christmas stockings

Decluttering has become a way of life from Crazy Quilter on a Bike!

OK—I'll try to stop talking about the decluttering thing in the blog for a bit. But seriously, you won't turn back once you get the hang of how this works. I opened the pantry in the kitchen when I had a few moments waiting for lunch to heat up. We store the dog supplies in there. It wasn't quite tidy enough for me, so I spent a mere five minutes, and now it looks like this. Did you notice the partially empty shelf? If we didn't have dogs, this would be EMPTY!

The dog supplies ...

added by Elaine 11 months, 2 weeks ago. under christmas ornaments , christmas stockings , decluttering , lexi , m , magazines , murphy

Finished!!! from mequilter

I can't believe I have waited a whole month to make this post.

On October 12, at 130 in the early morning, I put the last stitch in Nikki's stocking!

As I unrolled it from the frame it was on,

I was surprised at how long it was.

And here it is!

I don't know why it looks so tan here, maybe it is because

I took a picture at night.

The next day, Saturday I took it to The Attic Needlework shop to have it sent to the lady who makes it into a stocking.

The ...

added by Mary 11 months, 3 weeks ago. under christmas stockings , nikki's stocking

Week 33, Nikki's Stocking Update from mequilter

This post will be short and sweet!

I have been busy preparing for the

9/11 National Day of Service on Saturday the 14th.

Plus, I am helping some lovely people I know,

to care of their bedridden Mom.

I go a little crazy sometimes.

But here is the progress I have made!

Be Happy! Be Creative!

added by Mary 1 year, 1 month ago. under christmas stockings , nikki's stocking

Week 29 Nikki's Stocking Update!! from mequilter

I made great progress this week. I am excited!

Next week I might make less progress than I want because

want to make my 6 scrapbooking pages for July.

Of course, I left it for the end of the month.

Silly Girl!

added by Mary 1 year, 2 months ago. under christmas stockings , nikki's stocking

Weeks 30, 31, 32 Nikki's Stocking Update from mequilter

Yes, I am doing three weeks at once. And in case you think there should be 4 weeks of updates. I was on vacation in Florida for a week and didn't do any stitching, but I had a good week in Florida.

Week 30

I was able to fill in the center flower and the branches on both sides.

I still have flowers to add to the branches.

Week 31

I wanted to get Nikki's name on her stocking, so that is what I did!

I planned her name out on the graft.

It looks so good!

Week ...

added by Mary 1 year, 2 months ago. under christmas stockings , nikki's stocking

Week 28 Nikki's Stocking Update from mequilter

I am counting the post showing I finished the foot of the stocking

as the update for week 27th.

While working on the angels I asked Nikki if she would like this back stitching around the angel's clothes. She said she does like it.

This is what the angel would look like without the back stitching.

It looks better with the backstitching!

So here is all the progress for this week.

Things were slowed down a little,

as I had a Just Serve project to work on.

This is all I have left to work on!

added by Mary 1 year, 3 months ago. under christmas stockings , nikki's stocking

Extra Stocking Update! from mequilter

At 12:33 AM on July 10th,

I put the last stitch in the foot of the stocking!

It would have been earlier on the 9th but I stopped to speak to both of my daughters when they came in from different activities.

I was determined not to go to be until I finished that side.

Close-up of the left side foot area. All done!

The bottom of the stocking!

The stocking has been rolled up to work on the upper half!

Strange to see a different view of the stocking after

looking at that foot for so long!

added by Mary 1 year, 3 months ago. under christmas stockings , nikki's stocking

Six Months One Month at a Time from mequilter

January 4th Day one!

February One Month

March Two Months

April Three Months

May Four Months

June Five Months

July Six Months

I think I am more than halfway done with the stocking

even though I have the top half of the stocking to go.

The foot part has a lot of details and filling in.

added by Mary 1 year, 3 months ago. under christmas stockings , nikki's stocking

Week 26 July 4, 6 month mark from mequilter

I just realized I should have taken a picture on

June 27th for the Week 25 update. But I didn't!

I started the stocking on January 4th and

July 4th marked the 6-month mark.

I am still working on that foot part and I did roll it

up from the bottom so I am making progress.

On July 3rd, I decided I wasn't going to stitch the fence on the hill in the off-white because it isn't visible against the background fabric.

I decided to blend one strand of each off-white with one of the golden tans ...

added by Mary 1 year, 3 months ago. under christmas stockings , nikki's stocking

Week 24 Nikki's Stocking Update from mequilter

Can you see the progress I made?

There are new leaves on the right and an

almost finished flower on the left.

I had some struggles with my new magnifying glasses.

I was wearing them alone without my normal progressive glasses.

The problem was I couldn't read my chart well.

With the help of my husband he removed the arms of the glasses and replaced the arms with an elastic strap. With the strap loosened I can wear my own glasses and the magnifying glasses.

Now I can read the chart and see to stitch.

Maybe my speed will ...

added by Mary 1 year, 4 months ago. under christmas stockings , nikki's stocking

Week 22 and Week 23 Nikki's Stocking Update from mequilter

This picture was actually taken on Wednesday the 5th. I had just gotten a new thread and realized I had used the wrong color to fill the basket. It looks so close to the other color I hadn't realized it wasn't a match. Since I had finished so much of the basket, I decided to continue with the same color. No one will know, except I just told the world.

