New From The Drawn Thread

Howdy all-I hope you all had a wonderful Mother's Day and week after...I am home and happy in my routine/life...my pups missed me while I was gone but only half as much as I did them!! My Dad's surgery went well and I enjoyed spending Mother's Day with my mom-we were in NH and while the weather was iffy there is nothing like being by the water...the sea breeze, the seagulls and the boat horns all make me happy-maybe it's because I'm a Pisces??

Cynthia from The Drawn Thread is releasing the above three-next in the calendar cover series-they do not necessarily have to be calendar covers either-they would be a great house-warming gift with the family name below! And could be framed or finished as a pillow/hanging! Check out Cynthia's blog too http://www.thedrawnthread.blogspot.com/ She has a new puppy and a new home!! Good luck, Cynthia!! Love little Oliver Twist!!

A very good friend of mine, Amy, may be starting a stitch-along with the new Mystery Club sampler-I will post the info as soon as I hear work from her-good luck, Amy!!

I am hoping there are more great new things this week-will keep you all posted-oh, and my Wild Lilies is looking fabulous!! Will bring my camera in tomorrow and put a picture up!! Take care!! Have a good Monday night!

Molly

Happy Mother's Day!

Greetings! So sorry it has been so very long-I hope all of you are well and enjoying the gorgeous weather! Phyllis and I have been stitching our fingers off on the Blackbird Rewards of Merit designs-she of course is getting many more stitched than I-but she is trying the Spring Tulips on 40 count-we are doing ours on 40 Tundra-and we changed one of the colors-she and I like to change things up a bit-we did it on Wild Lilies and we both are very pleased with the results-will post pics...

Above are new and not available but will be soon-Little House's next ornament, Country Cottage's Button, Button and Bee Joyful....Long Dog's Paws and Claws ....Shepherd's Bush Mothers Hope....
Heading up to NH to spend Mother's Day with my Mom...Dad had his cataract surgery and is doing well but will be doing errands and helping out at the house while he recuperates...I wish you all a Happy Mother's Day-Ruthie just asked me after I wished someone on the phone a Happy M's Day, "What if they aren't a Mother"...to which I responded, "Everyone is...maybe a Dog Mother, a Cat Mom, a caretaker to a child or parent....or a Mother of a child...we are in some ways each a Mother."

So until we meet again, take care and keep stitching!! XOXO

Happy Birthday, Abby!

Hello fellow stitchers! Happy Birthday, Abby!! Happy Birthday eve to my Sammy-girl!! And thank you to my fellow Friday night stitchers!! It was a fun group-some new faces, some not as new(don't want to say "old" !!) We had a great time and thanks to Lise for the coconut macaroons!!
Got back for NH last night-my Southwest flight was 1.5 hours late so bedtime was very, very late for me...was a good weekend with my folks and my great niece's 1st birthday (the Molly Sampler was for her)...her mum (my niece) loved it-which is always a great feeling-giving such a huge piece of yourself away can be tricky-my stitched pieces become a part of me-I kept a picture of little Molly with the piece and thought about her/her future as I stitched...it's a creation of the heart and hands...and to know that someone else will treasure it after it leaves your hands makes the heart and soul contented. I was reading a book that Beth bought called "The Secret Lives of Dresses"...it touched on similar issues-and there I was on the plane crying...the book has it's downfalls but it is an interesting one.
Hope all is good with you all-that you had a good weekend-I missed my pups but received such a warm, noisy, sloppy welcome home.
The above is going into my stash-it is the completed Inn at Fox River by Little House-I can not wait until it arrives here!!
Well, off to finish ordering Hoffman--enjoy your Tuesday!!
Molly

Peeks at upcoming favs!

Hi all-Hope you're seeing/feeling touches of Springtime! We hit almost 80 yesterday-Beth was so happy-me, I thought it felt a tad too warm-I enjoy the days of 50's and 60's-today, we are seeing our share of grey skies and showers-that' s what we're supposed to see, right? But days like this make it hard to get out of bed! Lucky for me I have those woofers that don't like to sleep too late!

Little House has given us a sneak peek at the Inn at Fox River...now you know that's a must for this fox lover! Poor Mr Miley has heard our neighborhood fox the past several nights-and he feels it his duty to bark him away at 3:30 in the morning! Sometimes there is that love/hate thing going for those foxes!

