It Is Fall And Not Loving It

 Hello to all my faithful followers, thank-you for commenting and even just looking at what i have to show, it warms my heart.

We have been very busy getting things winterized outdoors, with so many in ground plants and trees the trimming and cutting down is a big job. The leaves have left the blaze maples which I wish i had taken photos of they were so red and beautiful.

I have done a little stitching and hope to do some fully finished this week, I do have a weekend retreat with the Minnesota Needlework Guild, it is so nice getting together with so many amazing stitchers and friends                                            

I love this design, Teresa Koguts designs are so much fun to stitch, I did this with the called for colors,                  the fabric is an orphan piece, so cannot tell you what it is, so sorry for the wrinkles

if you do not follow Primrose Cottage and do not know about the free monthly designs, please take a look

I will have this fully finished this week hopefully

I forgot to show you the sweet set that was given to us at retreat in August, a mug rug and a needlebook

It came with the beautiful pin

I love the little cherry tomato, I put the floss bobbin near it so you can see how small it is

I am happy to see that Primitive Needle Designs are being printed again, sadly back in 2011 Lisa Roswell left this world, may her soul rest in peace

Her daughter is now keeping the designs going with some new designs, they are lovely please take a look

Primitiveneedle.com

I am excited to see what else she has in store for the new designshttps://primitiveneedle.com

I hope you visit and enjoy the new designs

This has been a busy week, Mike ended up in the ER with a reaction from a new drug they ordered for his neuropathy, he is resting lots and not enjoying it, he is a go getter with wanting to get things done, I feel so bad for him that it breaks my heart, please say a prayer for his healing

I am reading Sipworth by Simon Van Booy for book club, I love the book about a lonely widow who becomes friends with a mouse

Well its time to close, I am working on a small project from Belinda at Blue Ribbon designs, I will be finished today hopefully after I clean the floors

Have an amazing stitching week

Catherine 

Just Little Notice

 Greetings my dear friends in Blogland, I hope this day finds you stitching away.

I want to post about a couple of sites you should check out, one is Happiness Is Cross Stitching, Lynn has a very sweet free design and a floss drop design https://happinessiscrossstitching.com

the second one is from Kitty and Me Designs https://kittyandmedesigns.blogspot.com October 4th is a new design America 250; October 5th post is the free design and on September 24 is the post of her new Bird designs.

I will post on my progress on Friday on my stitching in progress.

Hugs

Catherine

Fall Is Here

 Happy Fall to all my amazing followers, there are a couple of blogs I cannot comment on, one is Stitching With Iris and Melanie The Whip slayer, not sure why Blogger is giving me a hard time.

I love fall but only for decorating purposes. I do not like chilly or cold weather, if its 90 out I am a happy women, I will be decorating outdoors today and hope to have it all finished if the phone guy gets here soon so i can start decorating the front porch.

I have done a bit of stitching, I did put aside the America The Beautiful by Teresa Kogut, I just wanted to stitch fall and some Christmas, normally I do not have more then one project going at a time, this is one exception for me.

                                                       This design is a Teresa Kogut 

My progress since Monday

Not much but a good start

I did a little decorating yesterday

This little guy is my favorite fall decoration, I think he is adorable

Its a little warmer here today in the upper sixties, the only problem I am having is the bee's they are horrible this yearm, I washed down the front porch today, they did not want me around, i did not get stung thankfully.

I will be posting again soon, today I had so many problems trying to upload photos that I only did a few.

I hope this week finds you all well and stitching away, stay healthy.

Catherine

 

                                                                              

A Beautiful Summer

 Please Pray for the lost lives from 911, it was a terrible day in our American history, also pray for the remaining survivors who have many health problems from the fallout of the buildings coming down.

The family members also needs Prayers.

Some of you I am not able to comment on for some reason, I do apologize for not being able to it is a google problem.

 I want to thank all my followers who have left comments, you all are so kind and concern for my husband is heartwarming.

I have been stitching a bit on my Tersa Kogut Patreon stitch along, I am stopping for a bit, I did get the April, May, June and July designs stitched, I just need to move on to fall stitching, I do really like stitching this Stitch along, it is very beautiful design so far.

I have to show you what my dear friend from North Dakota gave me in an exchange at Needlework Guild retreat last month (so sorry It is a late post) LaRue

LaRue is a very Patriotic Lady, she is an amazing stitcher and amazing wife and a wonderful friend.

The sachet has such a beautiful odor, I have it in my walk-in closet.

She also gifted me these in a beautiful velvet bag

Love this bag so soft and pretty

I started stitching my fall designs I wanted to get done, one if from Kiralyns Needlarts, this is a free design, Carolyn has a free design each month, I do buy the finishing kits

I will construct it this weekend

This is another free design from Primrose cottage, I did buy the finishing kit but may change the fabric

I started this last evening

sorry about the wrinkle

I finished the Star Shaped Snowman, 

I wanted a flat finish and the wood piece worked

I cut out and constructed the Lemon Blueberry Mousse pin cushion

So sorry it is not the best photo

I have to show you what color our new siding is, I wanted a rust red mike wanted black, with his illness i just could not argue with what he wanted, it is actually very pretty with the cedar accents, he did the cedar front porch a couple years ago, we have had many compliments from so many driving by and neighbors

The above photo is not a very good one, the black shows so dark with the shade

That's it for now as you can tell I am not on the computer very often I do want to change that in the next few months

Have an amazing week of stitching and relaxing

Catherine

I have been AWOL good reasons

 Greetings to all my faithful followers, thank-you for hanging in there, it has been a real roller coaster ride here at Laurent Chateau.

