Life With Jules, and other stuff

I mentioned a small piece I stitched in a previous post that I sent to a good friend of mine up north. Well, she received it today.  Here is what I stitched:  And here is a pic of it at her home in Pennsylvania: She's been having a rough year health-wise (I think we all have for some reason), so I decided to stitch her this cute little pumpkin and send it her way!  

Well, here it is another holiday weekend in the USA. This weekend we celebrate the birth of our Nation ~ our Independence from the Mother Country. Our ancestors fought valiantly for our freedoms. And as fitting as it may (or may not) be, I have finished stitching the Posey Collection’s Civil War. Here is a picture of my finish: OK, so the Civil War was about 100 years after our Independence, but it’s still patriotic and somewhat fitting to the weekend, LOL!! I also received a RAK from Suzanne ! She was so sweet to send me the Siamese Cats collection. If you remember, Kathy was giving away cats and dogs charts and this was one of them. Well, Kathy contacted me to let me know one of her readers had a copy she no longer needed and voila: Thank you so much, Suzanne, for your random act of kindness. I know that I will have fun stitching up these charts over the next few years!!! On the Thesis front, I have 2 completed chapters, 2 to finish (not much left) and the Conclusion to...

Well, here it is the middle of the last week of May! I had a wonderful birthday weekend and am looking forward to next week when I go to Michigan, with my big sister. It is our first road trip together, EVER! Keep in mind, I am 38 and she is 41. We did not grow up together as we have different mothers. We’re gonna have soooo much fun! On the stitchy front, I received a beautifully stitched PIF today from Lisa ! Thank you so much! I love it!!! Here is a snap of the front: and the reverse: I just love the backing fabric (well, blue is my favorite color, lol)!! I also mailed out a very super-shhhh RAK today as well as another PIF. Here are a couple of sneaky peaks: I am so excited for the recipients I can’t stand it!

Well, this post has taken some time to get to. I have several small things that I worked on over the past week while I was laid up in bed with an upper respiratory infection. My head was so congested, that after trying to spend a little time on my thesis, I gave up and found some quick designs. My sister came over one day, before I got all sick and everything, and asked me how I do my back-stitching. I pulled out a bib (aida) and one of the charts I won in a giveaway (thanks again Cindy Mae !) and showed her. She was really impressed with how deliberate I am in my stitching. She said it is much like she is in her floral design. Anyhoo, here’s the bib: Stitched on 14ct Charles Craft White Aida Bib DMC Floss colors Alphabet from Leisure Arts Leaflet #407 I also decided to participate in the Gift of Stitching magazine’s Creative Stitching #6 . Here is my rendition, to be completed as a floss tag using Vonna’s tutorial : Stitched on 18ct Oatmeal Aida DMC Floss color Pattern says...