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5k results

Hey everyone,

Sorry for not updating in a while. It’s just been a very busy month for me. I did want to at least post my results from the 5k Turkey Trot I did on Thursday. I finished in 55:30 which gave me an average pace of 17:52. It wasn’t a PR, but I was pleased with my time since it was my first organized race since my spinal surgery 7 1/2 months ago.

Here were my split times:

Mile 1 – 16:55
Mile 2 – 18:12
Mile 3 – 18:41
Last .1 – 1:41

I hope everyone had a happy and healthy Thanksgiving!

Ho Ho Ho Happy Dance

I finished another piece a couple of days ago. This is the 2007 limited edition Christmas kit from Lizzie Kate. It was a really fun and fairly quick stitch. I think I’m going to finish it into either a pillow or I may take a shot at making it into a flat fold. I’ve never done the flat fold finishing technique, so it would be something new for me.

ho ho ho

Designer: Lizzie Kate
Fabric: Light mocha cashel linen
Fibers: Crescent Colors cotton floss & DMC cotton floss
Extras: Kreinik 032 blending filament for snow (not called for in the kit)

I’ve also joined a SAL on one of my Yahoo groups. We’re all working on Gingerbread Cottage by Country Cottage Needleworks. It’s a really cute piece and I’m hoping to get it done in time to finish it as a pillow for Christmas. Here’s my first progress photo taken yesterday at the end of my first day of stitching on it:

gingerbread cottage

Designer: Country Cottage Needleworks
Fabric: Unknown hand-dyed linen from a grab bag of fabric
Fibers: Crescent Colors cotton floss and DMC cotton floss

That’s it for now. I’m off to do some more stitching. ) Happy stitching!

Protected: Tree Finish

I finished this last Saturday, but I’m just now getting around to posting the picture of it. It’s a personalized tree that I plan to finish into an ornament.

image

Designer: M Designs
Fabric: Holly by R & R Reproductions
Fiber: DMC B5200 cotton floss
Extras: Mill Hill petite glass beads, glass star as tree topper

Here kitty, kitty …

What it’s like to own a cat. wink

Stash Happy Dance

Woo Hoo! I’m a very happy stitcher right now. I went to my LNS today for an all day open stitch class. When we got there this morning, the owner told us that she lost her lease and was going to be moving the shop a couple of blocks down the street to a new location in about 6 weeks. As a result, today was the first day of a 2-week moving sale.

She had a lot of different sale categories, but the one that caught my eye the most was 35% off kits, including Shepherd’s Bush charts! She also had all regular charts for 15% off. Naturally, I couldn’t let a sale like this slip by without partaking just a little bit. Shush, Darla! =P

Here’s what I bought:

Halloween Treat Bag (Shepherd’s Bush kit)
Merry and Bright (Shepherd’s Bush kit – which included a Jill Rensel mat =D )
Happy Haunting (Shepherd’s Bush kit)
Prairie Sampler (Little House Needleworks chart)
Acorn Hill (Little House Needleworks chart)

I should have some more LHN stash arriving soon. I picked up a few things from Courtney’s stash reduction sale. She has some GREAT stuff, so if you haven’t checked out her sale list, you should! Here is what I bought from her:

Curly Q Ewe (Little House Needleworks)
Home Sweet Home (Country Cottage Needleworks)
Autumn Leaves (Prairie Schooler)

I also finished a piece today, but I don’t have a picture of it yet. I’ll try and post a picture of it in the next couple of days. It’s the same piece that was featured a few days ago in the password protected entry, so if you emailed me for the password for that entry, it will be the same password again when I post the finished pic.

Happy stitching!

Password

Yes, it’s that time of year when I’m working on holiday gift-giving projects. As a result, I’ll be password protecting some of my posts until after the holidays. If you would like to view these posts, just email me for the password. As long as you aren’t the possible recipient wink I’ll be happy to send it along.

I’ll be using a couple of different passwords, so please let me know the subject and/or date of the entry you want to see. This way I’ll be sure to send you the correct password. )

In the meantime, here is a little diversion for you:

Halloween Hangman created by The Dimension's Edge, Inc.

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