Victorian Motto Giveaway!

Don't miss your opportunity: 

http://victorianmottosamplershoppe.blogspot.com/2014/10/be-ye-thankful-1600-yards-of-floss-give.html?showComment=1413819019013#c2821692645378355287

-Holly

Back to Blogging and Manifesto!

I'm back...finally!

I am thrilled to be back stitching on Scarlet Letter's Manifesto!  I have worked on it the last two Sundays.  This is a Sunday only project.  I tend to watch NASCAR  and/or football depending on the time of the year!  With the Texas Motor Speedway race delayed/postoned due to rain, I was forced to  watch reruns of NCIS-Los Angeles.

I was able to get some signifcant number of stitches in and I was able to finally get to that begging dog!

I have also been working on some prim and club projects, too! Below is Nan Lewis' (Threadwork Primitives) "Down Virginia Way".  I am going to stitch this into a mattress picushion!

And lastly, I received and stiched up Dyeing to Stitch's Colonial Gathing Club Piece #2 from The Scarlett House (Tanya Brockmeyer):

I am having so much fun!  What have y'all been up to?

Happy Stitches,

-Holly

Nancy from Victorian Motto is having a Giveaway!

http://victorianmottosamplershoppe.blogspot.com/2014/03/pick-sampler-chart-give-away.html?showComment=1394015218594#c4852497434989710744

Good Luck,

-Holly

It has been a Month of Sundays!

My fraternal grandmother, Mildred Montjoy "Dolly" Pickles Kelley, was always one to have the cutest of phrases!  Like, "That is fine as Frog Hair", "My hair is blown sixteen ways from Sunday" and one of my favorites, "It's been a month of Sundays since I've seen you!"....Well, it's been a month of Sundays since I have posted here!

I haven't been posting because I have been doing model stitching on a huge sampler...it will be a while before I finish, but I do have something to share with you today!

On Saturday, my guild, the Virginia Guild of Needlewomen, had a workshop with Susie Gay of Berry Hill Heirlooms.  She taught us a lovely beaded silk ribbon sewing roll up!  I was able to finish it Sunday morning and thought I would post a couple of pictures here:

It was a wonderful day of stitching and I really enjoyed myself!

Happy Stitches,

-Holly

I'm Back...........................

Hello, Folks:

I am sorry to have been away for a bit!

Last Sunday, I came down with a summer cold and didn't feel quite up to stitching.  I didn't have much to show.  I still don't have much to show, but here she is:

I love the man's red stockings:) I'm stitching on the flower right now and have done a bit more since this picture was taken on my new IPad Mini I got as an early birthday present! This IPad has distracted me a bit......

I have been in a bit of a stitching block...I need to get back to it!  I should just snap out of it!

Happy Stitches,

-Holly

A Day Late and a Dollar Short

I didn't get to work on my Manifesto this past Sunday.  I had company in town and we were way too busy having fun!  By the time the dust settled, I was too tired to work on Manifesto.

So, I share with you my stitched Down Virginia Way piece created by Nan Lewis of Threadwork Primitives!

The stitching is done, but how I am going to finish it is in question...I was thinking about making it into a mattress pincushion.  The sides would be the stitched alphabet, my initials and date.  What do you think?  I may also tuft it...should I? 

Happy Stitches Everyone,

-Holly

Mother's Day Manifesto Update

My wonderful family allowed me to stitch the entire day!  Wow, I got a lot accomplished.  I was able to complete the left hand side of the sampler!

O Happy Day!

-Holly

Progress Pic of my Manifesto 5/5/2013

Here are a couple of pictures of my progress on my Manifesto.  I was able to get a bit of filling in done during the Talladega NASCAR rain delay!

Maybe next Sunday, Mother's Day, I can finish up the filling in and turn the page to a new chart:)

Happy Stitches,

-Holly

No Manifesto Stitching Yesterday!

I didn't get a chance to stitch on my Manifesto yesterday!  There was just too much going on in the World of Holly to pick up a needle yesterday!

Instead of posting a picture of Manifesto, I thought I would share with you a picture of my recently framed Blackbird Designs Christmas Garden...I really enjoyed stitching this one up!  It's a looker!

I apologize for the glare from my camera phone flash!

Until next week......

Happy Stitches,

-Holly

I'm Ready for my close-up, Mr. DeMille!

Here is a close up of my progress on The Manifesto!  I really didn't get much done yesterday!  I did some stitching....but it is slow going!

For what it is worth....Here she is;)

Happy Stitches,

-holly

Scissors!

The folks that know me, know that I love scissors! I love them all!