First about stitching, I have done some stitching and finishing, first up is: A stitch along with Teresa Koguts Patreon, it is a nine month stitch along, it started in April with the Declaration Of Independence, 

I am stitching on July now, I am way behind and hope to catch up by the end of September, Teresa sends out the pattern the first of the month, which should give me enough time to stitch.

This is where I am now, so sorry about the wrinkles, I will show a better photo when I post again

This is a set from Pam Reed from Olde Colonial Designs, I am missing one piece and hope to find that someday soon and stitch it, I wanted to try my hand at a jewelry box finish, I think its not too bad, maybe my next one will be better

This is the front of the scissor case 

 This is the back of the case

This is the ruler case

Love this scissor fob so cute

 This is the inside of the bottom

The needle book 

 the tray

I was able to go to Minnesota Needlework Guild Retreat this year, it was a blast, I do wish I could show you photos but cannot find them, the venue was amazing it was at the Royal Crown Plaza in Plymouth Minnesota.

 the class I too was a silk ribbon class, it was not as easy as I thought it would be, but as I stitch each design I feel I am getting better, I cannot show you a photo because they are hiding, I will have to find them in Google, This is the teachers finish

So sorry about the shadows, when I can I will upload my progress

It has been very busy here with an ill husband who was diagnosed with skin cancer, a Mikes sister and brother-in-law who are ill, the new siding on our home, the gardening and all the things I am doing to keep going when Mike does not feel well, I am lucky to get in stitching when i can.

My family comes first.

I will try and post a progress  post by Friday with my stitching

Have an amazingly beautiful week

Remember life is too short not to stitch

Catherine

 

I Have Been Very Busy

 Hello to all my faithful followers, thank-you for your lovely comments, I really take them to heart.

First i want to show you what Pamela over at: https://kittyandmedesigns.blogspot.com she has a new design which is beautiful, a Quaker Mandala, on her previous post she has a free Patriotic design, please stop over and have a look.

I have decided to join Teresa Koguts Stitch along which is Patriotic designs, it6 started in April and will end in December, i am way behind with stitching, this evening I will finish the April design and start the May design which is not as much stitching as the first design.

This is how far I am, I have used Weeks Dye Works Dolphin 32 count it is a bit darker then the called for fabric, i also change the color thread for the faces, it was a little too orange for me.

This is a sweet design from Happiness Is Cross Stitching, Lynn has some very pretty free designs and some are only available temporarily, her site is lovely, please visit her

 https://happinessiscrossstitching.blogspot.com

I hope to start this one soon

I have found a site with free monthly designs, I do buy the finishing kits which also has some sweet additions, it is from Kiralyns designs, https://www.kiralynsneedlearts.com to get the free designs you need to sign-up for her newsletter, believe me it is worth the effort

I forgot to add the beads and bee to the above photo,

KiraLyn has a gift for putting all the right things together in a kit

This is another free design from Kiralyn

I also bought the finishing kit for this one

The backing fabric is lovely

I did manage to construct this design, not my best work, the pin cushion is so small it was hard to stitch

Do your use scissor pockets I do, I like them they add a bit of whimsy to my stitching area

I think this is enough for now I do have more to show but do not want to make this a long post,

I hope and pray that wherever you live you are having wonderful weather and stitching and crafting to your heart's desire.

\Thank-you for visiting even if you do not comment

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Some Stitching spring Cleaning And A few Finihs's

 Greetings my faithful followers: I hope this spring is being good to you, I am praying this year is a fruitful one for farmers and all who plant gardens and flowers.

I have bought some flowers to transplant into pots but will wait till it is a bit warmer at night. I have a few fully constructed projects, he first one was a gift from cardsbyruth, no longer a blogger that I could find.

This is a small candle mat I do not know why I was so lazy to get it finished. I stitched it back in 2020

It is stitched on 36 count unknown fabric with the called for threads

I finished this cigar box for one of my stitching areas, I have a few around the home where I sit and stitch

I stitched this back in 

This is the inside, I used two rulers for the dividers, I put magnets under the felt fabric for needle minder and scissors, the design was stitched on 32 count unknown fabric, many of my fabrics are orphans from retreats 

I stitched this up this past weekend, it is a design from 1995, I will make a drum with it, a very old Ewe and I and Friends design I stitched on 32 count with the called for threads

This is a design from https://https://happinessiscrossstitching.blogspot.com Lynn has so many adorable cat designs, stithced on 28 count unknown fabric with call for threads

Another design from Lynn at Happiness is Cross Stitching, another unknown fabric but used the colors of Irelands Flag

I had fun stitching this design from Little House Needlework's, I used 32 count linen it was a very old piece of linen

32 count I also used the called for threads

That's it for now we are having a company come over today to choose new siding for the house, ours is 25 years old and needs to be replaced.

Have an amazing week stitching and enjoying the life given to us

Catherine

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