tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-138495082024-03-07T14:29:02.575-07:00Stitches'N'StonesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger256125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13849508.post-78171704493293281622010-08-12T13:16:00.000-07:002010-08-12T13:16:50.752-07:00The Curse of Sue Hillis?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitHswgDYRhWhK8yQS07VRY5htt8eTuFGnLU7k9O70FUba7REKs2woMyNofXo6eL476Ykamg-q3iJ4xrejflztBEjS8V0G4NXXHu7Q4YNpee_ktxbGIONTYxWmEbH87By3XdCqj/s1600/m-04-1602.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitHswgDYRhWhK8yQS07VRY5htt8eTuFGnLU7k9O70FUba7REKs2woMyNofXo6eL476Ykamg-q3iJ4xrejflztBEjS8V0G4NXXHu7Q4YNpee_ktxbGIONTYxWmEbH87By3XdCqj/s320/m-04-1602.jpg" /></a></div>About 5 years ago, you know, when I actually stitched, my husband went through some of my stash and picked out what we thought would be good holiday gifts for his family. We thought our beloved Aunt Sha would enjoy Wine a Bit by Sue Hillis. I kitted it up and set it aside. You can see where this is going, can't you? Of course, I couldn't find it when I needed it, and Christmas 2005 passed without a stitched gift for Aunt Sha. Every year since then I proclaim "This is the year I will stitch that!" I have purchased this design at least three times since then. I have kitted it and placed it in a safe place. And I can never.find.it.again!!!!!! So I'm starting to think of holiday stitching once more, and still this design calls to me. So the question is, do I heed the call? Has Sue Hillis cursed me to forever lose the design? Is this a result of a Voo Doo Boy doll? Do I buy it again? And more importantly, what have I done to warrant such torture? LOL<br />
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As for stitching, I have felt very stitchy lately, but nothing is happening. I can't seem to find anything that screams at me, new or otherwise. There are a lot of good designs, but nothing that I HAVE TO STITCH THIS INSTANT OR I WILL SEE IT IN MY DREAMS FOR DAYS...you know? I'm taking suggestions if anyone has any recommendations.<br />
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P.S. to my family: When I die and you go through my things, you are welcome to put the 27 Wine a Bit designs you'll find hidden who knows where onto my funeral pyre :) Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13849508.post-50331349118597835402009-10-07T14:13:00.000-07:002009-10-07T14:13:18.818-07:00EEK! Wip and a fire<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1kIc9hhWwr6TISHPV-GYrYQS3Uh9OT0_FIBxmgzh1t4ksOQl6Z-77j7qdb47y3XcTAstAarHSiirj-86Dl8IEcvYivxUp3I2r-ZdLsLb5wjUfZa38URjS85QWcuXpzxCWmyNs/s1600-h/IMG00226.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1kIc9hhWwr6TISHPV-GYrYQS3Uh9OT0_FIBxmgzh1t4ksOQl6Z-77j7qdb47y3XcTAstAarHSiirj-86Dl8IEcvYivxUp3I2r-ZdLsLb5wjUfZa38URjS85QWcuXpzxCWmyNs/s320/IMG00226.jpg" /></a><br />
</div><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">So here what I've been working on since Sunday - Amy Brueken Design's EEK! from the JCS '09 Halloween issue (camera phone, sorry). I'm using Crescent Colours for threads and a funky piece of green with some purple and light orange that I dyed. I really like him and I liked the little neck spikes/spider accessory pack that you could order from the designer until I realized that 1) I couldn't find one online and 2) it's only the neck spikes and spider LEGS in the pack, I'd still have to hunt down the spider body. JABC spider button, here I come! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">On the weird side, I just set something on fire in my office. FYI, don't put fabric in a microwave ;) It really did seem like a good idea at the time... </span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13849508.post-78059498079144091002009-09-30T17:34:00.000-07:002009-09-30T17:35:05.041-07:00October goals!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy32-3LwLqEj0cF1qvThHjwzxwH3kWbZnVVehVWlr4JWgwdde5Yco6ZHYVaFoU-tqK6ujz0ysThUD4gH-OctuCTsq6mH3bNpGQzsspK3dYz5PzTUFzu6uF2FA4xkVJQXt7PYWr/s1600-h/2009_09_24.jpg"><img style="CLEAR: both; FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy32-3LwLqEj0cF1qvThHjwzxwH3kWbZnVVehVWlr4JWgwdde5Yco6ZHYVaFoU-tqK6ujz0ysThUD4gH-OctuCTsq6mH3bNpGQzsspK3dYz5PzTUFzu6uF2FA4xkVJQXt7PYWr/s160/2009_09_24.jpg" border="0" /></a> No stitching to report but have been dyeing up a storm these days! On the one hand I am forever wondering if my fabric is different enough/exceeds industry standards and on the other hand, it's so hard to sell my "babies"! I had no idea how difficult it is to let it go out the door. I have to go through and price things several times, the first time I always way overprice, probably in a subconscious effort to keep everything, lol. <br /><br />I have a few designs from the JCS 2009 Halloween Issue (I JUST got it finally) that I want to get a move on so I'm working on kitting those up!<br /><br />October goals:<br />1. Stitch one ornie from the Halloween issue<br />2. Start Wine a Bit by Sue Hillis for a holiday gift<br />3. Finish finish LHN Stars and Stripes<br /><br />Hope to be back here again soon!<div style='clear:both; text-align:LEFT'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13849508.post-40571908568703184992009-04-29T15:24:00.008-07:002009-04-29T15:49:42.926-07:00Finish Finished<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhye2jGm8enu7cPfW7i1vhuWDxST2CRpTP2RyHbvpUqI2LspthZ0l83_r5p9OsKi47aKIUABrm8mPHZXrGnFpwdBeTB45Pe3QmYYs5-Qnu2Fp-1KI2HCad6qlO1FXhic6DUFSbO/s1600-h/The+Sampler+Girl+Pinkwork+Sampler+1837+SMALL.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 315px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhye2jGm8enu7cPfW7i1vhuWDxST2CRpTP2RyHbvpUqI2LspthZ0l83_r5p9OsKi47aKIUABrm8mPHZXrGnFpwdBeTB45Pe3QmYYs5-Qnu2Fp-1KI2HCad6qlO1FXhic6DUFSbO/s320/The+Sampler+Girl+Pinkwork+Sampler+1837+SMALL.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330243563119998002" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: trebuchet ms;">The Sampler Girl - Companion Booklet 2</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: trebuchet ms;"><a href="http://www.stitchesnstones.com/fabric/oopsandoddments.html" target="_blank">SNS Fabric 28 ct. Attic Antique evenweave Oops and Oddment</a> (too dark to be Attic Antique)</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: trebuchet ms;">Fibers: GAST Cherrybark and HDF unknown red clay-like silk</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: trebuchet ms;">Changed the initials and date in the heart<br /><br /></span></span></div>It's done! I am so happy with it! For the first time in forever I have started and finished something in a timely manner, and did the "finish finish" to boot! I had a whole slew of ideas on the trim but with no stitching budget I got creative and used the rest of the GAST. I took two strands, laid them side by side, and tacked them around the middle of the edges, then used the rest of the two strands as a hangar. It matches perfectly and gives it the low-key but polished look I wanted.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5vPKicaGlIzFnaQrD6BvzphYe-ZgunukyfalP8MCkrFGcVwYvFVTF371BVE11_rTxduoUvs_KMZvK8iF3uwyTxvfZ48JXIfGmIit3pyCPXC3CICK5h9wJemh4mo1-UxLIxij2/s1600-h/wip+4+29+09.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 216px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5vPKicaGlIzFnaQrD6BvzphYe-ZgunukyfalP8MCkrFGcVwYvFVTF371BVE11_rTxduoUvs_KMZvK8iF3uwyTxvfZ48JXIfGmIit3pyCPXC3CICK5h9wJemh4mo1-UxLIxij2/s320/wip+4+29+09.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330243565936094050" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: trebuchet ms;">Notforgotten Farms - Hallow's Eve Pin Keep Trio</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"> <span style="font-style: italic; font-family: trebuchet ms;"><a href="http://www.stitchesnstones.com/fabric/oopsandoddments.html" target="_blank">SNS Fabric 32 ct. Oops and Oddment</a> </span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"> <span style="font-style: italic; font-family: trebuchet ms;">Fibers: GAST Dried Thyme</span></span><br /></div>I had a little bit of trouble deciding what to start next as I lost my working copy and original of "I Told You I Was Sick" tombstone by Notforgotten Farms. I had to order this from at least 4 shops before Wyndham Needleworks could finally get it for me, I had really given up on it! This was a good year ago and then I kept losing it. I finally made a working copy to keep in my stitching binder and had it up until a few weeks ago (I guess?). I know it was in there recently but when I got the fabric and threads together I couldn't find the working copy. In looking for something else to stitch I ran into the original copy and finally started it yesterday! Geesh, what a saga and I've barely started it! It's moving really quickly but I am worried about the thread on the fabric, it seems almost bright enough but maybe not...any thoughts???