Swiss Topiary Sampler

I started on a new sampler i found in a great group they actually sent us the link for all the members to get .

I chose a pretty seafoam green ,32ct and I chose waterlillies silk thread bermuda reef ,for my thread ,,mary

MERRY CHRISTMAS

Just wanted to wish everyone a Merry Cristmas, stay safe and happy, talk with you all soon,,mary

Thanks to all

I just wanted to post today to say thanks to all my friends on my blog today ,for thinking of me and all your kind words .

Today is somewhat better.I was able to do all the arrangments yesterday ,my aunts did not want a wake or nothing ,and since my Mom only had so much for funeral cost .I decided i would have her cremated and once she comes backt o me.I decided that i was have a small memorial at my hopme and invite my brothers and sister ,and my dad over and we could do something and just leave my aunts to wallow in there misery and hate alone .

I have decided that i did what i thought was best and that she went with diginity and without pain ,she went in peace ,and now she is with god and that is all that matters ,I hope she finds the peace she deserves in heaven ,god rest her soul R.I.P TO Alice Mary Robidoux,4/17/47 to 12/16/08,, I love you Momma ,,Mary

P.S.the pic is from left to right ,My brother john,anthony ,alisha ( the middle) me at the end ,,mary..

My Darkest Hour

Well today started off to be the darkest day in such a long time. My mom passed away this morning at 815am ,she was doin poorly for a while now and she just gave up .
My aunts are all telling me i,ma murderer because of the hard choices in her medical care i had to make and now everyone is hurting me ,i know they r hurting but so am i . i choose what would make her the most comfortable i did not want her goin out in pain , but now i wonder did i make the right choice .
I still cannot belive it my momma 8is gone ,we were neva that close but still she was my mom and she will always be in my heart ,,mary

My Boink updated

Well i finally got my Boink updated i think it is comin out so pretty ,the next installment does not come out till the 21st of dec so iw ill post agin then ,and well since this is boo's first christmas i got him a santa hat ,,so cute !!!!

My second installment from the bent creek series is done .Now i just wait for the next one. Now i,m hopin to get to my Boink ,well hope you like ,will be back soon,mary

Finish Christmas Gift!!

Well i finished my first gift today .i ACTUALLY FOUND A REALLY CUTE PATTERN ON pAPILLION AND IT WAS CALLED lOVE lETTERS AND I JUST CHANGED THE LETTERS IN IT FROM ABCD TO THE FIRST AND LAST NAMES OF A COUPLE WE ARE FRIENDS WITH TO MAKE IT LIKE A MARRIAGE SAMPLER AND I,M GONNA FRAME IT TONITE. i ALSO ADDED IN SOME BEADS TO GIVE IT A LITTOLE SPARKLE AND I THINK IT CAME OUT NICE ,,MARY

From Sea To Shining Sea ,Pt 2

Well it is offically done i finally got to the second installmet of the sea to shining sea. I think it came out reall nice it took me an afternoon to do .

Now tomorrow i wanna get done the installment i have foir my bent creek snappers set ,then hopefuloly get my next two pieces on my Boibnk done and be caught up . well chat soon,hope everyone is getting all there shopping done ,, mary

Quaker Christmas

Well here is what i have done so far.I have not finished the whole page one yte .I need to go back to my LNS and get more balsum fir ,she only had 3 skeins the day i went so i have 1 left and then i,m out.

But all in all i think it is coming along nice ,I just luv this color very pretty.

Well when i run out i will get to my installment i have for From Sea to Shining Sea,then will get to the installment for the bent creek i,m workin on,then get to my installment on myBoink.

WOW i,m tired just from writing it ,,LOL,,

But i do enjoy it all .I luv it when it comes in parts it fun to do one then wait for the next. I will try and get some more down on my monopoly game board have not had a chance to owrk on it lately .

Hope everyone is havin a great holiday so far ,we are getting ready for christmas gonna go by a tree tomorrow ,i cannot wait to see Trents face when we put all the lights on it .

