tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33480617896625533272024-03-13T03:03:23.092-07:00Salty YarnsSally Rutkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14482549193518218312noreply@blogger.comBlogger663125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348061789662553327.post-72438484481625000862023-09-11T08:17:00.001-07:002023-09-11T08:17:27.743-07:00Things don't always go to plan, at least not for me.<p>I kept saying in previous posts I was going to finish my final summer pieces before fall, however, best laid plans and all that. I did finish Mr. & Mrs. Margaretaville, but don't like the finishing so waiting for Sara to get the Rainbow Gallery fibers in so I can dress them up a little. And the Italian designer's piece which I'm crazy about, I did get one of the pieces done, but I tried to do 3 dimensional hair and while it looked fine if the girl I put it on was about an inch bigger. So I have to redo that and then I'll show you hopefully next time. </p><p>Since Brenda Gervais has released "Coming to America," I decided to get it framed now so I will also be bringing that into the shop for display. I forgot I had stitched the whole piece over 1 on 32 or 36 ct. and when I unrolled it I was shocked to see that again. at 75 apparently I can't remember that long ago, and yet I can remember things my sister did when I was in my teens and before that I hated. Go figure. Anyway, the point is, if you haven't seen this piece it is spectacular, no matter who did it or what linen or Aida they used. </p><p>I've also got the Hands on Design snowman which was stitched last year, but I never put the nose on him because I wanted something with dimension in place of the called for nose made with Weeks Wool. I finally made the nose out of Sculpey clay, baked it, attached it and thought I was done. But while finishing another piece I was going through my charm container (an old Fisher Pecan Halves empty 23 oz container~I'm an ardent recycler of plastic containers that can be reused) and saw several silver snowflake charms so I had to use one and now my snowman is holding one in his twig hands. I wish I could remember what I stitched this on, but it's been well over a year and I simply can't. But...I finished another piece this week which I will be showing below, and it looks like exactly the same color and size so I'm going to say 30 ct. Weeks Dye Works. I also used the colors listed. Now, I must be doing something right because my initial plan for the snowman was to finish it on a paddle or hornbook. I buy things I have no plan for initially but figure something will come along that will work beautifully. I had a couple of paddles which were almost perfect, but about 1 inch too short. So I handed it to Vernon and asked him to make me one that would be about 1" longer and waited. And then Vernon and Sara bought this lovely dream home in Berlin and of course they are obsessed with getting it ready to move in. Since I work on a personal guideline, I just couldn't wait and didn't want to bug them while they were busy painting, buying furniture, etc. So last week I strolled through the shop and saw a frame that I thought would work beautifully. It was from Jill Rensel, who most of you know from Shepherd's Bush kits, and there was the frame she made for Shepherds Bush "Winter is Chilling." It turned out to be the perfect size. See what you think!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEZ_Znv_rFdJin8DDYRzh6J-XGZtSS8OtccXRDT9uWb7izM_qmKXxfV1wP5KLF74TAW8gLqKQElbYf03lhXcPLP1yEufVwCQIZvSun6Xn4qpovNEoV30a-6oHWixavQfJXMPdMnNqFUqKkq1fRlIbJkMguu_QaTFKzW72edy0IEQRtgcZfCsmrGrJo_dnl/s1800/ready%20set%20snow.