<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrXdZMBjJ7b64y60nhyphenhyphenqupFNktYFYRToTtNXeTadkOElRiO8S5cgpcev614nz246i87AbdQZtit2eqaJYO4VMaLz_GBfVAnj3VUe6Mt-7iMak4I2SA9WgU3kHdSfPBiqwQJTRG/s1600-h/bryce+prom+2009.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 284px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrXdZMBjJ7b64y60nhyphenhyphenqupFNktYFYRToTtNXeTadkOElRiO8S5cgpcev614nz246i87AbdQZtit2eqaJYO4VMaLz_GBfVAnj3VUe6Mt-7iMak4I2SA9WgU3kHdSfPBiqwQJTRG/s320/bryce+prom+2009.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330243563402421570" border="0" /></a><br />Bryce went to his first prom last weekend, I managed to catch an accidental smile in with all the other shots. He wanted to ride to and from with his "friend" Crista but I reminded him that would constitute a date. He has grown his hair long to make his father and I crazy, and he loves it in his eyes like that. In church I'm sure when he passes the sacrament all of the congregation is worried he will trip and throw the tray at someone's head ;) However, we are letting it slide simply because we know his intention and really, we'd rather pick a more important battle to win. Anyone have a time machine? I wouldn't mind visiting the past now and then!! Teens can be such a pain in the patoot!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13849508.post-57031873548757187972009-04-23T09:26:00.002-07:002009-04-23T15:08:11.570-07:00Happy Happy Happy<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9isZVzIpLW_-eSVZxeFcevTqdGNTKqBSdxe6pwRsEk_u27fTRL7X9D-2uKl7TZjYW43mdH88UZEjEPmu1HafssNNO27pTDHsfMZnbc1ZquuTJ4mzqkc9vVSBCqWjvdsaO8hkz/s1600-h/-Media+Card-IMG00150.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 220px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9isZVzIpLW_-eSVZxeFcevTqdGNTKqBSdxe6pwRsEk_u27fTRL7X9D-2uKl7TZjYW43mdH88UZEjEPmu1HafssNNO27pTDHsfMZnbc1ZquuTJ4mzqkc9vVSBCqWjvdsaO8hkz/s320/-Media+Card-IMG00150.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5328004933677337682" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:trebuchet ms;" >The Sampler Girl - Companion Booklet 2</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:trebuchet ms;" ><a href="http://www.stitchesnstones.com/fabric/oopsandoddments.html" target="_blank">SNS Fabric 28 ct. Attic Antique evenweave Oops and Oddment</a> (too dark to be Attic Antique)</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:trebuchet ms;" >Fibers: GAST Cherrybark and HDF unknown red clay-like silk<br />Changed the initials and date in the heart<br /></span></div><br />It's done!! It's done!! It's done!!<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">IT'S DONE!</span><br /><br />So happy! I'd forgotten that rush of pleasure, I didn't get it when I finished the LHN Stars and Stripes. But this feeling, it's such a part of why I stitch! To feel satisfied with a job well done, to feel as if I accomplished a goal, to have something tangible to feel good about :)<br /><br />This was such a pleasure to stitch, it's my first Sampler Girl design but it won't be my last. The fabric has just the right feel to it, the floss was the perfect color, every stitch felt good! My needle felt like it knew where to go and all the stitches made sense.<br /><br />I showed DH last night and he wants to know why the letters in the heart are at different heights. I explained that as a primitive sampler it looks "right" that way. He then wanted to know why I put his initial on the low spot and mine on the high. Geesh, LOL! Because the "T" was already charted in the high spot, not because I have a secret agenda ;) (that he knows of).<br /><br />I have already started finishing it off, it's going to be a wall-hanging for my living room to remind DH every time he sees it that he is stuck with me for many more years.<br /><br />What to stitch now????Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13849508.post-69505746330874310802009-04-21T11:16:00.006-07:002009-04-21T14:53:13.217-07:00Big vs. Little---Big wins every time(Scroll down for stitchy stuff)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjirR69crj3gSiZxZ7lBdB5rVyN3QOvupgqMfU27AW-BhuJM94F0GqttZZzPLQcWH-1jhkWStC74ctG5c4BDnqjgDvSmhRIcmHQZzX5YUxjfxZbSi5fRQMMJZLEMFdsoVwOql6Z/s1600-h/IMG00106.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjirR69crj3gSiZxZ7lBdB5rVyN3QOvupgqMfU27AW-BhuJM94F0GqttZZzPLQcWH-1jhkWStC74ctG5c4BDnqjgDvSmhRIcmHQZzX5YUxjfxZbSi5fRQMMJZLEMFdsoVwOql6Z/s200/IMG00106.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327213388938532738" /></a><br /><br />I have had a week! If I was not trying desperately with every fiber of my being to be positive about this #$%$%^@ week I would be saying that the only thing that could make me unwind at this point would be for me to lie down in the parking lot and have someone drive back and forth over me until I'm like jelly (today I've gotten to the point of asking for volunteers, lol). Of course, I'd only be saying this is I wasn't being so cheerily positive (big toothy, lots of teeth grin). <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuSyDsyw10lhx8GnZgKwWPmjzFp3oVKSvX-hbOL7ifnuerRbi6xm1UltTyBspC195oiZh8ptLPBHAbqmoizO4__1lHmZaA2L1yK8-_DUfCGiwfqkI-mn7vfLMxzshuo9kbmDps/s1600-h/IMG00105.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuSyDsyw10lhx8GnZgKwWPmjzFp3oVKSvX-hbOL7ifnuerRbi6xm1UltTyBspC195oiZh8ptLPBHAbqmoizO4__1lHmZaA2L1yK8-_DUfCGiwfqkI-mn7vfLMxzshuo9kbmDps/s200/IMG00105.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327213385049299106" /></a><br />You might guess I did not park sideways to begin with. I was working, minding my own business, when this terrible apocalyptic grinding crash noise occurred. In fact, I'm reminded of the poem "'Twas The Night Before Christmas" where "...there arose such a clatter" they sprung up from their bed to see what was the matter. Just switch "bed" with "discount ergonomic computer chair" and it's the same :) Anyhoo, my poor little tiny car had been smashed to tiny little bits by a monster truck (a lifted Ford F-250, made from titanium steel). Someone lost control of the truck, drove into a brick wall, somehow bounced off and went in the complete opposite direction, careened around light poles and over parking blocks, nailed my little delicate flower at 25 mph, and spun it around 90 degrees, leaving them both locked side by side. It was easy to see my little car was totaled--the back seat didn't used to come to a triangle point in the middle, nor did I have (although admittedly it would be convenient) access to the trunk through the giant void between the back dash and the back seats before.<br /><br />No one was hurt, which is why I am entitled to be annoyed that the person who did this was not insured. We had a rental car through our insurance for a few days and I am glad for that. The blue book value on a 9 year old Kia is enough for a dinner out in the Circle K microwave breakfast sandwich section so we will not be able to replace the car. Add to that, we've officially run out of reserves this week and have no more money, actually about to be at a negative balance. Fabric and chart sales have been down a bit with this economy and our ebay/jewelry sales have also been in a slump. Will we starve? Doubtful, just not sure how to get from this week to next. We purposefully don't keep an actual credit card so we have nothing to fall back on. Very scary. What we do have is faith, so I know we'll get by :)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTpobZqYCDbqzs8y5ua1-yvJWDOBLvhSUMCaIs6OMDEc0KPa3ifhNc0hsf7ib_sZ-zqpTl08t2Q87pWm2o8E4s-3ZBDSzsivLbUWybCuQ0l275Z0I_AIUc_jbragMvCsrFy1IT/s1600-h/IMG00149.