My UFO Projects I want to resurrect - ha!

Well, I said I would get on here and post some of the UFOs, and for now I only have two photographs that I can share with you because I will need to either download the pictures from another computer or dig the UFOs out and take new pictures -- which really might be the best way to do this. That way I would have accurate pictures with current status of stitching completion. So I may do that sometime in the next week if I can and update the blog with a few pictures of what I plan to work on. For now I can only give you names, and I will give you some photos to go with them and update the post when I have them. That works for me at least for now . -- Quaker Round Robin is shown above -- I really want to finish this one this year if possible and get it framed. --


-- The Marquoir Sampler -- This is an oldie, and I really have loved working on it when I was more active with my stitching. The colors are fun and I have just picked them as I went along, no real rhyme nor reason to the way I chose them, just what I thought would work. It is different when you are working on a design this way, takes more time, and when you are picking elements that are meaningful to you to add to the sampler. Still, it has been one of the most enjoyable projects I have ever worked on and I am sure Roger would love for me to finish it as he saw me when I started and as I progressed at least until this point. Actually I think it is further along than this photo represents, so I will try to get an update for you very soon.

Trinity Sampler by Eileen Bennett -- This is a lovely piece an fun to work on -- Sorry that this picture is not very clear. Hopefully I can get a better one and replace it. I have this about half way done I think. It is fun learning the stitches as you go though I will say that a few of them stumped me until I figured them out.


The Redwork sampler that I have on my front page is the one I really want to finish. Part of the reason is I love red! It's my favorite color; and I have a lot of red in my house as well. I just adore the colors in this piece -- the variegated reds are so gorgeous and it was a spool I got from Vikki Clayton with no color name....so I have had to search for a match. Unfortunately I don't have the photo on an album where I can download it here -- so you will have to look at the banner on the side that has the picture. The piece is actually further along than in that photo, but I want to dig it out and get back to it. When I locate it, I will take another picture and get it posted here for you to see. Regarding the threads -- thankfully I found a color that works when I placed my recent order with Vikki - the color name was Primitive Barn Red and the other color that I know would work with this is the Perfect Red 6217. This is a free sampler that I got from Gudi on line -- it's her own creation and I love it! I don't have a full photograph to share with you so you can see the finished project, but eventually I will get this completed and show you mine! How's that?

Isn't winter lovely sometimes -- This was a few years ago, we
had 22 inches of snow in two days I think, and it stayed for a while.
We just had a storm here, and it lasted as well, though we only got
about 6 inches of snow, and ice! The temps were really low though and nothing melted for days and days!

We may be getting another storm coming in -- it's really cooling off again, and so we'll see what the rest of the week brings!

In the meantime, stay warm!!! Go make yourself a cup of hot cocoa and add some marshmallows for fun! And a dash of cinnamon too, it's good like that! I love my coffee with cinnamon in it too.

I'll catch up with you again soon...til then...be blessed!!!! Cathy