Two Valentine Finishes

I finished these two valentine ornaments making my finishes for the year at four. I am still stitching on my Crazy Fifteen Challenge Pieces. The first one is a Lizzie Kate stitched on an unknown 32 count fabric with DMC floss.
I chose a blue floral fabric to finish it into a pillow ornament.

The second one is "Love Me" a freebie from Primitive Betty. I used an unknown 32 Count Fabric that was dyed with strawberry Koolaid. When I dyed the fabric for Lizzie Kate "Hello Spring" I saw a skein of DMC 601 lying on the bar so I dipped it in the yellow dye. I thought it turned out a pretty color. It looked like a valentine color so I used it for this design. I finished it with a floral fabric in peach,rose and green. used green ribbon and pink pearls.

Valentines & Hearts

I received my Lizzie Kate Exchange from Kathy. She stitched for me a favorite design and finished it into a beautiful pillow.  I love the pretty navy fabric with the pink roses. Hot pink is one of my favorite colors so the ribbon is perfect.

I also got a special gift from Rory . The pillow arrived in the pretty Valentine bag that Rory's chocolate puppy is lying on. Thank you so much Kathy & Rory for making my Valentines Day  special.

I found this lovely lady in a box. I had forgotten all about her. I stitched her quite a few years ago, I guess. She is stitched on perforated paper.

I thought she was so cute and I remember ordering the wooden body and arms. She was in one of the Cross Country Magazine Issues.

I have two Valentine finishes that I will post tomorrow.

Hello Spring & My Second Finish

I stitched Hello Spring for Michele. She was my partner for Round 6 in the Lizzie Kate Exchange. I was searching for something that wasn't winter themed and found this sunny little design.

Hello Spring
Lizzie Kate Freebie 2006
Hand Dyed 28 Ct. Jobelan
DMC Floss

I hand dyed 28 count Jobelan and used Weeks Dye Works Floss and Sampler Threads. I found the fabric at JoAnn's and thought it matched the colors in the design pretty well. I added some bright green rick rack and sewed it on using purple Mill Hill Beads. I sewed on a bright orange bow and attached it with a heart button.
I am happy that Michele likes it.

This is my second finish for 2011. It is slow going as all of my Crazy Fifteen Challenges are so huge. I still would like to stitch up at least one small Valentine design. Maybe tomorrow.
I am still stitching on Sixteen Birds today and would like to get one more motif finished and complete the band row.

Exchanging & Winning

Yesterday I received a huge brown envelope in the mail. It was stuffed in the mailbox and when I pulled it out, it poofed up into a huge bag. It was the 12 Days of Christmas Giveaway that I won from Lynda  A Cozy Little Place For Stitching .
I had been waiting on it to arrive and thought it would be here Monday but beings it was a holiday there was no mail delivery. When I opened it I found 12 packages, it was like Christmas again. Lynda thanks so much.

All My Goodies

A Stitching Journal & a Calender

Some beautiful fabric & a needle minder

Fabric & A Pincushion

A Blue Ribbon Design
Three Lizzie Kates
JBW Designs

Silkweaver Fabric
4 Skeins Dragon Floss

Buttons & Pins

Dinky Dye Stork Scissors
Ribbons & Needles
4 colors of Kreinik
3 Mill Hill Beads
Thread Heaven

On the stitching front, I finished stitching my Lizzie Kate for the Exchange. I looked through my fabric and couldn't find a suitable match so I am going to have to go shopping before I can finish it and get it in the mail.

I started my Christmas ornament for the month and hope to get the stitching done today. Then I want to restart Real Roses. I can't let Karen get ahead of me. lol.
Enjoy your day!