I added a few trees in the border ... have garden gates x 4 & more trees to stitch. The next border has a portion of a poem by Andrew Marvell called The Garden. Will try to get more trees & lettering done this coming week.
Friday, April 28, 2006
Not many new stitches ...
I added a few trees in the border ... have garden gates x 4 & more trees to stitch. The next border has a portion of a poem by Andrew Marvell called The Garden. Will try to get more trees & lettering done this coming week.
Spring blooming continues
Flowering crab apple tree -- so pretty in pink : )
Pretty Weeping Peach & crabapple trees. The dwarf cherry trees are blooming, too.
Friday, April 21, 2006
Drawn Thread: The Sanctuary WIP
Finished the fourth garden from The Sanctuary. c.2001, C.A.Zittel, The Drawn Thread. It was so much fun working on all the flowers w/stitches like: rhodes, eyelet, rice,jessica, etc. I will add the date last. 
Started working on the border with trees and gates. Not sure how much stitching time I'll have over the week-end (Alex performs in The School of Rock - Middle School Play). Everybody: Have a nice week-end & stitch well : )
Thursday, April 20, 2006
Congratulations : )
Congratulations SharonB! Sharon Boggon is the featured artist at stitchamaze. Sharon blogs at In a Minute Ago. I am inspired by the awesome textile information she puts out on a daily basis.
While surfing, found more interesting news from Anna. I never heard of the Needlework Show & could have stayed on-line 10 hours going thru all the links. Funness + Doorprizes. WOOT!!! She also had a post/picture about an Anniversary Ornament magazine being issued by JCS. ca-ching, ca-ching : ) LOL
About Sanctuary, Nancy in IL, or anybody, feel free to get out your DT Sanctuary project & join in. I was in a SAL last year (sponsored by the LNS). I enjoyed monthly hands-on stitching help as many of the stitches were brand new to me. I didn't keep up with the proposed stitching schedule. Most of the group (snail paced me) finished in the Fall of 2005. Right now, I have the center & most of the four gardens stitched. I didn't add the year. I plan to start stitching the outer borders within the next couple of days. If I can get this WIP moving along - I'd like to put it on exhibit this Summer. (picture soon)
Need to get stuff accomplished today ... stitch well
While surfing, found more interesting news from Anna. I never heard of the Needlework Show & could have stayed on-line 10 hours going thru all the links. Funness + Doorprizes. WOOT!!! She also had a post/picture about an Anniversary Ornament magazine being issued by JCS. ca-ching, ca-ching : ) LOL
About Sanctuary, Nancy in IL, or anybody, feel free to get out your DT Sanctuary project & join in. I was in a SAL last year (sponsored by the LNS). I enjoyed monthly hands-on stitching help as many of the stitches were brand new to me. I didn't keep up with the proposed stitching schedule. Most of the group (snail paced me) finished in the Fall of 2005. Right now, I have the center & most of the four gardens stitched. I didn't add the year. I plan to start stitching the outer borders within the next couple of days. If I can get this WIP moving along - I'd like to put it on exhibit this Summer. (picture soon)
Need to get stuff accomplished today ... stitch well
Wednesday, April 19, 2006
Another Sandra Fan
I received a private e-mail from Jennifer. Jen has a blog with some beautiful smocking. Check out the charming Easter dress -- smocking w/Easter motifs at Jen's Blog : ) Awesome. AND ... FYI, Jen put together a web page of Sandra Cozzolino Santa designs.
I admit only owning ONE Santa design; however, have three pattern leaflets (designs by Sandra Cozzolino) of the Charles Craft Huck Towel designs. I've stitched Cappuccino & Java from Coffeehouse Favorites (want to do the other four). I bought Celebrate the Seasons! & would like to stitch all eight one day (one year LOL) -- especially "spring fever" with the bee hive.
UPDATE: While surfing blogs, I see Becky Bee already has Spring Fever DONE!! Here I'm only in the planning to buy a towel stage -- and she is FINISHED.
The two huck towels I finished most recently also have smaller towel designs for terry cloth dish towels. Design Connection. They have herb motifs & if I can find the towels on discount, may stitch them for MY kitchen ... after the fair!
Put some stitching into The Sanctuary. I'm using Anchor Floss and Week's Overdye. Pattern calls for one strand over two threads; however, I'm using 2 strands of floss on the cross stitches. Picture later this week ....
I admit only owning ONE Santa design; however, have three pattern leaflets (designs by Sandra Cozzolino) of the Charles Craft Huck Towel designs. I've stitched Cappuccino & Java from Coffeehouse Favorites (want to do the other four). I bought Celebrate the Seasons! & would like to stitch all eight one day (one year LOL) -- especially "spring fever" with the bee hive.
UPDATE: While surfing blogs, I see Becky Bee already has Spring Fever DONE!! Here I'm only in the planning to buy a towel stage -- and she is FINISHED.
The two huck towels I finished most recently also have smaller towel designs for terry cloth dish towels. Design Connection. They have herb motifs & if I can find the towels on discount, may stitch them for MY kitchen ... after the fair!
Put some stitching into The Sanctuary. I'm using Anchor Floss and Week's Overdye. Pattern calls for one strand over two threads; however, I'm using 2 strands of floss on the cross stitches. Picture later this week ....
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