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 221px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTpobZqYCDbqzs8y5ua1-yvJWDOBLvhSUMCaIs6OMDEc0KPa3ifhNc0hsf7ib_sZ-zqpTl08t2Q87pWm2o8E4s-3ZBDSzsivLbUWybCuQ0l275Z0I_AIUc_jbragMvCsrFy1IT/s320/IMG00149.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327265538725913522" /></a><br />On the good side, stress = stitchy for me! I just have to fill in the heart and I am done with this beautiful design (although I may have to rename it Cherrybark Sampler 1837)!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13849508.post-81034735905116202702009-04-15T13:53:00.002-07:002009-04-15T13:56:41.646-07:00Pinkwork Sampler 1837<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2ubj81LfAoJsZnu3lF-PjQ0b_hm-ckqcADSkA4wu2_9UH_DUlj2wLXXW5d8VEb1hyphenhyphendO_-nn-2Z-yHaTr7_LhT4S2YxP4sf7aolwJbPr82zdVPTcA4dwPShtMQdMTcVieRFBEU/s1600-h/IMG00136.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 171px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2ubj81LfAoJsZnu3lF-PjQ0b_hm-ckqcADSkA4wu2_9UH_DUlj2wLXXW5d8VEb1hyphenhyphendO_-nn-2Z-yHaTr7_LhT4S2YxP4sf7aolwJbPr82zdVPTcA4dwPShtMQdMTcVieRFBEU/s200/IMG00136.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325024683542555778" /></a><br />Chugging along, having a great time! Thanks Harmien for pointing out speed doesn't matter, the enjoyment does :)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13849508.post-20004330017464922182009-04-09T15:01:00.004-07:002009-04-09T15:21:16.545-07:00How fast do you stitch?I've been thinking for awhile on stitching speed. I always read that the "average" stitcher can do a one-colored 10 x 10 block of stitches in an hour, or 100 stitches an hour. Then I see all these blogs (not just one, but MANY) where they do an incredible amount of stitching every day and I think, even if I could sit and stitch all day, there is no way I could do that. Am I a (gulp) slllllllooooowww stitcher? I think I must be. If I had more mojo I'd clock myself doing that block of 100 and see. Anyone time themselves? Have any tips? The double ended needles are beyond me, other than that and pre-threaded needles, I don't know of anything to go faster!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs5rUY4Stlrpu5IvC_iWuJ4NsNX2_8HT-89AIYYkP4sRrDjAtUIqiirCIXSAKLgI1UkePgCpMEA-qcVVRwYBuWtjD6QUhCp3QkdHOLhfjwtWie9sobJWfswamm165QAgco7gkO/s1600-h/tokenstarted4609.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs5rUY4Stlrpu5IvC_iWuJ4NsNX2_8HT-89AIYYkP4sRrDjAtUIqiirCIXSAKLgI1UkePgCpMEA-qcVVRwYBuWtjD6QUhCp3QkdHOLhfjwtWie9sobJWfswamm165QAgco7gkO/s200/tokenstarted4609.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322817062981840018" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:78%;" >Pinkwork Sampler 1837</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:78%;" >The Sampler Girl</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:78%;" >Stitches'N'Stones 28 ct. evenweave (was Attic Antique gone too dark in spots)</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:78%;" >GAST Cherrybark<br />started 4/6/09<br /></span></div><br />Here is my progress on The Sampler Girl Pinkwork Sampler 1837. I've worked on it for two nights for a total of 2.5 hours (while watching the Japanese Ninja Warrior gameshow --who knew there were female sumo wrestlers??) and am probably about 1/5 done with it. I really love the dark red of the Cherrybark on it. I was thinking for the initials inside the heart I might go for a brighter red as a little contrast, not sure yet. I'm really enjoying the fabric except 28 count seems so big. Guess I'd better get used to it, my eyes are getting O-L-D!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13849508.post-8896441835850300742009-04-06T14:19:00.004-07:002009-04-06T17:22:57.868-07:00Another weekend, no stitching. I did manage to fall asleep in the laundry room on a mountain of clothes (no lie). I'm starting to wonder if that mountain should stay, best sleep I've had in awhile ;) <br /><br />I know I'm not stitching because I'm battling with whether or not to toss Simply Angelic into the UFO pile (never to be seen again because that's where my UFO's go, I guess to Mars). However, <A href="http://atthehoneysuckletree.blogspot.com" target="_blank">Tanya</a> at the Sampler Girl has changed this for me. I was finally able to buy the Companion Books 2 and 3 and I know what my next project should be. I keep seeing giant projects I want to start and yet I know that my mojo is too fragile to face BAP, or even a SMAP (small-medium), and so I know:<br /><br /><A href="http://www.thesamplergirl.com/catalog.php?item=42" target="_blank">Pinkwork Sampler 1837 from The Sampler Girl Companion Book 2</a> (pink one on bottom right)<br /><br />I'm thinking to use my Attic Antique fabric that went wrong (I only used part of the piece for Simply Angelic) and some murky colors to compliment my living room decor and other stitching hanging in there. This will be a nice tribute for my husband and myself, I don't have any wedding samplers or anything like that to force us to stay together if only for the sake of the threads ;) Any bets on if I will get started tonight or not?<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzZYHw3msXbfS18Z7ZDoDwR3GCE9D0f4OqMnqST4p9vOOk-bZQGQQFhPdFCi0IcRzQrK8Q9PQPmkTOmZc_eJO46JazUreCTFGzAcOEpuiFZkW9hR6ylwx2oieGEus2swe4soTj/s1600-h/scout+taking+over.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzZYHw3msXbfS18Z7ZDoDwR3GCE9D0f4OqMnqST4p9vOOk-bZQGQQFhPdFCi0IcRzQrK8Q9PQPmkTOmZc_eJO46JazUreCTFGzAcOEpuiFZkW9hR6ylwx2oieGEus2swe4soTj/s320/scout+taking+over.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321698354894854514" /></a><br /><B>"And now, world domination is MINE! Mwahhhh-haaa-haaa" (evil laughter)</b><br /><br><br />This photo was texted to me at 3:37 this morning by my husband, who is on a different sleep schedule, and was in the living room watching TV with evil puppy. Now, 9 nights out of 10 evil puppy is less evil and more cute, but on the 10th night we are forced to muzzle evil puppy in an effort to get through the night with some of our possessions partially intact. Keep in mind, evil puppy gets plenty of walks and play throughout the day, plus giant meaty bones to gnaw and assorted rawhides to boot. So on that 10th night, she's obviously channeling the outer circles of hell rather than needing more play or chewies. The muzzle makes her look like something out of "Silence of the Lambs" so when you add the glowing alien eyes and the freshly conquered box, you get scared--very very scared! On the bright side, I was curled up with sweet Beanie man sleeping at 3:37 am, so who's laughing now???? (pointing and laughing at DH)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh457gx_zgQFtUlPxpC3nrxLoeAi0CenHIWf3MFSTAClP4Upu5rNyGcNDp06FNJVUXI7urLGF-dMxg-YsjjUNOuuTkM7lBHpI_8nsN02JBjatLr7MC7NWNx51qHBELbLvnlDHfU/s1600-h/beanie.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh457gx_zgQFtUlPxpC3nrxLoeAi0CenHIWf3MFSTAClP4Upu5rNyGcNDp06FNJVUXI7urLGF-dMxg-YsjjUNOuuTkM7lBHpI_8nsN02JBjatLr7MC7NWNx51qHBELbLvnlDHfU/s200/beanie.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321701701421785106" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13849508.post-32859151612486296212009-03-26T11:32:00.003-07:002009-03-26T13:10:24.246-07:00Ohhhhhh, stitching moooooo-joooooooo...here stitchy stitchy stitchyAs fast as it came upon me, it has gone and left me alone with a pile of threads and a barely started project. Oh mojo, why? OK, I admit it, I know why. First of all, I've been sick for a week. You know how the Chinese have the year of the monkey, etc.? I'm scared my year will be "The Year of the Germ" or some such. Secondly, I did restart Simply Angelic. New fabric, new threads, still not happy. The thread colors just aren't meshing for me. Here are the last photos I've taken of this:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioSePQiNDm8jXdnjnxx4WoINL0Yoe-Gje1NHp6oSluN5g1bT4rQQiUxK2jN9yz1JXAZMHpjYikDyBoCHRAwRYqj3WGTKQqhaFTdN7ti-MGZQ6gOzUhM7-YvakTLriEuphohVpa/s1600-h/IMG00097.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioSePQiNDm8jXdnjnxx4WoINL0Yoe-Gje1NHp6oSluN5g1bT4rQQiUxK2jN9yz1JXAZMHpjYikDyBoCHRAwRYqj3WGTKQqhaFTdN7ti-MGZQ6gOzUhM7-YvakTLriEuphohVpa/s320/IMG00097.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317568619315664034" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih9bhMmZU9X7zGJuiHut7mqniRtu8wgE7qsUe3hhfVwGqS4R9tumZZy1v10tfq8nf4YSTvnuTAQYxAos-TAFBSNZsDBLXyD1RajJUV2EvmyRrvmP-Oimkc1vXVHNgKWr_bk6FU/s1600-h/IMG00099.