Blessings

Title: 12 Blessings of Christmas

Designer: Lizzie*Kate

Details: I finished these up on December 23, 2006. They were stitched on 16 ct aida with DMC floss. For fast and easy finishing I purchased tuck pillows. The tree was already up and decorated and I didn't want to have to shuffle ornaments around, so you're seeing them hanging off my apothecary table! :)

Snowman

Title: Snowman In the Window

Designer: Wichelt

Details: A freebie I stitched up a couple of winters ago. Finally discovered the no-sew cube method of finishing and voila - he was finished up in time to be on display this Christmas.

Love Was Born

Title: Love Was Born

Designer: Lizzie*Kate

Details: A fun little Lizzie Kate ornament from the 1999 Just Cross Stitch ornament magazine. Stitched with GAST.

Peaceful Forest

Title: Peaceful Forest

Designer: Bent Creek

Details: I stitched and had this one framed over 2 years ago (sometime in 2004). Stitched on fiddler's cloth with GAST. I had a spot in my living room all picked out for it... but that spot seemed too large for this piece. So I decided I would stitch Cabin in the Woods by Bent Creek to go with it. Here we are, two years later and Cabin in the Woods is a UFO. I went ahead and hung Peaceful Forest today and bought a framed print to hang with it for now!

Britty Puppy

Title: Britty Puppy

Designer: Brittercup Designs

Details: From the 2006 Just Cross Stitch ornament issue. This darling puppy stitched up in a day on 14ct aida with GAST. My first cube finish, but I doubt it will be my last as they are so quick and fun to make!

Morning Fairy

Title: Morning Fairy

Designer: Dragon Dreams

Details: A Dragon Dreams freebie which I made some changes to. I'm not into fairies so I left off her wings. The original said coffee but I changed it to cocoa. My first finish of 2006 (can you say slump?) and a UFO finish at that! Finished and framed in September 2006; frame by Ikea.

Hafta Stitch

Title: Hafta Stitch

Designer: Calico Crossroads

Details: Quick design to stitch except for those pesky metallics. :) Stitched this one up in late 2005 but just managed to get around to finishing it in February 06.

Snowman Ornament

Title: Snowman Ornament

Designer: Mount Forest Frameworks

Details: A darling kit from Mount Forest Frameworks - the 2004 Snowman Ornament Kit. Although I stitched this in December 2005 I chose to leave in the original date of 2004. Stitched on pink aida. Kit came complete with the cute little snowflake hanger!

Foul Ball

Title: Foul Ball

Designer: Sam Hawkins

Details: A Christmas gift, stitched in November 2005. As always, I hated every minute of the finishing process. I just don't like making ornaments, which is too bad because I love them! Design from from "501 Cross Stitch Designs".

Winter Blues

Title: Winter Blues

Designer: Stitchy Kitty

Details: This is Winter Blues, a freebie from Michelle Lutzen of Stitchy Kitty! I stitched this one on blue fiddler's with DMC floss. Stitched and framed in November 2005. The freebie was originally designed for a Yahoo snowman group that closed. Big thank you to Stitchy Kitty for adding this to her own Yahoo group when I went begging all over the internet for it!

I Want it All

Title: I Want It All

Designer: Dolly Dimples Designs

Details: When I saw this I knew I had to have it... it is just soooo me! I ordered it directly from the Dolly Dimple Designs website and I must say I received the very best customer service I have ever received. Fiona, the designer/owner is a gem to work with! This was so much fun to stitch with all the bright colours. Stitched and framed in October, 2005. (I apologize for the flash spot.)

Love Grows

Title: Love Grows

Designer: Brittercup Designs

Details: This is Love Grows from the June 2005 issue of Just Cross Stitch magazine. Stitched on 14 count smoke aida using the required GAST & WDW.

I Love Stitching (the encore!)

Title: I Love Stitching

Designer: Hob Nobb Designs

Details: So nice, I stitched it twice! After stitching this same piece for myself in August I knew I had to stitch this one for my friend Velda after our reunion in September.

I Love Stitching

Title: I Love Stitching

Designer: Hob Nobb Designs

Details: A fun stitch from Hob Nobb Designs using Weeks Dye Works and DMC. Stitched in August, 2005 on ivory aida. 9 hours stitching time total.

Let It All Hang Out

Title: Let It All Hang Out

Designer: Raise the Roof Designs

Details: The August 2005 Secret Needle Night kit from their website. Stitched on a piece of hot pink fabric I got in a grab bag from Dyeing4U's closeout sale earlier this summer. (Fabrics in the grab bag were not labeled.)

