What's on your Needles Wednesday?

What's on Your Needles?

It's Wednesday. 

Whatcha workin on?

I know how your crafty mind works. Just like mine, right?

You have more than one project going at any given time, right?

If you're not crafting, you're thinking about crafting. 

Unless you're thinking about stuff I don't really want to know about. 

Okay - eeewww - keep that to yourself. 

Please. 

Currently on my needles -

a super secret embroidery,

an afghan, 

 

and a shoe hanger/storage thingy.

I'm making 4 of these for us. E'er day I'm trippin over shoes!

Recently finished - 

A blankie for my childhood friend's newest family member, Maegan Gabrielle.

 I used vintage animal designs that belonged to my Great Aunt Pearl. 

I also sneaked in my Clempzin Tiger colors on the cat. heehee

 The back is this Democrat fabric. 

I stitched/quilted 3 little donkeys in each corner.

A Redskins knit cap - toboggan, as we call it in The South.

 Yeah, I finished knitting it late one night and had to get a pic right then!

Like my bright blue flan`nel gown?

And a purple sweater for Rosie.

 Oh heck, have you been introduced?

This is my new baby, Rosie.

Brought her home from the Wake County Animal Shelter last Fall.

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She's a Terrier mix, maybe 5 years old, about 12 pounds and I loves her!

So, what's on YOUR needles?

What Have You Been Doing?

I have days that I feel as if I have been so busy but that produce little in the way of "getting things done."
How about you?

I often find myself doing what I want to do rather than what I "need" to be doing.

Lately I have been re-inspired to embroider and cross-stitch.

It is so much more fun than doing the laundry or dusting.

 

I made this one up.

It's a fire in honor of our first ever Fire-Pit party back in December.

I'll show you when it's finished.

 

This is a Kristy Kizzee design. I won

Zombie Cross-Stitch kit by Erika Kern and Kristy Kizzee!

I'm stitching it with waste canvas on black fabric that will soon (hopefully) be a shirt for BillHubby.

I'm taking poetic license with the colors. I just started stitching again and didn't have all the absolute exact DMC flosses. And there's no way BillHubby is goin around 

with a blonde on his shirt!

Kristy's etsy shop - Bombastitch

The Fabulous mr x stitch's review of the kit I won!

The last couple of weeks have been stressful so I escaped into an old habit.

Backtracking a wee bit - in First Grade I determined that my crayons at school and those of my best friend should be arranged thusly - yellow, orange, blue, purple, red, green, brown and black.

I do not know why. 

I still arrange things in this order.

Since 1964!

Anyway, my doodles are most often a design surrounded by progressively bigger outlines of said doodle. If I use crayons or colored pencils or markers I always start with yellow and so on. (Oh please, someone analyze this for me!)

So this flower was born.

When I finished it the other day I felt so happy and cleansed of all 

that had been plaguing my brain.

I leave you with, as Jon Stewart says, 

"your moment of zen." 

Is there anything more peaceful than tired kittehs curled up for a nap?

Kitteh Kitteh Lovey and Stanley

P.S. Coming soon! Blogiversary and new etsy shop items!

P.P.S. Please go check out Jodi's Blog and her fab Giveaway!!!

Finish It Friday

Oh Yay!!!

It's Friday.

The air is cooler!

Football Season is in!

The Braves made the Post-Season playoffs.

Life is pretty dern good.

I have been finishing projects this week.

Yay!

Apron Swap #1- Forest Friends

It's a wonky Owl.

The darlin Apron I received:

Lots of cute owls!

Who on earth is that? 

And why is he wearing my apron?!

Halloween Tote Bag Swap

What I sent:

 The outside before I sewed it up.

The insides before I sewed it up.

2 pockets - oh yeah.

Why don't I have a picture of the completed bag and all the goodies? 

I do not know.

What I received:

Look at this cute bag and all the goodies!!!

Apron Swap #2 - Halloween

What I sent:

Closer on the pocket

A sneak peak at what I am working on.

 

It's a super secret Color Challenge!

Can't wait to show you what I made.

What are you finishing this week?

(Thank you to my sweet BillHubby for modeling for me!!)

No owls were harmed in the making of these aprons or blog.