What a great week at the beach...

I'm back from the Pals Fall Fling (for almost a week) but I have been so busy, just no time to post at all. I do have some stitching things I want to show you & will try to get pics taken later today. I can share some pics with you though....

The first one is the group pic, with about a dozen gals missing. Some didn't want to be in it & a few had to leave early, including Malinda who got the call late Sat. afternoon that they'd found a heart for her mother, who was on a transplant list. Thank the good Lord she is doing well! We missed you Sat. night Malinda, but so glad things went well! BTW - Shelleen, WE MISSED YOU!!!!

This sec pic is a group of bloggers, I think Ruth Ann asked for the pic. From left to right, me in red, Susan TN, Carolyn NC, Beth KY, Ruth CA, Renee SC, Michele WA, Chris NC & Karen AZ. Where did Nicole go btw?


I won a total of 4 ribbons in the Stitchers Showcase, 1 st, 1 2nd & 2 3rd, here's a pic of two of them for my Just Nan's. Karen AZ won 2nd place with her Bourse/Stitcher's Pouch from last's year class by Mary of M Designs, it's in the 2nd pic below - congrats Karen! There were 4 other categories with 3 prizes in each. I'll try to get them posted on the Pals website & you can visit if you like!


For anyone who reads Ruth's blog (The Musing Badger), we all know she is the photo queen. Ray snapped one of her taking pics... so I had to share. When you see her blog later, if there are pics of me with a lampshade over my head, please remember I was going on 4-6 hours of sleep per night for a week, lots of sugar (I'm not the only one who will think 2-3 times before having a Dairy Queen extreme chocolate blizzad again, those things make you HIGH!!) & I had no idea of what I was doing! Saying all that, she has been asked not to post them, but knowing Ruthie as I do, I think I'm in trouble.... REMEMBER, what happens in MB stays in MB Ruth!!! Love ya Ruthie!! ;-)

Here are some pics from the gathering on Friday night.... we had so much fun!

Thanks for visiting & I hope to have some stitching pics posted soon. Have a great Sunday & a great week ahead - happy stitching!

FINISHES! Woohooo!!!!

I've been finishing over the past couple of weekends trying to get a few things ready for the Pals Retreat which is coming up quickly! But first, let me show you the ornament I sent to Vonna in September in the monthly oranment exchange group we're in. It's a Prairie Schooler "Quilt" Strawberry. I know how much Vonna loves PS & quilts, so I decided to stitch this for her. It was my first, but it won't be my last. It was a fun finish and I think Vonna likes it! :-)

Next are 5 Lizzie Kate ornaments I did the finishing on for my friend Char. She is using the 4 that are over 1 for the Pals ornament exchange, aren't they cute? The other is one she stitched for me since I was doing the finishing for her. Wasn't that sweet of her? These are cuter than I expected, just love "Cookies" & "Santa". :-)

Next are my ornaments for the retreat ornament exchange... they are by JBW Designs, Bent Creek, Stone & Thread and the biscornu is from the 2008 JCS Ornament issue by Cherished Stitches.

I also helped Renee get her finished started yesterday on her ornaments. She let me know today that they are finished, yeah!!

Next is Just Nan's "Pansy Cameo" made into a pinkeep. I think it turned out pretty. This has been stitched for awhile, just not finished. I'm so happy to have it done!

I also have Shepherd's Bush "Heart Blooms" that has been stitched for a bit that I made into a pinkeep too. Cute isn't it? Or at least I like it! :-)

And last but not least tonight is JBW's new "Christmas Purse". I stitched this while watching the first presidental debate, and just got around to the finishing yesterday. I think it's cute and worked up great into a cube.

I have a bellpull that is sewn up, but I decided to paint the hardware white & it's not dry, so I'll share that pic next time when it's completely finished.

There is also one more piece that I can't show yet.... those who are coming to the Pals retreat will see it then, everyone else will have to wait until afterwards. And I'm hoping to finish up my Maderia Tin class pieces tomorrow or the next day - I'll share pics when it's all done. One piece is finished, one to go! Yeah!!!

Thanks for looking... have a great week ahead & happy stitching!