Yesterday I had a fantastic day!!!
Kathy and I were actually able to meet up for the WHOLE day! She's up here in the snow and cold for a few weeks to visit with her children/grandchildren during Christmas holidays before she heads back South to the sun and MUCH warmer weather! We stitched the day away with frequent check-ins by her grandson Hunter who was our Quality Control Manager for the day. He wanted to make sure we were actually making progress and not just chatting (though I don't think his mouth stopped moving the whole time I was there!). At dinnertime we met up with
Christin for a great meal at our favorite place, The Lone Star. Kathy I'm going to miss you until you come back in the spring!
Cross Stitcher In Residence
c2002 Lizzie*Kate
Stitched on Mystery 28ct Fabric
Stitched with an assortment of overdyed threads
I must say that Hunter did a mighty fine job making sure we were on task and that our stitches were true! I actually started and finished Crazy Challenge Project #2!!!
I keep forgetting I have a couple of finishes to share with you that I started/finished before 2012 finished!
The Stag
c2008 Helga Mandl
Stitched on Silkweaver 28ct Porcelain Linen
Stitched with DMC
I got on a bit of an ornament kick and finished these two freebies from the same designer,
Helga Mandl Designs.
Waiting For Santa
c2008 Helga Mandl
Stitched on Silkweaver 28ct Vanilla Swirl
Stitched with DMC used beads for snowflakes instead of stitches
I had a wonderful visit too Dani. It was great to spend the day together even with our Quality Control chatterbox. I will make sure he sees your finished project.
ReplyDeleteTake care my friend and see you in the spring when there is no snow and freaking cold!!
Glad you had great time Dani. Lovely finishes.
ReplyDeleteWow, a finish already! Well done Dani. And those 2012 finishes are cute.
ReplyDeleteAlready?! What a great start for 2013 :D Congrats on your finishes, I speacilly love the last one =)
ReplyDeleteHugs&smiles
especially* :)
ReplyDeleteSounds like a wonderful day and wow what great progress. Love the two ornies as well.
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun day! i love your finish for the day and the others that you've completed too ;)
ReplyDeleteGlad you had a nice time. Wow, I love that turquoise blue with which you wrote the Cross Stitcher words on your Lizzie Kate design... It's beautiful!
ReplyDeleteWell done Dani !
ReplyDeleteThe Lizzie Kate pattern is very pretty ,I really like the over-dyed threads you have chosen :)
How great you met up some other stitchers!!!
ReplyDeleteAnd stitched and finished a piece in a day!!
How great..
I love your HM pieces.. The last is my favorite..
Love too stitch it one day!!
Congrats on the finishes Dani. They all are really cute and colorful ornaments.
ReplyDeleteLinda
Congrats on your first finish of the year!!! WOOO HOOO I soooo love Waiting for Santa! I've gone right over and snagged it up! Definitely going to stitch this one.
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year Dani!!!!
Sounds like you had a great day! Cute Lizzie Kate design too :)
ReplyDeletewauw, you´ve been busy ! love those christmas ornaments, and that birdhouse freebie is way to cute !
ReplyDeleteGreat finishes!! Nothing like ringing in the New Year with friends and stitching!
ReplyDeleteYour of and running this year. They look great:)
ReplyDeleteSounds like you had a great day. Three gorgeous finish. I especially like the L*K one.
ReplyDeleteHaving a finish whilst chatting with a friend is wonderful, your quality controller obviously did a good job.
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ReplyDeleteYour finish is lovely and your ornaments are very sweet too.
Happy stitching.
It looks like your Quality Control guy did a fantastic job!
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Congrats on your finishes!
Congratulations on the finish, they look great!
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Denise
Wow, that's amazing, a finish already, I'm quite insanely jealous. Looks gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteGreat finishes Dani, well done
ReplyDeleteGlad to hear you had a good time! Great stitching and congratulations on your first happy dance of 2013!
ReplyDeleteGreat, your finishes. All of them are great, I love the Stag by Helga Mandl, she has dot some very nice designs.
ReplyDeleteWow, already the first Crazy Challenge finish, that's really early in the year. Congratulations. I'll be following your Crazy stitching, it's always interesting to see what choices the different stitchers make.
Very cute finish. Thanks for the link to the other two patterns, "Waiting for Santa" will be perfect for my Mom.
ReplyDeleteWonderful finishes. I have The Stag chart so it's good to see how it should look.
ReplyDelete3 lovely finishes. I really love that blue you stitched 'cross stitcher' in, do you know what it was? Love 'Waiting for Santa', so adorable.
ReplyDeleteHunter did a good job at keeping you on task! Love the finishes!
ReplyDeleteIt's always good to get together with our stitchy friends, isn't it?
ReplyDeleteLooks like Hunter was successful in his task ~ cute ornaments!
Wow a finish already that's great
ReplyDeleteSuper cute finishes!!! :)
ReplyDeleteI particualry like Waiting for Santa.
ReplyDeleteHow nice to meet up with a pin pal.
A finish! Great job. I'd probably be getting closer if I weren't trying to catch up with two weeks of the stitching blogiverse!
ReplyDeleteGreat finishes Dani! You're already on a roll!
ReplyDeleteGlad you were able to get together with Kathy while she was here!
ReplyDeleteYour ornaments are adorable and I love the LK finish too.
Awesome finish :D and sounds like a wonderful day of stitching.
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