Aren't these the prettiest pillowcases you ever saw. These were a gift from my friend Janice. I just love them. They are perfect. Thank you so much, Janice.
No head will rest on them but mine. LOL

I have been busy making little washcloths/dishcloths. I am having so much fun with them. They are a very simple single crochet just 32 across and 38 rows. They seem like the perfect size. I haven't tried one yet but I guess I will find out soon enough.

Merry Christmas to me

What a lovely ornament I received from Dixie in my Prairie Schooler Yahoo Group. I just love it. It smells good too. Thank you so much Dixie.
I can't post pictures of the ornies I have made yet till they are received.
I have not been feeling very well, having lots of back trouble so I haven't been able to sit long at the computer. I can't stand long either. But I am feeling a bit better then I was so I am on the mend thank God. Back pain is horrid, almost as bad as a toothache.

Happy Saturday everyone. Its been a long hard week and I am pooped. Hope today to just do some relaxing and stitching. Thats what's on my agenda. Inspite of me being so busy this week I got a few breaks of absolute joy in them. I got 2 lovely stitched items in the mail from friends and I absolutely love them.
First I got this lovely pinkeep from Rachel at WillingHands.com It is my first ever pinkeep. I have wanted to make one for a long time so I was just thrilled to get one as a gift. it is just perfect. The color is so pretty and I just love how you stitched our names on the bottom. Thank you so very much, Rachel, I will treasure it always.
I was in a biscornu swap and I had sent one and completely forgot that I was going to get one in return. It came as a complete surprise to me when I received mine this week. How funny that is. I was so into making it that I forgot I would receive one also. What a lovely surprise I got from Robyn, who made me this delightful red biscornu. Its so pretty. My biscornu basket is filling up. Whoohoo!!


There are so many new goodies out this week and there are quite a few that I want. Like Workbasket Quaker Teddies, these are just so cute, I have to get them. I just ordered some fabric from Silkweavers called Days Gone By. I am looking forward to getting it and I am happy to say they wrote and said it was on its way. Can't wait. Isn't it pretty.

Then there is this lovely chart by FingerWorks about Whaling that I have to get. Lots of my relatives were whalers and fishermen so I think this would be a great tribute to my ancestry, even though I dislike fish and feel very sorry for the whales.


Well, I am off to go sit outside relax and maybe get some stitches in on Blackbirds Message which is coming along nicely. Here is my last pic of it. I just love the colors.

Have a great afternoon everybody, I will post more updates tomorrow

I am very spoiled

I am in a summer swap in one of my crosstitch groups and I received the most lovely swap items from my dear friend Sue. Sue is a great finisher and everything she makes is always so pretty.

The last couple days I have taken pencil in hand and I have been trying to design my own biscornus. I have never designed anything in my life but I have managed to pencil 2 different biscornu patterns and I also started 2 more. I stitched one of them today, but I am not done with it. I need to add a little more to it, its very small. I have always been a doodler so this is a kind of doodling but trying to keep them in perfect shapes and sizes. It has been a lot of fun.
As soon as I can get them all stitched up I am going to post some pics.

Have a good night everyone. I am going to sit down and stitch for the next couple hours. I am working on Bluebirds message and my mystery tonight.