Its Very Cold Here Windy And Perfect For Reading And Stitching

 Hello my dear friends: It is bitter cold here in Annandale, Minnesota, it will be a very cold -5 degrees today not much better tomorrow.

I have been reading and stitching, I have couple of finish's and wish I had shown them to you before Valentines Day, one is a free design from Hands On Design, Token of My Heart Cathy designed this for 2025.

Not my best finish

I stitched this one many years ago, way back in 2017, I have had this sitting in my finishing basket for years this is from https://e-subrosa.blogspot.com I have stitched a few of her designs in the past, please check her out also on Etsy

I am working on a design from Primrose Cottage, I did buy the finishing kit for this design

 So sorry about the wrinkles I am holding the fabric in my hand, I do not have a frame small enough for mounting and stitching

This will be a roller pin finish like the Baked With Love Design

Baked With Love Last years design for a roller pin finish

I have more to show but do not want to have a long blog post, I do however want to show you how kind and loving Toki is https://watashigameganewokakerutoki.blogspot.com please visit her Blog

This is so lovely I am going to start stitching it this week

The threads are included in the kit, I love this, thank-you Toki for being so thoughtful, your kindness touches my heart, it is a beautiful design

One last photo for the post, this is Lily  and Mikey playing, she has been such a pleasure to have , she has made Mikey so happy, she loves to cuddle and plays so much with us and Mikey, she has loads of energy she keeps us busy, she was three years old when brought to the shelter, the owner had three dogs and needed to get rid of one, lucky for us we found her, so many people called the shelter after we put money down on her, we had to wait a week because she had been spayed

She is such a sweet heart

I will post another day this week, I do not want to make this a long post

For those of you in cold weather please stay warm and those of you in very warm weather stay cool

Catherine

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I Am So Excited To Share What Mike Bought Me For My Birthday

Greetings to all my lovely followers, thank-you for from my heart.

One of the blogs I follow is Magpies Mumblings, MA, quilts so many amazing quilts and sells them at a very fair price, especially with all the work she puts in, I was able to receive one for my birthday from Mike, it is stunning, more beautiful in person, her hung it today.

MA, has cut each piece and quilted it together, this is so amazing.

Please visit her site: https://magpiesmumblings.blogspot.com, she has more quilts for sale, they are large enough to hang on a wall or wherever you like.

I have been saving up for a log bedroom set for several years, I hope to find one to my liking soon.

I have been working on a few things, I did finish Give Thanks, from Asbury's Echos, so sorry about the wrinkles I am stitching Thanksgiving long before the season begins for fall, I just want to be ahead a bit, I will be tea dying this before finishing the construction and stuffing

I am now working on Thankful by Needle Treasures Nook

her site is also on Etsy I do not have much stated on the design I just started stitching today, will post a progress photo soon

Time to start dinner, I hope you are having great weather where you are, please Pray for the loss of life and homes in California because of the fires

Stay Safe

Catherine❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

A New Design From By The Bay Donna Bayless & Blue Ribbon Designs

 You have to check this design out it is lovely, Donna at https://bythebayneedleart.blogspot.com

Home Among The Blossoms, I love this design. please check her out on her Blog and Etsy

Belinda over at https://blueribbondesigns.blogspot.com

Check out Belindas Valentine Cards, so sweet, check out her other versions

of the cards

Catherine❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️

A Little Stitching Plus A New Member Of The Family

 I have finished another piece to a set, it is a ruler case, now I just need to fond the time to construct it.

This is from Olde Colonial Designs I rescued this set from the stash reallocation table a few years ago at Minnesota Needlework Guild Retreat, I have been slowly stitching the separate pieces, I do have another design to stitch for this set.

