January Catch up...

~ Greetings and Warm Welcome to my blog ~

where I share all things needle and thread (and a whole lotta of other stuff thrown in too!)

Sorry for the missing in action....

I have been working and when I haven't been at the quilt shop I am going to be honest, I have used every minute for things I want to do. It's my new life goal to intersperse my working all the time with some Vonna time. I don't do that enough - never have.

So what have I been up to: 

STITCHING:

My Anniversary Sampler Progress

32 ct. natural linen - using DMC 

I am wildly changing somethings in the sampler as I stitch, including making some color substitutions

My progress on Santa of the Forest:

32 ct. natural using DMC and Kreinik

FINISHES:

Michelle Palmer "Stitching Bird"

punched with all DMC

Country Cottage Needleworks ~ January Sampler Month

finish features wool felt accents and handmade piping

That does it for needle and thread type of crafting....

now its on to my NEW crafting...(like I need another hobby...)

I have always wanted to learn how to paint. So thanks to Christmas money I got myself some brushes, paints and courage to try:

First Project ~ RAK Santa's by Tracy Moreau

 

learned some lessons on the above little sweeties and determined I needed to buckle down and really learn what I was doing. So I read some more, watched some more: Sara at myserenitycrafts

and I got down to trying again. 

Santa's Cookies from Plum Purdy

 

Santa was better, I learned how to float better with Santa...so this past weekend I tried again:

 

The snowman looks OK, I need to have a lighter hand with the evergreen boughs...but whatever I'm a beginner.

I got a Christmas bonus so I purchased my very own scroll saw and I cut this little ornament myself and painted it.

"Flying Santa" by Lynne Andrews

I'm really proud of how my Santa ornament turned out!

YAY!! 🥳

What else....

I've been working a lot at the quilt shop (my coworker was exposed to COVID so I'm filling in for her and also doing my shifts for 3 weeks) and of course I am back in the saddle again on finishing:

all of these and about a dozen more that I'll share later was finished this month.

Alrighty friends, 

I think you are up to speed with my life.

Until next time:

keep a smile on your face and one in your heart and you just can't go wrong!

Smiles, love and big hugs,

Vonna xxxx