My First Biscornu

I was so excited to get this finished to show off. It's my first biscornu and it was so easy to make. I was a little nerves about the assembly part but aside from just being slow stitching the edges together, it was very easy. I really want to start another one but I need to work on some other finishes first.

I stitched it on bone Jobelan, using Jenny Thompson flower thread.

Last weekend I decided to stitch upstairs in the livingroom on Fall Gifts from Carriage House Samplings. I have gotten to the point of just filling in the last 2 pumpkins, so I'm on a mission to get it done before moving onto Houses of Hawk Run Hollow. It's kind of boring just filling in the two pumpkins but I am so close to being done that I have stitched as much as I can. Hopefully in a couple of nights I will be able to post the pic of the finished piece.

Tomorrow is our weekly stitch night in Columbia and I haven't decided wither to take it along to work on or just take something small.

We have not been able to let Emmie go out on the deck because she is so small she goes thru the spindles of the rails and jumps off the deck. So last Sunday we bought some small wire and Steve stapled it around the inside of the deck. The weather has been nice enough this week to let all 3 of the girls out on the deck.
They love to lay out there when the sun is shining and Emmie has discovered the flower pots with nothing but dirt in them. They will have to be relocated for this summer or she will have everthing dug up.
Also here's a pic of Emmie and Molly playing in the livingroom.


That all for now. Sage is laying on our bed whining for me to come to bed. Boy, it's bad when the dogs tell you when it's bedtime.

Spring Has Sprung

Monday night when I got home from work, Steve had grilled salmon, mushrooms and fresh asparagus on the grill. It was really good. He had bought a pair of cedar planks at Bass Pro and was eager to try them out. With adding a salad we were set for a really nice dinner and I didn't have to do anything.
Tues. We had tickets to the Eagles, Long Road Out of Eden tour that was in Columbia. Our 2 daughters surprised us with tickets as an early Mothers Day/Fathers Day gift.
The concert was great. If you like the Eagles, I suggest you go. It was even better than I thought it would be.
After 4 hours of sleep on Tues. night, I went to bed at 8:30 Wed.night.
Yesterday was my Friday off work so I started it out full speed. Steve was leaving on his annual weekend snagging trip with 3 of his fiends, so after they were off, I started laundry,did some cleaning, then I started working on adding some freebie patterns that I had printed, to page protectors and putting them in my 3 ring binder I have for Freebies. By noon it had warmed up enough to head outside.
I had cleaned up the front yard a couple of days back in Feb. when there was a warm spell,but the back was the part I'm not really trilled about starting. It's big and the flower beds take alot of time to clean out.
The daffodils are up and starting to bud along with the Hyacinths. I love this time of year, when things are budding and greening up. Finally, some color.
I worked for 4 hrs and then my back said it was enough. I did get alot cleaned up but didn't get finished by no means. I still have 2 large beds by the deck to clean out. A small one by the back door, and the leaves have really piled up this winter around the Lilacs. After coming in the house I took a couple of Advil and that along with my allergies I wasn't feeling so well. I think the Advil upset my stomach, and the last 2 times I worked cleaning up leaves, I wasn't feeling to good a little later. I'm starting to think it's my allergy to mold. I have shortness of breath, coughing and just a general feeling of the blahs....
Also, I had planned on getting a load of dirt today for leveling up the yard in places but this morning is looking a bit like rain. The forcast calls for spotty showers but I'm not sure wither to go get the load or wait until next weekend. Guess I'll see what the day brings.
Last night I finished the cross stitch part of my biscornu and started the backstitching for the assembly part. I'm excited to start that portion, since this is my 1st biscornu.
I need to decide what to do today. I really want to get some stitching in today too. I was looking at some x stitch blogs and I can't believe how fast some can get their projects stitched. I wish I could stitch faster and longer. There is so much I want to stitch.
I better get busy now.

Last Wips Pics

Last night I forgot about taking a pic of my pretty stitch counters I bought in
Tulsa. And now that I loaded pictures I took a little while ago, I just remembered the acorn magnet I also bought. Well, that will be for the next photo shoot.
Here's the stitch counters along with some beads I bought at the bead shop. The little turtles are closinase. (I'm sure I got the spelling wrong but I'm a stitcher not an English teacher. I had a idea of using them on a biscornu sometime.
I don't even have a pattern but I couldn't resist them since I love turtles.



Also Summer Blue which I'm not stitching in blue. This is my Thru. night stitching project I only work each week when we meet. It's going so slow that I'm thinking of rotating it so that I can make more progress at home on it and work on something else for a while on our stitch night.











Here's a picture of Emmie playing with her plastic easter egg. And another of her helping me with loading the dishwasher.

Weekend Trip to Tulsa

I'm back from our trip to Tulsa where we went shopping at The Silver Needle. We did some shopping on Friday afternoon after we checked into our hotel. Met the others that had left on Thurs for the trip and shopped, went for dinner and then back to our hotel where we all went to one of our rooms for lots of girl talk.
Sat. we went to a very nice bead shop. I'm not into beading except I've added some to x stitch but they have tons of great beads. I did buy a few that I thought would work for biscornus. Then it was back to The Silver Needle. My daughter Angie and I both had a fully punched key chain so that was worth $15.00 each in free stuff.
I also bought a set of really pretty stitch counters that were flowers made from polymer clay. But I forgot to take a picture of them, so that will be for another day. We went back to the hotel middle of the afternoon, got together with everyone and stitched for the next 4 hrs. We decided to walk to dinner from the hotel. The weather was great, mid to upper 70's. Sunday, it was time to head home.

Here's most of my purchases.


Spooky Tricks from Knotted Tree is sooooo cute. You stitch everything but the ghost heads and the yellow cat and they are buttons.



She Sells Seashells by Country Cottage Needleworks. I've really been getting into the "beachy" things. Even though I live smack dab in the middle of the country.



A Pair Of Pin Cubes from With My Needle. I can't wait to try making these.
Black Cat Sampler from With Thy Needle & Thread.
This has got to be one of the cutest Halloween charts.



Little House Needleworks has a fairly new charts that I think was a great buy. Something Old, Something New! 10 charts for $8.00.
Read Between The Lines, A Bookmark Sampler from Blue Ribbon Designs. I love all their charts and there are just a few I don't have.



Learning is Most Excellent from Mary Garry's Sewing Cabin.
This is an older chart but one that I didn't have. Also I have been eyeing John Foster 1885 Sampler by Historic Stitches since the day it came out. I decided I needed to just pick it up before it's too late.