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEZ_Znv_rFdJin8DDYRzh6J-XGZtSS8OtccXRDT9uWb7izM_qmKXxfV1wP5KLF74TAW8gLqKQElbYf03lhXcPLP1yEufVwCQIZvSun6Xn4qpovNEoV30a-6oHWixavQfJXMPdMnNqFUqKkq1fRlIbJkMguu_QaTFKzW72edy0IEQRtgcZfCsmrGrJo_dnl/s320/ready%20set%20snow.jpg" width="256" /></a> </div><p>Once I finished with the snowman I was excited to begin Halloween and fall. I wanted to pick something new, and something from a design I'd never stitched before. So the winnter was, "Meow-o-ween" from Stitches by Ethel. Really I think it was so different from what I usually stitch I couldn't wait to start. I chose 30 ct. Confederate Grey as my linen and pulled the threads. She used CC Black Coffee, but I usually switch any overdyed thread with little mottling to just DMC. Why spend the extra money is my motto if you can't see the difference. (this could prove to be a potential bad move here). Anyway, I also didn't like the bright yellow listed so I softened it by using DMC 3820 but that was again, just a personal choice.) You know I'm always looking for opportunities to add a charm or a button, but in the end I just couldn't find anything that I thought matched the piece. I thought the lollipops the cat is holding would have been a perfect place to do it, but didn't have anything that would have a Halloween tone. So I decided it was perfect just as it was. I did make one fatal error. As I was typing this I looked at the picture and realized I forgot to give the cat whiskers. Perhaps I should have stopped trying to add dimension and just stitch the dimension already there. Well, whiskers are on...one side is longer than the other, but wasn't that easy on a piece that is completely finished so I'm just going with it. Still cute and he should be a little funky, he's Meow-o-ween. Where I did get a little creative is by using a scrapbook paper as the background for the piece and added a black spider ribbon which I thought was brilliant when I bought it from Papermart several years ago, and have tried every year to use it on something. Because I couldn't figure out a trim to use, I tried rick rack, chenille, etc., and then I pulled out the spider ribbon and layed it flat on the paper and sat the stitched piece on top of it and it did add a spooky element to it. Not sure you can tell it's spiders or lace, let's just say it's cool I finally used a little of the ribbon. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7k7cxBloYZ6FIWkNCTOKbZ85sNZHpNkfdA1mcR1hYhbKYogjUnrpdy0M5jn3WXSaeCYk2UWJg0Q84NLYJItrqggC7rFlrch6hs_GkipyIKRTlkTjrB1h-gelCU4HD-nvgIUO7wW56wwhgacfcuRdW57SirdTdVBNQW_V42CBu-H6LJzLDqhLHA5jB1fo6/s1800/Meowowee.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7k7cxBloYZ6FIWkNCTOKbZ85sNZHpNkfdA1mcR1hYhbKYogjUnrpdy0M5jn3WXSaeCYk2UWJg0Q84NLYJItrqggC7rFlrch6hs_GkipyIKRTlkTjrB1h-gelCU4HD-nvgIUO7wW56wwhgacfcuRdW57SirdTdVBNQW_V42CBu-H6LJzLDqhLHA5jB1fo6/s320/Meowowee.jpg" width="256" /></a></div><p>Without his whiskers</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8EmZEzz_miDhnr2bk3lnv_9HX_WlfHJtYmGdleLrihEp8N1ffg5QE6B1bgxJIYH1h8eycohhnymK2akej6Idjf_I9RXlwnZnxrJWFG7PaBstAbhs0ocTeCjOlC79zgzau_MO0KPHBun-HLlaPfAbDaX-w24VEJyDF9LfGlXeMkuwgxbY1YJyeuNfKuzYM/s640/378052682_18204359626260206_1818785377545067590_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="512" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8EmZEzz_miDhnr2bk3lnv_9HX_WlfHJtYmGdleLrihEp8N1ffg5QE6B1bgxJIYH1h8eycohhnymK2akej6Idjf_I9RXlwnZnxrJWFG7PaBstAbhs0ocTeCjOlC79zgzau_MO0KPHBun-HLlaPfAbDaX-w24VEJyDF9LfGlXeMkuwgxbY1YJyeuNfKuzYM/s320/378052682_18204359626260206_1818785377545067590_n.jpg" width="256" /></a></div><p>With his whiskers</p><p><br /></p><p>Now, the final finishes went into a favorite new thing for me, Frony Ritter Designs, Tiny Mittens Set #4. I loved the Nautical set you saw in a post so I had to grab a Christmas set and this was the first one on the rack. I love the tags they added to this set. You can put names and use them as gift tags, or stitch one for your children or grands and if you do this every year they will be able to decorate their first tree with all the ornaments they've collected from you. But they showed another use and it was a wine glass charms. They chart the words you see on mine but doing you own names wouldn't be difficult. Of course, as always I had to add my own touch with embellishments. The beads are pretty