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih9bhMmZU9X7zGJuiHut7mqniRtu8wgE7qsUe3hhfVwGqS4R9tumZZy1v10tfq8nf4YSTvnuTAQYxAos-TAFBSNZsDBLXyD1RajJUV2EvmyRrvmP-Oimkc1vXVHNgKWr_bk6FU/s320/IMG00099.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317568631913012978" /></a><br /><br />I'm a lot further along now, which is how I know I still don't like the colors I picked. My rabbit is orange, for thumper's sake, CARROT ORANGE! I was thinking a dark color, a rust, a brown, even a tan---and I swear this is a tan, but on the fabric it is in-your-face orange. <br /><br />So I'm not stitching because I'm annoyed at this project and at myself for my sudden inability to do a good floss toss. If I'm going to continue I really need to unfrog my rabbit (only in stitchy terms does that make any sense!) and most of my other progress to virtually start all over--yeeeeeccccch. Maybe this is one project that was doomed from the start! <br /><br />Forget it, I may stick with fabric dyeing...Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13849508.post-55305165641101014992009-03-05T11:07:00.003-07:002009-03-05T11:35:42.027-07:00A Bummer<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_zOPf9v9nyMe9X-3bNUuazCt7GbNzJ7CDvDfMG0o3sFoxLaAe7I5ktesFhFeI9DvymDWcP4uVgKb7scT77NjkJ662lfnJ2n-EDElHWDay9MmEgYphDkbdDxub8sGSRuq4nBQH/s1600-h/IMG00091.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_zOPf9v9nyMe9X-3bNUuazCt7GbNzJ7CDvDfMG0o3sFoxLaAe7I5ktesFhFeI9DvymDWcP4uVgKb7scT77NjkJ662lfnJ2n-EDElHWDay9MmEgYphDkbdDxub8sGSRuq4nBQH/s320/IMG00091.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309768404083123538" /></a><br />Here you see my new start from 2 nights ago, With Thy Needle and Thread's Simply Angelic. I really have some kind of mental block with starting new projects lately. I've never really been a kit person but perhaps I need to be, I am having a really hard time choosing thread and fabric for anything. Because of this I chose hastily (oh and it was midnight and I wanted to start a little before bed!) and it didn't work. The fabric is really more suited to Halloween (one of my <a href="http://www.stitchesnstones.com/oopsandoddments.html" target="_blank">Oops and Oddments</a>) and I knew that but I tried to force it, I guess. Then the thread I dug out of my baggie of stuff that sits in my folder and "made do" with, simply didn't "do", the colors really aren't working for me. <br /><br />To cap it off, I started in the wrong place and will run out of room at the bottom . Go, me! Hurrah for midnight stitching (like Tanya over <A href="http://atthehoneysuckletree.blogspot.com" target="_blank">At the Honeysuckle Tree</a>, when will I learn, sleepy stitching doesn't pay!). <br /><br />So last night (yes, midnight) I dug up some new thread (this time running through my Vicki Clayton silks, delicious) and went with another <a href="http://www.stitchesnstones.com/oopsandoddments.html" target="_blank">Oops and Oddments</a>, an Attic Antique gone wrong kind of fabric. I had an awful time choosing the silks and by the time Evil Puppy and I had finished the floss toss I was too tired to even think of stitching. E.P. was actually stationary for a bit (I gave her a rawhide), so we cuddled up with DH and watched the Amazing Race season 9 marathon we tivoed last weekend. We didn't figure out till season 13 reruns that all of us really love this show!!! Must hunt down DVDs somewhere. I'd love to sit and stitch to all 12 episodes but have too much bookkeeping work since tax time is upon us. I have a deadline this weekend but maybe I can fit in a restart of Simply Angelic. I am fighting the urge to just scrap it and start on something else--but then I'd have to narrow my choices down and find supplies all over again, ARGH! Maybe I need to pull out a pine mountain or Shepherd's Bush, they are the only kits I can stand...Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13849508.post-84861147182977203832009-03-03T12:05:00.003-07:002009-03-03T12:55:25.265-07:00I Always Was a Rebel<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglTIK0QvYuLU9Gbjz1PfWcx_dmTjOFCbEsM-mYvqciCkZ2FZIKoXWBDsREe3ZMGeCZJa8gYgKhLmiP5p_GSIIM7AOHk1zZgd70-xnncyFEJgpn4kOZSo8Kb2hVCECdFLDKObMr/s1600-h/IMG00073.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglTIK0QvYuLU9Gbjz1PfWcx_dmTjOFCbEsM-mYvqciCkZ2FZIKoXWBDsREe3ZMGeCZJa8gYgKhLmiP5p_GSIIM7AOHk1zZgd70-xnncyFEJgpn4kOZSo8Kb2hVCECdFLDKObMr/s320/IMG00073.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309042234197758514" border="0" /></a>Oh the joy of sending off another order, I love fabric dying! And thanks to everyone that's <a href="http://www.stitchesnstones.com/" target="_blank">taken a look at my pretties</a>, more thanks to those who have tried them out :)<br /><br />I had a long whiny post for you about missing the Nashville market but have decided in my benevolence to spare us all. Suffice it to say, Nashville market does not go by unnoticed around here, I'm just now able to bring myself to look at all the new goodies without lamenting that I couldn't see them in person or that I didn't have any of my own new releases this year. End whine.<br /><br />My stitching mojo has been found!! It only took me herniating a disc in my back and my husband getting in a car accident the same week for me to realize if I expected to survive without my head exploding in a giant ball of frazzled nerves I'd darn well better start flossing up my needle and making therapeutic x's once more. Behold, the last picture of the fruits of my labor...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzw6ecCH0BJqoRgchMNHKodZvOnmQcW5hhO2E_r4Njky8ba42TuQQWwNSCqFKGOmSOCXXtG5MScGfBMlf_GzQkFUIRTaVN1aSOeK8rY-o9SdelAAUTNrs3h6VOcdcU50ve7una/s1600-h/IMG00067.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzw6ecCH0BJqoRgchMNHKodZvOnmQcW5hhO2E_r4Njky8ba42TuQQWwNSCqFKGOmSOCXXtG5MScGfBMlf_GzQkFUIRTaVN1aSOeK8rY-o9SdelAAUTNrs3h6VOcdcU50ve7una/s320/IMG00067.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309042219785417602" border="0" /></a>I actually finished this piece on Saturday night during a Charmed marathon with my sister. She is having the need for therapeutic x's as well so I set her up with L*K's Big Girl Panties. She insists Charmed is our next big addiction for TV and stitching...we shall see. I could just as easily do Las Vegas, Corner Gas, McLeod's Daughters...I'll stop there. Anyhoo, I realized I have to finish this piece into something, and the idea was totally unappealing. And then...it hit me...what if..no, no, I can't think it...what if...I...did...NOT...finish...it...and...instead...put...it...away...for...later? A lot of you do this. Some of you have drawers, some of you have rubbermaid tubs, and the world has not ended. And so, rebel that I am, I give myself full permission to stitch anything I want without having to actually make it into something. Thank you all for liberating me!!<br /><br />And now, once again, the dilemma, what to stitch next???? I have to say <a href="http://www.theprimitiveneedlehome.com/" target="_blank">The Primitive Needle</a> seems to be channeling where Birds of a Feather left off and so <a href="http://www.123stitch.com/cgi-perl/itemdetail.pl?item=08-2090" target="_blank">this</a> and <a href="http://www.123stitch.com/cgi-perl/itemdetail.pl?item=09-1389" target="_blank">this</a> make me want to scream, "Get into MAH (my) belly!!" which in normal speak = Please immediately fall into my lap now now now now now :) I see they also have a Yule one which might make me break my no Xmas stitching rule. I actually was designing a sampler very similar to the Hallow one but they did it way better!! Seasonally though, I should really stitch <a href="http://www.123stitch.com/cgi-perl/itemdetail.pl?item=07-1482" target="_blank">this</a>, it's summery and has an awesome ugly bird and BOOBS on the mermaid, I totally have a thing for stitched mermaid boobs. <br /> <img src="http://www.countrystitchesonline.com/images/cs6simplyangeliccoverA.jpg" />Ultimately, I think I will stitch this next as I already have it plus I have the ugliest fabric of mine that I am dying to use that would be perfect. But mermaid...boobs...how can I not??