I just received my newest pair in today's mail from Jean at Attic Needlework.  They are those RED Bohin scissors!  Red is my favorite color!  Red and scissors are meant to be together!  Below is a picture of my new red scissors with my newly completed wool felt pincushion:

Below is a quick snapshot of some of my collection:

Happy Stitches, and Scissors,

-Holly

See has a Face Lift - Manifesto Progress 4/14/2013

I didn't have much of an opportunity to stitch on Manifesto yesterday, but I was able to give this woeful girl in a red dress a face lift.  I wasn't really happy with the pattern for her face.  She needed a nose job and an eyebrow tweeze!

So, I made her nose more diminutive and a made her eyebrows a bit smaller. Last but not least...I put a smile on her face!

What do you think?

I hope to have more time next Sunday, but we shall see....My husband and I are in the process of decluttering our house....it goes on the market in a few weeks!  Wish me luck!

Happy Stitches,

-Holly

4/7/2013 Manifesto Progress Pic

Hello!

Several folks have asked me how I am stitching this....I have mounted my silk gauze to a frame like a needlepoint canvas; however I have put in way more tacks than a needlepoint canvas would have.  In my picture, I show you a picture of the tacks...

I'm coming along!  I didn't get as much done as I had hoped (what's new?), but still moving along.....

Love this piece!

Happy Stitches and until next week,

-Holly

Easter Day Progress on The Manifesto

I was able to do a little stitching on The Manifesto on Easter Sunday!  I have decided to go all the way down on the left side instead of moving to the right of the upper left hand corner.  When I reach the bottom, I will move to the right.  Everyone is stitching the top portion. So, I thought I would progress from the bottom.

I hope everyone had a wonderful Easter Weekend!  Mine was wonderful!  All the kids came home...this is a rarity and I was thrilled!

Until next week,

-Holly

Sunday Manifesto Progress Picture...

Well, I stitched most of the day Sunday, but I was distracted by the end of that NASCAR Race in California!  Wow, that was exciting!  I hope Denny Hamlin is doing okay!

I have a bit more to do on the background before I can finish up my second page!  Only working on Sunday, I don't progress as quickly as I like, but I am steadily moving along!

Here is my progress, to date:

Also, the NCAA Tournament is a bit of a distraction, as well!  You gotta love March Madness!

Until next week......

Happy Stitches,

-Holly

Wool Felt Embroidered Pincushion

My guild, The Virginia Guild of Needlewomen, had a wonderful program this past Thursday afternoon.  Shelley Anderson instructed us on making an embroidered wool felt pincushion.  We had a choice of background felt; pink or blue. I choose blue!

We stitched on the fused circular quilt design. Then we were off to embellishing our panel with spider web roses!

Here is a picture of my top:

Now, I am to make a 4 inch muslin bag and fill it with crushed walnut shells.  When that is complete, we insert it into the pincushion and blanket stitch it closed!

It was fun, fun, fun:)

Happy Stitches,

-Holly

Sunday Manifesto Update!

Sunday is my Manifesto Day!  I did do some filling in today.  I didn't get as much accomplished as I had hoped, but it is coming along. It is going to take me about 4 to 5 weeks to complete each page. I promised myself I would not skip ahead without completing each page! As tempting as that is, I am sticking to the plan, for now!

Here is a progress shot:

Happy Stitches,

-Holly

As promised.....

....from my previous post...

Here is an update of my progress on Ann Bowers Sampler:

I am slowly moving on the over one cross stitch portion of words.  I like that each word is a different color:)

My progress may be slowed on this...I promised a designer to do some model stitching on a very large sampler.  I'm really excited about it!

Until, tomorrow...I will post my Manifesto progress picture at the end of the day.

Happy Stitches,

-Holly

A Sunday WIP Picture of The Manifesto

Well, Sunday arrived and it was a sunny day!  Great for stitching on silk gauze....nice and bright!  Just the way I like it.  I was able to get a bunch done today to my surprise!

I am happy to be working on the flower part.  There are a few discrepancies between the photograph and the chart. I just stitched those parts the way I thought they looked the best.

Here goes:

I will post a progress picture of Ann Bowers later in the week....

Happy stitches,

-Holly

The Manifesto - Sunday #4

Well, I am finally getting around to posting my progress picture of Sunday #4's "The Manifesto Sampler".  I am about to finish page #1 one!  Yeesch, this is very slow going.  I am loving the effect, but it is going to be a year of Sundays before I finish this bad boy!

After I completely finish page #1, I am going to start the page immediately below it.  The third page I will do is the page to the right of page #1.  BUT, I am getting ahead of myself!

That's all for now....I really need to get Emma out again!

Happy Stitches,

-Holly