CJC 2012 Project 11 and 12

Well, I am a little bit behind but I plan to catch up this weekend.  I have changed my mind on a few patterns and decided the majority of my projects will be Christmas items.  This year I want to give stitched ornaments to my family and close friends and now is the perfect time to start so they will be ready by December.  So here are 11 and 12.

Project 11 is a web freebie called Noel, I do not remember where I got it and I am hoping one of you can refresh my memory--most likely I found on the Freebie Gallery. 

Noel Freebie
28ct Monaco
DMC Floss

Project 12 is a pumpkin freebie that was to cute to resist and a challenge.  Once the stitching is finished then I have to join the stitched edges and stuff it to make a 3D pumpkin.  This was another web freebie that I have had sitting in my "want to stitch pile forever".  Not sure where I found it, again it may have been on the Freebie Gallery blog. 

Pumpkin Freebie
28ct Monaco
DMC Varigated Floss

Enjoy!!


See ya,
CJ

CJC 2012 #7 Started and Finished

WooHoo!!  I have my 7th CJC start and my first finish for 2012.   This JSW Designs Trees in a Tree from the Christmas Tree Collection VII. 

Trees in a Tree
14ct White Aida
DMC Threads

Enjoy!!

CJ 

CJC 2012 Project #6

I have started my 6th project, Heart Tree from the JBW Designs Christmas Tree Collection 1.  This is a very quick stitch and it will make a cute ornament for my Christmas tree. 

Heart Tree
28 ct Monaco
DMC Threads

Enjoy!!

CJ

Crazy January Challenge Project #9 Finished

Les Petites Lettres Rouge by Blackbird Design has now landed in my stitching completed pile.  That is two projects in one week for me.  I am very happy to be done with this one.  It took me a few months to decide how I wanted to end it and what little extras I wanted to add.  In the end I am very happy with it and look forward to framing it up and hanging in my bathroom. 

Thanks for stopping by.

See ya!!

CJ

Stitching Update and a Small Giveaway

Happy 1st of May!!  This year has flown by ever so quickly.  I am so happy to share with you two stitching finishes.  The first is Plum Berry Sampler from Bent Creek is on my Crazy January Challenge stitching list.  That makes 7 of 15 projects complete on that list. Can I get a "WOOHOO"!!  Very nice little project.  This will be assembled into an end of the year teacher gift.

My second project to share with you, Tis The Season by JBW Designs, was not on my CJC list.  It was something I started before Christmas but just finished last week when I recieved the Just A Button Company small red star from 123Stitch.com.  This will be a present for Christmas for one of my dearest friends.  I think it would make a nice flatfold--at least that is easy to display and simple to put-up after the holiday.



Now that all that is done how about a little giveaway??  Since I am not one to stitch a pattern more than once I am happy to send these patterns off to one lucky person (sans buttons).  To qualify please leave me a comment and link my giveaway on your blog--in other words share the news about my giveaway.   I will pick a winner on the 8th, my baby girls birthday.  

More to follow!!!

See ya!!

CJ

One more Crazy January Finish!!

Project #4, the Quaker Armadillo from Aury is all stitched up.  This is for my son, who is fascinated with the armadillos that tear up our yard looking for grub worms. Our neighbor has manged to trap a few over the years--nasty looking creatures. The kids like to look at it in the trap--yuk.  They really can do some damage to a yard.  Since we are in Texas dead armadillos are a common sight along the roadside, it is not very often you get to see one alive.  The first time I went to the Weavers Weekend in Oklahoma an armadillo crossed my path as I was walking back to the lodge.  That was my first ever "live in the wild" armadillo sighting. 

Another happy dance for me!!

See ya!!  Thanks to all of you who stop by, I really appreciate your comments.

CJ

Crazy January Challenge 2011 Project #2 Finished!!

The stitching is complete on  project #2 from the Crazy January Challenge.  Later I plan to finish it into a block for display in my daughters room.  This is my fourth (count them 1, 2, 3, and 4) stitching finish for 2011, don't think I finished that many in 2010 and my second finish of the Crazy January Challenge.  I am diligently working on my sons name ornament, plan to start the beading tonight as I watch American Idol. 

See ya!!

CJ

Crazy January Challenge 2011 - Project #12

Plum Berry Sampler is my choice for project #12 -- can't believe I have made it this far.  I am stitching it on even weave with DMC floss.  The best thing about this challenge is I told myself I will only use what is in my stash -- no new purchases, no floss, no fabric, no patterns.  If I don't have the right color, I pull out my DMC color chart to find a suitable sub.  

See ya!!

CJ 

Stitched Ornaments

Last week I mailed off two stitched ornament swaps that I had stitched up earlier in the year.  Both are fringed and backed with felt, I used Heat-n-Bond to fuse the aida, felt and ribbon together in a nice sandwich. 



Noel Freebie from Gazette 94



Christmas Tree in Blue by Cathie Richardson
of Country Garden Stitchery found in the
November 2008 The Gift of Stitching

Speaking of stitching after perusing a few blogs last week I came across a stitching challenge on Jennifer's blog.  It is the Crazy January Challenge 2011 and it involves starting 15 new projects in the first 15 days of January--crazy is right.  So, of course, had to jump right in.  It's not like I don't have enough to do with a huband, three kids, and two dogs.  You can find more info about the challenge on Minna's blog so far over 130 have joined.  I figure this is a great way for me to get some of those small projects I have in my stash finished.  So here goes, wish me luck.

Happy Holidays!!


See ya!!

CJ