<br /><br />We sent our oldest minion off to San Diego yesterday for the week with his school. He will have a great time, and <s>I have a week off!!! Feeding and walking evil puppy myself and taking out trash is a small price to pay for an attitudeless, know-it-all free week</S> I am used to him being gone on trips since he's been doing that with scouting for awhile. Speaking of evil puppy, this is a completely unedited photo of her from last night. I always thought there was something strange about her...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmLMVXA1Sjx1RSqDfK86_dzeXKjFXO82gKhpsnIuT3xtuWHvTusMJfn9ZBy-U78Ta_sj7lfRNKrDYj5bfoe82jtLCkbUZkYq1whHvvpZbO2e-fB2zOiYjgckC-pWPmeaZ1TBx3/s1600-h/IMG00072.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 242px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmLMVXA1Sjx1RSqDfK86_dzeXKjFXO82gKhpsnIuT3xtuWHvTusMJfn9ZBy-U78Ta_sj7lfRNKrDYj5bfoe82jtLCkbUZkYq1whHvvpZbO2e-fB2zOiYjgckC-pWPmeaZ1TBx3/s320/IMG00072.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309042227235174754" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13849508.post-92013846545432526482009-01-20T00:02:00.004-07:002009-01-20T00:23:09.832-07:00Ode to My Kitchen Faucet & Just Say NoHappy New Year! I got my annual illness and compiled with fabric dyeing, gift giving, and starting an Ebay store I have been done for the count. No stitching (what? you didn't fall over in shock?). Not enough stashing. Really, nothing that start with an "S."<br /><br />We are currently enjoying the spoils of a broken pipe somewhere in the nether regions of our walls. On the plus side, I am "flush" with amusing stories. On the minus side, I definitely not "flush" with cash. We do now have water--every day since Saturday (!!!) so I will settle for that modern convenience, and for not having to mop water, wash towels, and repeat 8 quadrillion times an hour. Several of my favorite towels were sacrificed for the good of my floor, a memorial service is being planned (or I can lament their loss at odd moments to anyone who will listen, which is my current behavioral pattern). Are you still reading????<br /><br />Way, way back when we bought the house the first time (long boring story just like this one) I was very house proud and did tons of repairs to it all by my girlie self. I saved up for and lovingly picked out the MOST AWESOME, MOST GRACEFUL, MOST ELEGANT kitchen faucet in the history of all faucets, kitchen AND bathroom included. I installed it myself to many compliments as apparently plumbing can be tricky. I loved my faucet. I would notice every once in a while through the haze of dirty dishes and soap-scummy film what a great choice I made, and smile because I installed it. Flash forward to the Great Flood of 2009 when the pipes leaked (and so did our checking account). The plumber mentioned to my husband that my beloved faucet was leaking. I came home to a new faucet. Not a lovingly selected faucet that I installed myself. A perfectly serviceable, totally unimaginative kitchen faucet. Yes, it's shiny, yes the sprayer is a spiffy black, but it's not the same. Plus, I did not even get to say goodbye. They had to talk me out of taking a photo of the old faucet, MY faucet, sitting on top of the trash with our worn out rags and the wet wood we ripped out of our cabinets. So here's to you, discarded faucet, thanks for the plumbing self-esteem and the messes you cleaned, the dog dishes you filled, and the fabric you've dyed. I honor your memory!<br /><br />Next post:<br />Just Say No - The things that prevent me from stitching...Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13849508.post-3635642583972284332008-11-28T18:06:00.001-07:002008-11-28T18:10:37.653-07:00<a href="http://www.stitchesnstones.com/fabriccontest.html" target="_blank">Enter my fabric naming contest for our newest color...</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13849508.post-53472117526209353372008-11-13T10:31:00.006-07:002008-11-24T13:07:34.293-07:00I went to sleep and then it was November...How did we go from August to November? I have been reading blogs when I can but didn't have much to share on my blog until now.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWSgvj7V3Vqo16Bn07EHo_wVtvH5d4_N_vkCHd2DyzuWpmL2ZpTlj40NgHBxBTonqXeebl_XFwdRHDPWQ3uEP8kqO2OvwUY9UoPLZ_BtzO-Usm6tNtl2zkzXimWblPwjORLnes/s1600-h/fair+and+square+halloween+08+ps+jcs+ornie+issue+for+Georgie.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWSgvj7V3Vqo16Bn07EHo_wVtvH5d4_N_vkCHd2DyzuWpmL2ZpTlj40NgHBxBTonqXeebl_XFwdRHDPWQ3uEP8kqO2OvwUY9UoPLZ_BtzO-Usm6tNtl2zkzXimWblPwjORLnes/s320/fair+and+square+halloween+08+ps+jcs+ornie+issue+for+Georgie.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5268196919599339634" border="0" /></a>Prairie Schooler JCS Halloween Issue 08<br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">I made this for Georgie in the Fair & Square Halloween exchange. I really enjoyed working on it, the colors made it a real pleasure (Gentle Art Raven and Limited Edition Autumn something). The fabric is the slightest bit orange, 32ct. Silkweaver Cinnamon Roll.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNLeRyr79glDM8KiEDDlHvcXNCZBr0xQ5X1aFhUnu_tQ98SRMBUtA8tDWU1WdUyCRbew7RR3UFTw8TRc1Y3VxTDREJ2S9zTufVfqY_K5hN8Ev0j7lUbhaBLRFjYaJYq0ATgSA4/s1600-h/fairandsquarehalloween08fromGeorgie.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 183px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNLeRyr79glDM8KiEDDlHvcXNCZBr0xQ5X1aFhUnu_tQ98SRMBUtA8tDWU1WdUyCRbew7RR3UFTw8TRc1Y3VxTDREJ2S9zTufVfqY_K5hN8Ev0j7lUbhaBLRFjYaJYq0ATgSA4/s320/fairandsquarehalloween08fromGeorgie.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5268304679274128290" border="0" /></a><br />This is what I received from Georgie, isn't it too sweet? Her stitching is exquisite! And this design is a freebie (I believe?) by Shepherd's Bush that I've had in my pile for a bit. Now how to finish it off? I'll add it to the other couple of things that need finishing while I think. This is the first time in years I actually have a backlog of things to finish. Maybe this weekend???<br /><br />And, exciting news for those following my blog, my fabric is finally for sale. I wanted to be sure to have a ton in stock and ready to go before I opened up my store:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.stitchesnstones.com/fabric/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.stitchesnstones.com/fabric/index.html</a><br /><br />To get the news out, I am running this special:<br />Post the link to our fabric page (above) and mention us on your blog and get 5% off your order plus a treat. Be the first to post the link to our fabric page and mention us on a message board, yahoo group, etc. and get 15% off your order plus a treat. Just email us with the link to your blog, message board, etc.<br /><br />We also have some Oops & Oddments for sale:<br /><a href="http://stitchesnstonesfabric.blogspot.com" target="_blank">http://stitchesnstonesfabric.blogspot.com</a><br /><br />And we have several new freebies up, one of which is a Thanksgiving bee theme with a primitive feel:<br />http://www.stitchesnstones.com/freepatterns.html<br /><br />Let me know what you think, and remember if you stitch a freebie (or any of our designs) we'd love a photo for our new gallery!<br /><br /> <br /><br /><br /></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13849508.post-39528611038655322452008-08-22T13:30:00.003-07:002008-08-26T14:17:48.372-07:00Blurbs and Snippets<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbYrkGG5bdzUbwPe-SYVCRvNJ-CD7l4-8J-jJws7ThbiQZnUvt3NvDvrF4SFLBtming-1aAGkdEbDbk1k3n_sHqez9ibxo3rltYESOFlBQCjQOuQfgM3NaSY-u1H-4OiViglMC/s1600-h/SD530160.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbYrkGG5bdzUbwPe-SYVCRvNJ-CD7l4-8J-jJws7ThbiQZnUvt3NvDvrF4SFLBtming-1aAGkdEbDbk1k3n_sHqez9ibxo3rltYESOFlBQCjQOuQfgM3NaSY-u1H-4OiViglMC/s320/SD530160.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5237443211860188402" /></a><br />I've been busy, designed a new logo for my fabric and chart line and have been dyeing and selling! <br /><br />Cub scout recruiting time is upon us, we have two packs we lead which means two meetings a week, which means I am tired. Whose bright idea was it to let me mold and shape minds (actually, considering the potty jokes I tell these days, I think they're molding MINE, lol)? <br /><br />My floss tag supplies have been purchased and await my finish. I'm still trying to figure out why it is a good idea for me to poke sharp objects through my finish, lol. However, when I purposefully cut holes into the Hillside Sampling Lily 1911 (or whatever that was) to make it look aged it was really hard to actually make holes and then make them show up. So my point is that I am optimistic that I won't mess my tag up too badly!