Here is a comparison between the two stockings.

Kierra's from 1995 and Nikki's.

I actually like the mistake better, it is brighter.

This is the picture ...

added by Mary 1 year, 4 months ago. under christmas stockings , nikki's stocking

Week 21 Nikki's Stocking update for May 30 from mequilter

Since it was such a busy week, prepping fleece to take to High Adventure for the kids to have a Just Serve project to work on.

Yes, I trimmed the salvage off of all that fleece yardage!

And enjoying 3 days and 2 nights at camp.

Even with all that I did manage to get some stitching done.

After finishing the right branch in the left basket, I realized I still needed to do that branch in the right basket.

So, I did that and started some leaves.

Do you remember my broken magnifying glass? Well, the tape didn't ...

added by Mary 1 year, 5 months ago. under christmas stockings , nikki's stocking

Week 20 of the Stocking Update for May 23rd from mequilter

I am late posting this update for the following reasons:

Samantha's High School graduation was on May 23rd.

Mary, Samantha, and Richard

Samantha's graduation Dinner was on May 24th.

The Family

Klint's birthday celebration was on May 26th.

Just us

On Tuesday the 28th I left for High Adventure with

the youth from church. And I returned on May 30th.

It was pleasant during the days around the mid-70s

but cold at night down to the 50s.

A big difference from the Valley of the Sun where

it was 105 the day we left.

Me at camp ...

added by Mary 1 year, 5 months ago. under christmas stockings , nikki's stocking

Week 19 Nikki's Stocking for May 16th from mequilter

I am going to be on time for this week's post.

Last week's goal was to finish the outline of

the hill the church sits on, and to fill in the year completed, my initials, and the Scripture reference.

First I needed to check with Nikki about how she wanted the year written, as 2024 or just as 24. I showed her a picture of my oldest daughter's stocking, who has the same stocking, and I only used 95.

I have no idea why I used two different colors for the lettering.

I never noticed until now ...

added by Mary 1 year, 5 months ago. under christmas stockings , nikki's stocking

Week 18 Nikki's Stocking update for May 9th from mequilter

I missed posting for last week.

Better late than never.

My goal for the week was to finish the church

and start the hill it sits on.

Here is the church before it is backstitched. Doesn't it look nice?

Now it is really finished and looks more complete.

The next evening, on Thursday I had the hill started.

I hit my goal.

added by Mary 1 year, 5 months ago. under christmas stockings , nikki's stocking

Week 17 of Nikki's Stocking from mequilter

I made some good progress this week.

I am jumping around a bit. I wanted to get that church started.

And believe me, when I say, I will be glad when it is finished.

Working with almost the same shade of floss as

the background is hard.

Once the church is finished I will start on the bottom hill!

I worked on a few of the plants in the cornucopia.

A close-up of the church.

Be Happy!

added by Mary 1 year, 5 months ago. under christmas stockings , nikki's stocking

Week 15 of Nikki's Stocking from mequilter

It is more like week 15.5.

I saw the surgeon on April 16th. And he said my eye was doing well and he was really impressed with my vison of 20/60.

Of course I had two big questions could I drive and could I stitch. He said yes to both if it felt comfortable. I didn't stitch that day a Tuesday because my eye pain and irritation was the worst it had been. He increased my prednisone drops from 4 times a day to 6 times and that did make an improvement.

On Wednesday I did a ...

added by Mary 1 year, 6 months ago. under christmas stockings , nikki's stocking

Week 14 Nikki's Stocking Progress. from mequilter

So, last Sunday I was stitching and I noticed that the stitching I had done on Saturday had an error in it.

I couldn't figure out a way to fix it, so you know what that means. Time to do the frog stitch, rip it, rip it.

I made my mistake by coming down the right side instead of coming down the center. So, when I went to do the left side it didn't line up.

Here is that blue area all fixed.

I didn't do any stitching after Tuesday since that was surgery day.

I was ...

added by Mary 1 year, 6 months ago. under christmas stockings , nikki's stocking

Week 13 Nikki's Stocking Update from mequilter

Another week and I made more progress.

I had to roll it up again, The heads of the wise men are lost in the plastic cover. Those top covers are hard to take off and the bottom ones fall off easily. There is one I can hardly keep on.

I just had to go check last's weeks picture

to see how much progress I made.

I did good this week.

Tonight is Monday April 8, tomorrow I will have my eye surgery to replace my dislocated implanted lens. Praying for better vision.

Be happy!

added by Mary 1 year, 6 months ago. under christmas stockings , nikki's stocking

Wek 12 Progress Report from mequilter

I am late posting again but I still have a picture of my progress.

Which I took a day late.

I have been having issues with my eye making it uncomfortable to stitch. But I still do a little each day.

I will have surgery on April 9th to implant a new lens.

One week to go. I am so looking forward to better vision.

Plus the new magnifying glass I purchased isn't working out real well. It is too heavy to stay where I want it to stay.

And my old one keeps falling off the arm. the ...

added by Mary 1 year, 7 months ago. under christmas stockings , nikki's stocking

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