A Roadtrip Begins Tomorrow!!

Tomorrow morning my stitch group finally leaves on our cross stitch roadtrip that we have been planning and saving for..for 14 months. We have been planning it for so long and..WOW its finally here. We have stitch group today so I can only imagine what we will be gabbing about!

We are headed to The Silver Needle, Hearts Desire and The Sunflower Seed plus some quilt shops in between!

I will give a full report with pictures when I return on Monday.

Happy stitching to everyone.

Hugs,
Wendy Jo

Autumn Exchange to England Arrives

Sue e-mailed me and let me know she received her autumn exchange and loves it. This is an exchange from the Exchange Heaven blog. I stitched a freebie design from Erica Michaels and finished it into a pinkeep. I also sent a pretty fat quarter that I think Sue will enjoy as well.


I have gotten all my stitching exchanges complete and am now just waiting for the mailing dates to get alittle closer so I can mail them to their destinations so in the meantime I am working on Margaret's round robin that has arrived and I have some birthday presents that I am also working on.

Our stitch group is getting really excited about our three day roadtrip. We leave next Wednesday. We are going to The Silver Needle, Heart's Desire and The Sunflower Seed, plus 3 quilt shops (I need more fabric! LOLOL). I will be sure to take my camera and give a full report when I return. We have all been looking forward to this trip and been planning and saving for it for over a year!!

Well, thanks for stopping by and happy stitching to you!

Hugs,
Wendy Jo

An Autumn Exchange Received

My autumn exchange from the Exchange Heaven arrived yesterday and I got the cutest bag from Jane! The design Jane chose she did in blackwork and her work is absolultely fabulous!

Thanks so much Jane I love my exchange very much and will use the bag ALOT!


Lately I have been finishing up my exchanges and now in the process of doing the "finishing" work on them.

Today is stitch group so I plan to work on a birthday gift. So no "info" on that just yet.

Thanks for stopping by and happy stitching to you.

Wendy Jo

A "Home" Exchange

I participated in a "home" exchange on the Exchange Heaven blog and my partner received her exchange and I have received mine on Saturday afternoon.

I stitched for Maddy and decided to stitch her Heart in Hand's Good to be Home. I had stitched this for the All Seasons Exchange and loved it so much and thought it was perfect for this exchange. I made it into a pincushion and stuff with plastic pellets. I am so glad you like the exchange Maddy...I enjoyed stitching it for you!

Here is a pic:


I received my exchange from Sue in the U.K. and she stitched a lovely design by I think Barbara Ana and made it into a door hanger there is even a cute pocket in back. She also sent me a cute pincusion and some wonderful ribbon which will be great for some Christmas finishing. I see a theme of red here in the exchange...not sure but I am wondering if Sue did this because red is my favorite color..mmmm? I wonder.....LOLOL

Thanks so much Sue..I love the whole exchange very much!!

A birthday and a start of my RR!

I hear from Rita that my birthday present to her arrived and she is very happy! Rita loves anything autumn so I stitched her an autumn leave scissor fob by Heart in Hand and sent some other goodies as well. Here are some pics:



I joined my first RR recently and I finished up my section of it and wanted to share it. It's called "An Emblem of Love" by Ellen Chester. I decided to stitch it on 36 ct. White Edinborough, over 2, and use WDW Wavy Navy. I think it turned out well. Margaret's piece will be on the way to me shortly so I am excited to stitch on her piece as she is doing hers in red!

Now mine will will travel to Edgar's house next month for him to stitch a section. Then once he is finished he will send it on to the next person for them to stitch a section, etc. I am really excited to see this progress through the months and look forward to it returning at the end of May.

I just think the whole idea of a round robin is so neat, having others from all around the world stitch on your piece and you stitch on theirs and knowing when it comes back home to you that its been all over the world in different homes, its just really neat! I am going to ask each of the RR members to put their initials somewhere on the section they stitched. Carol R. is having us do that on her's and I thought that was a great idea so I am doing as is Margaret too.

I also noticed while stitching my initials over 1, that my diopeter lens (1.75) on my daylight is not strong enough for over 1 on 36 ct anymore so I plan to purchase a stronger lens next month when I hit the road with my stitch group for our roadtrip. Not sure what strength I will get but I just know I need a stronger one!

This weekend I am going to work on a birthday gift and start work on another exchange so I have my weekend stitching plans all set!

I do hope everyone has a great weekend and thanks for stopping by. I do appreciate it.

Take care and happy stitching,
Wendy Jo

A Birthday and Exchanges

I have sent a birthday exchange to Ina and it has been received and opened and she is one happy birthday girl! So I can now show a picture of what I sent her.

I stitched her a scissor fob from Drawn Thread called Pumpkin Keeper and included a JCS magazine, some tea (she loves tea) and some other goodies as well.



Happy birthday Ina!!

