Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving!

Come, ye thankful people, come, raise the song of harvest home;
All is safely gathered in, ere the winter storms begin.
God our Maker doth provide for our wants to be supplied;
Come to God’s own temple, come, raise the song of harvest home.
All the world is God’s own field, fruit unto His praise to yield;
Wheat and [...]

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Thanksgiving week

well folks Thanksgiving is upon us!
We are having the traditional Thanksgiving dinner with all the trimmings and some friends over…and then on the weekend having hubby’s family for a combined Thanksgiving/Christmas reunion. It will be busy but fun!
I’ve managed to do a little stitching but nothing spectactular so far to show. So instead I’ll show [...]

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New Things

Christina competed recently at the National 4H competition in Kentucky and came home with four ribbons! Go Christina! (she’s the one in the beige blazer standing in the back…)

She had to study so hard for this, three huge binders full of horse questions (anatomy, medical terminology and treatments, pharmaceutical horse info, etc!) not my cup [...]

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November

Brr it’s November! Cool mornings, frost on the ground…snow is coming!
At least it’s good stitching weather 
Here’s my progress on Examplar Dames Quaker Honesty. Her samplers are all so lovely I want to do a whole wall of them! I’m close to a finish on this one:

I’ve started my Christmas shopping early this year. I [...]

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Sampler Girl

I’ve been enjoying doing Sampler Girl projects. Here’s Netherfield Park done in Vikki Clayton silks:
 

And here’s Clara’s Sampler also done in HDF on antique ivory belfast:

I’m going to make them into pillows. The charts are easy and fun to stitch up.
October is almost over and I haven’t blogged all month! Just busy with the same [...]

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Zippity Do Dah Zippity Ay

 
My oh my it’s a wonderful day!

Plenty of sunshine headed my way…

“He set my feet upon a rock and gave me a firm place to stand.” Psalm 40:2

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Autumn’s Best

 
By all these lovely tokens
September days are here,
With summer’s best of weather
And autumn’s best of cheer.”
-   Helen Hunt Jackson, September, 1830-1885
 
October begins tomorrow. Wow! What a fast year it has been!
Here are a few more canoe trip 2009 pictures:

Stephen and Michael are goofing off playing a scene from a favorite movie (guess which one…)

Well maybe [...]

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Stitching Time

“Needle-work, in all its forms of use, elegance and ornament, has ever been the appropriate occupation of woman. ”   Lydia H Sigourney, 1837
Did you know that September is sewing month? I didn’t either…and I better get going on some projects. September is almost over!

My sewing room is a joke. Really. Which is partly why I haven’t [...]

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Fall is Upon Us

Fall is here!
Are you ready for it?
At first I really grieved the passing of summer…summer started so late here in NY and we had a rainy midsummer. When it finally kicked in it was beautiful!
Now Fall is here already. I love Fall but it is too short :(
I have been taking trips with hubby down South [...]

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No Time to Stitch

“Her (Jane Austen’s) needlework both plain and ornamental was excellent, and she might have put a sewing machine to shame.  She was considered especially great in satin stitch.  –James Edward Austen-Leigh, 1871″

No time, no time, no time!
I have been running all week and had no time to stitch.  Today I have more appointments and a [...]

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