standard but when I stitched the truck I went and found my micro buttons and thank God I found these little black buttons which were perfect for tires. While I was disappointed I didn't have micro snowflake charms for the snowman, and God forbide I wait until I could get some, I used the smallest size I had and added to his hand. Added a tiny jingle bed (this was shown on the chart along with a ribbon, and then I had already ordered the red/white butcher twine so I was ready to finish these mittens. Again, as with the nautical I added scrapbook paper to the backs (red/white checked) and today while I'm at the shop for Knit and Bitch (Sara's Summer Stitch which doesn't seem appropriate for Autumn), I'm going to pick up another set of mittens. As before I used the 14 ct. Plastic white canvas (which seems more like 18 ct.) and I used the recommended threads. This set, as the set before takes 1 day for each mitten...keeping in mind I sit for hours a day to stitch. Last night I started the snowman mitten (incidentally I added an amber/orange bead for a nose and I added stitches to the head to make it more round) anyway, I started the mitten around 5:30 p.m. and had it stitched and finished ready to hang by 10:30 pm.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe1sUeRojUE0q9rzsux69Twrxay0wYMtrAtnYuBnxPe_hvVQ9Ty0h2X38HFu2bix-RhE06cTDIXiLeA1TwtcF4cPGcW1_lo35gNDq79wvYu_LtDaSpS_nquCzjEV7hGk-fcSYHeKgJJ-4BDL0Vm7WYQx6rN3nxYoQDrfCAOeg5ulEWMH3ah66c_-YFlIDO/s1800/Tiny%20Mittens%204.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe1sUeRojUE0q9rzsux69Twrxay0wYMtrAtnYuBnxPe_hvVQ9Ty0h2X38HFu2bix-RhE06cTDIXiLeA1TwtcF4cPGcW1_lo35gNDq79wvYu_LtDaSpS_nquCzjEV7hGk-fcSYHeKgJJ-4BDL0Vm7WYQx6rN3nxYoQDrfCAOeg5ulEWMH3ah66c_-YFlIDO/s320/Tiny%20Mittens%204.jpg" width="256" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p> I'm aware that I'm lucky to be retired and can sleep in if I need to, so I'm speaking 1 day for me, but you can determine for yourself how much stitching time you have and how long it would take you. If you aren't already retired, you will be and think of all the stitching you will get done. I still marvel over what is shown by certain stitchers, Stasi I'm talking about you here, and how much she gets done, she's retired but Rich and Stasi go out and visit places (although she does stitch in a car), visit their grandchildren often, etc., and yet she's posting much bigger projects also stitching on 40 ct., 46 ct, and I believe even ventured into 52 ct, or close to it. Anyway, someday your stash will be stitched, just be patient, it will be here before you know it. And you, like all retired people, won't believe all you get done. </p><p>OK, I've got to get ready to go. Have a great week as the weather lets up a little. Hope you are able to put some stitching time in and I'll be talking to you soon.</p><p><br /></p>Sally Rutkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14482549193518218312noreply@blogger.com34R7PR5M5+PV-44.1657101 154.159625-72.475943936178851 119.003375 -15.855476263821153 -170.684125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348061789662553327.post-81106558785909367842023-08-31T11:46:00.000-07:002023-08-31T11:46:18.796-07:00What was once lost has finally been found and just in time & New Class Alert!<p> I lost my blog, been trying for 2 weeks, had no idea where it went and even signed up to start a new one, but at 3 a.m.this morning I tried once again to straighten the mess out and voila! Never stop trying is what I've learned from that experience. It's so nice to be back.