Oh My Heavens!

Saw in my friend Margaret's blog that she has been working on And They Sinned, and I realized that while I put an hour or so into mine at times, I have not posted an update in quite a long time. Margaret is much farther along than I am - take a peek at hers :-) I am a bit mired in the sky/Heavens in the top section. I think I will keep this pulled out and put a little time into it this weekend. Might be time for me to go back to using a rotation with my stitching??

This sampler is great fun, and I really hope that once the blob of the sky/Heavens is finished, I will really love having a whole slew of little colorful motifs to stitch next.  One problem for me, though, is that I am using a skein of GAST Tarnished Gold that is a fantastic color lot... very tarnished.  But it is years old and from Gentle Arts' earlier days (I can tell by the sales tag on the skein - where I bought it has been closed for a looooooong time). Problem?  Some of the threads are much thinner than they should be.  Not sure what happened there.  Half or more of the skein is unuseable.... unfortunate.

OK...  kinda determined to finish the blob here...

More snow today. So exciting.  Who wants Spring anyhow??/ (strong, strong note of sarcasm is required here)...

And They Sinned Update

Happy Weekend Friends!

It has been raining here for days (off and on, mostly on!), so what better to do than stitch and watch sports, Game of Thrones, etc...  Getting in chores and exercise too - lol.  Today I am posting my first official update of And They Sinned...  Santa's Village has been my focus piece, but as I wait a few more days for part 7 to arrive, I figured I would put a few more stitches on this humungous sampler - which I truly love stitching on, and I pray it will not take 9 years as Houses of Hawk Run Hollow did!

Hope you are all well - Happy Memorial Day to all of my US friends!

Mrs. Claus' Cookie Shop

I finished up Part 4 of Santa's Village this afternoon... just in time, have Part 5 ready to go and hope to start it this week while I am on vacation.

Mrs. Claus' Cookie Shop Part 4 of Santa's Village by Country Cottage Needleworks

Santa's Village Parts 1-4 Lakeside Linens 40 ct Misty Rain Linen, DMC, WDW, GAST and CC - called for floss Pardon the wonky upper edge, it is in my QSnap in the photo

And... I started And They Sinned last month. I am stitching it with the called for threads on 35-36 ct Sandstone Linen.... I am posting this primarily so that I can go back when I am finishing and be able to recall when I started it. This sampler calls for month/year of start be stitched in the personalization near the end... Note to self: Started 03-13