How was everyone's weekend? Mine was rainy but productive in a stitchy sense. I would've rather cycled around and worked out my hips/thighs that have bloomed over the winter, however, sitting on those same hips/thighs catching up on Hart of Dixie with needle in hand was equally exciting!
So I finished La-D-Da's O Birdy. Thinking of a pillow finish with a twisted cord for trim.
Details: Stitched on 40 ct Flax Newcastle linen, fast becoming my favourite linen to stitch on. Threads are a mix of DMC, AVAS and GAST.
I also threw in a few more stitches into Sarah Chapple and Magic Garden, my SAL with Maggee. I still can't believe how long MG's fence is taking to stitch up!! Hopefully next Friday I will finish it.
Then after browsing through online stitching stores, and making mental lists of a plethora of designs to stitch, I came across the Blackbird Designs SAL that Alma and Barb are sharing with us. I have yet to make a simple alphabet sampler and so have decided to participate in this SAL. I'll need to put down my other projects to make time for this one. I pulled some threads and had some difficulty with the pinks/purples. I want to use my favourite Dinky Dye's Madi's Rose but I couldn't find it in my stash??!! Not sure where it took off to! Then I pulled two linens and am unsure of which one to use. Let me know what you think.
Lakeside Linen's 36ct Buttercream.
This one is much more yellowish in reality, less cream! The yellow is very pretty and brings out the gold.
Or PTP's 36 ct Legacy Linen...nice marbled antique look.
Hard to decide. Hubby thinks the Legacy but I'm leaning towards the buttercream. Decisions...I'm the worst with them!
Granny stripe progress! I've been crocheting on the train which is great. I'm about to add another colour in for my ride tomorrow morning. Can't decide between a teal or a dark plum colour. I'll bring both.
I also had a surprise in the mail. I recently won one of those darling little LHN sheep charts from Tricia at The Stamper's Stitches. She included the most adorable little handmade card with the chart. Once I stitch the design, I'll pass it on to the next stitcher. Thank you Tricia!!
From last week's bike trip, some black leafed clovers and pretty succulents. We have a terrible time keeping succulents, no matter how much we DO NOT water them, they ALWAYS die on us. I so wish to be able to keep succulents at some point in my life!!
Have a wonderful week! It's going to be sunny again when I work....isn't that the way?!
Anne
So I finished La-D-Da's O Birdy. Thinking of a pillow finish with a twisted cord for trim.
Details: Stitched on 40 ct Flax Newcastle linen, fast becoming my favourite linen to stitch on. Threads are a mix of DMC, AVAS and GAST.
I also threw in a few more stitches into Sarah Chapple and Magic Garden, my SAL with Maggee. I still can't believe how long MG's fence is taking to stitch up!! Hopefully next Friday I will finish it.
Then after browsing through online stitching stores, and making mental lists of a plethora of designs to stitch, I came across the Blackbird Designs SAL that Alma and Barb are sharing with us. I have yet to make a simple alphabet sampler and so have decided to participate in this SAL. I'll need to put down my other projects to make time for this one. I pulled some threads and had some difficulty with the pinks/purples. I want to use my favourite Dinky Dye's Madi's Rose but I couldn't find it in my stash??!! Not sure where it took off to! Then I pulled two linens and am unsure of which one to use. Let me know what you think.
Lakeside Linen's 36ct Buttercream.
This one is much more yellowish in reality, less cream! The yellow is very pretty and brings out the gold.
Or PTP's 36 ct Legacy Linen...nice marbled antique look.
Hard to decide. Hubby thinks the Legacy but I'm leaning towards the buttercream. Decisions...I'm the worst with them!
Granny stripe progress! I've been crocheting on the train which is great. I'm about to add another colour in for my ride tomorrow morning. Can't decide between a teal or a dark plum colour. I'll bring both.
I also had a surprise in the mail. I recently won one of those darling little LHN sheep charts from Tricia at The Stamper's Stitches. She included the most adorable little handmade card with the chart. Once I stitch the design, I'll pass it on to the next stitcher. Thank you Tricia!!
From last week's bike trip, some black leafed clovers and pretty succulents. We have a terrible time keeping succulents, no matter how much we DO NOT water them, they ALWAYS die on us. I so wish to be able to keep succulents at some point in my life!!
Have a wonderful week! It's going to be sunny again when I work....isn't that the way?!
Anne