<br /><br />I had a fair & square square picked out for Halloween and then my partner pulled out due to ill health (poor Brenda H) so now I need to figure out what Georgie will like.<br /><br />I've been trying to catch up on reading blogs but haven't much luck. Thanks everyone taking time to comment here, it makes me feel good you choose to spend some of your limited time listening to me!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13849508.post-4378389132404870902008-08-18T11:59:00.002-07:002008-08-18T12:45:01.816-07:00My <s>brain</s> bra is on inside out today. Enough said, lol.<br /><br />So I did finish the SB Tiny Flag last line, and furthermore I present proof. However, as buttons always do at my house, the button has gone on a walkabout (apparently to Australia, mate). OK, I didn't really look that hard, I did a "man look" (stand in middle of room, close eyes, say "I can't see it", hold out hand, nothing jumps in it. No really, it's in the MANual).<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifD-1t8it9R2gMzO69UR8BmXDqBxki85e8BsKWiEORvn07GNRDZCU36byJ68k7jSV5doPtAmU8M0iBjnQRg1b0DztvHv0L9seyIcAa2ztK6W510x1rAUw3j8_tyWDpaIUhzi95/s1600-h/flag.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifD-1t8it9R2gMzO69UR8BmXDqBxki85e8BsKWiEORvn07GNRDZCU36byJ68k7jSV5doPtAmU8M0iBjnQRg1b0DztvHv0L9seyIcAa2ztK6W510x1rAUw3j8_tyWDpaIUhzi95/s200/flag.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5235945697528716946" /></a><br />I happily perused patterns for my floss tag and Fair & Square exchange though. I was going to MAKE an experimental floss tag until I realized that I need supplies, darn me. I shall try to arm myself this afternoon since I need to make that my number 1 priority. <br /><br />I was thinking the other day about how many designers are my "favorites" and yet I have not stitched anything of theirs, which led me to wonder--what I have I been stitching??? I have compiled a list of how many pieces I have stitched by designer to see--which I will share tomorrow. The interesting thing in looking at my webshots album is that before 2005 I simply photoed the piece, and after that I wouldn't add a photo unless it was properly finished and had a background of some kind. The last few finishes I have had I haven't added to any of my albums because they aren't "finished" yet. Wonder when I became so particular? Um, in 2005 obviously, LOL.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13849508.post-18199823126231640512008-08-14T12:56:00.003-07:002008-08-14T13:01:47.132-07:00New freebie, new blog<a href="http://www.cecricket.com/gift_design.html" target="_blank">Blessings Abound by Cricket Collection</a><br /><br />In case I am not the last in the known universe to have seen this!<br /><br />Also Kathy from Carriage House Samplings started a blog:<br /><br /><a href="http://kathybarrick.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Carriage House Samplings</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13849508.post-71585412790573062532008-08-14T12:21:00.003-07:002008-08-14T12:53:55.512-07:00Beware of Mind SnowTip of the day: No matter how many times you type "mind snow", it still reads "mind snow" <br /><br />Yup. Mind snow. I picture a TV screen of static, that's what mind snow looks like. If we did a brain scan on me, that's what we'd see. Mind snow. In case you were wondering, I tried to type "minds now" about <s>672</s> 84 times in a row, all I got was---you guessed it, mind snow. <br /><br />I'm reasonably sure I suffered a psychotic break yesterday after having the 8th rotten day in a row, lol, because I simply don't care anymore, nor do I function, LOL. I sense a new design in the works:<br /><br /><s>Why bother? I'm stitching.<br />Who cares? I'm stitching.<br />Have stash, will travel.</s><br />I can still stitch while living in a cardboard box.<br />Stitching is a full-time job.<br /><br />I can absolutely envision the cardboard box one on a pillow. Yup.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpMX-IYsUcYEB1pcUkQA7-1GSkprqQ0MeWGLck0IbtpJyyMTEe51YbkDPCyzzmV6251-cYG5Rp-I83DSPFDjnfpV9OnCSkvrdolivTufmd2qlVLL7_n8Dpe46LXtTutDldGAfZ/s1600-h/fabric_0005.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpMX-IYsUcYEB1pcUkQA7-1GSkprqQ0MeWGLck0IbtpJyyMTEe51YbkDPCyzzmV6251-cYG5Rp-I83DSPFDjnfpV9OnCSkvrdolivTufmd2qlVLL7_n8Dpe46LXtTutDldGAfZ/s200/fabric_0005.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5234457931810550546" /></a><br />Here is my stalled SB Flag. Anyone remember when I started this? 1982. Yup. OK, not really. I looked it up, it was last October. I thought I finished it on August 3rd and I did a happy dance. Then I realized that I left the last line of stitching off. I can't seem to find a few minutes to get the last bit of stitching done. I am setting a deadline--by tomorrow night it will be done and I WILL attach the button. as well. <br /><br />For those who won my contest a few weeks ago, I am STILL assembling packages. The boys cleaned their room, which means they vomited everything they didn't know what to do with or was dirty into my office and stacked it in front of my stash cabinet. I promise the prizes will be worth it when they get to you. Thanks for your patience!<br /><br /><a href="http://kvstitching.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Karen V.</a> and <a href="http://xstitch-nl.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Harmien</a>, thanks so much for sharing about your DH's, that makes me feel a bit more sane. I almost think I could live without the money as long as he was not spending more time at home making messes and having "ideas" about running the household and kids ;) A long time ago he learned how to cross stitch, but it wasn't his thing, too bad, that might keep us both out of jail, lol.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13849508.post-86077107712054853092008-08-13T13:01:00.003-07:002008-08-13T14:05:05.707-07:00Break out with the happy pills<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq9f8JDQAVKGc14KaK891FbmNc_-4Naxa1bAOwDTNfZdtVzqD2HO1SxHwfaIVfnufKawIbmCvYpGueJPKaXSS2CGPQyOU7BBE9kCGw8lwb7IxDrdhd0-ynUr6obOOlg5O835jB/s1600-h/fiskarsLUCKYscissors.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq9f8JDQAVKGc14KaK891FbmNc_-4Naxa1bAOwDTNfZdtVzqD2HO1SxHwfaIVfnufKawIbmCvYpGueJPKaXSS2CGPQyOU7BBE9kCGw8lwb7IxDrdhd0-ynUr6obOOlg5O835jB/s400/fiskarsLUCKYscissors.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5234097144767691442" border="0" /></a>I am seriously grumpy this week, no doubt due to the lack of stitching I have done. To bask in my mood, I bought these great Special Edition Fiskars with skulls on the blades. Make sure you click the pic, these are awesome. I need to find or design a suitably dark fob to go along with these. I picked up a pair for my daughter and then a few extra. If anyone would like one, I picked them up for $10 and would be happy to extend that price plus actual shipping.<br /><br />Things are a bit grim in my world, my DH's hours have been cut from 40 to 20 per week and with his disability it will be nearly impossible for him to get another job, it took him a year to get this one. This means I need to pick up the slack, hence the fabric dyeing going from wholesale to retail. I think I'm due for a midlife crisis...<br /><br />Thanks <a href="http://michele11wa.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Michele</a><a> and </a><a href="http://kvstitching.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Karen V.</a> for stopping by yesterday and leaving comments, I am definitely a comment <s>whore</s> junkie. <br /><br />And on a bright note, I do know I am very blessed with family, friends, etc. so I will try to focus on that and not on the fact that DH is home 4 days a week and making me <s>crazy</s> crazier.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13849508.post-13807123422543573472008-08-08T12:41:00.002-07:002008-08-12T13:27:31.214-07:00It's that time of year again...