Christmas Traditions

Hello Everyone, Well Christmas is almost here and will be over just as fast as it is upon us.  I have been thinking about family Christmas traditions.  when I was little we always opened our Christmas gifts on Christmas Eve because Christmas morning we always went to my Grandma Garry's.  she was bed ridden but still a happy very happy to see us on Christmas morning. One of the neighbors always dressed as Santa and came by her home too, really a nice memory.  also my mother always sang Silent Night in German.  Her family lived in Southern Indiana and they always spoke German at home when she was a child.  When we would get together her brothers and sisters still spoke a little German.  what was really something to hear was when they couldn't think of the words they wanted in English they would switch mid sentence to German.  there was one story of a cousin of mine from my dads side of the family when she was a little girl they took her for a visit and they did thins, from what I heard she ran out of the house, because she was so frightened.  It's funny now but I guess not to her.  I would love to hear from all of you some of your Christmas Memories.

Merry Christmas
Mary Louise

Finished

Hello Everyone, Finally have my Prairie Schooler Santa finished.  It was supposed to be a Christmas card but when DH saw it he says MINE!!!  LOL he says he wants me to frame it.  So I guess when we go out tomorrow we'll be looking for a frame:)  I think the reason he really likes it is he belongs to Sons Of The American Revolution, his 4th great grandfather fought at the battle of Yorktown and this Santa just fits the bill so to say:)

Finished Biscornu

Hello Everyone, doing happy dance, I finally finished my first Biscornu.  Ended up I really enjoyed doing it.  I was moving really slowly on the stitching because I was worried that I wasn't going to be able to get it put together and it ended up being quite easy. I have the 2 pictures because I used 2 colors on the leaves.  the floss is DMC Variations.  So here is my finished piece and I'm ready to stitch another one:)

This is a picture from a few years ago looking towards our barn.  Just thought it looked nice and Christmassy:)

I Have had a question about the designer

I have had a question about the designer of my current project  so here's the link. http://www.creativepoppypatterns.com/

My Weekend Stitching

This Is My current Stitching Project.  It has been slow going, once I have finished all I have to do is put it together.  In my mind I am making something hard  that I know isn't. I am so far behind in my stitching that I haven't been posting much of anything or nothing on my groups.  I am wanting to get some Christmas stitching done too, so want ti get this finished and on it's way soon.  I know the lady that this is going to rarely if ever looks at blogs.  Until Next time.............

It's Been Eons

Hello Everyone, I know it's been eons since I have done an update, just life getting in the way and really not much to share.  I do have one finish, it's for an exchange but I don't think the lady will see it that it went to so I'm showing my Prairie Schooler Owl, I made it into a coaster.  The chart is from the Prairie Schooler Designer series.  I am also slowly but surely making my first Biscornu and it is going slowly.........I hope to have it done and on it's way to it's new owner soon, it's an exchange also.

Hope all of my followers are doing well and also I am going to try and read some blogs too, I'm way behind in that also. Lately it seems that the Hurrier I Go The Behinder I Get these days:)

We have been having beautiful weather, really a little too warm for this time of year in Indiana and we have had such dry weather we could really use some rain.