I participated in the Summer House exchange on the HoE blog and Chris H. in the U.K. finally received my exchange. I was getting really worried as the package decided to take the long about route to her house..but it arrived and she is very happy :)

I used the freebie design from LHN "Summer House" but used threads from LHN "Daisy" and added some dragonflys to the design as well. Here is a pic:


I also participated in the ASOE's Stitcher's Choice exchange and stitched for Jayne P.

I decided to stitch her Heart in Hand's "Good to be Home". I thought it was something she could display all year long if she chose to. Here is a pic:



I have been busy the past week working on exchanges and this past weekend I worked on my first RR, called "An Emblem of Love". I am really enjoying this. I will be able to post a pic of my section I stitched very soon.

Thanks everyone for stopping by..I do appreciate the comments.

Happy stitching.

Wendy Jo

Exchanges and a Birthday Gift

Jayne P. was my partner for the Summer House exchange in the HoE exchanging group and in the Stitcher's Choice exchange in the All Seasons Ornament Exchange so I received those yesterday in the mail.

I love the scissor case she stitch for me for the summer house exchange and she even included a lovely pair of scissors!

I look forward to putting the Christmas ornament on my tree this year.

Thanks so much Jayne I really love both my exchanges very much.

Here are pics:






Carol S. e-mailed me that the birthday present I sent her arrived safe and sound so I can now share the pic of what I made for her. I decided to stitch her a pincushion from Blue Ribbon Designs Patriotic Patchwork pattern called "Pins" and sent along a box of pins.

I hope you had a great birthday Carol!!
Here is a pic:


I wanted to say thank so much for everyone stopping by. I have been reading the comments and wanted to say how much I appreciate them. I have been stitching on a couple of Lizzie Kate designs and will be gearing up to start a RR called "An Emblem of Love" soon and am very excited as this will be my very first RR.

Wishing everyone happy stitching.

Hugs,
Wendy Jo

HoE Christmas in July Arrives in Singapore

Jean has received her Christmas in July that I sent her and I am very happy as I was getting a bit worried.

I decided to stitch her a design from JBW Designs Red Mitten Collection I and finished it as an ornament in the shape of a mitten.

I looked at Jean's wishlist and purchased a pattern off her list, Plumb Pudding's Candy Cane Wishes and included some overdyed threads as well.

I am glad Jean likes her package I really enjoyed stitching and shopping for her.

Here are some pics:



I have been busy the last few days working on exchanges so can't show any pics yet.

Thanks for stopping by.

Happy stitching.

Wendy Jo

Christmas in July from Lynn B.

I participated in the Christmas in July exchange on the Hooked on Exchanging blog and I received a wonderful package from Lynn B. in England earlier this weekend and I just love the adorable Prairie Schooler snowman she stitched up for me. Lynn added a cute little Christmas tree on the bottom of the ornament and a heart on the top that says "hand made with love" which I thought was really a nice touch too. Lynn also included some wonderful Christmas charms, some Christmas fabric, cording, a leaflet from DMC with patterns in it and some scented DMC floss that I have never seen before and am anxious to try.

Thanks very much for a wonderful exchange Lynn..I really love my package.





The ornament I sent should arrive at its destination shortly. It had quite a journey to make so hopefully I will be able to show pictures soon.

Thanks for stopping by.

Happy stitching,
Wendy Jo

A Patriotic Package and A Patriotic Finish

I received a box from Deb this afternoon and I had a feeling it probably was my patriotic exchange from the Friends through Friends exchange as I was expecting it any day now.

Boy when I opened the box everything was wrapped up so nice with red, white and blue ribbon (forgot to take a pic of that). Inside the box was a beautifully stitched fob and matching floss tag. Deb stitched me the same design I stitched for Jill (Littlehouse Needleworks' Liberty and Justice) and, obviously, I love it! She stitched both over 1 on 32 ct. lambswool and used the recommended DMC floss. Deb sent a pair of scissors and added thread drops to the floss tag and the drops have stars on them which is so cute.

Also in the package was a pincushion Deb made, very cute, some jelly belly candy in cherry, blueberry and buttered popcorn, yum, and last..but not least a charm pack of Moda fabric called Zippity Do Da! LOVE IT!

So thanks very much Deb for a wonderful package. I will enjoy it all alot!

Here are some pics:




I didn't get around to posting what I was going to start stitching when I finished up my Christmas in July for my HoE exchange but here it is finished. It's Lizzie Kate's Sweet Liberty. It was a limited edition kit from last year's market I believe. I will probably get it framed at some point.


I plan to stitch some more patriotic things this month but I also have a couple of gifts that I will need to start working on that need to get out later this month and an exchange for the All Seasons Ornament Exchange blog that needs to be out the middle of the August.

Well, I wish all my USA friends a wonderful 4th of July and all my overseas friends a wonderful rest of the week and weekend.

Thanks so much for stopping by.

Wendy Jo