Procrastation ...
... is my besetting sin. I have finally gotten my last two giveaways packed up and ready for mailing and my husband will take them to the post office tomorrow. So, naturally. I had to fill the void...
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Finishing
Gathering all those smalls charts for the giveaway put me in the mood to finish a few of the little suckers.This is Country Cottage Needleworks Sunflower Sampler finished as a flat ornament trimmed...
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A Little More Finishing
A few more Prairie Schooler Year Rounds: Unless otherwise shown. backing fabrics are solid colors matching the design. January: Crescent Moon and Star. Finished as a round flat ornament with a...
View ArticleGiveaway Winner
Calamity Jr. is this month's winner. I was pleased that her name came up as she is a frequent commenter on the blog. I feel we have become cyber-friends. I hope she enjoys the charts as much as I...
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And The Finishing Becomes A Frenzy
I took a few days off stitching for my husband's surgery and post-op care.But the mood is still upon me and I hope to get all the flat ornaments in the finishing basket done before it dissipates. Who...
View ArticleAdventures in Health Care
I am back after a little over a month [it all started 2-14] in hospital and nursing home and I have even less faith in the medical institutions than ever. I trust a few carefully selected doctors but...
View ArticleBack to Stitching
I find I am somewhat distracted as I return to my stitching, moving from project to project and making little progress on any. Currently, I am working on the Jacobean Elegance afghan, a Rhodes stitch...
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A little of this, A little of that
In between doctor's appointments, home health nurse visits and home PT visits, I have gotten in a little stitching, a bit more reading and a very little catch-up housework. My husband led a bachelor...
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Rebooting
The last post to this blog was nearly three months ago and I am still adjusting to the new regimens of living with kidney disease. I haven't had much energy or inclination for blogging. I have even...
View ArticleUFO/WIPs Progress Report
It's been a while since my last progress report. These past several month, I worked on #'s 11, 12, 14 and 22 [as marked in blue] from the list.Lori Birmingham's Pansy Garden Nantucket Style Basket...
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Another Flower Block
Working on the Jacobean Elegance Afghan is very easy on the eyes ... and it has the added advantage of keeping my legs warm when my husband cranks up the air conditioner to full blast. So far, I have...
View ArticleNinth Blogaversary
The start date was 8/26/08. To celebrate, I'll be giving away a grab bag of 21 charts that reflect my rather eclectic tastes, including charts from Bent Creek, Calico Crossroads, Homespun Elegance,...
View ArticleAnnual Goals Revaluated
As part of my blogaversary month activities, I am taking stock of my stitching progress so far this year. These were my goals as of January 2017. 01. My Own Crazy Challenge: work on unfinished class...
View ArticleGiveaway Winner
Is Jo Who Can't Think of a Clever Name. I'll send her an e-mail today and let her know to expect the charts as soon as the somewhat erratic cross-Atlantic mail can manage it.What did it for me was her...
View ArticleResuming Monthly Giveaways
I know I just had a blogaversary giveaway but I have decided to return to the practice of announcing a giveaway on the 4th of each month and selecting a winner on the 10th. I thought I'd start by...
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August WIP/UFO Update
During August, I worked on #'s 8, 11, 12 and 22 [as marked in blue] from the list. That means I have stuck closely to stated goals for August. I just haven't gotten back into sewing and assembly...
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Memories
Back in the days when my boys were young, my husband and I learned to tread carefully at bed check.Is it any wonder that we buy Legos for our grandsons' birthday and Christmas gifts?
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Martha
I have finished Band 15 and have moved onto Band 16, a Lace Stitch canopy over the wedding scene, itself. This band is deceptively time consuming, taking up several days of stitching time.But with...
View ArticleSeptember Winner
Apparently dragon charts appeal to only a small percentage of my followers or, like Jo, a fair number of my readers already have their own copies of what's on offer.Nevertheless, there's still a...
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Just Martha
Just Martha seems to have been my stitching focus these past ten days. And, now, just Martha is all that's's left to stitch. The Lace Canopy is finally done and I am now on to the Wedding Scene band....
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Martha is a Finish
Here is the lady in all her bridal finery. The gown in golden olive is comprised of 193 tiny rice stitches stitched with one strand and simulating the look of brocade fairly successfully. It took...
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Martha: Tout Ensemble/Mystic Stitcher's Pocket and Accessorues
Here is the promised full photo: Martha, neatly pressed and just waiting to be lined and adorned with bell pull hardware. I apologize for the indoor lighting. I'll tale a better photo once I get the...
View ArticleRe-thinking the Rotation
Stitching in recent months has been all over the spectrum from one-project-at-a-time to flitting from one project to another several times in a day. There were weeks on end of The Jacobean Elegance...
View ArticleProgress Of A Sort
The bell pull hardware arrived and I will be using the brass for Martha. I did a bit more work on the afghan, but managed to finish only one other block when I had hoped to finish two in that same...
View ArticleAbsurd
At 6:00 a.m. this morning, as I lay in that lazy haze between waking and rising, a lyric from the early 60s suddenly played in my head: Running Bear loves Little White Dove/With a love as big as the...
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