Riding the Bike

Kyleigh has been fascinated by this bike ever since she was a year old and could climb on and sit on the cross piece. Every time she comes over, she tries to ride it and now she can, although she still can't sit on the seat and reach the pedals.

That's most of my stash in the background, although there are two more cabinets that aren't visible.

Tinkerbell Dress, Part 2

We picked up Kyleigh at preschool and met Mommy for dinner at Norm's restaurant. Kyleigh saw the dress when she got into the car and insisted on taking it into the restaurant so that she could try it on. We made her wait until after she'd finished eating, but here it is on the real life model. The picture's a little blurry, because I took it with my cell phone and she might have moved a little. She does like the dress and it fits so now I can use up some more material in my stash and make another one.

I also took this picture at the restaurant while we were waiting for dinner.

Tinkerbell Dress

A couple of weeks ago, Janice and I were at JoAnn's and I spotted an inexpensive pattern that I thought would make a cute dress for Kyleigh. We almost purchased princess material, but then saw this Tinkerbell fabric. Since Tinkerbell is one of her favorites right now, we bought this one instead.

I cut it out yesterday while Janice was using my sewing machine and stitched it up today in between power outages (we had five varying from 5 seconds to a couple of minutes within a couple of hours). I modified the dress slightly--the bow was supposed to tie in the front and there was supposed to be a border of ribbon across the top with buttons above. Instead, I left off the buttons and the top border and stitched the ribbon down on both the front and back and the bow ties in the back.


I took the picture to show Janice since we were meeting her for dinner at Pancho's. This is one of our favorite restaurants and they were doing a fundraiser for the school's basketball team. We met at 4:00 and the restaurant was extremely busy and there was only one waitress, but we got very good service, from I think, the manager. He brought us several bowls of chips and salsa and refilled our drinks before they were empty and was reasonably attentive. The kind of service you'd normally expect, but rarely get when they're that busy.

As far as stitching goes, I haven't done that much. Below is two weeks worth of stitching on Cat Lessons for People from Lizzie Kate. I did a lot of frogging on this one, but there are two mistakes that won't be frogged because I don't think anyone will notice them.

I changed most of the colors, because I'm not into browns/khakis. It's being stitched on 25-count Wedgewood Lugana.

My Daughter is so talented

Kyleigh's birthday party is next Sunday and she's having a Tinkerbell party at a local park. Janice wanted a couple of games for the kids so she bought a ring toss game, but decided to make a bean bag toss game. Here is the (almost) finished product:

She painted it last week, but came over today to reinforce it and make the bean bags which are pink and purple.

Kyleigh's reaction when she first saw it was "That's cool, but that blue flower, it should be pink."

February Stitching Plans

For February, I'm planning to stitch the following:

UFO
I (heart) Cats

Binky, South Dakota
Feathered Friends - Owl
Penguin Alphabet - Letter T
Newborn Cuties - Clown
Newborn Cuties - Rocking Horse
Newborn Cuties - Duckie

Q4OC
Kylee B - Butterfly

LQUSA
Cars - Doc Hudson

Christmas Ornament
Festive Fairy

Oak Haven SAL
January
February

These are my plans, but as always they're not set in stone. The items for Binky SD and the Christmas ornament are very small and should only take 1-2 days each. I think I can finish all of these, but I doubt I'll have time to start a new ongoing project although I have several I'd love to start.

January Stitching Update

I didn't do too bad. I stitched every day but one and completed all the required stitching. It was the fun stuff that didn't get done. I just didn't realize that it would take almost two weeks to stitch the teacup.

For Q4OC
Alphabet Kitties - Letter V - Completed 1/7

For Binky, South Dakota
Spring Chicks - Chick 7 - Completed 1/8
January Teacup - Completed 1/19
Teddy Bear Alphabet - Letter A - Completed 1/21
Teddy Bear Alphabet - Letter U - Completed 1/22

UFO Finish
I (heart) Cats - started 1/30

Start and Finish
Christmas Smiley Ornament - completed 1/24
6 Geese-a-laying - completed 1/30

Start
Cat Rules for People - not started

I'll continue stitching on I (heart) Cats for the next week or so and Cat Rules for People will be added to my February planned stitching.

Look what I got

When we got Kyleigh's picture taken with Santa last month, they gave us a coupon for Shutterfly. This is what Janice got with that coupon. She also had a couple of reprints made of Kyleigh trying to eat Mickey's nose and her and Kyleigh at the baseball game.

I don't normally use a mouse pad, but I'm making an exception and this now graces my desk at work.

And I'm participating in a birthday floss exchange on the Shared Crosses Yahoo Group. Since my birthday is in January, this is what I got. It was really fun to open all the cards and see what colors each person chose. You were only supposed to send two skeins, but some people sent three or four (and only two were duplicates). I also received a gift certificate to an online shop because one of the ladies felt guilty for not sending her floss on time.

January Stitching Plans

Today is the beginning of a brand new year and I'm looking forward to seeing what it brings. I don't do resolutions, but I have a lot of things planned for this year and I hope to accomplish at least some of them.

On the stitching front, I'm unofficially participating in the Flippin Crazy Challenge where you commit to finishing 15 WIPs/UFOs. I currently have 73 from which to choose, but so far I'm only committing to three specific ones. I'd also like to complete a bunch of Christmas Ornaments this year as well as start several new projects including more stitching for charity. I also plan to stitch mostly from my stash.

One of the ladies in our Shared_Crosses yahoo group plans her stitching for a whole year in advance down to what she's planning to stitch on what day. Me, I can't get that detailed, but I do have a plan for January. I'm planning to stitch the following in the order listed:

For Q4OC
Alphabet Kitties - Letter V

For Binky, South Dakota
Spring Chicks - Chick 7
January Teacup
Teddy Bear Alphabet - Letter A
Teddy Bear Alphabet - Letter U

UFO Finish
I (heart) Cats

Start and Finish
Christmas Smiley Ornament
6 Geese-a-laying

Start
Cat Rules for People

Most of these are small, so even though it seems like a lot, I think it's doable.

In closing, I'd like to wish everyone reading this a healthy happy and prosperous New Year!

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas and Happy Birthday, Jesus!

Kyleigh is spending the weekend with her dad so we're not planning to celebrate until tomorrow afternoon when she gets home.

What ya lookin at?

Janice and Kyleigh went to the San Diego Zoo on Saturday since they had some free passes that needed to be used. I'm not sure whether Kyleigh was asking the goat the question in the title or whether Janice was asking Kyleigh, but I thought it was a cute picture.