Back from the framer, the finisher and a stitching finish

Yesterday was the only day this week I haven't felt sick.  So I went over to Just Cross Stitch and picked up the stitching project I had taken last month to get framed.  Then in the mail I got a stitching project I had sent to The Twisted Stitcher to be finished.  It was a great day.  I also finished my 2nd 2016 Christmas ornament.  2 done and 4 more remaining.

Prairie Schooler
1985 Santa
I sent this to Vonna Pfieffer,
The Twisted Stitcher for finishing.
This is the picture she sent me before
she sent the completed pillow back to me.
He is just beautiful.

Lizzie Kate
Unwrap the Joy
I had this framed at my LNS. Just Cross Stitch in
Lederach, PA
Carolyn does a wonderful job of framing.

Project:  Believe in Christmas
Designer:  Samplers Not Forgotten
from the August 2015 Just Cross Stitch Magazine
Fabric:  14Ct Natural Aida
Floss:  GAST as called for in chart
Started:  ?
Completed:  10-29-2015
For:  Christmas ornament for 2016
This was not the best choice of fabric for this but it is what it is.

Fall in our backyard

Here are some pictures that Bob took the other day. Love the beautiful pink Muhly Grass and the Mums.  Our trees haven't started turning yet but they will.

Muhly Grass

Muhly Grass

Daisy Mum

Mum

My 1st 2016 Christmas ornament finish

Yes I know it is only 2015 but I decided on a theme for my 2016 ornaments, Believe, a few weeks ago and have been collecting charts ever since.  So I started stitching and here is the 1st finish.  I still have to make it into an ornament but I will wait until I have them all stitched before starting that project.

Designer: Turquoise Graphics & Designs
from 2015 Just Cross Stitch Ornament Issue
Project:  Believe
Floss: DMC
Fabric: 16Ct Dilly Dilly
Started: 10/04/2015
Finished: 10/5/2015
For:  Matt - 2016 Christmas Ornament

2 New finishes for me.

I can't believe that these are the 23rd & 24th stitching finishes for this year.  I have enjoyed stitching all of them. 

Here are my 2 latest finishes/

Designer:  Prairie Schooler
Project:  2007 Schooler Santa
Fabric:  18CT Khaki Aida
Floss:  DMC
Started:  09/10/2015
Completed:  20/2/2015
This is for me.  I hope to make a bunch of
these and finish them into little pillows to
display in a basket 

Designer:  Country Cottage Needleworks
Project:  Afternoon  in Paris
Fabric:  16Ct Ice Blue
Floss:  Called for in chart
Started:  09/18/2015
Completed:  10/04/2015
For:  Me  - I am waiting to hear from Jill Rensel
so I can send it to her for framing.

I loved stitching both of these.
I started my 1st 2016 Christmas ornament for my great nieces and nephews yesterday.  The theme for 2016 is Believe and the 1st ornament I am stitching is from the 2015 Just Cross Stitch Ornament Issue.  Not very colorful but I can't find a lot of ornaments with Believe.

                       

 I went to see the 9/11 Memorial yesterday. I went to the gym on Monday morning for my silver sneakers class and a woman I have gone to the gym with for many years asked me if I would like to go to NYC to see the Memorial with her. I originally said no but they changed my mind. She had bought 2 tickets for her and her husband. Unfortunately her husband had back surgery in May an it has been acting up for the last week or so and he didn't feel comfortable riding in a bus to NYC and back. So yesterday morning I met Lois at the local YMCA and off to NYC we went. We were half an hour late leaving as we were waiting on a passenger to show up. Funny thing she was already on the bus. So we arrived at the Memorial about half and hour late which threw the timing for the rest of the day off. The Memorial was wonderful. So fitting as a memorial for those who died on 9/11/2001. I did take some pictures and will post them on my blog later today if I can get to the desktop computer this afternoon. Bob seeks to take it over every afternoon. So Lois and I head upstairs to go to the rest room and see a film. After the film we walk downstairs and for some reason she decides to walk out side to see the pools. We walk around the pools and that is a really moving experience with all the names of the deceased etched on the rim of the 2 pools. People put roses in the cracks and there were many British flags in the cracks also. Unfortunately once you walk outside of the museum building you cannot get back inside so we missed the museum that is on the lower floor of the building. Lois and I walked down the street towards where we were to meet the bus and found a mall where we could go to the restroom and then spent a little time walking around the mall before heading back to where we were to meet the bus. We were suppose to have 2 hours in Times Square but because of getting a late start and then the heavy traffic from Ground Zero to Times Square we only had about 45 minutes. We decided not to get out of the bus as my right foot was hurting and her knee an shoulder were bothering her. Now I wish I had at least walked into the square and taken a few pictures. Anyway we left NYC with some pretty light traffic and headed to a restaurant in Bordentown, NJ. Had a wonderful meal there and headed home. It was a very nice day. All the passengers on the bus were very nice. I am so glad I went as I don't believe I will ever have a chance to see the 9/11 Memorial again.

Here are some pictures I took in and around the 9/11 Memorial.  I hope someday I will be able to go back and actually see the museum but I don't think I ever will.

It's hard to see but there is a tiny British flag in a crack
to honor one of the Brits killed on 9/11.
There were many of these small British flags along
this wall.

Here someone had put a rose in honor of one of the
people who died on that horrific day. 

It was a touching and memorable day and I am so glad Lois asked me to replace her husband on this trip.

A finish, 2 WIPs and a reframe

I have a small finish that I stitched for my niece CJ, 2 WIPs that I am currently working on and a finish that I stitched in 2007 had it framed at AC Moore's and have always hated the way it was framed.  I took it to Just Cross Stitch and Carolyn reframed it and it looks so much better.

Designer:  The Stitcherhood
Project:  Autumn
For: CJ

This is one of 2 WIP.
Country Cottage Needleworks
Afternoon In Paris

 

My 2nd WIP
Prairie Schooler
2007 Santa

I stitched this in 2007 and had it framed
by AC Moore.
I have always hated the way it was framed.
It had no padding and it was all wrinkled.
I took it to Carolyn at Just Cross Stitch in Lederach, PA and
she reframed it using the same frame.  I love it now.


 

Labor Day

I hope you are all having a wonderful Labor Day.  Nothing going on at our house.  It is just like any other day or weekend.  Yesterday I got up early and made a baked bean casserole for dinner, then I made a batch of tomato sauce with some tomatoes from our garden.  Then I made some Blueberry Cream Cheese Parfait to which I added some peaches for a different twist.  After cleaning up the kitchen my right leg was throbbing.  At about 1:00 I went downstairs and Bob asked me what I was making for lunch.  I told him I wasn't making lunch so he came upstairs and made himself lunch.  Never offered anything to me. 

This morning I got up and made a peach pudding.  I also changed the sheet on the bed and made lunch.  Just par-cooked some potatoes that he will finish off on the grill with the steaks.  I need to make a dressing for the potatoes and then make a salad for dinner.

For the last hour I have been starting to organize all the recipes we have been collecting but I haven't gotten very far.  It is an overwhelming job.  So I guess I will just have to do a little bit when I feel like it.  I took a bunch and listed them on my spreadsheets so now I have to file them so I am ready for the next bunch.  We need to STOP collecting recipes.  Yeah like that is really going to happen.

Well I need to get busy and mix up the dressing for my potatoes.

Have a great rest of the day.