It’s not really fall in Arizona. We “enjoy” hundred degree days until Halloween. And since we don’t really have fall in the Valley/Phoenix area, I think that’s why people are very into a monthlong display of Halloween paraphernalia…trying to force a fall feeling even when it’s still hot and feels like summer…I do not exclude myself. While I have kids […]
So….what did I choose to stitch next? I was responsible and I picked a WIP from the priority stack…Cheerful Bouquet from Jeannette Douglas. I made great progress! I decided to skip the sawtooth border at first and dive into the yellow flowers. I thought they would kind of be a pain since they are lumpy and every other one is […]
I have finished Mary Ellen Turner! I decided to leave the Mary Ellen Turner and date, and add my own initials and year of finish. Stitching Age 11 under her name didn’t seem as important to me as signing it myself. I guess I’m leaving off a bit of backstory…I had thought about signing this with a family name instead […]
I started a new Blackbird. This is from the booklet “Deck The Halls” called First Day of Christmas. I haven’t gotten too far! I now have soccer practice to attend twice a week and a border is a good thing to work on during that so I was able to finish up the green on the border of Mary Ellen […]
I’ve been enjoying my Sampler September projects. I focused on making it up to the top of Anna Millet. I am eager to chop this sampler off of the quarter yard of linen she is on, which I’ll do immediately once I see how big she actually will be! It is like holding a table cloth to stitch on! Then […]
The September Sampler Soirée hashtag is back on Instagram again this year. I haven’t posted on IG in almost a year. It feels like it might be time to do that again and the September Sampler Soirée is as good a reason as any to start again. I had mentioned I had a plan to work on Anna Millet this […]
I have been sick the last few days and with a fever and cold, I have been holed up in my room to protect my family from whatever my germs are. I am never bored in my room. The hunt for something to stitch for the Blackbird Academy SAL had sent me down a seriously deep rabbit hole. I found […]
I managed to finished Mary Ellen’s verse this week: I really love this sampler. The verse is very touching I think. My goal for Sampler September is to finish the is one. Do-able! Hey, I finished Dorcas Haynes last September which was much more difficult work! Towards that end, I got the 2nd butterfly put in this morning, and started […]
It is easy to love Mary Ellen Turner. The silks, the soft colors, and my beautiful Lakeside linen make it a joy to stitch. I stitched on her all weekend. I selected to do one of the more “count-y” bits since I had good time to sit in daylight and read the pattern. How do you like the butterfly? To […]
I picked up Anna Millet from Reflets de Soie last week. I felt that a monochrome project and one with a lot of letters in it would be an inspiring thing to try to get the stitching mojo back. I think that is working out. I have made some progress since last time I touched this Before: Now: The progress […]
