New Finish and New Friends

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Quaker stitching

Wow, it’s February already!!!!

Where has the month gone?
Well I will tell you….we went from swine flu to a very virulent stomach virus. It took forever to get over it!
Stitching kept me sane 
Here is my Examplar Dames Quaker Black Swan finish. I love the colors in it, it’s done with Vikki Clayton’s silks.

And these are friends of my daughter’s that we had over at Christmas time.   After dinner we all (ok. THEY all. Not me…) went skating in our backyard. They look so cute here I had to put them in:

Don’t they look happy???

And this is our new friend! We haven’t named him yet…but this little guy was given to us by an area farmer…apparently times are hard for the farmers and they don’t need the expense of feeding the bull calves…

the kids take turns feeding him. Isn’t he cute?

Hope your January went well and that your February is even better!

Happy Stitching,

Theresa

Pure Bliss

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Books and Authors, Hannah Beeby, Quaker stitching, Uncategorized, WIPs

 

Life doesn’t get any better than this.

Hubby took the kids to visit his dad on the way to a Boy Scout program…so that means I can soak in the tub with a good book for a WHOLE HOUR with no one hammering on the door, saying, “I gotta go now!!!” or yelling “Mom? where are you? MOM????”

I am stitching “Winter Wind” and loving it on the lambswool jobelan. I will post an update this weekend! It is so wintery outside right now, we are getting more snow in tomorrow and it sounds like another storm is heading our way next week.  We went to the library today though and I loaded up on books so I  am ready for it! I am going to read a new (fiction) book out on Knitting. It looks good and I’ll let you know if it’s a good read!

There are several Super Bowl weekend sales going on in various needlework supply shops this weekend also and I am so tempted! Will I or won’t I???

Three things I am thankful for today are 1. hot water  2.  sales!  3.  quiet evenings

I’ll let you know what I decide… but golly it’s hard to pass up a good deal and add to my stash!

In the meantime, Happy Stitching.

Theresa

Fall Rain

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La D Da, Quaker stitching, WIPs

It is raining today and promises to rain all weekend. I don’t mind rainy days, I think they are great days to stitch or work on quilts!

I have many projects started and need to make another WIP list, an updated one. I enjoy every project but haven’t been very good at finishing what I start. I hope to finish at least a few before the end of the year!

Here is my La D Da Quaker alphabet. I love the aquamarine fiber color in this one, another HDF (hand-dyed fibers) color, variegated aquamarine by Vikki Clayon’s silks. Wish I could buy one of every one of her colors!

Happy Stitching,

Theresa

Lovely Fall Days!

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Ann Grimshaw sampler, Quaker stitching, WIPs

We are enjoying the crisp cool mornings and the lovely sunshiny fall days here! It is hard to believe summer has passed so quickly though.

I am working a lot on my Ann Grimshaw sampler. I will post an update picture soon! I love the Old Maid of the Forest color (Vikki’s silks) that I’m doing it in, and the Legacy linen (coconut macaroon). I think I am going to stash more of the Legacy linen, it has such a nice feel to it.

I hope you are getting some stitching time in!