The pages are a bit wrinkled that is the way I found them, I do wish that whoever had this before me would have taken care of the designs better

The above is the ruler and backing fabric, love the pattern and green color fabric

This is the scissor case, I stitched in the past, not sure if I have shown this on the Blogger site

I hope to have them finished this week

This is the scissor fob

This is Lily, she is three years old, she was surrendered due to the owner had too many dogs, she is house broken and so lovable, she love to play, Mikey was so heart broken when we had to put Blondie the cat to sleep that he went into depression, he is now a very happy and bouncy guy

She weighs only 9 pounds as compared to Mikeys 14 pounds, he is so gentle with her

I hope and Pray you are saying Prayers for the fires and lives lost in California and the horrible weather                                                            that the south and east are getting

                                                      Have an amazing week of stitching

Catherine❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️

Our Blondie The Cat Had to Go To Cat Heaven Today

This was the most amazing cat I have ever had, she talked to me everyday, 

she slept on my tummy and by my head, she was so cuddly and loving, she was a rescue 13 years ago, she was so ill the doctor said she may not make it, thankfully she did.

                                        I will miss you sweet baby, I will see you again someday

                                                                     Hugs from Mommy
 

When I Was Young I thought 2025 Was Way Into The Future

 Thank-you to all the wonderful comments from my faithful followers, my heart smiles when I read your comments.

I find it amazing that there are so many people who do not know me personally but care to leave comments and very sweet comments. This past year has been very hard on me and my husband, his illness and his sisters illness is very trying to me. I was scared by a doctor in the ER last November and told I may have bladder cancer, I am so thankful for the Prayers from the family and people that I had told this about, I do not have bladder cancer, I put everything in Gods hands, my Prayers were answered, I only shared this information with one person knowing she is a strong person when it comes to Prayers, thank-you so much, you know who you are, here in Blogland.

So on to stitching, I am almost finished with Blue Coat Santa, he is a full coverage design, I love Teresa Kogut Designs, and many other designers also. I hope to have him finished by tomorrow evening.

I have a couple of designs I want to stitch from Asbury's Echos, Rhonda has an Etsy Shop and a YouTube site, she has her son Drew on the videos with her, he sometimes shares what he is either making or of some of his animals, both the Etsy site and the YouTube site are Asbury's Echos by name, check her out.

We will star taking down the Christmas decorations the day after the Epiphany on Monday, it will make me sad, I love Christmas decorations.

I have a question for you, have you ever wanted to stitch a design look for it on Ebay, Etsy or Facebook and could not find it, I have been looking for a design for several years maybe if I give up it will show up sometime. I am not sure which one I will start next.

God Shed His Grace

Bumblebee 3

                                                                         Give Thanks

I hope you all are well enjoying needle and thread and some family time; it is very cold here in Minnesota, single digits and in the Teens only, brrrr.

Until, next time 

Catherine❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️

What Are Your Plans For The New Year? Day 24 & 25 Of Advent Box

 First I want to thank-you all for your very kind and sweet comments, so many bloggers do not get comments, I feel very lucky.

Thank-you from my heart❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

I have been stitching and did have a fully constructed project, it is different from the finish Teresa Kogut had for the Jingle Ball, I hope you like what I did

This is haw far I am on Blue Coat Santa, not much stitching over the Christmas Holiday

This is Day 24 of The Most Wonderful Advent Box 

This design is by Scarlett House, I love this sweet design

Oh Deer

The last Day is from Shakespeare's Peddler

Love this design 

If Teresa plans on doing the Advent Box again next year I will sign up, I will be saving throughout the year just in case

I hope that you have an amazing New Year Blessed with lots of love, family and stitching, my plans are to get all the things I have stitched fully constructed, this may take a while, so hang in there.

I was able to add the missing Blogs from my Blog list. if I have missed anyone I will be sure to check and add you.

❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️Catherine❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️

Oh My What a crappy mistake I made

 I was trying to remove the sites that have not posted in the last year, somehow it deleted all the Blogs I follow, please be assured I will add all of you back again when I get the time, it is still busy here with Christmas Parties and coffee get-togethers' hope you all are well and thank-you from my heart for all your comments to my blog postings.

