To my followerers & friends

Hello & Welcome to my blog.

I just want to take the time to bless you all -

for all of the nice comments that you leave behind when

you visit me. In a couple of hours

we can celebrate another year to rejoice that we have made it

through the year of 2010!

For those that have not - our thoughts & blessings are with them.

Also I wish each and everyone of you to have the best that the

new year has to offer.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

by Hopblogger

This Ribbon Biscornu was fun.

Tops - it took less than 15 minutes to create.

And its really, really pretty. The 3 golden butterflies are

help make the piece. There are some blogs

that show Biscornu's they have made from just

fabric. So I thought this would be a great piece

for this project.This little beauty started

life as a 10 inch pillow. Sorry, I forgot to take a photo

of the pillow. The back fabric was the same

as the front fabric. I liked that it matched so nicely.

To see what I am talking about - start with the photos

at the end of this post & work up to this text. I opened up

the pillow & took out the stuffing. Next, I cut off excess to

even it up. See I even showed you some of the scraps. I cut

it to 7.5 inches equal width & length - in other words square it up.

For those that have never stitched up a Biscornu - back

& front have to be the same size. Try to make sure your

pattern on the front is centered. Machine stitch it together,

be sure to leave an opening. There was a large opening on this

biscornu - so stuffing it was a breeze. I reused the original

stuffing that was in the pillow. Stuff it tightly. Slip stitch

it closed. Add your buttons and - its done! For

buttons I used ladybugs. They seemed kind of fitting for a garden.

This biscornu is a little over 7 inches across & about 3 inches thick.

Even though the photos make the biscornu look small - I

can assure you it is large! I dont really mind that it is big

because I love biscornu's. Now I have a one of a kind piece.

Start looking at your ribbon embroidery for other uses. Take

those little wallhangings or pillows & put them to good use.

Remake, remix & reuse them into something functional.

Anyone could use a pincushion - no matter what size it is.

lots of laughs!

by Hopblogger

Recently I found in

my attic another cross stitched project I stitched

over 13 years ago. The name of this pattern is unknown to

me especially since the pattern was not in the box.

DOES ANYONE KNOW THE NAME OF THIS PATTERN!

Sure did forget I had it. However I do remember

stitching it now that I've seen it. Above the red door I

stitched the year of my marriage to my husband.

Grandson Cohen wants it. He loves the red, white & blue.

I think where it says 'Our House' - I think I was

suppose to stitch in our surname of Wethington.

See how raw I was in cross stitching. I was learning

back then. I didnt sign it either. In fact on alot of my

cross stitch - some of it I never signed.

Keep enjoying the Holidays while its still here!

by Hopblogger

Are you tired of Snow yet!

Most people are. It was so beautiful as it fell. Can you see

the flakes - probably not. 6 to 8 inches fell in the Triangle area. I think

that I heard that Chapel Hill got a foot of snow. My little dog Kane would

get lost in that. He loves to play in the snow. Kane is so fast that its hard to

get a photo of him. Look at the snow on the trees behind

my house. Click on that photo.

I am wondering if the limbs are gonna break. Hope not.

Brrrrrr it sure is cold! Hubby shoveled the sidewalk & the driveway

already. Now we hear that more snow is coming. It doesnt look

like I am leaving the house anytime soon. This is good stitching

weather! Time to hibernate. Enjoy the pics of the snow.

I do hope that all of you had a wonderful Christmas!

by Hopblogger

Let's See Brie's Bedroom

yep, she fixed it up all by herself. She did a nice

job. She even took my lamps! Me thinks that its

starting to look a little shabby. Enjoy your new

bed Brieby! I love those yellow walls.

by Hopblogger

Light Up My Life

I hope you like this biscornu pattern.

Take a good look at the actual pattern & the outcome

of it. They are not the same. On the front which is the

red side - at the last minute I changed the light so to speak.

In other words, I like this version to show 'light'. You might like

the pattern version. Either one of them are okay. Use this one

or the other. Now look at the back or the Christmas Tree side.

Again I changed the 'light' and I added small glass beads to

imitate glass ornament bulbs. Notice at the bottom there are

3 small beads on the white just to the left of the brown pot

that the tree sits in. These beads represent ornaments that

have fallen from the tree. I hope you think its cute! At the top left

I added a star because I felt that it needed something else.

