Sunday Update

 Good Sunday Morning!

Hope you all had a good week, filled with lots of little XXX's! My week was busy...let's start!

Started and finished stitching Hello Pumpkin by Stitching With the Housewives. Changed the word PUMPKIN to Autumn to fit in with the Autumn decor of my home. Changed the colors of the big top pumpkin to ____ and changed the blue pumpkin at the bottom to an orange pumpkin as we don't see blue pumpkins down here in FL. Stitched on 14ct black aida (Etsy ~ Annabelles). Used DMC threads.

Next was:

October ~ Truckin' Along by Stitching With the Housewives. I changed the left and right motifs from chickens sitting on a pumpkin to the original pumpkin from white to orange, DMC 921 and then a smiling, viney mini pumpkin (from the truck portion of the chart). The candy corns were SO easy and fast to stitch, finished in a few days. Stitched on 14ct black aida, once again from Etsy ~ Annabelles.

Then...

Little House Needleworks ~ The Post Office from the Hometown Holiday series. Remember, Diane is only doing a yearly Hometown Holiday chart from here on out. I changed the mailbox from a red one to a common blue one that we have down here in FL, DMC # 311. I adjusted the POST OFFICE words at the top because I didn't follow the pattern and had extra room on the right so I added a # as most post offices are numbered. 

I'll start finishing this series while I am on vacation next week and I will post my finishes. I can't wait to have this series up to date, finished and displayed this Christmas. Just a note...a bought a horizontal ladder shelf a few years ago to display this on, never opened and can't wait to get it out of the attic this year! EXCITING!

I have just listed the following items on my Etsy shop this morning...www.etsy.com/shop/LizziesXStitches.

Charles Craft ~ velour fingertip towels

Mill Hill Designs ~ coin purse. Cross stitched and beaded, Everything Mary Antique Purse Frame and 1/4yd of black wide wale corduroy fabric. Directions of how to assemble the coin purse are on the back of the purse frame packaging. 

Hope everyone has a great Sunday, filled with lots of XXX's and memories!

♥Elizabeth

Hello!

 Hi!

Greetings from windy So. Florida, so lucky that those two (2) storms ~ Laura and Marco have decided to take another path other than to our state. Prayers to those in their paths.

I've been busy doing some finishing the last few days, so happy with how these turned out. Take a look!

This is Blessed by Priscilla & Chelsea of Stitching with the Housewives (a freebie) and I just LOVE it! Makes a great tier tray accent piece. So pretty with the sunflowers! Stitched on a scrap of 14ct black aida using DMC and GAST threads. Finished using sticky board, buffalo check fabric, and a little dainty piece of lace trim!

Next...

I believe this was a piece by Little House Needleworks (LHN) or maybe Prairie Schooler. Please correct me if I'm wrong. Stitched on a scrap piece of 14ct white aida using DMC threads. Finished on sticky board covered with burgandy fabric and a green ribbon. Cute again as a tier tray accent piece or even nice on a small easel in the living room.

Finally, 

For Keeps by The Trilogy! I LOVE this one! So cute! Stitching on 14ct fiddlers cloth using DMC threads. Finished on sticky board covered with a burgandy/green paisley fabric and accented with a piece of ercu lace. Once again, a nice tier tray accent piece or even a nice stand up piece on a small easel in the bedroom on the nightstand!

ALL three of these finished pieces are available in my ETSY shop:

https://www.etsy.com/shop/LizziesXStitches?ref=search_shop_redirect

Come by and visit...I've got finished pieces, unfinished pieces (that you can finish) Xstitch supplies and more! Leave a comment when you visit! I'd love to hear from you!

Have a great Monday...back to stitching!

♥Elizabeth

Where There Is Life...

 Where There is Life There is Hope by Little House Needleworks and Country Cottage Needleworks. What a cute design and a quick stitch! I changed the colors a little and have shown my color choices. Stitched on creme 14ct aida using DMC and GAST threads.