<span style="font-weight: bold;">Note: If you're here for the stitching/stashing, scroll down. For sarcasm, continue reading...</span><br /><br />Yes, you know, school. That is a <s>four</s> six letter word in my house right now. The kids are thrilled, especially with Bryce finding out we'd allowed him to skip a grade and go to high school. I am unthrilled, and the "S" word is forbidden in my house. Apparently my distaste for the season has not halted the progress nor made the powers that be rethink their start dates, so I have been living in my car (no A/C) for the past week, driving little tweens to and fro. To pass the time I have been composing sarcastic letters in my mind:<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Dear Tall, Skinny Blonde Lady with Frizzy Hair, While I applaud your desire to walk your tiny, skinny, blonde, frizzy haired bundle of delight who has just started kindergarten into the school, your freaking minivan does NOT belong parked in the drop-off only lane. In my experience, the parking lot is where you generally put your car if you are going to exit it. Perhaps the other 5 parents trapped behind your van as Timmy dropped his backpack 82.5 times and then ran back to your van for something he forgot had more patience or recent lobotomies. I can assure you, it took great restraint not to slash your tires while waiting for you to return to your vehicle. The only reason I did not was because I too would have to leave my vehicle parked and unoccupied. I learned when I was quite small, the world does not revolve around me, and I would like to respectfully point out, it does not revolve around you either. The best lesson you could teach tiny, frizzy Timmy is to respect others and treat them the way you would like to be treated. Sincerely, the Lady Behind your Minivan with the Smoke Shooting Out of Her Ears Screaming "A$$HAT!" at You This Morning<br /></span><br />(ok, no I didn't scream anything at her, but only because I'm well-behaved and polite in the real world if not in my mind) <br /><br />Ahemmm...moving on! I went to <a href="http://www.allinstitchesaz.com/" target="_blank">All in Stitches</a> and showed off my fabric to Terry (owner) who has promptly ordered all my colors in as many counts as I can provide and offered to let me use her cutting table to cut fabric! While there I picked up an order:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKyUsicAOgVkZnMgf2RdOD5NEAGa3xBI4O6Z0q2iiLmX28hiO1yBS1C_kjpbY3WJHBFgqF7HgZWfwg-H8ms7FKWI-M8cXH8qaPi-dsns1sbp8KLuGUzWn1Sc2AbbYpMFggkcvs/s1600-h/SD530146.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKyUsicAOgVkZnMgf2RdOD5NEAGa3xBI4O6Z0q2iiLmX28hiO1yBS1C_kjpbY3WJHBFgqF7HgZWfwg-H8ms7FKWI-M8cXH8qaPi-dsns1sbp8KLuGUzWn1Sc2AbbYpMFggkcvs/s400/SD530146.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5232241524131950546" border="0" /></a><br />I love love love love the LHN Strawberry House! I also got a star button for my SB Tiny Flag which still needs only 10 stitches to be completed.<br /><br />Then when cleaning the living room I foun some of the stash I ordered in June (ish?) and never shared, the Charland emeries look so pretty and delicate. I should rename my blog: Tracy who stashes but never stitches.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm3APdCEnogOhSlMt-ZnVsUKPriZqfyFq4X6jZHcW1L0_aUkKAupVPU-5xWLaeX3lJ2g_B5QaRn7yUHta-oKa7RFjBYODMniWa99YRmMBlXRTbfElPbYyL6WjZM4Dej03n6CHd/s1600-h/SD530147.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm3APdCEnogOhSlMt-ZnVsUKPriZqfyFq4X6jZHcW1L0_aUkKAupVPU-5xWLaeX3lJ2g_B5QaRn7yUHta-oKa7RFjBYODMniWa99YRmMBlXRTbfElPbYyL6WjZM4Dej03n6CHd/s400/SD530147.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5232241526527148722" border="0" /></a><br />I have bought one of the floss tag tools because <a href="http://kvstitching.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Karen V.</a> and I are having a personal exchange this month and I need to experiment with some floss tagging. I am having the hardest time deciding what to stitch for her, she and I have similar taste and there are too many things to choose from. I also signed up for the Halloween Fair & Square exchange, so excited! <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo-QFDHZM9dDhmgAFaxtWG2lIDteD9TSjLuIO9kayGk0dVSTePKTuTo556X16IlpeosxTVfecOcbeRXAHikeqPca70i-cySTDdPEQBQCBTX-b_8pIUK56zRJZdgRcXT2GY49Kz/s1600-h/scoopy+loves+seri.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo-QFDHZM9dDhmgAFaxtWG2lIDteD9TSjLuIO9kayGk0dVSTePKTuTo556X16IlpeosxTVfecOcbeRXAHikeqPca70i-cySTDdPEQBQCBTX-b_8pIUK56zRJZdgRcXT2GY49Kz/s400/scoopy+loves+seri.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5232241530212378930" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Seran with the evil "puppy" who won't stop licking her<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgv9tzgvp-ZjXxTzultvUfdLlvnYzpgLYJen0buw7L1fXUk_u-DWL5gU-85Y_R7GE6MAiTlL1yPA47EKBmFxXYmzzgKO7rAYXb9GopldbRKZWs38UK17ZF1TOuti486RMbhuwZ/s1600-h/1stdayofschool2008.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgv9tzgvp-ZjXxTzultvUfdLlvnYzpgLYJen0buw7L1fXUk_u-DWL5gU-85Y_R7GE6MAiTlL1yPA47EKBmFxXYmzzgKO7rAYXb9GopldbRKZWs38UK17ZF1TOuti486RMbhuwZ/s400/1stdayofschool2008.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5232241529617689170" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Kids on the first day of school<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-cBbboA93038KvPTN0ujuFKnSdfdFU81y7wAyw-yAiP1m6q3UkbLfws2UXXda81p0OxODYGiZ3exgGodsFEksy5I499TouS3O2fpEftCpIK2tNSpBsSpfQc2iBaWTBNE8uzAZ/s1600-h/SD530137.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-cBbboA93038KvPTN0ujuFKnSdfdFU81y7wAyw-yAiP1m6q3UkbLfws2UXXda81p0OxODYGiZ3exgGodsFEksy5I499TouS3O2fpEftCpIK2tNSpBsSpfQc2iBaWTBNE8uzAZ/s400/SD530137.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5232241530348728258" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Nephews and Chase bowling the day before school starts as our final hurrah (Indiana Jones movie, arcade, and bowling!)<br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13849508.post-465904905288928362008-08-05T13:46:00.002-07:002008-08-05T14:09:20.753-07:00More Fabric<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjluqaSf3h-TjQsllSoAI8vt81zJ3kn__sBI3y6Uy5BjzQbQVYCXBBu0DFuQqoj7o0_gubJwqijtqqvjxT2nsw2fgFnmH_pu8gt8-7HrW73JQxTrmyqXm6KCEDcuRL8NDOk8Aiy/s1600-h/fabric_0003.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjluqaSf3h-TjQsllSoAI8vt81zJ3kn__sBI3y6Uy5BjzQbQVYCXBBu0DFuQqoj7o0_gubJwqijtqqvjxT2nsw2fgFnmH_pu8gt8-7HrW73JQxTrmyqXm6KCEDcuRL8NDOk8Aiy/s400/fabric_0003.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5231138882603063730" border="0" /></a>$6.50 15" x 17" 14 ct. Aida "Deep"<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-uAwToppw233g2OCt67rGuS8WpJhyad3KTY5nKKGLFNb_d9OWW5awKePMRtGSl4AXy0luPeI3BD7FPXUEBOhMsV56xIhzBEZ_fTUImEIOBhi4vhvJMwIxsZ4SCqyeB2BRW4CI/s1600-h/fabric_0002.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-uAwToppw233g2OCt67rGuS8WpJhyad3KTY5nKKGLFNb_d9OWW5awKePMRtGSl4AXy0luPeI3BD7FPXUEBOhMsV56xIhzBEZ_fTUImEIOBhi4vhvJMwIxsZ4SCqyeB2BRW4CI/s400/fabric_0002.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5231138899225170642" border="0" /></a>$8.00 15" x 17" 28 ct. linen "Deep"<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMEWauiMksIx0duxnxZCm9yD4-9xgvmhMYhpgIc2HV0bbKpAlYcq-2YaDoDPR7M6ujnxcozQTpJ9HmmK8DIGMOx7G1oGsguFd0MAy5FOngmoYRXfR_asFaFgSW_mcR0TjkJv-3/s1600-h/fabric_0001.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMEWauiMksIx0duxnxZCm9yD4-9xgvmhMYhpgIc2HV0bbKpAlYcq-2YaDoDPR7M6ujnxcozQTpJ9HmmK8DIGMOx7G1oGsguFd0MAy5FOngmoYRXfR_asFaFgSW_mcR0TjkJv-3/s400/fabric_0001.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5231138904845864658" border="0" /></a>$9.00 15" x 17" 28 ct. linen "Attic Antique"(made with all natural dyes)<br /><br />See post below for shipping info :)<br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13849508.post-84188991461660270742008-08-05T10:28:00.006-07:002008-08-08T12:40:50.489-07:00August Goals (gasp)--Dreaming Big!July goal:<br />Finish something-<span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">came close, only about 10 more stitches for SB Tiny Flag<br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Do finishing for both SB hearts-<span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">got the frames out, decided not to use</span></span><br /></span><br />August goals:<br />Finish SB Tiny Flag into a mattress<br />Finish SB Live heart into something<br />Finish SB 2006 heart into something<br />Make a practice floss tag<br />Make & send a floss tag for personal exchange with Karen V.