I think these pictures really speak. Barbara has sent a wonderful package. I was just thrilled with each piece that Barbara selected to send. Thank you, Barbara.
Design information:
-Triangular pincushion: In a gentle fashion-
-Square pinkeep: Brightneedle-
What a lovely weekend we’ve had. On Friday night Joel and I caught up with Joel’s parents and his sister, her husband and their kids. It was great to catch up with them. Penny and Todd (Joel’s sister and brother in law) have just returned from a trip to France to see a friend’s wedding and it was lovely to see their photo’s of the event and the places they visited (our friend got married the same weekend Isabelle got married – how’s that for a coincidence!)
On Saturday Joel and I lazed about most of the morning (ok, I had a bit of a hangover) and then Joel went out and got a new haircut – he looks rather spunky now. Then I made a rather sloppy Shepherds pie for our tea, it usually turns out much better. Today I went out to the craft show held at the Claremont Showgrounds and had a good time catching up with Janine who had a stall there. In between all that, I have been working on Their Song. Here is my stitching update:
Getting closer…
I’ve been working on Peacock cypher this week! I’m nearly finished with section two. It really is quite lovely, but I’m bored with it and am ready to switch over to Their song again.
Have you seen the new Midsummer Nights Design – it’s gorgeous, I just love it.
Well, I have received the welcome news that Goldie has received her Summer Exchange package. This is the exchange I really had trouble settling on a design for. In the end I stitched part of Watermelon by LHN and finished it as a patch and attached it to a notebook and also the latest Cats Whiskers/Dinky Dyes Collaboration tuffet, Summer Breeze. I also started and gave up on Moss Creek’s Summer Garden Gate Sampler – I didn’t like the fabric I had started it on and time was getting short. I’d still like to stitch it one day, there are some interesting specialty stitches in it and I now have the anchor threads it calls for. Why did I have such trouble settling on a design? Well, Goldie might as well be my stash twin – we both like Chatelaine, Just Nan and TW to start with plus I know she likes a bit of LHN from when we were both members of Friends Gather. So unfortunately I was constantly second guessing my choices…till finally time was running out and I had to just get over my self doubts and get on with it. I was pretty pleased with both pieces when they were completed. The biscornu didn’t look like anything special till it was made up and then I loved it (hmm, I still have left over fibre from the kit…). Goldie took much better pix of the pieces – we are in the middle of winter here and all my photo’s are washed out (using the flash) or really dark.
And in other stitching news I went to my first Hardanger lesson on Saturday. I scanned my progress and it looked terrible so no pic for you today (it was white on white and you can’t really see anything). It was a fun class! I’ve already completed 50% of my homework (extra kloster blacks) we actually won’t be doing the cutting or needleweaving for another 5 weeks but I’ll keep you updated on my progress if I can get a good picture.
It was also Joel’s Birthday on Saturday. We went out for dinner Friday night in Mt Lawley and then browsed at Planet (book, DVD and CD shop – stays open late). Other than that, we have had a quiet weekend, coffee at Tranby House on Saturday afternoon, listening to Stephen Fry read Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, doing the washing and just enjoying each others company.
Oh, I nearly forgot! I finished my Quaker Alphabet exchange today. I’m really excited about how it looked when it was finished, so I can’t wait till I can share a picture with you all, I think it is some of my best work.
Golly I’ve blathered on a bit today. Time to shut up and get on with some stitching!!
I’d just like to say a huge thank you to all of you who posted condolence messages during the week. It has been very comforting. Max started to get ill again on Monday. It was a very severe attack. He was in such a lot of pain, we did what we thought was best. I do miss him. I miss that whenever I have a snack, there is no wet feeling around my knee where Max used to put his muzzle while begging. I miss him when I realise there is no reason to watch my footsteps (he was always underfoot). And I miss him when I am feeling low, he could aways tell and would try to cheer me up in his way. I’m glad I got to know him and care for him.
I have a couple of stitching updates today. First up, it is the SAL weekend on the Heaven and Earth Designs BB and this morning I finished the page I have been working on. One more page to go!!
Winter ACEO (Artwork by Sara Butcher) Heaven and Earth Designs.
And here is Their Song (Blackbird Designs) – I’m about halfway down the chart now.
I’m going out today to visit with my local stitching friends. It will be good fun catching up with them.