Catherine❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️

Merry Christmas Happy Hanukkah

 A very Blessed Christmas to all who celebrate and Happy Hanukkah to all who celebrate🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄

                                                                 Photo found on Pinterest

                                                                Photo found on Pinterest

                                           I hope this season finds you healthy and happy

Catherine🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🕎🕎🕎🕎🕎

Merry Christmas Happy Hanukkah To All Who Celebrate

 After all the preparations of making fried rice, cake balls and gift wrapping we are ready for tomorrow.

How about you? I hope you are ready and enjoy this beautiful time of year, the Blessed Birth of Our Savior, it is still hard to comprehend what Jesus did for our sins.

I Have worked a bit on Blue Coat Santa, I had to frogged his whole left arm, I was off by one stitch, it looked like he was handicapped, not that there is anything wrong with that but it looked odd.

I received a Happy mail last week, it is from Marilyn (no Blog) she is such a sweet lady I am very lucky to have her as a follower, her work is lovely and her finishing is perfect, she also sent along two of the cutest needle threaders, I love anything flowers and these are adorable, love thew colors so pretty, thank-you from my hear Marilyn.

I have missed the last few days of posting for the Most Wonderful Advent Box, days 20, 21, 22and 23

20 is from the Blue Flower, Winter Whale, I may have to stitch this on a different color fabric.

21 is from Running with Scissors, Ho Ho Ho, this is another design I will stitch but with a different color fabric and a mush different finish.

23 is from Kathy Barrick, a sweet Santa, Hanging The Moon, this will be stitched on a different colored fabric also, love this design.

Day 23 is from L-D-Da Let It snow I love this design also, I put out snowmen after I take down the Christmas decorations after the Epiphany in January

This is our little Mikey named after my late brother Michael, my nephew Michael, a friend of ours who we worked with at the food shelf Michael Early and my husband Michael, we love this little guy but you cannot say car ride, go, Starbucks (he gets a pup cup) bank (he gets treats from the girls at the window) and shopping, he has those words locked into going someplace, he will sit at the steering wheel until one of us either goes someplace or we take him back into the house.

I hope you all have an amazing Christmas.

Gods Blessings on you all in this Christmas Season

🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄Catherine, Michael Blondie the Cat and of course Mikey🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄

 

Happy Holidays Day 17, 18 and 19 From Most Wonderful Advent Box

 Greeting Everyone on this amazing day in Minnesota, it has been snowing since about three this morning, we have close to seven inches on the ground now and still coming down, it will be a white Christmas this year

I have been very busy I have three days to share with you Day 17 is a lovely surprise from The Thread Gatherer, they are so silky the colors are lovely, I am not sure why the picture went sideways

Day 18 Is from XJudesigns I have an idea that I want to stitch a snowman or a Sant on this amazing fabric, it is so soft the dye work on this piece is beautiful

Day 19 is from Bent Creek

This is a cute design 

I will try and post day 20 tomorrow, I have an appointment I am not looking forward to, I do not want to dump my health problem on you but please say a Prayer for me that all comes out well for me tomorrow

I have been stitching, I am working on Teresa Kogut Blue Coat Sant, I really like this design, it will be a stuffed stand us Santa fro my Santa collection

I normally save the face of a design until the end but his face is so sweet I just had to stitch it first

I received a lovely package from Stasi over at https://beemusedandbeestitching.blogspot.com

I am so in love with this ornament it is hanging on our tree in the entryway, I feel bad I have not done ornaments or any other items for gifts this year or last year for anyone, thank-you Stasi you are so kind

It came in this sweet package with the cutest card

This is what was on the ground about noon now we have more lots and lots more

We will be spending Christmas day with Mikes family, his sister has been so ill these past two years, 

I am making fried rice, Italian salad and cake balls dipped in chocolate.

We have an amazing layout of food and goodies each year, it the time I gain a few pound and enjoy myself with indulging in lots of goodies, thankfully it only happens once a year or I may weight a ton.

until next time be safe and enjoy the days ahead

Happy Holidays Everyone

Catherine🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