</p><p>A lot going on at Salty Yarns as we are busy getting ready for retreat season here. The canvas and threads have arrived for the canvaswork class, "<b><i>Beachcombers Booty"</i></b> with <span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: open_sanslight; font-size: 18px; font-weight: var(--font-weight-body--bolder); text-align: center;">Anne Strite-Kurz, and for once I'm going to be taking the class. Picked up the supplies from the shop and tried to start the outline of the sand dollar and of course I've became to afraid to start for fear I'd start in the wrong place so Sara said to leave it with her and she'd do the pre-stitch. I jumped at the chance. I had to laugh when I got a call from Sara a couple of days later to see if it would bother me if it was centered exactly. I said no, but knew it would drive me crazy but figured once the class was over I'd just take it apart and start over. But fortunately Kathy and Stacy were also in the shop starting their pre-stitch and Kathy put pressure on her to start again. So folks I'm ready to go and the design outline is in the center as instructed. Exciting!</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzYjQMv0ZngLbPgFtVX7CAY7NiSItUWCxLw_nwgi7MOdCZtFqH577g42NUiLy1z-P1Yg1cKxE5cAi4hNcAz5NhO0l8uoe9IlhQklXKQ2hGB9sV8DRqx9M9eb_H-LZSN9edqGCk-QnXU8AKw-XaBiX34yHZ-UrRHui0rMGIhakxAF2WAnsOTkj8kuwn6OEB/s480/f38878ea6c71846a9d2658d80f312275_480x480.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="463" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzYjQMv0ZngLbPgFtVX7CAY7NiSItUWCxLw_nwgi7MOdCZtFqH577g42NUiLy1z-P1Yg1cKxE5cAi4hNcAz5NhO0l8uoe9IlhQklXKQ2hGB9sV8DRqx9M9eb_H-LZSN9edqGCk-QnXU8AKw-XaBiX34yHZ-UrRHui0rMGIhakxAF2WAnsOTkj8kuwn6OEB/s320/f38878ea6c71846a9d2658d80f312275_480x480.jpg" width="309" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Then in October we have Jamboree and Jackie DuPlessis. Yes, orders are being placed and tags are being made. Won't be long now....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We also have a new class that has been scheduled....this time a knitting class (information is at the bottom of the blog post. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'm still busy trying to meet my goal of 4 projects finished each month I got the boost of the 5 nautical mittens which counted as 5 projects but only took me one week to complete so that made this month easier as I had to stitch only 3 pieces and my goal would be reached. This month I pulled out Little House Needleworks, <i><b>Keeper of the Pins</b></i>, which I spoke about last month. Should have been easy, it was a WIP which I put away apparently 5 seconds after I started it and was shocked to find I had only stitched 1 small leaf. Yikes, I wonder what shiny object caught my eye that made me leave this one in a bag for a few years. But I'm determined to get all the WIP finished before I die since I at least have the shame associated with too many WIP sitting on the shelves. Moving only revealed the exact number and it's embarrassing. So my new goal when I moved was to start pulling one instantly, and I did, and then to continually pull a new WIP each time I finished the current one. So far I've finished a few but it's like taking a thimble of water out of the ocean. There are just way too still are the shelves many to celebrate yet. But at least I'm working on it. <b><i>Keeper of the Pins</i></b> took much longer than I had imagined it would so, I got frustrated every day I didn't finish it and then last week decided I just needed to sit and stitch until it was finished. The final insult for me was the last row of strawberries on the vine I zoned out and did twice the number of strawberries by mistake. I was over half way through the vine when I actually looked at the picture on the chartpak and realized mine looked different and then realized what I had done. I was over 1/2 done with the vine so I just decided I didn't feel like ripping out stitches so just finished it that way. And so now it's finished. Yea!!! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0ibnqoR5zn6ZTatHEcofmsLocz7LXc-8_rKJrakfZ6Dy5qhOiLqcKKE8YSasfPQM_pPAynjNWa2Af7XhOHv90LalgbM8y0uHPWlotnIhMo3AFz4IISK0cxs82oL4s4xpC1AYwrn0TYomY3yyqfzmMZ4waxCWogzP3JE38CUjhXT73joIcyBXJVAAGlKr7/s1800/370434058_18201894451260206_4601699445639395477_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0ibnqoR5zn6ZTatHEcofmsLocz7LXc-8_rKJrakfZ6Dy5qhOiLqcKKE8YSasfPQM_pPAynjNWa2Af7XhOHv90LalgbM8y0uHPWlotnIhMo3AFz4IISK0cxs82oL4s4xpC1AYwrn0TYomY3yyqfzmMZ4waxCWogzP3JE38CUjhXT73joIcyBXJVAAGlKr7/s320/370434058_18201894451260206_4601699445639395477_n.jpg" width="256" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Final news for this post is Salty Yarns is going to have a knitting class starting September 27th.