I have been sick the last few days and with a fever and cold, I have been holed up in my room to protect my family from whatever my germs are. I am never bored in my room. The hunt for something to stitch for the Blackbird Academy SAL had sent me down a seriously deep rabbit hole. I found […]
I managed to finished Mary Ellen’s verse this week: I really love this sampler. The verse is very touching I think. My goal for Sampler September is to finish the is one. Do-able! Hey, I finished Dorcas Haynes last September which was much more difficult work! Towards that end, I got the 2nd butterfly put in this morning, and started […]
It is easy to love Mary Ellen Turner. The silks, the soft colors, and my beautiful Lakeside linen make it a joy to stitch. I stitched on her all weekend. I selected to do one of the more “count-y” bits since I had good time to sit in daylight and read the pattern. How do you like the butterfly? To […]
I picked up Anna Millet from Reflets de Soie last week. I felt that a monochrome project and one with a lot of letters in it would be an inspiring thing to try to get the stitching mojo back. I think that is working out. I have made some progress since last time I touched this Before: Now: The progress […]
Hey! I bet you weren’t expecting my next post to have finishes in it. I didn’t. Anyway! Here they are! The stitching is done on the Corinne Lapierre felt pin drum: I also finished the stitching on this small from Giulia Punti Antichi. I decided instead of making it a “stitching pillow” with a pocket (I couldn’t figure out how […]
I’ve had much going on in my family life and I needed a break from personal projects and self-imposed vanity to-dos. I still need a break but it’s ok for me to check in today with a few creative accomplishments. I’m making myself do something creative about once a week and sort of hoping something will reignite a handwork passion. […]
Between Easter, gardening, and busy kid schedules, I didn’t stitch too much after my last post. I finally DID finish the bouquet of Cheerful Bouquet…here it is… (and I started the sawtooth border) I decided to do the sawtooth border in 2 ply. I will run out silk I from the kit I think, but I have a skein so […]
Well, as I’ve been stitching Cheerful Bouquet I’ve been wondering what about it is *not quite right.* I compared my stitching to the cover photo, the reason I bought it…and the darker pink that was supplied in the kit is NOT that lovely contrasting light red in the photo. So oh dear, I am going to fix it. I will […]
Happy Easter! I love Easter. Aside from the significance of the day, I love doing up the big feast. This year it was lamb chops, Persian rice (Tahdig), roasted carrots, asparagus, deviled eggs, orange jello ring, and a lamb cake for dessert. My daughter took over making the lamb cake this year. Looking at this menu written down I see […]
I had the best intentions to work on Checkerboard Stag this week, especially since I knew I’d have some “wait around” stitching time…but I can’t for the life of me find the project bag for that one! I was tidying up my stitching area and I’m sure I put it in a “WIPs to work on basket” but it is […]