Carriage House Samplings Obsession

I was so sorry to hear that CHS is going to close its doors. As soon as I read that, I went through my stash (I mean, "our" stash, Mom) looking for CHS designs that I have not yet stitched. I get obsessed with one designer at a time and decide that they are the greatest artists in the whole world and I am going to stitch their entire line and nothing else! I usually get through a design or two and then rediscover another favorite genius!

I finished the creepy purple gal pictured above. I like her in a weird way. I look at her like I make myself look at writing spiders. Then I shudder and move away.

Yesterday I started "Point the Way to Heaven." I like the orange and green. Maybe it reminds me of my 1970s nursery. I need to find a picture and post it. It was yellow and orange with mushrooms. Maybe that is why I like to stitch oranges, greens and all the different browns!

An almost-finish!

I suppose I should have finished it before I put it on the blog, but I wanted to let you know that I am still here! I was having trouble getting the photos off my camera!

This is a Little House Needleworks design from Just Cross Stitch. I picked it up a week or so ago at my LNS. It has been a fun and quick stitch. I think I should have done the chapter and verse in the darker purple, but I just don't feel like picking and restitching!

Cats and Violin

When Nutmeg practices her violin, the old dog leaves the room, but the kittens come running! They swarm around her ankles like she has just opened a can of cat food! Today Dorothy, aka "Dorf," tried to get a better view!

Creepy Purple Skin

So last night, I started "Sirens of the Sea" by Carriage House Samplings. I got a little freaked out as I stitched this lady's skin! EWWWW! Maybe I have watched too many LOST episodes lately!

Birds of paradise

I really have been working away on my rotation! Jerry and I have been watching Lost on Netflix, and I have been stitching while we try to figure out what is going on! This weekend, while the children were at my parents' house, I was sick! So I got in much more stitching than snuggling! Yesterday I started and finished Mary Beal's "Birds of Paradise" from her Advanced Needlework series. It was fun color combination for a gray and snowy day.