First Day of Summer

Today, June 21, is the first day of summer. What a perfect day to receive my Friends Stitching Through the Seasons Summer exchange from Karen.

Karen stitched a Shepherds Bush design, Scatter Freedom, and finished it is a small pillow. It is just beautiful.


Karen does beautiful stitching and finishing. She also included some very nice goodies.

She sent a piece of banding with a blue decorative edge, a fat quarter of patriotic fabric, a card of different 4th of July ribbons, a pack of #28 Bohin needles (which I have been wanting to try), some buttons and rusted pins and bells which she made, a skein of Belle Soie silk thread and a very cute wooden stick that has patriotic firecrackers on the top. I love all of it! Thank you Karen!


I have to share something I found at Walmart today. This tin of candies that was just calling out my name and I just had to buy it. The tin is the most gorgeous purple color. I will be looking for that perfect something to stitch for the top of it. It is just too cool.



Thanks for stopping and have a great week!

A Mini Retreat

Joan and I had a mini retreat since her DH was gone fishing for 2 days.

One of the things we wanted to make was a stitcher's lap desk. We did have a pattern and after a few bumps in the road we were successful. Here is a couple of pictures of mine.



The top is magnetic and the bottom is filled with pellets from a bean bag chair--which happen to be pretty weightless! If I were to make another one, I would make it a little smaller I think but I am happy with it. I have been wanting one for some time.

I did stitch "Treat Your Self Well" by La-D-Da, just the words and quite a bit on CaHRH. I will post these later when they are finished.


Today I finished LHN's "Remember Me" which is a special release. This was the new kit for Breast Cancer from Elegant Stitch. It turnedout very cute.


That gorgeous pin came with it also!

Yesterday, I heard from Faye, who is my season exchange partner for the Stitching Friends Through the Seasons blog. Faye loves LHN Designs and the color red.



I stitched a portion of "The Strawberry House" and finished it as a pin pillow. The rest of the exchange had a red/strawberry theme.



Today, I am going to pull some more projects together so they are ready to work. I could get used to this not working thing. LOL!

Thanks for visiting and have a great day!

Happy Stitching!

A Summer Exchange from Brigitte

I just received my Friends Through Threads Summer exchange from Brigitte and it is absolutely wonderful.

Brigitte stitched Bent Creek's "Summer Arches" and finished it into this gorgeous pouch.


I just love it! I can't wait to use it. Brigitte also sent some super extras.


I received some note cards, a couple pieces of linen, a Shepherds Bush (from my wishlist!), a piece of beautiful peacock fabric and some delicious dark chocolates (I already had some)!

Thank you Brigitte! This was a wonderful exchange.

A Summer Exchange

I participated in a private Summer exchange with my friend, Lynn, and today I received mine. Oh my. Here is the box that came in the mail.


And under the brown wrapping, was this.


Then under the pretty pink wrappings was this.


Inside this red box, was this.


Then, I started unwrapping the little packages. First was this.


5 porcelain thimbles of different flowers, of course, for summer. They are just beautiful and what a great addition to my thimble collection.

Then in another package, was a biscornu, a pinkeep and a needlebook. All with a ladybug theme. They are very beautifully stitched and finished. The stitching on the needlebook is very detailed. Then in the last package, was a pillow. Again, perfectly stitched and finished. If you look close at the pillow, right above the flower are 3 rose pins. These were Lynn's first attempt with Fimo clay. They, too, are beautifully done.



Lynn said in her note that she hoped this exchange would bring a smile to my face after losing my friend. She did. I can't thank you enough. I truly love it all!


For Lynn, I stitched "Cherubin" by Pelin Tezer. It is stitched on 32ct. dirty linen with DMC Variations #4170 and DMC #B5200 and is finished as a needlebook.


Here is the outside of it.


Here is a picture of the entire exchange.


This was a very fun exchange.
Thank you so much Lynn!