Beer

Title: Beer

Designer: Sue Hillis Designs

Details: This whimsical design from Sue Hillis can easily be stitched up in a day... but I chose to drag it out over a weekend. Stitched on 14 count Fiddler's, August 13/14, 2005.

Two Shall Be as One (again!)

Title: Two Shall Be As One

Designer: Lizzie*Kate

Details: This is the second time I have stitched "Two Shall Be As One" by Lizzie Kate. The first time I stitched it was for dh and myself. This time it is for friends who are getting married on our anniversary. Stitched in August 2005 on aida. 13 hours stitching time.

Two Shall Be As One

Title: Two Shall Be As One

Designer: Lizzie*Kate

Details: Wedding sampler for dh and I. Stitched a few years after our wedding! :)

Love, Laugh, Shop

Title: Love, Laugh, Shop

Designer: D. Selby

Details: A D Selby Designs Purse Plaque. Stitched on 11 count aida.

Flip Flop Days

Title: Flip Flop Days

Designer: JABC

Details: A real cutie from Just Another Button Company. Stitched up in about 10 hours on Sugar Maple Fabrics "slimey limey" aida. A fun summer piece!

Cross Stitch Keeps Me Sane

Title: Cross Stitch Keeps Me Sane

Designer: Jo Verso

Details: Stitched for a stitching themed round robin in January of 2005. Stitched on Aida with DMC floss. It 5 hours total to stitch. Pattern can be found in the January 2001 issue of Cross Stitch Quick and Easy (UK).

February Stamp

Title: Feburary

Designer: Lizzie*Kate

Details: February Stamp from Lizzie Kate. Stitched for an exchange in January 2005 on 14ct blue fiddler's cloth with DMC floss. Approximately 9 hours in stitching time.

Silver Bells

Title: Silver Bells

Designer: Fanci That

Details: Stitched in December 2004 using GAST and wedgewood blue aida. A fun and quick stitch - totalling approximately 12 hours of stitching time.

Baseball Santa

Title: Baseball Santa

Designer: Connie Larsen

Details: A Christmas ornament stitched in December 2004. Design from a leaflet called "Cross Stitch Santas at Work & Play" #3587.

Then I Can Stitch

Title: Then I Can Stitch

Designer: Poppy Kreations

Details: I thought this pattern was so cute when I saw it... but then I subbed floss colours since I didn't have the requirements and I am not at all happy with how it turned out. I can't find it so I don't know if I gave it away, sold it, trashed it or what!

Light Snowman

Title: Light Snowman

Designer: Diana Marcum

Details: A freebie from Gloria & Pat on their website. Used mini Christmas lights in place of the stitched lights in the pattern. Stitched on blue fiddler's cloth in November 2004.

Frank

Title: Frank

Designer: Mosey n Me

Details: I simply could not resist the colours in this cheerful representation of Frank from Trading Spaces (and Mosey n Me) fame! Stitched in the fall of 2004 on light blue aida.

Peace Tree

Title: Peace Tree

Designer: M Designs

Details: Peace Tree by M Designs, found in the 2004 JCS Ornament issue. Stitched on 18 count sparkly aida and finished as a small pillow in November 2004.

Magic in my Needle

Title: Magic In My Needle

Designer: Dragon Dreams

Details: A Dragon Dreams design by Jennifer Aikman-Smith which was the pattern for her Stitching Over 2 class at the 2004 Fall Creative Sewing and Needleworkd Festival in Toronto. Stitched on 25 count Lugana. Stitched in October 2004 in 5 days.

Snow Ornament

Title: Snow

Designer: Glory Bee

Details: From the 2004 JCS Ornament issue. Stitched up in a little over 5 hours in October 2004. Every couple of years I decide I have to try to finish off an ornament and every couple of years I remember I don't like finishing ornaments. :) I made this one because I thought I might have better success with a square ornament. Could have been worse I guess! (Could have been better too, LOL!)

Cross Stitch Crazy

Title: Cross Stitch Crazy

Designer: Alma Lynne

Details: A fun stitch, stitched on hand-dyed aida by eBay seller dreamswithangels.

Title: Crafty Cat

Designer: Margaret Sherry

Details: From a UK magazine, this is Crafty Cat by Margaret Sherry. Stitched on 14ct Diana hand-dyed aida from Sugar Maple Fabrics. Stitched and framed in August 2004. 21 and 1/4 hours of stitching.

ABC Sampler

Title: ABC Sampler

Designer: Samplers and Such

Details: A tin topper designed to fit standard Altoid tins. Picked this one up while on vacation in Lake George, NY. It was a real quickie. I changed the colours to appeal more to my taste.