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333232; font-family: open_sansregular; font-size: 20px;"><i><b>After Thought Heel Sock Class by Brenda from A Little Bit Sheepish </b></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333232; font-family: open_sansregular; font-size: 20px; font-weight: var(--font-weight-body--bolder);"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333232; font-family: open_sansregular; font-size: 20px;"><b><i>Cost of 4 classes will be $80 plus the cost of materials (which are not included) </i></b></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333232; font-family: open_sansregular; font-size: 20px; font-weight: var(--font-weight-body--bolder);"> $40.00 deposit is required to hold your spot.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333232; font-family: open_sanslight; font-size: 18px;">In four sessions, September 27, October 18, October 25, November 1, you will learn how to knit in the round and use double points, working your way to a pair of socks. </span></div><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: open_sanslight; font-size: 18px; line-height: 25px; margin: 0px 0px 19.4444px; text-align: center;">Sessions will be held at Salty Yarns, 10452 Old Ocean City Blvd (right next to Tractor Supply in Berlin) from <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: var(--font-weight-body--bolder);">1 PM - 2:30 PM </span>on the dates shown.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: open_sanslight; font-size: 18px; line-height: 25px; margin: 0px 0px 19.4444px; text-align: center;">To register please call the shop (410) 289-4667 or e-mail SALTYYARNS@AOL.COM. </p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: open_sanslight; font-size: 18px; line-height: 25px; margin: 0px 0px 19.4444px; text-align: center;">Have a great Labor Day and I'll be back to show you a couple of finishes that I'm working on now. </p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: open_sanslight; font-size: 18px; line-height: 25px; margin: 0px 0px 19.4444px; text-align: center;">Keep your needles moving stitchers. No time to waste!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Sally Rutkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14482549193518218312noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348061789662553327.post-8754328502237097122023-07-30T03:54:00.001-07:002023-07-30T03:55:24.334-07:00Don't forget Summer Knit on Monday, August 7th...<p> In searching for new summer related projects to stitch I came across a gem somewhat hidden on the rack and it became my next stitch. The chart is called "Nautical Mittens" and it's from Frony Ritter Designs and the chart retails for $5.00. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjfI2OM26VJcUOrk5A0km_0fOaW6dXrQu_pfC34t-0yAQA1RGX2Kq7sfXdktNLO-3P3JeiJ9FrFUXFGyO2QRYI3H37BUO0Sn851JjIOvlApaXZDB_u8PAwtp5BmBZpi_a_LUK4hbWj6mQbDTE6-XLzuBCdhp7ftfQwGyNmAJZ_qcaYXRXQhbJCY3dNvu_2/s600/362684787_2314825815385031_3216379060921607609_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjfI2OM26VJcUOrk5A0km_0fOaW6dXrQu_pfC34t-0yAQA1RGX2Kq7sfXdktNLO-3P3JeiJ9FrFUXFGyO2QRYI3H37BUO0Sn851JjIOvlApaXZDB_u8PAwtp5BmBZpi_a_LUK4hbWj6mQbDTE6-XLzuBCdhp7ftfQwGyNmAJZ_qcaYXRXQhbJCY3dNvu_2/s320/362684787_2314825815385031_3216379060921607609_n.jpg" width="256" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>These are the 6th sets of mittens Frony Ritter has published but the first ones I've seen for some reason. I started stitching the sandcastle first. Several of the other mittens are Christmas related, but I've got Sara ordering some of those. Stitched on 14 ct. Plastic Perforated Paper (the shop is on a never ending list of back orders which includes white