This is very exciting for us with it being his first christmas we want to make it very special. but will chat soon ,thanks for Peeking ,Mary

Happy Thanksgiving

Well Thanksgiving has come and gone again. I really love the Hloidays but al that cookin i,m so tired now !! But tired ina good way . Trent had his first Thanksgiving dinner ,we let him feed himself and did he make a big mess but he also enjoyed himself,he was so cute he got to see and touch the turkey and he just laughed at it ,well I,m workin on my quaker christmas will be getting to my next installment of Sea to Shining Sea soon,and then to the next installment of bent creek. life has been a little hectic but not so much that i cannot squeeze a little sewing time in ,Happy Holidays to Everyone .. Mary

From Sea to Shining Sea,,

Well here it is .I finsh up the frame piece and the first part of the pattern from Little House. From Sea to Shining Sea.

I actually finished on it today while the baby was takin his nap . I cannot wait for the next part to come out ,I did use only 1 strandof thread and it covers beautifully.

I was able to get a small start on my new pattern Quaker Christmas and as i get some done i will post.

Well it was Trents first Halloween . Well even thou we did not take him out trick or treating he did enjoy wearing his costume all day . He was the cutest puppy dog. I took so many pics .I am just tryin to make sure i remember everything with him .

After we piked up daddy from work we took him over to memays and pepays and he had his first chocolate bar and boy did he wear his food ,but yes he did enjoy it so much.

I am currently finishing up my newest SAL which is From Sea To Shining Sea ,by Little House . I just Love the Sampler Silk Threads this project came with . I will post my pic in just a few short days and as for anyone who would like to know ,I decided that i would use the one strand like the Little House directions called for on 32ct and it looks great!!!

Well hopefully tomorrow or the next will post a pic of it ,ok .Then i will get the newest installment from my Boink done ,and then i will start up on something new . cannot wait ,,mary
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Finished ,,Finally!!!

Well i finally finished 2 projects. I had started A piece by Prairie Moon,called All Around the May Pole.and i ran out of thread for it and finally was able to finish it .

Then was able to get down both piece of the bent creek snappets series. and well i think it came out nice.

Tomorrow i'm goin to my LNS and getting the new Littlehouse From Sea to Shinning

Sea . I cannot wait to get started.. well talk soon,Mary

My Birthday Stash!!!

Well i thought i would finally share with you ,what i was goiven for my birthday .My hubby was really great to me he got me a beautiful silver bracelet . He also went to our LNS and got me a few things . Well i got Boys and Bougs from country cottage and the newest from Blackbird loose feathers,and he also got me a gorgous design ,it is called quaker christmad he got me the fabric and threads for it and my god i just luv it.

I guess turning 38 was not as bad as i thought it would be ,spent uyesterday with my oldest son ,it was his birthday yesterday and he turned 22.I feel so old. My grandson Damian is now up tp 9 1/2 pds now . So he is getting so big . well talk soonn,oh and yes i also was able top start on the bent creek series that i have and i got almost page 1 done just finishing up the border tehn will get to page 2 and then willhave to wait for the next piece to come out ,, talk soon ,Mary

HAPPY BIRTHDAY !!!!! TO ME

Well it is official Thursday was my actual Birthday . But my husband and all his friends too me out to the club last nite to go dancing ,

and i'm telling you i had a blast ,but i will also say i cannot handle my liquor.Two drinks hit me real fast ,,lol,, know better next time.

But we all had a great time and it was so nice to egt out .My parents baby sat forme and he slept at there house so we had the whole nite off.. Will post pic of my birthday stash tomorrow and the gift my hubby gave me . But i,m gonna post some pics from last nite ,mary

A Little Of A Change

Well this weekend was suppose to be spent working on my Monopoly Game Board .But well i found this really cute sweater pattern to knit and i had to start it for the baby .

I did do a little of monopoly but did not get to take a pic ,i did also work on Beneath The Sunlit Sky by Blackbird,and i,m almost done but ran out of 2 colors so i cannot finish till i get to the store.

Well it is official ,as of Thursday I will be 38 ,Yes it is my Birthday and on the 23rd my son will be 22,

I am telling you it seems like yesterday that i was only 16 and life seem to just drag on ,now Look.

But no matter what has happened in my life i do not regret having any of my beautiful kids ,they r my everything .

