I've moved up to the top left now. Love the colors.
And now, because my mom will be checking for an update...here are some Halloween pictures from 1993. Barney and a little red devil!
And in 1994 - Barney Again with Baby Bop!
Hope you have a great week. Thanks for stopping by!
I hope to stitch awhile longer, but am stopping for a moment to provide you with an update. The left bottom half is finished!
I think I am going to work on the top left now for a change of pace.
I thought it would be fun to look back at some of our Halloween's of the past. Today I dug through old photos; they really brought back some memories.
When my kids were small we did not trick or treat in the neighborhood. I dressed them up and took them to visit my mom, one of her old neighbors, and several of my aunts and uncles. I think the old folks had as much fun as the kids did. Here are a couple photos from my son's first few Halloweens!
1990 - Pat was ten months old...
1991 - we had a horrible blizzard - no trick or treating this year!
1992 - Pat loved the Gedney pickle at the State Fair this year, so I made him a pickle costume!
When it came time to go trick or treating, he didn't want to wear the pickle costume. So, instead, he wore the Dalmatian costume that I made the year before (the year of the blizzard). With Auntie Florence and Auntie Betty...
More pictures tomorrow night!
Still chipping away at Crown Sampler from Plum Street Samplers.
Kind of chilly and quite wet here in the north. Hoping for a good weekend.
This is all I have to show for three hours of stitching.
I must be a really slow stitcher. Of course, I was watching Dancing With the Stars too!
I haven't had a lot of time to stitch lately. Life gets in the way sometimes from doing what we want or like to do. Sometimes I also think that I have a hard time settling on a project because I have too many to choose from. Do you know that feeling?
I've discovered that I like being behind on Randje. It's a good project to travel with. Easy to work on when waiting at the doctor office or when at guild meetings where the lighting isn't always the best. So, I'm not going to work on Randje tonight; it's okay that I'm a little behind.
Instead, I've decided that I'm going to spend some quality time with this beauty. I've been working on it on and off for about a year now. I think it deserves to be finished. Please excuse the wrinkles!
You might recognize it. It's called 1837 Crown Sampler from Plum Street Samplers.
Hope I have a progress report to share tomorrow.
I'm working on week 41 right now; here are the previous week's rows.
I think I am going to run out of banding. Am sad that this project is coming to an end.
One month I'm posting on a regular basis and the next month I disappear! Not to worry, I'm still here. Just haven't had much time for stitching or posting.
The Mad Tatter had rotator cuff surgery last week on her left shoulder. She's doing pretty well but I spent a good amount of time with her on the day of her surgery and the day after.
During her surgery I was able to get caught up on Randje. Will share that photo with you tomorrow night. Then I started to work on the most recent (and final) part for the Shepherds Fold. Will share a photo once a little more progress is made.
Over the weekend, Jackie du Plessis was here in MN and I had the good fortune to be able to take her class - Hands to Work, Hearts to God. Our class was in an old house that has been converted into an Arts Center. Lots of small rooms filled with oil paintings, watercolour pictures, etc. Even some sculptures.
A couple of the rooms were set up as classrooms. We were a fairly small group and it worked! Lots of one-on-one attention from Jackie.
I'm looking forward to getting started on this set of smalls!
I just can't help myself! I think this is the last La D Da kit that I had in my stash. It's the Birdy Stitching Roll. I'm off to a good start I think.
This stitched up,quickly! It's the front and the back of a La D Da design called Basket Weave Needle-Keep. It was a limited edition kit at one of the Nashville Markets either this year or last.
My finishing pile is growing!
Another project from the August retreat that I haven't shared with you...Ukrainian Eggs by Michele Roberts. Now, don't for a minute think that I have crossed over to the "dark side". I just dipped my toes in the pool for a little bit! Truthfully, I just couldn't resist this project. The vibrant thread colors against the black congress cloth called my name. It was also a history lesson. Michele shared a lot of information with us about the symbolism of the colors and the designs.
It was a great class and I look forward to working on this again real soon!
Happy Saturday all! It's a beautiful day in the northland. I've been doing laundry and trying to clean up my craft room.
Can't remember if I shared a picture of these scissor fobs with you. At retreat in August, we had a class where one of our members walked us through how to make them step-by-step. I'm not a beader, so this was all new to me, but I think mine turned out quite nice. Some of the other stitchers made some pretty elaborate fobs with beautiful beads; I took the more simplistic route!
Can only clean for about another hour; we have a wedding to go to this afternoon. The bride and groom have some beautiful weather for their special day.
Horrible photo, but just wanted to let you know that I'm still working on the stitching for another small project from Jackie du Plessis. Little more to go on this one yet!
Have you missed me? Not as much time for stitching this week, but I did finally finish stitching the two Randje bands from week 36. I'm still two weeks behind.
She's finally finished. Never expected this piece to be such a challenge. I keep saying that it was the 30 count linen, because I'm always stitching on larger counts. That's my story and I'm sticking to it!
Despite a lot of frogging, she looks pretty good. She's going to reside in the finishing bin for awhile.
Garden Maiden from La D Da.
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