Lantern Lane! ~ November 30, 2018

Hello Stitchy Friends!

I can't believe today is the last day of November!  Where has the time gone?  Here in my neck of the woods it's a stormy, rainy day...perfect for some stitching!  Which I did!  My quilt machine has come home from the spa and I just couldn't wait to quilt up a little something Christmas!  It was a long overdue cleaning!  I threw on a quilt of mine that had been waiting for THREE years to be quilted!  Now I just have to figure out which Christmas fabric to bind it with!

I also had another sitchy finish!

Last Autumn there was a stitch-a-long on Instagram for Lantern Lane by Little House Needleworks...I ended up finishing everything on New Years Eve, except part of the ivy border...I ran out of the green variegated floss I was using from DMC.  Then, as it is for most projects, it got shuffled to the side...I even picked up the green floss a few weeks later, and still didn't finish it!  So, after finishing Santa's House I was going through my kitted projects and found Lantern Lane.  Get this...it took me all of an hour to finish stitching the upper border!  I could have had this finished in January!  Oh well...it's finished now and it looks awesome hanging on my wall!  I found my frame at Michaels and attached some gingham ribbon from my stash, to the bottom.  I think it's stitched on 28 count Evenweave that I tea/coffee dyed with DMC Threads.  

Well that about wraps it up from my little corner of the globe.  I hope you have a great stitchy weekend, making all the things!

Happy Stitching,

Olivia 

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A Prairie Schooler Christmas ~ November 27th, 2018

Good Morning Friends!

I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving and lots of good eats!  Our Thanksgiving was a good one, my grandma came over and we had a wonderful time!  When Black Friday dawned, I was home and putting up my Christmas decorations.  I'm almost finished with the decorating, I just have two areas that I need to finish a table runner for.  All-in-all I think it came together nicely and creates a cozy place. 

Over the weekend I finished a little something!  I started working on Santa's House by Prairie Schooler right after I finished Cinnamon Stars and on Saturday evening, I finished it!!

While stitching Santa's House I kept seeing it mounted in a Christmas wreath.  So on Sunday I trekked into Michaels and picked up the supplies I would need.  In the week leading up to my finish I haunted Pinterest for ideas and it kept pointing me to Priscilla's blog, Priscillas2000.blogspot.com, where I saw so many wonderful wreaths that she's made using her finished cross stitch pieces!  With so many ideas swirling in my head, I tackled the task at hand and created my first cross stitched mounted wreath!  I don't think it will be my last!!....I'm so pleased with how it turned out!! 

I stitched Santa's House on 32 count Whisper Lugana, with all the called for CC threads.   You can find both the chart for Santa's House by Prairie Schooler and Whisper Lugana at 123Stitch.com. 

That about wraps it up for me!  Hope you have a great stitchy week!

Merry Christmas,
Olivia
xx

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Cinnamon Stars! ~ November 21st, 2018

I just love when I have a stitchy finish!  This past week I put the last stitches into Cinnamon Stars by Plum Street Samplers and I am completely smitten with it!  I only wish Thanksgiving wasn't tomorrow so I could enjoy it a little longer, before putting it away for next year.  I stitched Cinnamon Stars on 32 count Vintage Country Mocha with a combination of GAST, CC and DMC Threads.

Since my last blog post went up, I've been working on adding some new project bags and grime guards to the shop.  The project bags are a brand new addition that I hope will sell well.  I'm always a little nervous about adding new items because I don't know how well they will sell...so for now I'm planning on making ten and seeing how they do. 

My plans for the rest of the week is, to eat lots of turkey and decorate for Christmas on Friday!  I thought about decorating early this year, but just couldn't do it...Thanksgiving needs to have it's special day surrounded by all things Autumn.  So Friday...Christmas boxes will be hauled in and decorating for the Yuletide Season will begin!

That about wraps it you for me!  Until next time...

Happy Thanksgiving!

Wishing you Bountiful Blessings on Thanksgiving and Always,
Olivia

2018 Autumn Home Tour

I thought it might be kind of fun to do a Autumn Home Tour since so many popped in to see my Halloween one! 

 I've had so much fun thinking of ways to decorate my side table...it's probably my favorite piece of furniture!  The light was glaring off of my newest find...a turkey platter!  I found it at the Goodwill for a $1.74!

A little freebie cross stitch I did a few years back...I mounted it into a wooden hoop from Michaels.  It was designed by Plaid Crafts and is called Give Thanks.

The cute little Thanksgiving Pilgrims and Indians came from a garage sale for .75 cents!  Bok Bok was a freebie from Plum Street Samplers and its clipped to a pumpkin frame I bought from Kohls a few years ago for a buck!

You can definitely tell the light is changing as the Autumn season goes on...this pictures were taken in the early afternoon and they still seem so dark.

Another freebie! I love to collect turkeys for Thanksgiving and this little guy was one of my favorites to stitch!  I found this online a few years back, but can't find it to share the link...I'll keep looking and if I find it, I'll make sure to add the link.

That about wraps it up!  I know it was a little on the small side and not as grand as some I've seen...but I like my little Autumn collection and can't wait to continue to add more as time goes on. 

Thank you so much for stopping by today! 

Happy Autumn Friends,
Olivia

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Over Here In The Land Of Autumn...November 10, 2018

I know it's been a few weeks since my last blog post...

I would like to say that I've been very productive, but it's mostly been slow progress on all my projects and working on items for my Etsy Shop.  Right after Halloween I ended up with a bad case of Allergies that slowed all my progress and I lost a few days, which put me a little behind on client quilts.  But next week I hope to catch up and finish the last 2 that came in towards the end of October.  Then I plan on quickly quilting three Christmas quilts of my own that have been waiting patiently for well over a year. 

Last week Allison and I painted a little Ohio Star Barn Quilt Block!  I'd been seeing them pop up now and then on Pinterest and Instagram and thought it might be kinda fun to see if we could create one ourselves.  I'm so in love with vintage Christmas decorations, so we chose a light pink and dark teal to make our Ohio Star out of.  I think it turned out pretty good!  It was a great little project to pass the afternoon working on.

I've also been making progress on Cinnamon Stars by Plum Street Samplers.  I think in my last post I had about half the house finished.  It's been a lot of fun to work on and I'm excited to hopefully have it finished in time for Thanksgiving.  I'm using a combination of DMC Threads, Classic Colorworks and Gentle Art Sampler Threads.  One small change I made was to a few of my pumpkins...The bottom row had several pumpkins that were charted in a color that matched my background fabric, so I changed them to GAST Fragrant Cloves.  I also changed the fence color to CC Bamboo.  I hope tonight to finish the sunflowers and begin working my way around the stars which surround the house.  I'm stitching Cinnamon Stars on 32 count Vintage Country Mocha Lugana.

I thought I had a little more to share, but that's about it!  Next week I'll pop back in and do an Autumn Home Tour.  It's not as grand as my Halloween Home Tour...but I have a few fun corners of Autumn goodness! 

Until next time!
Olivia

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