Happy New Year !!!

(an October sunrise from our front porch)

Well, it's almost time to say goodbye to 2009 and to ring in a brand new year.

I just want to wish all of my friends & family a
Very Happy New Year !!

May 2010 be a year filled with love, laughter, joy and prosperity for you and your family.

May 2010 be filled with lots of stitches and stash for all of you fiber fondling addicts out there ; )
May the frog's never dance on your fabrics or get tangled up in your floss.


Take Care & Happy Stitching
Sandy

The Last Finish of 2009

This was my Santa Themed mantle this year.
We are the proud owners of eight Santa's and two Angel's (so far), and since we never managed to bring our tree up from the basement this year, I went with a large pine wreath and a few cross stitched ornaments.

This is my last finish of 2009. I finished it on Christmas Eve.

Design: Merry Christmas (12-24-2009)
Designer: Sandy in Montana
Stitched on 28ct. Carolina Linen in Sand from Charles Craft using DMC threads, Mill Hill beads and two snowflakes from Jesse James Company.

Take Care & Happy Stitching
Sandy

Season's Greetings To All

( "The Holy Family" and my Nativity set )

I want to wish all of you a Very Merry Christmas, and to those of you who celebrate differently Happy Holiday's.

I wish you all great joy, love and peace in your lives.
May you be surrounded with the ones you love and the memories of the ones who loved you.

May you remember the true meaning of Christmas and hold it always in your heart.

Take Care and Happy Stitching
Sandy

2nd Memory Ornament for my MIL

Here is the second "Memory Needle Roll Ornaments" for my MIL.
This one is in Memory of her father.

Design: "Memory Needle Roll Ornament"
Designer: Sandy In Montana
Stitched on 28ct Zweigart linen hand-dyed by me in a light tan rinse. Using DMC, GAST in Evergreen & Kreinik threads. Tied with 1/4" brown satin ribbon.

Merry Christmas to All
Happy Stitching ... Sandy

1st Memory Ornament for my MIL

I decided to stitch up "Memory Needle Roll Ornaments" for my MIL for Christmas. This is the first of two.
In memory of her mother.

Design: "Memory Needle Roll Ornament"
Designer: Sandy In Montana
Stitched on 28ct. Zweigart linen hand-dyed by me in a light wine rinse. Using DMC threads #'s 500, 501, 915 & 917, Mill Hill beads in white and two swarovski crystal butterflies in wine/magenta. Tied with sheer white 3/8" ribbons.

Wishing all of my readers a
Merry Christmas & Happy New Year

Happy Stitching Everyone .... Sandy

The Autumn Trio Is Finished

I finished the final piece for my "Autumn Stitching Accessories Set". I could only fit the scissor fob and needle case in the box, not to mention that I ran out of DMC 935 (only one strand left) after I finished the needle case, now that's cutting it close.

Here is the happy little family all together.Here is the needle case.

Design: Autumn Needle Case (12-12-09)
Designer: Sandy In Montana
Stitched on 32ct. hand-dyed linen (dyed by me) using Caron "Wildflowers" Raspberry Sherbet and DMC 935 threads and Mill Hill petite beads in Ginger. Lined with dark green satin and four felt pages for needles, tied with 3/8" sheer ribbon in dark green.

Merry Christmas & Happy Stitching !!

Presenting the Autumn Scissor Fob !!

I finished the scissor fob to go with the distressed Autumn box.
It's just little thing at 2" square.
Here's a pic of the front (L) and the back (R).

Design: "Autumn Scissor Fob"
Designer: Sandy In Montana
Stitched on 32ct. hand-dyed linen (dyed by me) using Caron Wildflowers in Raspberry Sherbet and DMC 935 threads and Mill Hill Petite beads in Ginger.
The Hardanger is backed with dark green satin.
Cording made from 935 and Raspberry Sherbet.

Merry Christmas to all !!
Take Care & Happy Stitching !

Baby It's Cold Outside & A Finish

"Baby It's Cold Outside" the old song goes and it's so true for today.
The temp reads somewhere around +2 so it's a wood stove heating day and there's snow all around. Yes, I'm not very fond of winter, but it's what life in Montana brings.
I tried my hand at crackle painting and distressing the wood box I bought at Michael's the other weekend and I liked it for the most part, so I designed an Autumn themed/colored insert for the top. I'm thinking of designing some stitching smalls to match the box, maybe a needle case, scissor fob and small biscornu.

Design: "Autumn Hardanger" with distressed box
Designer: Sandy In Montana
Stitched on 32ct. linen hand-dyed by me using Wildflowers in Raspberry Sherbet and DMC threads, Mill Hill petite beads in Ginger and Jesse James Co. buttons for the box corners. The Hardanger is lined with dark green satin.

Take Care & Happy Stitching Everyone
Sandy

If God Brings You To It - Chart

Here is another little gift from me for your stitching pleasure, enjoy.

(just click, print and stitch)

This is a very small piece. Only 41w x 38h in stitches and 2.98"w x 2.71"h

Take Care & Happy Stitchin'
Hugs, Sandy