Update on my Sampler

Here is an up date on my sampler, I was hoping to at least get a page done a month! I started this in April, first I couldn't make up my mind what fabric I wanted to use, I put a little stitching on each of the fabrics I had at home, with the color floss, I am now doing it on 16ct. Aida, that was my last choice, my first choice, which the lady at my LNS store said would be perfect, was not in my price line. I just need to get this done by August 2012. It doesn't look like I did anything, but that is almost a half page.

Summer Storm

A few days ago, we had a nasty storm, blowing in from all ends of the earth. I couldn't tell if the rain was coming from the South,North, East or West. We have a screen house in the yard, the wind made a huge whole in it. I was out there the next day with my floss and needle trying to sew it back together, it some how worked and I believe it will hold up the rest of the summer. My neighbors must have thought I was crazy, standing there in the heat, sewing the screen, little do they know how crazy I am. Now to figure out where I can buy a new screen, the frame is good, but the screen, has seen its last year.

Stitching is Done

I have it finished and it's posted on Vee's Web Site , this is the first time I made this type of a wall banner, I made a few no sew wall hangers, and of course I over stuffed this one it! I did the same thing with my Christmas Ornaments, last year!

Just need to find someplace nice to hang this one up!

Shower Gift

I did manage to get the Shower Gift done, I have never been this late in getting my stitching done, I did get it framed and to the person. I do hope they like it.

Weekend Work!

I will be glad when this is done, and I can sit back and just enjoy it! This weekend we put the barrel out, had to put it back together, over the winter the nails in the bands rusted, and the barrel was in pieces! So we put new nails in the

bands, ones that won't rust! Just a little more work, and we should be done, then we have a bush on the side of the house that my dad wants taken out! So we start all over! I had ordered 2 Crape Mrytle trees, from a nursery ,which they claim are hardy for the Midwest winters! We shall see. Right now they are just twigs! Our first trip to Texas I fell in love with these trees, So when I found a company that said they can be grown in the hash Midwest winters I ordered 2, little did I know that they would send me 2 twigs.

It's been about 3 weeks and Joe said that they are growing! They also told us that if we wanted patio size trees to grow they in a good size pot, which we are doing.