2015 here I come!

I may not have blogged in 2014 but I sure did stitch. Here are my finishes for the year.

Mirabilia's Giggles for a surprise baby RR

Dragon Dreams Be Mine for an exchange

Drawn Thread Sampler Gameboard

Cherished Stitches Etui

Erik Shipley Stitching is my one Weakness

Aury TM Mystery Stitch Chicago GTG 2013

Joan Elliot Swirling Peacock

Bent Creek Stitching Row SAL

DMC Lighthouse for RCMP Memorial Quilt

Just Nan Oakley Owelet - made 2

Ursula Michaels Canada

Just Nan Peacock Alphabet Sampler

Hands on Design Mystery Chicago GTG 2014

Cross Stitch Christmas Book - Nutcracker Stocking

Needlebook with Travelling Chart

Just Nan Oakley Owelet 1 of 2

Raise the Roof Love Laundry

2014 JCS Ornament Issue - Beagles 

Alessandra Adelaide - Christmas Ornament 2014

The Round Robins

My SanMan 12 month Blackwork RR

RR#1 - charts included

Sweetheart Tree Bands

My Just Nan Bands

Sweetheart Tree Alphabet

Sweetheart Tree Alphabet

Sweetheart Tree Alphabet

Just Nan Oriental Lady

My Ribbons

My ribbons from the Yuma County Fair 2014

Chatelaine's Desert Mandala

Not a finish but each section has been a finish for me.

Ursula Michaels Let's Sew

And one missing one. I stitched Bent Creek's American Flag Sampler but can't find the photo anywhere.

Not a bad year at all. 

Next post will be my goals for 2015.

Merry Christmas from Madame Muriel

Madame Muriel is stopping by to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year in 2015.

and the winner is .......

Clare. Please send me your mailing address to drewsgrands@hotmail.com and I will get the pattern and goodies off to you right away!

FLAG

I received this pattern back in September. It was my intention to stitch it and pass it on right away.
Life got away with me and it did not happen.

It is ready to be passed on. There is something extra with this one.
The person who received this pattern will receive a package from me containing gifts starting with the letters F, L, A and G. You must agree to do the same thing when you are ready to pass it on.

Here is a photo of the pattern and the packaged gifts I received. I won't show you what's in the packages. Your package is wrapped and ready to go.

If you are interested in stitching this pattern next, please leave a comment at the end of this post and I will draw a name on December 15th.

I cannot find my photo of my finished piece. If I do I will add it later. 

Crazy Busy Life

What a crazy life I lead. There are never enough hours in a day or days in a week. Poor Muriel must think she lives in a whirlwind.

In late August, Beatrice and I took Muriel and off we went quilt shop hopping. We spend the day in the Kingston area. We visited with our sweet friend, Rebecca and went for lunch at a great deli. Rebecca and Muriel get acquainted.

We visited three lovely quilt shops. All of the owners were delighted to meet Muriel and happy to have her photographed in their shops while we browsed the fabrics and bought more stash.

Stitch By Stitch

Quilt Thyme

Wilton Creek Fabrics

Shortly after, my youngest son and his family came for a visit to Trenton. Our DIL and grandkids had never seen the view of our city from the top of Mount Pelion. We took the morning and did the tour. Of course, Muriel had to come along. I wanted to introduce her to our beautiful waterfront city.

This cannon has been there since the 1800's. When I was a junior in high school, I belonged to the History Club and one of our projects was to scrape and refresh the paint on this cannon. I wonder how many coats of paint have been added since then.

Muriel on the Cannon

Playing with Mom

Playing with Dad

Overlook with the kids and grandkids

View of the Trent River to the north

View of the Bay of Quinte to the south.

View of the streets from the Mount.

View of the paper mill and the Trent River.

Muriel on the post with the Bay of Quinte in the background. The bay leads to Lake Ontario.

Muriel on the commemorative sign

Family in front of the sign
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Our next stop was the Bleasdell Boulder. There is not another rock any where near this size for 26 miles but this monster is in the bush all by itself. It had apparently been rolled there by a glacier.

Muriel on the boulder

Grandkids acting like cave men at the boulder

3 generations strolling down the path.

Oh and stitching. Yes I did a bit of stitching.

Here is my finished Ursula Michael "Let's Visit Canada" on 32 count white lugana with DMC 321.

I LOVE it.

I am not sure if I will frame it or quilt it.

Muriel and the Stitching Weekend

WARNING PHOTO INTENSIVE!!!!!

Muriel has finally been able to attend a stitching get together. She was starting to complain about how many quilt shops she had been to and after all, SHE is a stitcher.

Before I show you the fun of the weekend, here is a photo of Muriel actually getting some stitching done.

She is sitting in a very quiet spot on my antique sewing machine nestled amit the scissor frogs and their scissors.

What a fun weekend we had! The most wonderful women comprise my stitching friends.

                                                Angie, Christin, Bonnie, Barb, Clare, Judie
                                                 Beatrice, Sheila, myself, Muriel and Dani

                                     Fran has slipped into the photo and Dani is taking the photo.
                                     Missing from the photos were Ann, Beth, Kim, Pat and Bernie.


 We laughed and talked and ate and stitched for 4 days.

There were the most wonderful treats. My coffee table was full at all times. Someone sneaked in a basket of grapes so we could pretend we did eat healthy too.

 Muriel  had her share of treats.

During one meal time, I went downstairs to get some things from the fridge. Look where I found Madame Muriel - nestled between a bottle of Steam Whistle, a bottle of Reisling and some of my DH's home made beer.

I guess the place got too noisy or she got thirsty and I forgot to give her a drink. She was unusally mum about her trip to the downstairs fridge.

Here I am researching different fabrics looking for one for a specific project. There are some wonderful enablers!

Modelling the quilted table topper I am working on.

Dani and Christin celebrated their 20 year friendship on the weekend. Great excuse for cake!

Several of us had matching t-shirts.

The comment has been made that Madame Muriel (in the photo) should have a t-shirt too. I think that is beyond my capabilities! I have been asked where we got the T-shirts. They came from our LNS. The link is below.

And the stitching commenced

Sheila

Judie

Sheila and Judie

Barb

Barb, Sheila and Beatrice

Clare

Angie, Clare and me looking at my Desert Mandala

Ann McDonald (our LNS owner and friend)

Bonnie

Angie

Christin

Clare and Sheila discussing the frog infested RR I had completed

All of this stitching and eating and talking and hosting exhausted me. Dani caught me having a little afternoon nap!



Till the next adventure from Muriel and I, keep on stitching.