Update Picture of Peacock Garden

I am really enjoying Chatelaine - Martina Weber's latest 12 month big mystery -- 'Peacock Garden Mystery'

here is a picture of parts 1 thru 4.....

this is a detail picture of part 5 added to part 4 above....

a new part of the mystery comes out the first of each month and now there are 7 months to go....    I am stitching this on 28 count, antique white, evenweave fabric....

Another Page Done

just finished page 5 of the 'Spring Quaker' SAL design I'm working on..... the pages come out every Friday, so now I have the rest of the week to work on my other projects.....



I think there is one more page to finish the top row of the design....

I guess I'll work on a Little House Needleworks or Country Cottage Needleworks design.... will let you know in the next day or so which it will be.... I have so many projects ready to start and so little time..... *grin*

Spring Quaker by Martina Dey

I've joined another SAL with a Martina Dey design..... this one is called 'Spring Quaker'.... so far there have been 4 pages published and the following pictures are my progress so far....










if you'd like to join us, here's the Spring Quaker link....

I'm Baaack!!!

I finally got a chance to get back here and start blogging again.... I have gotten quite a bit of stitching done since I was here last and will be adding pictures in the next few days....

it is beautiful here in Florida this time of year.... because of all the rain we got over the winter, the gardens are doing great.... here are a few pictures that show how beautiful they are this year....

I did get it done.....

I'm back after a month or so, but that is because I was busily working on 'Persian Iris Garden' by Martina Weber (Chatelaine Designs) and I did finally get it done and ready for the framer..... it took me 425 hours to complete.... tomorrow it will go to the framer and when it gets back home I'll be sure to add another picture.....

Back to Basics -- Kind of....

I'm in kind of a stitching slump here, so I went thru my UFO's and found 'Persian Iris Garden', an older mystery by Martina Weber....I'm about half way thru and am hoping I can get back in the mood and finish this off.... here's where I was when I quit.....



Martina will be starting another 'BIG' mystery in January 2010 - 'Peacock Garden'.... I'm thinking of starting this one when the time comes.....

started a new book.... 'Rough Country' by John Sanford.... so far so good.... a new mystery and it seems to be just as good as all the rest of his books....

yesterday we went to the movies and saw 'The Box'.... it wasn't at all what I expected.... it was quite weird, but I thot it was very good.... a little unsettling and really makes you think....

Happy Veteran's Day

today is Veteran's Day.... 'you're free to thank a veteran today and for that you should thank a veteran'..... this was Maxine's calendar page saying for today on my Hallmark Maxine Calendar.... I think that says it all....

we had a good day!! Applebee's had a Veteran's Day celebration -- a free meal for my veteran hubby and all other active and retired veterans.... we both had a delicious meal.... it is good to know that our country salutes their veterans for their unselfish service to all of us so we can live our lives as we please.....