The next two are due out by Plum Street-I'm going to have to change mine from "lazy" to "crazy"!

Lastly is Country Cottage's next release-Red, White and Bloom-Connie is going to love this one!

Beth and I and the gang head to our first Phillie's game this week-after watching all of the basketball that has been on I haven't tuned in to see much baseball yet-this will get us kickstarted...

Well, back to mail order-thanks for checking in--hope all is good with you all!

xoxo Molly

Banana Pudding

Well-after many request I am posting what i made last evening! I had all intentions of making the pudding according to the directions that Linda R gave me but as I have a touch of my grandmother in me, I just had to change it up a bit! So I started to gather ingredients and found I had to substitute a few things-but it worked out really well!!

2 cups milk

1 5 ounce box instant vanilla pudding

1 8 ounce of softened cream cheese

1 14 ounce can sweetened condensed milk (and Nikki I so wanted to just drink it!! )

1 12 ounce container thawed frozen whipped topping ( I used a can of whipped cream)

2 ripe bananas

I threw everything in the mixer and beat er up! I only used a 3 ounce box of pudding so next go round I will use a bigger one to make it firmer-just yummy!

Found another recipe I'm going to try this weekend-Enjoy!! :) Molly

New Mystery Club to be released soon!

Hi all-Can't believe we are quickly approaching April-this weekend is Beth's birthday and we'll be celebrating big here! Mary Anne came in this AM and saw my leftover soup in the fridge and asked me if it was the leftover Banana Pudding(the recipe from Linda R. at stitching)...well now I really must go home tonight and whip it up! I have to promise myself not NOT to eat the entire bowl...NOT to eat more than one teaspoon of the sweetened condensed milk! I was glad to hear Phyllis say she can do the same!! Most people make me feel as though I have hair on fire when I say I can eat spoon after spoon of it!!! Well, big news from Country Stitches/With Thy Needle-They are releasing a Birds of A Feather Mystery Sampler Club-there will be three patterns in the series-the first will be the border...the second and third ones will be the center of the designs-stitch count is 173 w x190 h stitched on 35ct WDW linen but can be stitched on their 30 or 40 count linen of the same color-not sure yet if we can adapt it to aida but we will let you know! The entire piece will use 18 skeins of Weeks Dye Works floss...on 35ct fabric the design will be 9 7/8 x 10 7/8--typically this would be a piece costing $22.00 ($20.50 on 30ct, $30.00 on 40ct) but if you sign up and prepay by April 16th we will extend a special Club price-- -Birds of a Feather Mystery Club 30ct WDW fabric, three charts and 18 skeins of WDW floss-$71.00 -Birds of a Feather Mystery Club 35ct WDW fabric, three charts and 18 skeins of WDW floss-$73.00 -Birds of a Feather Mystery Club 40ct WDW fabric, three charts and 18 skeins of WDW floss-$79.00 Call us, email us or fax us and we will get you on the list!! Looking forward to seeing this-you know I am numbero uno on the list!! First release is scheduled for May 10th with pattern two to be released on June 10th, pattern three July 10th. Hope all is good with you-not to worry-warmer weather is coming to us next week-hang in 'til then!! Molly

Friday Stitching

Good morning all-I wanted to say what a fun time I had on Friday night-what a great group of gals (but then again it always is a blast!)...thank you to Linda R for the recipes-it took all of my power not to make the banana pudding (I knew I would eat the whole dern thing!) but now that the week has started I can make it and bring it in to share!! We had a couple of new faces (Donna's not a new name though-it was nice to put a face to you, Donna!) and many old ones (not age wise!!)--we had all sorts of discussions and sharing and fun!
What a gorgeous weekend of nice weather we had too-My Nemo has become obsessed with some chipmunks that hang out in my yard-he really wants to get ahold of one-yikes! It certainly doesn't help that they squeek when they run! That is one of the tough parts of Springtime is the wildlife that become oh so interesting!
The above is Bunny & Co that is now in cross stitch-and will be available soon! I started one of the carrots from Harried Hare from Samsarrah-it is ADORABLE! I will get a picture up tomorrow!
I hope you all are doing wwll and had a good weekend-keep stitching!
:) Molly