Stay Home and Stitch!

Wanted to get a final "California Post" done today.  Am going to be busy packing the RV.  We are definitely leaving on Sunday unless they close the state.

Had a finish!!


Frances Pool 1838 by With Thy Needle and Thread/Brenda Gevais

This was a nice stitch and I am really fond of the moderate sized samplers....Most samplers are so huge they intimidate me a little.  The colors are a little wierd, but I find that with most reproduction samplers and try vey hard to resist the urge to change them.  I am happy with the final result and just have to put  my intials and the date on it and it will be ready to frame.  I had to finish it so I could use the Omanik side bars on another project I am starting.




Forgive the messy desk, but I did get Frances Pool framed.




So, of course, I had to start another project;   Isabella Uffindel.  She is HUGE.....the chart is in 25 pages so if I complete a page a week I will have it done by the end of the year, which is the goal.  I am using the DMC threads and 40 count Vintage Butter Pecan by Lakeside Linen.  I have to say the fabric is just beautiful (at the price it should be).  I went back and forth about whether to use the DMC or the silks, but it calls for so many colors that I was not prepared to spring for the silks for this project.

Isabella Uffindel by Hands Across the Sea Samplers





Elizabeth Jones by La D Da.

I am not wild about is the fabric.  It is pretty, but is that flimsy weeks dye works product.  Cannot seem to get it tight enough on the Rolaframe.




A Perfect World by The Scarlett House

A little progress on this beauty.  Still enjoying it and still not sure about all the black at the bottom.....perhaps I will tent stitch it.  The basket of flowers on the left is the top of the design.  I always feel like I am close to a finish once I start the wording... Don't be fooled, there is alot to complete.  There is alot of black on this project so I will probably change the birds to different colors.    Already did  a little red bird for the cardinals in the yard.  And I changed the dogs to try to match the dogs that I have, and included my brother's dog, Maggie (the little brown one in front of the white house) who is always hanging around with us.





While I have many other projects I have been concentrating on these three for the past week or so.

Will be stitching on other projects that have higher thread counts during the trip.   Will let you know how the trip East goes....have only one stop planned for fuel.  We should be in Blanco in one week.

I have also been supporting local needlework shops because they are closed during this crazy pandemic scare.  Am a little disappointed that I will not get to visit "The Attic" in Mesa, AZ, but perhaps in the summer or fall I will get another chance.  Not sure I will post my crazy buying spree, but who knows.

Try to stay calm.  I am glad we are going to travel for a few days because we are all going a little mental.  Don't worry, we have lots of hand sanitizer, anti-germ wipes and even face masks ready for the trip.

Thank you for visiting.

Pump the Brakes

We are not going to Texas as planned this week.  It is good and bad.  Of course I am bummed about it, but I am the one that needs the dematological procedure that is holding us here in California.  Not because of the corona virus ....

What better reason to start a new project.

Elizabeth Jones by La-D-Da

And the border matched up!!!!! Hurray



I have had this kitted a while so I am glad to start it.  It is all DMC, 1 over 2 on a 36 count Parchment by Weeks Dye Works.   Interestingly, I am finding the weeks linen very, very "floppy".  Anyone else have this experience.   I am enjoying it and will always remember it as my Corona start!  HA


Have made a little more progress on Coffee Quaker

 I am itching for a finish this month to stay on track for my 20 in 20 finishes.  I need to dig out one of the many WIPS I have had going for a long time and get one knocked out before the end of the month.  Lofty goal, but.......

I hope you and your family are all staying safe and healthy.  One thing I cannot find is how long this craziness is going to last.  I fear we are headed for a depression.....lots of folks already out of work, businesses closed, kids at home, store shelves empty and on and on.   I would feel a little more positive if I were not in California, but what can ya do.  On the other hand, avoiding crowds, staying home; my favorite things! .... I don't need to make up an excuse!

Thanks for stopping by.

Mid March Update

Wanted to get a post in before we head off to Texas for the year.

Had a finish early this month:

Home of a Needleworker by Little House Needleworks

Thanks to Sampler Sundays at the Little House/Country Cottage facebook challenge this has finally been finished.







WIP Progress:

Coffee Quaker by Heartstring Samplers

I gotta tell ya, this project is really giving me fits.  After stitching one of the motifs three times, I found out it was in the wrong place....so time number four a moved it to its proper location....then, as I was preparing for the far right motif, I discovered I had done the "problem" motif in the wrong color....I am leaving it and adjusting the colors as needed.  Holy cow this project has become a pain.  But I am sticking with it.





The Library by Little House Needleworks

This is not on the Sampler Sunday list, but I am still working on this on Sundays




Linen & Threads 2020 SAL

Part 3 for March all done (the bottom three motifs).  I have still not decided on the initials at this point.  Perhaps if someone expresses an interest in having it when completed I can put in initials that have meaning for them.  Who knows.

A Perfect World by The Scarlett House

This project has lead me to discover I am not so fond of stitching houses.  It gets alot of attention, but is slow going.





Tis a Lovely Bird by Homespun Elegance

Thanks to a couple of hours in a waiting room this bird is coming along nicely  Would like to finish it this month but we will see.



Frances Pool by Brenda Gervais

Once again I am finding the colors a little strange, but I am going to stick with it as charted.  Sage green birds seem a little off to me, as to Red Rock colored squirrels!!  I am enjoying this very much.  I like that is not a huge sampler as some of the projects I have in the wings.

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Extras:

Another great find that my Mother-In-Law stitched from a Paragon kit in the mid 60's.  I feel so lucky to have it.  It fit perfectly in a frame from Amazon and hangs in the dining room with her other piece.






Most projects will be packed away during our trip and I will work on a select couple.  

We are planning a stop at The Attic needleshop in Mesa, AZ if time and weather permit.  Since I rarely visit an actual needle shop I am looking forward to it.  The last time I visited one many years ago I was so overwhelmed I did not buy anything!  

Thanks for stopping by.  I have still not mastered the "comments" section of this blogging thing so please know that I read the comments and I do reply, but my replies do not seem to show up!