My oldest Michael,and then my daughter Catherine ,and as you all Know my Trent who is now 9 months old. He has 3 teeth now and is growing to quick ,before long it will be like it was all a dream and he will be grown ,,

Well hopefully i will get a day or 2 this week and work on monopoly to make up for this weekend and then i will post a pic ,Mary

My Boink Progress..

Well i finally got to the latest installment on the ink circles pattern. I was surpose to get to workin on my Monopoly Game board,but due to my mother bein ill i have been spending a lot of time at the hospital.Right now her kidneys are borderline and they want to put in a stunt but she is not well enough at the moment ,they were suppose to do it today but the dr did not like the way her arm looked so they are gonna try again in a few days.

It just seems like everything is rushing by these last few weeks ,they are tellin us she is terminall because of her kidneys and diabetes ,she also has severe demensia.

But i tell you seein my mother like this at 61 is scaring me so much ,you see i,m also diabetic but since i found out i have been tryin to foloow trhe diet and do what i,m suppose to do ,I started off over 350 pds and a size 32 and now i,m down to 290 and a size 22 and for me is so great .

My husband took me out on saturday nite we actually went out with a bunch of his co worker and i felt so great bein in the smaller size i looked nice and felt great and we had such a great time dancing and chatting and laughing it felt so good ,it has beeen so long since we had been out .

I told my hubby what i wanted for my birthday ,I said iw ould like to go out again and spend it with all our friends it was so great . On October 16 I'll be 38 yrs old (yes i'm getting old ,LOL.)

But i do feel better and i think i look better ,I'm hoping to someday get back to my old size before i had kids ,a size 14,, tahnks for reading ,Mary

Monopoly Sal Progress

Well here is my progress so far on my Monopoly Game board. like i said beforei don,t do any backstitching till the end.I don.t like it to get caught in myy qsnap so i always wait ,But over all it is comin along nice..

All caught up on My Boink!!!!

Well I decided since i had no time really over the weekend i would just work on it this week.Well i am all caught up now all i have to do is wait for the rest of the parts to be released and do them as they come.I think my choices choices look pretty so vibrant ,Bright and very colorful. will try and get some time in on my Monopoly game board now ..

P.s. I thought i would come back today and include one more subject. Although i do luv the Boink pattern .I was quite surprise today when i went post to the group of my progress ,they will not let me post they do not think that my typing and writing skills are good enough so they blocked me from writing any posts .I cannot even answer an email from the group. They did not even tell me they were gonna do this to me .I do not think this was right ,yes i know sometimes i mess up but you know what i have a baby on my lap most of the time and well to be honest i don,t have a lot of education i dropped out at 10Th grade but i should not be penalize for that .I thought i was kind and considerate and when they asked me to please try i did ,and well they still denied me the privilege of posting .. Mary

My First Scissor Fob

I went on today looking to seehow to make one ,Found a small cute pattern ,and thought i will try this ,and well it took me about 2 hours but what do you think i,m gonna show the back and the front .I added the silver beads myself and made my own tassle ,Well for my first time thought it came out kinda cute ,,lol,,I have always wanted one but thought they were so hard to make,.Now what i did was instead of usin a little cotton to stuff it i use my old discard threads..

My next thing to try and make is gonna be a Biscournu. cannot wait !!!

Week Two ON Boink

Well this will be my second posting on my boink .I am almost done with the main framing ,and then i wil start on the blocks . Will be workin ON it some more tonite but will post again next week ,,

My Start On Monopoly Game Board

I started on my monopoly game board ,I actually started it yesterday after i received it in the mail. I am missin one color the purple above 2 of the squares will pik it up soon,but i think for a start it is comin along nice. I will not be doin any outlining until the very end , but it look snice it goes along so easily ,, This willbe my saturday wip and willpost progress every week..

I'm a Gramma!!!!!!

Well it is offical I am a gramma .My son had a beautiful baby boy .He wieghed 5lbs 1oz. 161/2 inches long. He is tiny but strong ,, and he is so cute ,my son named him Damian michael ,,

Boink week one!!!!

