My First Conquest of 2016

I finally conquered my silly fear of  C.U.R.V.E.S.!!!

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Having been away from my sewing machine for a while I decided, as a reintroduction, to try something new to me.  The dreaded curve.

It all started because I was re~reading Clare O'Donohue's, The Drunkard's Path. Every time I picked up the book that design was there, mocking me. I jumped online to see just how to construct a Drunkard's Path and found that there are many ways to lay out the blocks! The options are endless.
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Since this was a first attempt, keeping the projects on the small side might be prudent idea. Foxy and Carli (who played camera shy today) thought it was a good plan too, they both received a new flannel bed cushion and I no longer fear curves!
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Win/Win

Until next time ~

Wuz zat! Ah, Son of a Stitch!!

Foxy and Carli are about to experience their first Christmas!

Fox is impatiently waiting for the man in red,

here she's peering out the front window. Alas, no Father Christmas yet!

This is what Fox is peeking through

a gorgeous blanket of heavy frost. Actually several blankets of frost have hit us

over the past week, it is like being enveloped in a cloud and the peacefulness outside is euphoric.

(our 3 boys are home and die hard gamers, so things can get a little heated)!

So what's a Mom to do? 

stitch, stitch, stitch 

(it's better than the alternative, which no one ever listens to anyways)

"LITTLE SWEEPER"

This is a Weekenders kit, 5" x 7" finished, 14 ct. after a couple of hours.

until next time,

HAPPY STITCHING  ")

Kept in Stitches!

I've been doing some sewing and stitching this week.

First up, the sweet Fox showing off her new flannel quilt for those chilly winter evenings.

Of course it's all pinks and flowers here and the backing is pink gingham, 

she's a girlie girl!

 Up next, the progress on my youngest's request of the infamous

"GRUMPY CAT"

I just saw a piece on the computer, this cat has earned an astounding $100 million!!!

Cute kitty but something is seriously wrong when this can happen in a world so completely

out of whack! Just putting it out there, that's all.

cross stitch chart is courtesy of  Brooke's Books

available on her site under freebies  ")

Maybe Carli can give Grumpy Cat a run for her money?

Calsberg (as she has been tagged) loves to cover herself with newspapers and now throw mats.

This one she "turtled" out of our bedroom and into the kitchen!

These new additions to our family keep us all in stitches!

until next time,

HAPPY STITCHING  ")