleworks and I'm anxious to start it. Have a good week!

A stitch-filled week...

I'm happy to say that I made quite a bit of progress on two of my WIPs.

I'm hoping to have this baby sampler done for my grandson Izaiah before his first birthday in May and at the moment I think I can pull it off.

For this Child by My Big Toe

As of 5/31/10

As of 3/14/11

I might have finished the Prairie Schooler but after a few nights of DMC 3371 on those blackbirds, I just had to move on and work on something else.

Weekly Update

It sure is hard getting back into the swing of things after a 3-day weekend. We decided to drive south and spend the extended weekend in Monterey, CA. The weather, which we thought might be in the lower 60s, was just awesome with three beautiful, sunny, clear days close to the 70s. We took long walks down Cannery Row and the beach and mostly just absorbed the ambience.

I made some progress on my stitching and this is the progress I've made on the sampler for my grandson. It's going along a little quicker than I expected and my goal is to have it completed by the end of June. I'm also committed to two other SALs so I started Mildred's Garden House with the gals in the Blackbird Designs Yahoo group. For the Little House Needleworks SAL I've decided to work on Sailing, Sailing and hope to start that one later this week.

For This Child

by My Big Toe Design

Mildred's Garden House

by Blackbird Designs

Of course no update is complete without the latest photo of my grandson Izaiah.

Weekly Update

I was able to get a start on the baby sampler for my grandson and this is what I have so far of For This Child by My Big Toe Design. I spent most of my stitching time this week working on a new model for Little House Needleworks.

Best news of the week is the arrival of my grandson, Izaiah Alexzander who was born on Friday, May 14th at 1:48PM. He weighed in at 7 lbs., 3 oz. As you can see everyone is doing well. Hubby and I hope to make a trip to San Antonio soon to make our acquaintance. Let the spoiling begin!

Weekly Update

It was another busy week but I managed to make some progress on my projects. I worked on Rose Hill Plantation by Little House Needleworks and this is what I have so far. I'm stitching this on a piece of hand-dyed 14 count Aida I had in my stash. The fabric was a gift from my friend Jeanine and I've had it for almost 7 years. Guess it was time.

Last week I posted my WIPs and decided to tackle them one at a time until there are finished. Here is my progress on the Gameboard Sampler by Drawn Thread. As you can see I don't have much to go now. I realized when I took this photo that is project is almost 3 years old.

When I'm finished with Rose Hill Plantation I plan to start on a baby sampler for my grandson. I've chosen (with the help of my daughter in law Julie), A Child Is Born by My Big Toe Design.

On a personal note I was very saddened to learn of the passing of my best friend's mom. Esther and I have been friends since we were 16 and I spent lots of time at her house, so her mom was like a second mother to me. I'm so going to miss my dear mama Dolly.