Groovy Chick

Title: Groovy Chick

Designer: DMC, Bang on the Door

Details: Groovy Chick, by Bang on the Door. Stitched in the spring of 2004 and attached to a ready-made pillow. A fun and bright design which stitched up in just under 20 hours.

Of All the Things I've Lost

Title: Of All the Things I've Lost

Designer: Maria Diaz

Details: From the June 2002 issue of the UK magazine World of Cross Stitching. I had seen this one in someone's completed album and just had to make it. Completed in March 2004. Stitched on Sparkling Interlude Reflections fabric from Silkweaver.com.

Charmed Sunflowers

Title: Charmed Sunflowers

Designer: Hinzeit

Details: Stitched on 14ct Fiddlers. Completed February 2004.

Computer Wizard

Title: Computer Wizard

Designer: Alma Lynne

Details: This is 'Computer Wizard' by Alma Lynne. This pattern comes from the book Spellbound number 22175 from Jeanette Crews Designs, Inc. I didn't need (or want) the whole book though so I was pleased to discover I could purchase just the Computer Wizard chart itself from Patterns Online. Stitched and framed in a ready-made frame from Ikea, December 2002.

Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter Snippets

Title: Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter Snippets

Designer: Lizzie*Kate

Details: Completed June 2002.

September 11, 2001

Title: September 11, 2001

Designer: Janlynn Corp.

Details: A freebie from Janlynn. Stitched in January 2002, framed in June 2002.

Santa Stop

Title: Santa Stop

Designer: Lizzie*Kate

Details: I stitched this freebie from L*K in December of 2000 and had a lot of fun doing it because it was the first time I used overdyed floss. I had no idea what to do with it once it was done, so it hung around gathering dust. Finally in December of 2001 I found a no-sew technique to make wall hangings and tried it out on this.

Water Street Doorway

Title: Water Street Doorway

Designer: Ursula Michael Design

Details: This was part of a series of front door designs which appeared in BHG Cross Stitch and Needlework magazine. This was the first of three, from the April 1999 issue. I think I started this one in late 2000 and then it became a UFO until finally I dug it out and finished it in January 2002. I framed it myself using a frame I bought from Jeremiah Junction. Eventually I purchased one of the companion pieces off of eBay and received the third as a gift. All three hang by my front door to welcome guests.

Midnight Cow

Title: Midnight Cow

Designer: Lizzie*Kate

Details: Stitched in early 2001 and finally framed by myself in December.

Strawberry

Title: Strawberry

Designer: Lizzie*Kate

Details: I had so much fun stitching Lizzie Kate's Strawberry freebie that I stitched a second one in February of 2001 as a housewarming gift for someone with a strawberry-themed kitchen.

Flower Power

Title: Flower Power

Designer: Michele Johnson

Details: This project was a disaster from beginning to end. It is from the May 1999 issue of Stitcher's World magazine. I started it in early 2000 and then put it aside. I misplaced the magazine and of course got the urge to finish the piece. Found out which one and purchased a second copy. Finished the project in early 2001. Took it to a major craft chain for framing and they completely messed it up. The stretching was crooked, the frame was wrong. They finally got it right and gave me a full refund. So in the end, this piece had a happy ending! I've since located my first copy of Stitcher's World magazine! :)

Stockings Ornament

Title: Stockings Ornament

Designer: Kooler Studio (Leisure Arts)

Details: I decided that since my two dogs love Christmas so much they deserved an ornament of their own so I stitched this one in November of 2001. Design from a Leisure Arts leaflet called "101 Christmas Mini" Book 2.

Gingerbread House

Title: Gingerbread House

Designer: Mill Hill

Details: My first ever Mill Hill kit. Fun and quick to do, but too many french knots for my liking. :) Stitched in December 2001.

Perfect Pansy

Title: Perfect Pansy

Designer: Dimensions, Inc.

Details: This is part of the Dimensions Daydreams series. This one is kit #72619 Perfect Pansy. The kit comes complete with everything you need to make a nice accessory for your washroom. Stitched in 2001.

Ottawa Senators

Title: Ottawa Senators

Designer: Unknown

Details: This is the Ottawa Senators logo. I made this for DH 2001. The chart for this was designed and sent to me by a very kind soul on R.C.T.N. All the metallic gold got to be a pain, but in the end it all worked out. I framed this one myself. The finished project was a huge hit with DH!

Welcome to My Kitchen

Title: Welcome to my Kitchen

Designer: Jeremiah Junction

Details: "Welcome to My Kitchen" from the February 2001 issue of Cross Country Stitching magazine. Completed in January 2001.

Love My Dog

Title: Love My Dog

Designer: Lizzie*Kate

Details: Fun L*K Snippet chart stitched and framed in February 2001.