Where did March go?

Can anyone tell me where March went??? It seems that it never existed, as it went by so fast! I've totally been busy all (well, most of) this time, just not near Blogger! Let's see... yardwork, taxes, closet organizing, starting the garden, and sometimes just nothin' :)

I stitched this and sent to my daughter to celebrate the beginning of spring.

Tiny Garden Freebie
Shepherd's Bush
c. 2011
3/2/2012 - 3/3/2012

And the back:

While rummaging in my stash I found this old WIP that I know I must have started sometime around 1988. Not a lot left to do, so I thought it would look cute as a small patriotic pillow for the chair in my kitchen. So it's finished!

Liberty Dolls
The Cricket Collection
c. 1987
1988 ? - 3/20/2012

Then this cute little bunny begged to be stitched, also with a small pillow in mind. The addition of the tiny, tiny buttons was just perfect!

The Silly Rabbit
Mosey'n Me
c. 2005
3/21/2012 - 3/28/2012

I loved working this piece, and want to have it framed real soon. This was my "travel" project. I have to choose another small canvas and get it ready to "go".

Spring Blossoms Variation (canvas)
Nancy's Needle
c. 2011
12/9/2011 - 4/3/2012

I couldn't resist starting this old Sheepish design, Gone Fishing! Haven't stitched one from Sheepish in so long.

Well, if you got this far you get a gold star!! I'll be back soon!

Spring Blossoms Variation

I have stitched some on Spring Blossoms Variation and here's my progress. This is a great piece to take to stitch where the lighting isn't so good.

Here's the before pic:

Happy Friday!

DH and I traveled to CA last Friday to visit with DD, DSIL and the grand-pups. We had a wonderful time and can't wait to get back out there! For this trip I decided to take a canvas project. Between stitching on the plane and while sitting at night this is what I got done on Spring Blossoms Variation by Nancy's Needle. I just love this design and I can see me stitching it again with a different color scheme.


Another of my finishes for the year:

Holiday Square
Laura J. Perin
c. 2008
12/20/2010 - 5/15/2011

Our weather has been pretty mild this week. I don't think the "snow" word is in the forecast for the near future!! I got back this week from our trip with a nasty cold. I'm beginning to cough and that usually lasts forever and my chest will be sore for days. (On one of our flights, the lady that sat next to me said that she only had allergies and not to worry about all of the sneezing and coughing...right;)

I have a couple of small last minute stitchy items to finish up. Hopefully, they will get finished this weekend and get out the door on Monday.