LHN ~ Hometown Holiday Series

Hot off the needle! LHN ~ Holiday Hometown Series ~ Sweet Shop! Stitched on dark green 14ct Aida using DMC floss. Many changes ~ the snow is stitched with B5200, the symbol # is 702 to stand out on the green fabric, handmade bow on the wreath, and French knots for the lazy daisy stitches on the cake in the window! I am going to finish this as a no sew cube and add to the 'village' each year! Merry Christmas!

Hot off the needle!

Met my stitching goal this weekend, I finished stitching my April calendar girl by LHN. Stitched on a showcase huck towel using DMC floss.

What are you ....

What are you stitching this weekend? I am trying to finish up my April calendar girl by LHN.

LNH ~ Calendar Girl Series ~ March

I stitched this on a Charles Craft Showcase Huck Towel, using DMC floss!

This is LIBERTY LANE by Little House Needleworks. Stitched on 14 count Aida in the shade of DMC 930. I converted the original colors of the chart to deeper patriotic colors and I LOVE how it turned out. Now on the the finisher for her to make it into a pillow for me!

My New Cubby!

I first saw this 'cubby' mentioned on Little House Needleworks blog...with a little investigation I found it at Pottery Barn and by using my birthday money I was able to purchase it! I LOVE IT!

Home Of A Needleworker

I have always wanted to stitch this chart. So much in fact, that I purchased the chart TWICE! Once I realized my over zealous-ness of this chart I knew I needed to get stitching this. Well here it is! I made a few changes...my name is rather long so I re-positioned the bird and only stitched the numeric year. I can't wait to get it framed now!



Chart is SOLD!

Season of Hope

What a quick stitch this was even though I made a pretty big boo-boo! If you look at the original chart and then look at my stitching you will see that the top portion was stitched two boxes too high ~ didn't realize until I was ready to put the roof portion on the houses. I think I adjusted the pattern quite well!



Chart is SOLD!

Tweet!

This one is hot off the needle last night! Disappointed that you can't see the snow on the ground by the bunnies or on the trees for that matter either. Changed the TWEET color from DMC712 to DMC3777.



Chart is SOLD!

Winter Sheep

Here's another quick stitch for the week ~
LHN ~ Winter Sheep. I stitched this on 14 count Fiddler's with DMC thread. Changed the red border to DMC #930. Changed the cardinal button to a stitched blue bird, added pearl metallic to the snow and snowflakes, changed the words to DMC #680, changed the star from gold to red. I'm happy with the changes!



Chart is SOLD!

Silent Night

This was one of the ones I stitched over the holidays and still have. I would like to buy a 'cubby' from the Pottery Barn and display these small pieces in it.



This is by Little House Needleworks ~ Ornament of the Month of 2011 #5. Chart is SOLD!

Season of Rest

I just LOVE this little series by Little House Needleworks. I finished this over the holidays and as with the Season of Growth, I will finish this into a cute little pillow to display during the appropriate months of the year.



Chart is SOLD!

Strawberries ~YUM!

Good Afternoon ~

Here is my finish from the weekend ~ I think I found the PERFECT fabric for making a tuck pillow. What do you think? It couldn't get any better.





This was a 'freebie' chart from LHN, found on her website:http://www.littlehouseneedleworks.com/images/June_2011_Newsletter.pdf

I used Aida fabric and converted the Crescent Colours to DMC. Black Coffee 310, Bamboo ecru, Sassy Brass 780, Clay Pot 3722, Manor Red 816, Poblano Pepper 3347, Spinach 500 and La Tierra 840.

In XxX's,
♥ Elizabeth M.

The First of Many to Come....

Here is my latest finish ~



Little House Needleworks ~ Summer Season of Growth ~ Aida ~ DMC

I would like to make this into a tuck pillow. As you can see I've already chosen a fabric.
Chart is already sold.