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Prairie Schooler: Farm Fresh Book 108

 

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Easter Teasure Hunt Blog Hop

This post is brought to you by the letter:


 
D is my letter for the Easter Treasure Hunt hosted by Jo.

 

The 2 eggs in my basket are stitched from freebie charts by Amint Kipattan available here.

Hop on over to Kaye's blog  for your next letter.

Read, Reread, Stitch

Most of my weekend stitching was spent on Rhapsody in Blue. I wasn't able to complete all of the stitching for the start of the finishing class today but I came very close. Even after reading the instructions I stitched one set of motifs over 2 that should have been stitched over 1. So I am having to stitch them a second time.

New Motto:
Read directions (chart)  twice or thrice (if necessary) stitch once!!

My other big stitching accomplishment was working on the house on Christmas at Hollyberry Farm.My first window has been framed in. Moving on to complete the top floor.

I also finished the stitching on my project  for the blog hop sponsored by Jo that will be taking place on Good Friday. Stop back by for a link to see what everyone has created.

 Thanks for stopping by,

 Gwen


 

March: Week 1

Several stitching friends and I,  have signed up for Jackie du Plessis' Class offered by the Shining Needle Society. The project is Rhapsody in Blue. It's a very cute sewing basket, with a pinkeep and strawberry. We are to have the stitching complete and be ready for an online finishing instructions on the 18th. This is my progress so far.












The stitching on 2 of my SL Quaker Pincushions is complete. Yeah!!  I am pretty excited about that. I have 2 more to go, I also need to get going again on Margery, she languished this week. I worked a little filling in the flowers.

Quaker Pincushion
Scarlet Letter









Off to work on some Easter ornaments. Time is running out. Hope you are having a blessed day.
Gwen

Febuary Wrap Up

My house at Hollyberry Farm now has a roof and I have started building the walls.








Margery Dean's honeysuckle border is growing.









The bunny from the tease in my last post is the main attraction on my latest finish Bunnies In The Garden. My  biggest accomplishment in February was the assembly of this project that has been sitting around for too long. The assembly instructions were well written and easy to follow. I should never have taken so long to do the finishing. In addition to the three pieces in the char, needle roll, pinkeep and scissor weight, I stitched 2 additional bunnies and covered a retracting tape measure. The bunny on the back is over one.

 Bunnies In The Garden
With My Needle
Ellen Chester










stitched with recommended fabric and threads

Since then I have been roaming the stores looking for trim and embellishments for things in my To-Be-Assembled Basket. I am working on getting a few more projects out of this basket.Hope to have some more to share as the 2013 rolls along.



Gwen

February:Week Two

After a week of gray skies and constant rain, the sun is out today. The temps have dipped some but still it's a great change to see the sun again.

The past week everyone in this neck of the woods stayed  indoors unless it was absolutely necessary. I was able to make some progress on most of my projects.

I have almost completed page 1 of Christmas at Hollyberry Farm. Page one ends with letter P of the large alphabet on the right and the top portion of the roof at the bottom.





I will finish the roof this week then decide if I should continue with page 2 or drop down to page 3 and work on the house.






 





Next up is The Ann Bowers Sampler.
The suggested SAL schedule for February is to work through the carnation band and row 2 of the second alphabet.



So far I have a small start on the assignment for this month, not sure I will make it.









I am stitching along with Nicola and others on Scarlet  Letter samplers this year. I started out with Margery Dean, a WIP and this past week added the Quaker Pincushions.
Getting the border in on Margery Dean has gone a little slowly but I did make it all the way to the right side. Here's hoping I have counted correctly.

On Saturday I pulled out a long ago stitched project and started the assembly. I am in need of some ribbon and a couple of buttons or beads to complete this project. Do you recognize it? Hope to have it complete by next post and include pictures then.

Thanks for stopping by,
 Gwen

February start

I didn't get any finishing done this weekend but, I was able to work some more on page 1 of Christmas at Hollyberry Farm.









I have taken the challenge and joined Nicola in her year of Scarlet Letter Stitching. I am plan is to stitch-a-long on Margery Dean. I would also like to stitch the Quaker Pincushions. This is the start on MD from last year.

Margery Dean
Scarlet Letter




Gwen

January progress

Since my last post I have mainly been working on Ann Bowers and Christmas at Hollyberry Farm.
Here is my progress for Jan.

  







Ann Bowers
The Examplarery

Christmas at Hollyberry Farm
Stacy Nash Primitives

February will be here in a few hours, time to decide what ornament I will work on next. I have to work this weekend but hope to get a few hours to work on some finishing.

Gwen

Some Firsts for 2013

This year the Callaway Gardens School of Needle Arts was sponsored by Dogwood Chapter EGA, On Saturday I traveled up to Pine Mountain to see the annual Needle Arts Exhibit. Although there weren't as many entries as in past years it was well worth the trip. The ladies that exhibited were very prolific and the projects inspirational. Thanks to all the exhibitors for sharing your work and congratulations Roberta and all the other ribbon winners. Job well done.  Of course while I was there I visited the bookstore and the boutique. Need I say more .................Got a few more books to add to my library and of course a canvas and some supplies from Leigh at the Needle Bug.

This being a long weekend, I actually got some stitching done. First off I finished a pinkeep from my friend Mary. There was no stitching involved on this project, the images were printed on fabric. I just had to lace them onto mat board and lace together, then add the ribbons and beaded pins.  It just feels good to have something in a completed form, so I am claiming this as my first finish of the year. One side has a picture of the Saratoga Race Course and the other Grand Union Hotel in Saratoga Springs.

Saratoga Race Course
Opened August 3, 1863






Grand Union Hotel
Boarding House/Hotel 1802-1953




Then I finished stitching Little House Needleworks 6th ornament from 2012.   








My progress on Christmas at Hollyberry Farm.








 Gwen

2013: New Starts

So far I have started two of the new projects that I would like to work on this year. I was out of town on the First so there were no New Year's Day stitching for me. When I returned home and back to reality ( read WORK) I didn't get to my stitching until the 7th.

The first project I started was Stacy Nash's design Christmas at Hollyberry Farm. This was a present from my dear friend CarolB, I could hardly wait to get started. Here is my progress:












My second start is a reproduction, The Ann Bowers Sampler charted and kitted by Joanne Harvey of The Examplarery. Jean at The Attic Needlework is leading a SAL in her newsletter.












I plan to send some time in the next few weeks organizing some of my stitched pieces so that I can assemble them. The to-be-finished pile has been stagnant for too long.


Gwen

On the 12th day............

I am saying thanks to my CSW friends. While I was away a very precious package arrived from Jackie. Because of my work schedule, I only had time to give it a quick inspection to make sure nothing was damaged. When I was able to really go through it I was amazed at the wonderful treasures it contained. Thanks to you all for your generous gifts.

Thanks for your friendship, looking forward to stitching with you all in 2013!

 Gwen