multishoppe: Cheap scissors and progress

Hello everyone. I really expected to sit and stitch all day this week, but it didn't happen. I only had an early morning doctor appointment and the day was to be mine. Well, as usual, I have something weird. It's never good when your doctor looks at you and says "what the hell is THAT??", but I already knew it to be nothing. I googled it. So I explained to her what it was, the name of the condition, that it is benign, but why I have it is a total mystery since I don't have the cause which is a serious condition. Nevertheless, she sent me for testing for two days so my days of stitching on the swing got sidetracked. I'm fine. She is still baffled and not dropping the issue, but I have. Going back to the hospital that put my dad through the most horrible weeks of our lives, brought it all back. I was pulling my stitches so tightly, that I could see my wrinkled thighs through the stitching holes in the linen. Which is what I have to show you...

I'm really enjoying this sampler. It's a easy stitch, just enough alphabet, and the motifs are big enough to not be constantly changing needles for new colors. If I don't have any other distractions and loosen my tension a little, I should be done this week.

Take a look at what I found at Altmeyer's. If you don't have one near you, it's a towel and curtain and bedding store, some seconds, some not. These were on the counter and I snatched two pair. Sweet!!!

Here's how my rusted paint can is doing, and another that is new this year and just starting to rust. If you save your cans, make sure you save the lids too. You can tin punch designs in them, set them outside to completely rust (or spray paint them before they do) add candles inside and hang them on the 3' shepherd's hook with the lids on. Hot glue the candle to the bottom or you can add some sand, but you don't have to unless you get really high winds. Brand new clean cans can be purchased in most paint departments.