Well this would be week one progress .I actually worked on it both saturday and sunday and got a good enough done .I would like this to be my weekend project. I will post mew pic every monday. I will be work on it some this friday since ,I will need something in the waiting room ..

Over the weekend my mom was taken to the hospital and bein told there is a good chance she will needdialysis . So now all we can do is wait and see how everything goes. she is doin good otherwise ,but they told us she will have to go into a nursing home. her demeshia is to severe for her to be livin alone any more .

My son is bringing home he is son troday from the hospital and then i will post a pic of my new granbaby .

Trent just turned 8 months old and he is such a little wonder he is such a good baby ,,

Starting My Boink!!!

Well I finally decided on my colors for my Boink project . I was gonna do it in all greens and yellow but once i had it goin I thought it was missin something .Then i saw it done with all the colors and I really like it better. I am gonna make this my sunday project ,.We usually spend the day set up at the flea market so I will work on it then ,will post every sunday on how she is comin along till then bye ,,mary

You are My Sunshine

Well i finished this up tonite .This will be going into Trent's room. I ,m goona call my LNS to see if they got in the new Country Cottage ,Boys And Bugs. I chose this pattern because the word son it You Are My Sunshine,, that is the song i have been singing to him since the day he was born. Trent will be 8 months old on sept 4th .H e is growin up to quick ,i keep tellin him to slow down . Well talk with youa ll soon,,mary

Little League

Well i have a finish ,this is for my beautiful babby boy trent daniel. I finish this one a few dasy ago but just got to publishing it ,I am just starting another one for him called You are my sunshine also by country cottage. I,m looking forward to starting on a sal called ink circles and then i,m waiting now for my pattern i won for finishing second place doin the carnartion sampler. Trent is now 8 months old ,well he willbe on the 4th of september. He is the greatest gift ever he is sich a joy ,when ever i start something for him i just fly threw it Little league finished in onlt 2 days ,, well will post again soon ,mary

My Daughter

Well my daughter told me she is movin out ,She is 18 but my god it hit me like a sledge hammer to the chest i could not belive it i just wanna keep her home where i know she is eating right and takin care of herself ,i luv havin her at home .I am gonna miss her i know she will be livin near but it is not the same as her always bein here ,When they say your children need to go out onthere own , well i wish she would just stay but i told her i would not cry (well i willtry not too)and help her to mnove ,My baby is leavin home and i,m so sad because i,m so use to just listening and i could always here her computer ,it would make this neat sound every time she gets an message on her comp or her playin her music ,, and my god even thou it stinks i still listen ,, but she is grwoin up i wish i could shrink her bacl to 3 she is my baby ..

My Sewing Group

Well you know i finally found where i belong i found a group of really great ladies and we all do are sewing together and sometimes we have outing ,we spent and afternoon at mariannes and then we all went to bea's . they r such great girls .I f great to finally have a groupa nd friends where theey all understand an enjoy sewing as much as me ,,

Carnation Sampler Complete

Well i started this project on my yahoo groups called Wienburg Samplers. This is so beautiful we were told that for every piece we finished take a pic and they would send the next one ,and the first three to finish would get to pick a pattern from there site which is called. Stickideen von der Weihenburg.and well i was the second person to finish i think i whole time was like 3weeks from start to finish. But you know if was such a great piece you could not stop, and for my prise i picked quaker 2 klien.

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Day 1 my first entry

Well here i go ,my name is mary and i,m married been married for 21 years i have thre really great kids ,michael who is now 21 and has a baby of his own on the way ,a boy!!. Then there is my daughter he name is catherine and she is 18 and well she is my hell cat ,don't get me wrong she can be a nice girl but when she gets mad look out <(psst,, reminds me of me ,,lol) then the last and greastest of all is my gift ,my baby boy trent he is 7 months old and he is the luv of my life .he is such a good baby .But i will start posting my sewing wips soon ,I'm currently workin on , Roses in the mist by mirabilia and i,m also doin Sampler game board by drawn thread and also the shore of hawkes run hollow by carriage house . as soon as i get these done or at least one i would luv to start either impressions or anagram diffusion ,well i'll be back later ,mary