MORE SNOW!!!

This is what I woke up to yesterday.....more snow......we got another 8 inches. Yikes, this winter just won't end.

Catherine of Bramblewood Stitches and I decided to do a Spring/Easter exchange and we opened our gifts yesterday. This is what things looked like before I started ripping paper. And here are the beautiful gifts she sent me. She sent a beautiful stitched piece and all these goodies. Here's a close up of what she stitched for me. I love it!

This is what I stitched for her. I sent along some goodies also that she said she liked.

This was my first exchange and I'm so glad I did it with Catherine since she was the first person to leave a comment on my blog when I started it.

Update on CHRH

This is block #7 of Christmas of Hawk Run Hollow. This is a fun block to stitch. I'm also intermittently stitching block #11 because that is a solid block and thought it would be a good idea to stitch it as I go.

GOOD NEWS --- Our snow is melting, hurray :) :).

I've also been busy stitching on a couple of exchanges and actually finished them today. I hope the recipients will like them, but I won't be sending them out for a few more weeks though.

Finally, a post

I haven't posted in a long time, so I'm way overdue. I started a new job 2 weeks ago and I am very overwhelmed with the amount of responsibility I now have. I also have some things going on in my personal life that have me feeling down, so haven't been doing much stitching.

But here is what I've been working on. Mainly I've been working on his cape but it's white and tan so difficult to see the progress I've made.

I was fortunate to win Cathy B's giveaway. These are the L*K seasonal scissor fob patterns. Thank you, Cathy!!
Now I'm going to show you the amount of snow we have. The first picture is my husband standing in our driveway.

Here is a picture taken from the driveway looking at the house.

Spring, please get here soon.

Below are my February goals and amazingly I met them all :)

1. Work on Once Upon A Time - Done

2. Finish a motif on Quaker Halloween - Done

3. Finish a motif on Paradigm Lost - Done

4. Finish Part IV on St. Petersburg White Nights - Done

5. Frame "Friendship" - Done

6. Frame "Noah" - It's at the framer's so I can call it done.

7. Find some Spring/Easter patterns - Done

8. Organize the Christmas Ornies I want to stitch - Done

I still have the "worm" in our network. Sometimes I can leave comments on your posts and sometimes not. Please know I'm reading your posts!!

St. Petersburg White Nights

This is St. Petersburg White Nights by Chatelaine. It is one of Martina's mandalas and it is my nemesis. This piece is so beautiful but very intense and difficult on the dark blue linen. Once done I know this will be stunning but I also know I will never do another mandala. I'm on parts 5, 6 & 7 depending on what corner you're looking at. I started this about 4 years ago when it wasn't available to buy publicly. I am hoping to finish this within the next 2 years (don't want to put too much pressure on myself).

Thanks for stopping by and oh by the way, we're going to get somewhere in the vicinity of 12-20 inches of snow tomorrow. Ugghhh, I need spring to be here.

Update and More Snow :( :(

I've been working on Block #8 on Christmas of Hawk Run Hollow. One of my January goals is to get this block finished. I am not doing the blocks in numerical order. I LOVE Carriage House Samplings but I've found it difficult to decipher the symbols for thread color on this pattern. They have many symbols that are very similar and I just can't tell what color I am supposed to be using, so I'm using a fair amount of guess work in some areas.

This is what the whole piece is looking like right now.

We are in the midst of another snowstorm, prediction is 5-10 inches. We're always on the higher end of any prediction. We already have 5 inches and it's supposed to snow until late tonight. And then another storm on Friday, arrgghh, enough already. I need spring and sunshine.

Still No Bob

I still haven't received my Tacky Bob so no beading but I've been stitching. I love stitching this piece and she looks just like my daughter! I couldn't get into work today because of the snow so I stitched most of the day (something I rarely do).

We got about 19 inches of snow today. This is a picture of our back deck, it doesn't really show the ginormous amount of snow we got. As I get older I like winter less and less.

Thanks for stopping by to visit.