Block #8

Finally! I just heard that the average person watches 4.5 hours of television each day. Oh my..I've never been much of a TV watcher, but once I resumed work on this block a few weeks ago, I think I used up mine and my husband's TV time. I'm sure this is a weekend stitch for a lot of you, but gosh, I felt like this took AGES to stitch. Could I really be THAT slow??

And I leave you with a few barns we found locally on a cruise to the base this past Saturday..I've seen these things that look like quilt squares on the sides of barns between here and Iowa several times.. Does anyone have a clue what they are for? I mean, if I owned a barn, I would want one on mine, but maybe it is something I am not aware of?

TGIF!

I have wanted to do one of these little kits for so long! So...I think I'll try to tackle it over the weekend between movies, cooking, shopping, stitching, and quilting.

The fabrics are quite colorful, in spite of how they look in this picture.

And just look at this darling table runner I found! What are you doing this weekend?

Village Progress

Just my weekly progress on Village. I am still enjoying it tremendously.

And a few old barn pictures that are local to us.

So sweet...

I'm forever looking out my kitchen window, and I am rarely disappointed. Just thought I would share the view on a dreary Monday morning...I made tons of soup today and even got in a little stitching. Will share a little progress on my Village next time. I hope everyone's week got off to a nice start...

Sew Red/Fall Gifts

I cannot believe I am putting this on my blog. It is my first attempt at "finishing" something like this.. Humor me, ok? Well, I know Paulette won't. You see how my first-born treats me in public. LOL! I am not pleased at all the way it turned out, but it's what I'm left with for now. I'm stubborn enough to undo it completely and redo it should the mood strike me. I don't live too close to a fabric store and had no time to hunt down braid and glass beads. Oh well..lesson learned. I am a very impatient person. I can sit and put thousands of stitches on a piece of fabric, and then I get all impatient when I'm doing something not so intricate.

I guess it's obvious that I love fall. For the past several years, a dear loved on has sent me a box of her favorite fall things. Look at this beautiful glass acorn. Also note the little pinecone to the left. I have a tree that hangs year round in my office, and there are so many little treasures on it that remind me of people I love.

This one is a silver maple leaf.

Hand made acorn/leaf.....

And 2 glass maple leaves...thank you my dear sister.

Village of Hawk Run Hollow

I started this project two years ago..I had planned on stitching one block per month. Hmm, just goes to show how easily distracted I can get. I'm only on this 8th block. I don't want to say I got burned out; I just lost interest, I guess. I am itching to start on Paradise Lost as well as Christmas at HRH, and I'm dying to have Shores, but I guess those designs are too big for my little needle right now. lol. Anyhow, I had to make myself take it out and work on it last week, but boy did my interest pick up immediately. I've worked on it a little every night and am once again enjoying it. I added a new camera to my collection, so forgive the date and the handle of the camera in the picture.

Catching up..

I guess it's time to update my blog. The last couple of weeks have been quite sad. As many of you know, we had to say our goodbyes to Mike's dad, who passed away suddenly. Mike and Paulette have been through so much lately, and I hope and pray things will begin to settle down soon. There does not seem to be any "right" words to say; you just have to love the people through the bad times as best you can. Anyhow, I would like to catch you up on a little of what I have been doing, outside of worrying about my family. I've not been lazy..honest!

I just finished my very first audio book. Paulette gave it to me for my birthday back in the summer. I'm embarrassed that it took so long, but it is hard for me to get in any stitching time during the daytime. My favorite time to stitch is later in the evening..put on a good old movie that I've seen way too many times, listen, and stitch. I cannot say I have to listen to another book, but I thoroughly enjoyed it, and I think I might enjoy reading the hard copy now

While I was listening to the book, I worked up the little red sampler I showed you last week. What a fun stitch this was, and I love, love, love the Belle Soie silks. My original thought was to make it into an ornament, but it turned out larger than I expected, so I'm going to make it into a little hanging piece to put on the quilt rack in my green room. The little piece of fabric at the bottom is what I have chosen for the backing.

Here is the "Sew Red" Sampler.

Do you remember this? I spent every spare minute of natural light over the past week putting the binding on it. Since it is mostly black, I could not work on it at night. It's quite large, but I just tossed it on the table to take a picture of it.

Lastly, I finished with Paulette's Christmas piece. I'm sorry I cannot show it to you yet. :)