Now take note that when I did this - it put my tree NOT in the

center as it should be. So it looks off somewhat. However

the tree side is still very pretty. Take a chance and use different

colored beads. Change my light or candle colors. Or do not add the

star in the left hand corner. After I finished putting the biscornu

together - then I added 2 beads at every corner on the front

red side. I have been wanting a red biscornu. See why it took me

so long to finish it.

Hope you want a red one also.

by Hopblogger

Hello my Friends...

I am sorry that I am late in posting

this pattern . My intentions were to

show it to you last week but I wasnt finished

with it. It's name is 'Light up my life'. If you get

started on it now - it should take you about 2 days from

the beginning to the ending. Remember when you do these

Biscornu's - stuff them hard until you cannot get any more

stuffing inside. I use alot of stuffing. Maybe this could be a last

minute STOCKING STUFFER.

Merry Christmas & may God Bless you all!

by Hopblogger

The first time I have

ever cross stitched on linen - or is it evenweave?

It did kill my eyes.

The fairy was so cute that I just had to give it

a try. Have been working on this for awhile. Dont

know what I will make with her. Any suggestions

out there in blogland!

This was a free pattern that I found on a blog.

I would tell you where - but I cannot remember

because it was so long ago. Isn't she playful.

You can't help from smiling.

God bless you all!

by Hopblogger

I had to sneak these

photo's in as quick as I could because the little room

is getting ready to change again! By friday!

I cannot keep up

with all of its changes. This little room off of our foyer

used to be part of the living room. But it was sectioned

off many years ago by my dear husband and one of my son in laws.

At my request of course. My dear husband even tiled

the floor. God what did I ever do to receive a good man like that!

We have been married for 36 wonderful years and I would marry

him again. Ok, stop rambling conny!

This gave our living room privacy as it now faces towards the

back of the house. Anyway, back to the small room in the front.

This room always leads double lives and constantly gets in trouble.

Never has it ever remained the same in one given year. Its been a

hang out room, a library, a christmas room and its

past life was a reading room. Now it is a bedroom and has only

been that way for about a couple of months. I am not going

to put any doors to this room. I like the white curtains.

It gives it a tent feeling and also aids in the shabby chic decor

in which I am growing very fond of. My grandchildren

have been sleeping here when they come over. They dont

complain. I think secretly they like it - maybe they just dont want

to tell me they do??

See the bare wall that is devoid of any paintings - yea well thats

where the blue bookcases stood. I need to fix that.

Well anyway, at the beginning of this week - Briebie said,

"grandma I am bored. I want to do something with my room.

Maybe change it around". So she moved her bed & didnt like it.

She moved it back. And then Bang - here it came.

"grandma I like your white bed (my mothers bed)." Anyway,

you get the gist of it. One thing led to another and the next thing

I know - my bed is leaving here friday to go to her bedroom at her

parents house. I am okay with it because I will now get my

Pottery Barn Trundle bed set back from her!

(now you know how my house keeps changing - all of us

trade our furniture back & forth. When someone tires of

it - we change again. Constantly we trade.)

Maybe something is wrong with us??

You be the judge of that.

My father & my sister are coming to spend the holidays with us

so the trundle bed set will come in handy - especially since

I no longer have any bedrooms that anyone can use upstairs.

I can put the trundle bed in another room for her to use

until after christmas is over.

Remember my upstair bedrooms are now a computer room

and a sewing,craft room. Hopefully it will remain this way for a long time

as I love those rooms separated.

Did anyone say they were bored - no NOT ME!!

I will post more photos of this little room in shabby chic after

christmas. Maybe by then the room will take on that shabby chic

look.

Merry Christmas & may Santa bless you also this year!

by Hopblogger

This year the ANGELS are

guarding my tree above and below. I was

going to make my main tree just for Angels since

I had so many of them.

But as I got to pulling stuff out of the boxes my mind

changed. Then I started adding moons, gold bulbs and Cherubs.

My Angel tree soon dissolved. Now I have country mixed

in with victorian and a little bit of mystical. And this is not

the end of it. Am thinking - that next year I am going to

invest into many small trees thru all of the rooms of my house -

so I can use

all of those ornaments that I have collected. Every year our

trees keep shrinking. When I first moved here my tree was the size of

my bay window - large. About 3 years ago I invested in this smaller

tree & 2 silver trees that I placed in 2 of my bedrooms. When christmas

ends - I am going to buy 3 more small trees and use themes for

each one of them. I hope you enjoy my tree. The last 2 pics of the angels

are sitting under my tree. Enjoy yourselves this year!

Merry Christmas and may God Bless you!

by Hopblogger