Still Waters and 2 new starts

I've been stitching on Still Waters by Plum Street Samplers this week. I started this back in April of last year, and of course it was put aside for something else! There isn't too much to do, now. The grass along the lower edge will be filled in and this will be easy to stitch during TV time. Then, the rest of the words and a bit hear and there. I love it and really do want to get finished!

Here is my new start. Am I crazy or what!!?# I only have a few stitches done in the grid, so no pic on the linen, but here is what it will look like many moons from now! I just love Darlene's samplers, and Robertson is no exception.


I started this during Thursday night stitch group. It's small and very portable and Thurs nights will be a good time for ornament stitching.

Carolyn at Just One More Stitch is having a giveaway, so go visit her blog to enter.

I have some lentil soup simmering in the crock pot for dinner, so I think I'll try to get some stitching in until then.

Thanks for all the great comments on my Pomegranate sampler finish.

First Finish of 2011!

The Pomegranate Sampler
The Needle's Prayse
c. 1990
1/1/2010 - 1/7/2011

Here it is--finally finished. Or finished for now...until it's framed there is still the option of stitching the outer border.

Thank you for all of the nice comments on my last post!

A tiny bit more progress

Only a little progress to show...

Happy New Year and To Stitch or Not Stitch

Happy New Year! My how 2010 just flew by.

Overall I'm happy with the stitching I did in 2010. Quite a few small designs were stitched as well as some old WIPs. This sampler is a really old chart from 1990, but I only acquired it a year or so ago after looking for it for a long time. I love the verse and the colors and has been an enjoyable project while I was actually stitching it! I kept putting it aside to start something new;) My goal was to get it finished in 2010 but that didn't happen, so now I'm working very hard to wrap it up in the next few days. You know...itching to get something new started! Have only the alphabet at the top and a little green on the vine and my name and date left, unless I decide to do the satin stitch border. You can see it in the picture of the chart. From the beginning I wasn't sure if I'd stitch it or not, since it would be just as pretty with just the vine. What do you think? Love to hear your thoughts.


I managed to get up at 5 a.m. yesterday morning to be at The Silver Needle at 6 for the annual New Year's Eve sale. I got several charts and some fabrics/threads, so I think I'm set for a while now! My goal is to make 2011 a Stitch from Stash year. There are so many pretty designs that I've gotten over the years that should be worked up and quite a few larger WIPs that have been neglected for far too long.

Gotta get dinner together... I have a bowl game to watch tonight! GO SOONERS!

Edited to add: OU won by the way...48-20! Way to go!

Football (freebie)
The Sampler Girl
c. 2010
12/17/2010 - 12/18/2010

stitched for DD and DSIL...BIG Sooner fans!

The Honeysuckle Sampler

I can't stitch at the moment due to my surgery, but I can start adding some pics of my completed pieces. This has various stitches and many, many Queen stitches!

The Honeysuckle Sampler

The Needle's Prayse

28 ct. linen, DMC Floss

finished October 2007