STITCHING WITH IRIS

Designer:  Sue Hillis Project:  Map of Ireland Fabric:  16Ct Antique Ivory Floss:  DMC Started:  I forgot to write it down Finished:  03/29/2016 For:  Laura who spent her Junior year of college as an exchange student in Ireland

Designer:  Blueladie Designs Project:  Easter Garden I took some liberties with this design. The original design said Easter Garden and had lots of 14 stitched in the wording.  1/4 stitches are hard to do on aida so I redesigned the wording and changed it to Spring Garden Fabric:  16CT Antique Ivory Floss:  DMC Started:  03/26/2016 Finished: 03/29/2016 For:  My ornament tree

Now I need to decide what I am going to stitch next.  I do have The Map of France by Sue Hillis to stitch for us but I am really tired of stitching maps.  I will have to go through my stash and see what I can pick out.

I have a cute story or maybe a sick story depending on how you look at it.  A couple of weeks ago one of the ladies from the workout group e-mailed us and asked us if we would like to go out to lunch to celebrate the birthdays in the 1st quarter and to celebrate Spring.  Today was the day.  So we got there and we were asked who had birthdays in January, February and March.  We raised our hands and I was asked when my birthday was so I told them.  When the waitress brought the checks the woman who had initiated the luncheon took all the checks for the birthdays except mine.  I kind of laughed to myself but in all honestly it did hurt a little.  I don't know why but this woman really doesn't like me and she makes it quite evident.  Oh well I did have a good lunch and I enjoyed the company.

I just finished these 2 stitching finishes into ornaments for my ornament tree.

Designer:  Barbara Ana Project:  Hoppy Easter Bunny - Freebie from Cyberstitchers.com Fabric:  16CT Antique Ivory Floss:  DMC Started:  03/02/2016 Completed:  03/11/2016 For:  Made into an ornament for my ornament tree

 I love this little Hoppy Bunny even thought it was a pain to stitch.

Designer:  Lizzie Kate Project:  May Flip-it Fabric:  Mystery Aida Floss:  DMC, WDW, Gentle Arts Sampler Started:   03/13/2016 Completed:  03/21/2016 For:  Made into an ornament for my ornament tree I enjoyed stitching both of these little ornaments.  I am trying to perfect my pillow ornament making so I studied the video on The Twisted Stitcher.  These are better than my previous pillow ornament finishes but I have a way to go.  These are both hanging on my ornament tree right now.  I need to make more Easter/Spring designs as I have a few holes in the tree.  I am still stitching on Ireland by Sue Hillis but I am making progress.  I am also stitching the Jure Flip-It by Lizzie Kate.  I am planning on doing a Lizzie Kate design for each month and making it into an ornament for my tree.  She as 2 series of these monthly flip-its so I will do some months from each series.

I finished a little St. Patrick's Day ornament for my tree.

Designer:  Blueladie Designs Project:  Happy Go Lucky (March) Fabric:  16CT Ivory Aida Floss:  DMC Started:  03/03/2016 Finished: 03/03/2015 For: My ornament tree

Now I am going to start an Easter ornament.

I finished this little cutie yesterday afternoon and just pressed him.  I think he is my favorite for this year.

Designer:  Angel Stitchin Project:  Believe in Magic - from the 2014 Just Cross Stitch Ornament Issue Fabric:  16CT Antique Ivory Aida Floss:  DMC Started:  ? Completed:  03/02/82016 For:  Jessi ?