Happy Fall!

One of the four free seasonal samplers available from

The Stitcherhood

of Athens, Ohio

You can see the other two seasonal samplers that I have stitched up from The Stitcherhood at the following posts: Summer and Spring.

 Winter is next!

Political Toys ~ Part 2

American Primitive
Prairie Schooler #8

Presidential candidate Andrew Jackson was the first Democrat ever to be associated with the donkey symbol. His opponents during the election of 1828 tried to label him a "jackass" for his populist beliefs and slogan, "Let the people rule." Jackson was entertained by the notion and ended up using it to his advantage on his campaign posters.

But cartoonist Thomas Nast is credited with making the donkey the recognized symbol of the Democratic Party. It first appeared in a cartoon in Harper's Weekly in 1870, and was supposed to represent an anti-Civil War faction. But the public was immediately taken by it and by 1880 it had already become the unofficial symbol of the party.

Political Toys ~ Part 1

American Primitive
Prairie Schooler #8

Political cartoonist Thomas Nast invented this famous symbol—the Republican elephant. In a cartoon that appeared in Harper's Weekly in 1874, Nast drew a donkey clothed in lion's skin, scaring away all the animals at the zoo. One of those animals, the elephant, was labeled “The Republican Vote.” That's all it took for the elephant to become associated with the Republican Party.

Jameson's Birth Sampler - Here Comes the Giraffe!

Here is my progress on my great nephew's birth sampler. He was born in Portland, Maine, on February 10th, so he's 6 months old already. I'd better get moving!!

Savannah Birth Sampler
Dimensions Kit

Jameson Torry Queen

Have A Glorious 4th !!

Happy First Day of SUMMER!

One of the four free seasonal samplers available from

The Stitcherhood

of Athens, Ohio

Happy Mom's Day !!

Child Proof

an out-of-print design

from

Sherry Senicar

HOUSE #6 DONE !!

As anyone who has stitched this piece knows, getting past House #6, with all that BLACK, is a major challenge. 

And we're not even going to discuss how long this piece has been in my to-finish pile.

I am stitching with Vikki Clayton silks, using what is known as the "second conversion" of colors, on 36 ct. Pearled Barley from Lakeside Linens.

Houses of Hawk Run Hollow

by

Carriage House Samplings

A Bottle of Red, a Bottle of White

Wine A Bit

by 

Sue Hillis

Luxury and Loss -- Titanic at 100

Titanic Souvenir 1912

a Limited Time Freebie

from

The Sampler Girl

Titanic

by

Sue Ryder

(Heritage Stitchcraft Kit)

One of my proudest stitches

(Sorry, chart sold long ago)

A Sweet Bunny for Easter

Sweet Bunny

by

Jennifer Dalenberg

blogging at

Feathers In the Nest

where you can get the chart

You can pick whatever colors you want.

I picked these:

light green = 911

very light brown = 435

light brown = 434

gray = 928

light pink = 605

medium pink = 603

black = 310

white = B5200

CHICAGO is now at the McNamara's home !!

My dear friend Linda McNamara, whom I worked with at Borders, came to visit for the weekend and what a treat it was! 

Lots of good eating and good wine, and lots and lots of talking....whoa, 2 am one night....4 am the next....

It gave me a chance to give her the Oberlin sampler of CHICAGO which I had finished a while back. She and her husband Paul are from Chicago, and lived in the greater Chicago area before moving to Ohio. Now Paul's job has taken them to the Philly area, and boy, do I miss them!

She seems pleased, right?

Happy First Day of Spring !!

 

One of the four free seasonal samplers available from 

The Stitcherhood

of Athens, Ohio.

On St. Patrick's Day, we all become a little Irish

An Irish Blessing

by

Terrie Lee Steinmeyer

(Leisure Arts)

Irish Blessings Scissors

Irish Blessings Scissors

by

Meribel Abrams

Winter Is For The Birds!

This sure fits for the winter of 2011-12 !! I haven't even had to shovel, and have scraped my windshield maybe twice. I've missed it, frankly.  I loved this design, and used the recommended fabric, 25 ct. Bone Lugana, which is perfect! And, by the way, stitching plaids is really a blast, too.

Winter Is For the Birds

by 

Lynn Waters Busa

(Leisure Arts)

Valentine Chocolate !!

Chocolate

by

Hob-Nobb Designs

Valentine Tuck Pillows

My Valentine Tuck Pillows

Pine Mountain Designs

Recipe for Love

Recipe for Love

by

Fiddlestitch Cottage (2005)

Sweet Heart

"Sweet Heart"

by

Heart in Hand