More Stitching and 2 Cats

 Obsession isn't a strong enough word

I Feel Like Frosty the Snowman

Country Rustic Primitives

Olivia making sure I don't pass by without petting her

The stitching is long finished

One of six Valentine stitches

5 freebies and one of my own

Terrible photo of a favorite design

by Notforgotten Farm

I'm having some health problems

good thing I'm a homebody 

still having tests to get diagnosis

Right now they are calling it exercise hypoxia

basically if I move my oxygen level goes down

so I'm on oxygen, tethered to the machine

I have portable 02 for when I need to leave the house

for Dr appointments and tests

I feel fine with the oxygen

as long as I don't do anything strenuous.

Felling like Frosty the Snowman?

I'll be back again some day.

Crows in Loops and Stitches

finally a rug off the frame

I started this one in late June I think

darn cross stitch got in the way

26 x 12

pattern available on Dorr linen

$50 shipped

 

a few mistakes 

led to fudging and I love it!

I stitch 1 over 2 on 32 count

makes for an older look I think

design by Homespun Elegance

October Crow House

*****

Hope everyone is having a good week.

It went from hot

to unseasonably cool here. I'm fine with that. 

This morning I picked up a carload of containers

from my friend Bea's house

it's almost empty

her son was there to pack the car

He's in his mid 70s

He'd rather be golfing 

Bea's house is almost empty

soon to be for sale

Right now, she is in the hospital

went in yesterday with weakness and heart issues

she's 98 

 ready to join her husband

emptying her house of treasures

has really broken her heart

I'll pop in and see her tomorrow

Halloween Stitching

someone got carried away with those pumpkins!

I combined 2 Pineberry Lane patterns

Winter Sampler 

by Birds of a Feather

this will be tea dyed

there are cream snowflakes

I chose to use one color instead of the two called for

the bottom area is very personalized

 more Pineberry Lane stitching

I absolutely love her

*****

time to clean up my stitching mess

so I can do some hooking and finishing

Happy Gorgeous Weather !

One Thread A Day and Freebie Talk

 I pulled this out last night from time out

ready to tackle all the over ones

the plan is to do one thread per day

some progress is better than none

I've done much more than that since last night

but maybe only one thread in total of the "ones"

they are the partial flower and door on the branch to the right

pattern is Berry Cottage 

by Plum Street Samplers

Betty dear | Flickr

an old freebie from Betty Dekat

she has a lot of free designs linked on her blog

The Sampler Maker's Farmhouse; Primitive, Vintage, Farmhouse Decor.: Free Primitive Cross Stitch Charts (samplermakerfarmhouse.blogspot.com)

this one I stitched without the border

after choosing to stitch it on prairie cloth

ugh, big mistake

I'll keep that for uncounted stitching from now on

With thy Needle & Thread: A May Day Sampler! (withthyneedleandthread.blogspot.com)

Halloween Freebie Patterns – Ana Stitches Autumn

The Primitive Hare: FREEBIE: LITHA SUMMER SOLTICE

Notforgotten Farm : Freebies (farmhousenotforgotten.blogspot.com)

Pinker n Punkin Quilting & Stitching: Thanksgiving House - A Thanksgiving Freebie

Above are some links to freebies

I hope they work

if not they should be easy to figure out

Be sure to look around the blogs, search for freebies

many designers have more than one

I like them for fast little stitches

but I'm happy to support the artists

by purchasing their other patterns...

otherwise they'll stop designing!

Happy Monday friends