Hello everyone! The sun is out, it's not snowing, the rain is over, and I'm finally having time to stitch. The boxes are all completed and packed - I really hope you will be happy with them. I know it's hard to purchase from a photo so I appreciate your confidence that they will be worthwhile.
Not much progress since I've been busy, but I have done a little stitching and should finish the motifs this evening on the Woodlawn (Virginie Cochepin). I have to say, I've seen a few ugly Adam & Eve figures, but this armless big white woman gives me the creeps.
Can't wait to start the alphabet, which I prefer to stitch. I know it's boring, but it requires less patience, a virtue I sorely lack. Another would be restraint. I ate an entire bag of Bliss chocolates this morning. It seems when I'm busy, concentrating, relaxing, moping, crying, distracted, sitting, driving, cleaning, sewing, stitching, painting, blog watching, shopping online, or watching TV, I grab one. Only those times, though.
I was gifted with the chart I have been waiting for - Overshot Heart - and I so love it and plan on starting it as soon as Black Santa is completed. I will sew it into the heart shape instead of framing. Maybe do a few in different colors and sizes. Just love it. Thank you gifter!
A few other things you may not be interested in. I've made several of those standard benches we all see but decided I needed a place to keep the growing collection of recipes so -
this one has a hinged lid with file hangers. When I worked in the doc office, we had so many magazines for the waiting room and I copied thousands of recipes. This is what's left and I need to sort and rid this pile again. They are categorized of course!When I took apart my samplers to photograph, I was surprised to find this..
Do you see the marks on the glass where the floss was touching? It's pretty dirty in there, even though they had the back dust cover on. Just to show you it's all inside, I made an X on the inside of the glass. Granted, I smoked like a chimney for years and although I quit over 10 years ago, these were on my walls at that time. Would that be the cause? I'm sure it doesn't hurt the sampler, but I found it interesting. So if you are cleaning your framed glass and it never looks sparkly, this may be why.
This little devil is the one that tore into my hand. She's in the cat condo styrofoam cooler, napping with her mom. They are both pregnant I'm sure, since there were several males attacking them a few days ago. I have to take them in within two weeks and will use a net and gloves if I have to.
Finally, there's this..
Just what I need after a bag of chocolates. But, there's always a bright side - I am so hyped up right now that I should be able to dust and sweep the entire house in record time. Greek stew for supper is already done so I will be stitching away shortly!Have a great week everyone! Thank you again for visiting and another thank you to new followers. I have a one year anniversary coming up, and if it wasn't for the encouragement I receive from you, I would have given up long ago. I can't tell you how much this experience has helped me regain my stitching mojo, and also lift me out of the grief fog. But it hasn't helped a bit with menopause - so people ..... work on it. Sooooo......
does this mean there will be a giveaway? We'll see!!
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