I have been Very busy

 Thank-you to all my faithful followers, I have been busy with stitching cleaning and other things, I did have some non-cancerous skin removed a while ago, all is good thank-you for your prayers and positive thoughts.

I have been stitching on three things, one is a project bag from Primrose Cottage, for the Jingle Ball in December, this will be my third year at the Ball.

This is the back side, I did it a little different from the pattern I slanted my initials and added the birds instead of the hearts they has on the design

I plan on buying more bags and making a few more of different designs

Front side

Back side

I also bought the pattern for the Cathy Hands On Design Stand Up Santa, I think he is so cute, I am not sure just yet what count fabric I will use it calls for 20 count but I want to make him a bit smaller, I will use the DMC embroidery floss instead of the #5 pearl cotton

I also bought the pattern for the Liz Mathews design at the Ball, Christmas Snow Globes, after seeing Vonna's a few years ago I just have to do some in a jar

I do have three of the designs stitched, working on the Cardinal

I have been trying to construct a Betsy Morgan class project from long ago, I stitch everything but never did finish constructing the pieces, it is the This Ones For Betty designed for aa very dear friend of Betsy's

I had no trouble making the bag it was so easy

I did change the stitching around the bag I was not a fan of the black squares that were used to construct the bag

This is a small needlebook, I may take of the ribbon and make it look a bit better

I am doing the Twelve Days Of Christmas with the Colorado Cross Stitcher, i will open the first bag on the 12th of December

This is a free design from Primrose Cottage if you sign up for their newsletter, every month they have a new design, you can also buy the finishing kit if you like

I do not believe I had showed you this beautiful hummingbird that was stuck in our garage, we tried everything to get it out, I looked online and read that if you put a red bowl on the floor with sugar water they will go to it and eat, he was so weak that we had to hand feed him with a stick with sugar water dripping from it, after about a half hour he regained his strength and flew away, they are so lite that I could barely tell I was holding him, God has created some amazing creatures for us to enjoy

I do have more to show but do not want to drag on.

For those of you that celebrate Thanksgiving i hope you have a very beautiful day with family and friends

Catherine