No Time on My Hands

I finally ordered a book I've wanted to read for a long time and it arrived today.  No Time On My Hands, is the story of Grace Snyder, Queen of Nebraska Quiltmakers.  The photo below is of Grace's Flower Basket Petit Point. It's made of 87,789 tiny triangles and is a representation of a set of china.

Grace's book details her early life on the prairies of Nebraska, life on her ranch and her travels to exhibits where her quilts were displayed.  More about Grace and her incredible quilts can be found here.

I hope to continue my stitching projects while reading this book, but probably won't be finishing the projects quite as fast.

Another finish

I had the chance to visit Hodge Podge, a little cross stitch/antique shop in Strasburg, Pa. in early December. She sold the cutest little cross stitch ornament patterns by Foxwood Crossing that when completed are mounted to little sleds.  How could I resist?  I had a chance to stitch three of the designs over the weekend.  Actually, I was pretty determined to finish them -- I couldn't wait to see them done. The patterns were pretty popular -- there isn't a sled to be found to mount them on, so I have to wait until March when they are back in stock. I've found a place online that has patterns that fit larger sleds that are just as cute, so I placed an order for the patterns (sleds were available for these patterns).  This was supposed to be the year that I only work on projects that I have already purchased, but I keep getting sidetracked!  Guess that resolution will have to wait until next year!

The ornaments should look like this once they are mounted to the sleds:

I have my next project waiting in the wings -- it's another 'new' project. 

Stay warm!

It's Perfect Weather for Arctic Santas

The weather outside has been certainly frightful, but I've been keeping warm while stitching up some Arctic Santas.  I started these a while ago and meant to have them done for DH for Christmas.  True to form, I misplaced them (rather I believe he moved them -- to a room downstairs no less).  I found two of the three while cleaning said room.  I still haven't located the third but plan to look a little harder before ordering another.  Seems that once I get a replacement, the misplaced pattern always appears.

In other news,I'm hoping to post regularly.  This isn't something I've been good at doing.  I've also changed the name of my blog to honor my only grandson who wanted to name his new sister Sara Sue.  His name wasn't chosen, but he can always find his Sara Sue here.