<br />Stitch something small for my sister's housewarming<br />Finish LHN Stars & Stripes<br />Sell lots of fabric so I can buy more stash!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13849508.post-46907166156906583802008-08-04T14:08:00.004-07:002008-08-05T10:26:55.436-07:00Fabric for saleWe're dyeing fabric for more than exclusive kits now. I would like to stay low key because I've seen so many fabric places come and go but if you like what you see, let me know!<br /><br />These are ready to go (the pictures are 8" x 14" scans), paypal and checks accepted.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTrPuyUOl3BhscpVw2y9Fgil4shXZiLpXMWTZO5d3IPZ9G25jwwQeDyLqNXDaTJTV9jTIzruzTXMcepUarA4RTrbWbL00KiqD6S1PQ7p3CpZNd0UG2_2g19bHyVnw7PjqMiYqx/s1600-h/fabric_0001.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTrPuyUOl3BhscpVw2y9Fgil4shXZiLpXMWTZO5d3IPZ9G25jwwQeDyLqNXDaTJTV9jTIzruzTXMcepUarA4RTrbWbL00KiqD6S1PQ7p3CpZNd0UG2_2g19bHyVnw7PjqMiYqx/s400/fabric_0001.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5230773142416567938" border="0" /></a>$6.50 15" x 17" 14 ct. Aida "What a Wonderful World"<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW8OQiXdN9lAx1IcstCbH7f9PY6K30GrBRbIuGuuHPwoRz7hnFcJHtnwCTO5y2N3uC46jbJ2fBh32ro8TJ0z573AJHV33U76vWjhmn1KiGxo2vwrx5sBGkAyb_XbL5g1hGUX_y/s1600-h/fabric_0002.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW8OQiXdN9lAx1IcstCbH7f9PY6K30GrBRbIuGuuHPwoRz7hnFcJHtnwCTO5y2N3uC46jbJ2fBh32ro8TJ0z573AJHV33U76vWjhmn1KiGxo2vwrx5sBGkAyb_XbL5g1hGUX_y/s400/fabric_0002.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5230773157117294818" border="0" /></a>$6.50 15" x 17" 14 ct. Aida "Strawberry Wine"<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhQrKi9489IixqbdshTWvWNFmI2mr7zT1oFu3ZXd5UcxPqdl5Mfcyp5SFga-LjoVtUlq_xGAKebzWXD9stElN3XNB1oPrb5Z2Gir98cgJKi7ZIgsgYXQm72LI5pWxISHccQsSI/s1600-h/fabric_0003.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhQrKi9489IixqbdshTWvWNFmI2mr7zT1oFu3ZXd5UcxPqdl5Mfcyp5SFga-LjoVtUlq_xGAKebzWXD9stElN3XNB1oPrb5Z2Gir98cgJKi7ZIgsgYXQm72LI5pWxISHccQsSI/s400/fabric_0003.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5230773166574470914" border="0" /></a>$6.50 15" x 17" 14 ct. Aida "Cheddar Cheese"<br /><br />Shipping: $1.25 + small amount each additional piece first class or<br />$4.80 USPS priority for as many pieces as I can stuff in there<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">All of the pieces are quality, hand-washable Aida that come from a non-smoking, pet-free environment. The edges are unfinished.<br /><br /><a href="mailto:stitchesnstones@aol.com?subject=Fabric%20on%20your%20blog">Click to email</a><br /><br /><br /></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13849508.post-24305624370756858222008-07-29T00:24:00.004-07:002008-07-29T01:20:19.196-07:00Adventures with Ketchup or This will be funny next weekSigns you should have stayed in bed:<br /><br />-You step out of bed and step onto a packet of ketchup, which promptly pops under your pixie-like weight (snort), and sprays your legs, the bed, the walls, the dog, and your nightshirt. You pause to wonder how that much ketchup could possibly be in a bitty little packet. You stagger gracefully into the bathroom to shower, dragging the dog along with you. You accuse said dog of dragging the packet into the bedroom to begin with. The accused simply smiles a doggy smile. <br /><br />-You are ready for the day and sit on the couch--in dog vomit. You utter a few choice words, the dog smiles, and you stomp off to change.<br /><br />-When complaining about the ketchup (there is nothing like a bit of squishy squishy between your toes to truly wake a person), your daughter corrects you--it was TACO sauce, Mooooooooommm. Oh...of course...that makes this normal and acceptable...silly me. Remind me to leave some taco sauce in her room tonight by her bed...the hot kind! Taco Bell 4th meal, here I come!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9etVWHk46jconG9Jva4vbsXZj5Ix45EBvznrqk6A4UiCTmHmfc2Tqb0awzyHt2ax3eoKbOBjITe1j_WoQZ4NB_ZqO9Wx-_cMMOAX0iAFPUmZK_vnu4AZrkMWR06GlfVfugS_P/s1600-h/sbtinyflagwip.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9etVWHk46jconG9Jva4vbsXZj5Ix45EBvznrqk6A4UiCTmHmfc2Tqb0awzyHt2ax3eoKbOBjITe1j_WoQZ4NB_ZqO9Wx-_cMMOAX0iAFPUmZK_vnu4AZrkMWR06GlfVfugS_P/s320/sbtinyflagwip.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5228336579509885490" /></a><br /><br />There's nothing worse than being sick enough to watch TV but too sick to stitch, it's quite torturous. On the bright side, it gave me plenty of thinking time for designing. I'm excited about all the new ideas I have and some new releases I finally have planned. <br /><br />Above and below are my meager progress on my WIPS, the few lucid moments I had I stitched and frogged. I have to say I love silks, the stitches look so nice on the fabric! I only have one row to go on the SB Tiny Flag, so close! I am still fighting the LHN threads, they are determined to look gosh-awful no matter what methods I use. Speaking of gosh awful, I don't know why my camera won't photo needlework without being blurry, I will have to practice so that I can stop tormenting us all. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisaI5RsrZc3KHtfwj-LZn8qRWZ1anKi2joJan48d8KlZ9j-4Vvq3RhsHItiFUjnKOaLwJ5p7NIgN4udT5C8HduwtXDqL5V8-vBIoTMZl5PlCxGxprzG2xLLQDQH96KCI9lZ3so/s1600-h/lhnwip.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisaI5RsrZc3KHtfwj-LZn8qRWZ1anKi2joJan48d8KlZ9j-4Vvq3RhsHItiFUjnKOaLwJ5p7NIgN4udT5C8HduwtXDqL5V8-vBIoTMZl5PlCxGxprzG2xLLQDQH96KCI9lZ3so/s320/lhnwip.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5228336584261172978" /></a><br /><br />In an effort to shame myself into cleaning, here is a long awaited example of the disarray my office is in. I do keep my designer materials nice and tidy, it's just my personal stash that is out of control. Feel free to click for a close-up of chaos.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlw6xv05kroPjsDof8V43rnoqIGYON6RLpWh6XoqdpPupdYWYmcLmuv8CTnP3QMXbWv_SWJBsEoxgiZ76xn-jsTPJmqGHqDNtfMw5qqR-ysiXbDGZXT_UclXP7rhQ26PWGhMx6/s1600-h/stashmess1.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlw6xv05kroPjsDof8V43rnoqIGYON6RLpWh6XoqdpPupdYWYmcLmuv8CTnP3QMXbWv_SWJBsEoxgiZ76xn-jsTPJmqGHqDNtfMw5qqR-ysiXbDGZXT_UclXP7rhQ26PWGhMx6/s320/stashmess1.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5228336591030645666" /></a><br /><br />Lastly, my son graduated from the Teen Police Academy over the weekend. We have been after him about his hair for months but thought it was one of those battles not worth fighting. I did plan on having him cut it before school starts but he got it done himself. <br /><br />Before photo from the skate park last month with the shaggy 70s hair:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD8cSDi8YFNYeNPw6loAoqANLB_RLRtb0x4INXB10qfd85_X24d2-39wFfybX_dVFPtPcUTZtmQLM7lXjliml4sP5QdHFIb3333UKPFT9EoIXtgp_jYim0O-7FT8wdzZAgrwUo/s1600-h/bryceskating0608.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD8cSDi8YFNYeNPw6loAoqANLB_RLRtb0x4INXB10qfd85_X24d2-39wFfybX_dVFPtPcUTZtmQLM7lXjliml4sP5QdHFIb3333UKPFT9EoIXtgp_jYim0O-7FT8wdzZAgrwUo/s320/bryceskating0608.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5228336594634192802" /></a><br /><br />After photo with him and an instructor at his Teen Police academy graduation (practicing his Tough Teen stare):<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0I6TOn5cTr8KJfjwtKCSHyTMnY3rDRLnl_i4AxojI9JkIdNcaY8waAqT57HQi3MizLAH5IDYATALusVn_AJC5TvCSwRcFIJair7Hh_vcUMGanBukEdMnBQti-TXG_ryWBW5z2/s1600-h/bryceteenpolicegrad72608.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0I6TOn5cTr8KJfjwtKCSHyTMnY3rDRLnl_i4AxojI9JkIdNcaY8waAqT57HQi3MizLAH5IDYATALusVn_AJC5TvCSwRcFIJair7Hh_vcUMGanBukEdMnBQti-TXG_ryWBW5z2/s320/bryceteenpolicegrad72608.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5228336590808302114" /></a><br /><br />Totally different kid, right? No one recognizes him now, even his great grand-mother was confused.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0