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.