A finish at last....I finally finished "The Gathering Sheep" which is the kit from the Chessie & Me Club. I had already shown you the tote and fob, but I decided to add to the needlebook and hadn't finished that until 3:00 a.m. this morning. I got home around 8:30 p.m. from my skatepark duties last night and I don't understand why, but I was too exhausted to stitch. I mean it's not as if I was doing the skating, but apparently sitting in the car, and walking out to the bleachers to watch once, is just too exhausting for me and I wanted to finish the book I was reading so I didn't even stitch while sitting in the car. Hence the 3:00 a.m. finish. I love the inside though and it turned out perfect for me. The way it was suppose to be done was with nothing inside, just the black weeks wool stitched to the front. But it was just too plain for me so I came up with the needle pages and a pocket, all nun stitched and then attached to the wool (2nd picture). I made a flap on the pocket and stitched a lamb over one taken from the cover and the year finished and my initials. The first picture is the front of the needlebook and the right picture is the back of the book. Love it! One project done, unfortunately for me though, Shepherds Bush new pieces came in yesterday so this morning since I had to work for Sara an hour while she did battle with PNC, I added 4 more kits to my ever growing stash. I had to add the Autumn Box since the Winter Box and Summer Box are already at the framers. When I pick those up I want to drop off Autumn and Spring so the collection will be complete. Thankfully those pieces only take one night and school starts soon so hopefully my skatepark duties are coming to an end. The skaters are great fun to watch, especially Solomon who works hard to accomplish each trick he sees the older guys do. And you see this skinny little 7 year old flying around the park, dropping in from an 8 ft. ledge, well it's pretty amazing and the older kids encourage him and cheer him on. You hear so much about mean kids, but let me tell you that is not the case at a skatepark. No one makes fun of the kids just learning, or the fat kid standing there....they are welcoming and encouraging to one and all. Color me shocked! Anyway, as the season slowly ebbs down, we're gearing up for our Jackie Duplessis class next weekend and then it's on to the Delaware Sampler Guild retreat and our Jamboree in October...where did the summer go? Fall is always such a nice time to stitch though, either inside by the fire or outside in the sun with cooler temps. Yes, it's always the season for stitching. Have a wonderful day and I'll be checking back with you.
A finish at last....I finally finished "The Gathering Sheep" which is the kit from the Chessie & Me Club. I had already shown you the tote and fob, but I decided to add to the needlebook and hadn't finished that until 3:00 a.m. this morning. I got home around 8:30 p.m. from my skatepark duties last night and I don't understand why, but I was too exhausted to stitch. I mean it's not as if I was doing the skating, but apparently sitting in the car, and walking out to the bleachers to watch once, is just too exhausting for me and I wanted to finish the book I was reading so I didn't even stitch while sitting in the car. Hence the 3:00 a.m. finish. I love the inside though and it turned out perfect for me. The way it was suppose to be done was with nothing inside, just the black weeks wool stitched to the front. But it was just too plain for me so I came up with the needle pages and a pocket, all nun stitched and then attached to the wool (2nd picture). I made a flap on the pocket and stitched a lamb over one taken from the cover and the year finished and my initials. The first picture is the front of the needlebook and the right picture is the back of the book. Love it! One project done, unfortunately for me though, Shepherds Bush new pieces came in yesterday so this morning since I had to work for Sara an hour while she did battle with PNC, I added 4 more kits to my ever growing stash. I had to add the Autumn Box since the Winter Box and Summer Box are already at the framers. When I pick those up I want to drop off Autumn and Spring so the collection will be complete. Thankfully those pieces only take one night and school starts soon so hopefully my skatepark duties are coming to an end. The skaters are great fun to watch, especially Solomon who works hard to accomplish each trick he sees the older guys do. And you see this skinny little 7 year old flying around the park, dropping in from an 8 ft. ledge, well it's pretty amazing and the older kids encourage him and cheer him on. You hear so much about mean kids, but let me tell you that is not the case at a skatepark. No one makes fun of the kids just learning, or the fat kid standing there....they are welcoming and encouraging to one and all. Color me shocked! Anyway, as the season slowly ebbs down, we're gearing up for our Jackie Duplessis class next weekend and then it's on to the Delaware Sampler Guild retreat and our Jamboree in October...where did the summer go? Fall is always such a nice time to stitch though, either inside by the fire or outside in the sun with cooler temps. Yes, it's always the season for stitching. Have a wonderful day and I'll be checking back with you.
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