PP)...anyway, the plastic works as well, in fact a little better since it does bend or tear. Don't forget you can also use Aida or linen. Anyway, since I stitch many hours a day I can finish stitching 1 mitten/day. Winner, Winner! But seriously these are really well designed and cute as a button because of the finished size of them. They are approximately 1-1/2" wide and 2" high (not counting the white 1/8" ribbon which I cut a 5" piece and glued it to the back of the ornament and covered with navy scrapbook paper. Because of their small size I decided to stitch them all. Seriously cute for your summer tree. Can't wait to get some Christmas mittens. <div><div><br /></div><div>So now that I've finished this project I have to find another summer project. I know just what I'm going to stitch. New designer for the shop, <b><i>Serenita di campagna</i></b> and the piece is called "Giochi</div><div>d'Estate" Beautifully done summer scenes. Below is a picture of it</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3JVPEqLbLcKSGQcdeZ5m3b75Wl8shCMprnOUptJG3aJn4P2HnPVBqSGojKyoWJ9l2DUeImk7fk0ZIwqCF5KaCzudZyriSsdwsyshYwSVeRzz0Eu-cWRK0ohVsVhJWJWzLxUDdcMQJRpFOVlHNN4kn9y6ULyfZmwrSze5NXBTrHjI2Q_dAfkIes6HYGVLL/s400/23-1980.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="300" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3JVPEqLbLcKSGQcdeZ5m3b75Wl8shCMprnOUptJG3aJn4P2HnPVBqSGojKyoWJ9l2DUeImk7fk0ZIwqCF5KaCzudZyriSsdwsyshYwSVeRzz0Eu-cWRK0ohVsVhJWJWzLxUDdcMQJRpFOVlHNN4kn9y6ULyfZmwrSze5NXBTrHjI2Q_dAfkIes6HYGVLL/s320/23-1980.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>It's so hard to believe July is almost over. When I lived in O.C. the summer felt like it was a year long, and today I realized we have only one more month before it's over. Of course with the heat, well let's just say I don't do well in heat and humidity, so I'm really looking forward to fall. I hate to even go outside now. I also love the fall designs so come on fall! </div></div><div><br /></div><div>On the home front Solomon, one of my grandsons, is working with me this summer in hopes I'll get the house completely furnished, pictures hung, boxes, emptied and yesterday we measured the room that will become my stitching room, so I've ordered a desk. Once that gets in place I'm assuming the rest will fall in line, I'll get all the boxes out of the 2nd guest room and get it finished. The desk is due to arrive on Thursday, so hopefully Solomon will be able to accomplish that next week since this week he's only working Tuesday and Wednesday. Thursday he goes to get his learners permit, so that's exciting for him. Anyway, we spent a couple of hours hanging pictures today. Up until today the walls were bare. It's so exciting to have something on some of the walls, and one brought back so many memories of events gone by. In 2012-2013, 73 stitchers worked on a Blue Ribbon piece for Sara, Mary and me and I am the one who took it with me to hang. I remember the day or night I should say, they presented it to us at Jamboree and how shocked I was to receive such a fantastic and gorgeous gift. The remarkable part is not only that they gifted it, but how many people worked on it. 73 stitchers stitched part of this sampler, Quilted Garden, and not while they were all together at an event, but it had to be mailed around to everyone. One wonders how they accomplished this and get it framed beautifully and presented to me in time for Jamboree. But ladies it's hanging in my kitchen/dining room so I can look at it while I'm relaxing over a meal and marvel at the fact that 73 stitchers pulled this off without the three of us finding out. I've also hung the 70th birthday gift which was matted with the signatures of everyone that attended the event that year. I have such wonderful memories of my times with the stitchers. So again, thank you for making my day all over again. I loved them then and I love them even more now. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf8ps_KYcnmOUXKqrWIvQEAHRjAc58crKAYssElUup0RX6ajVZeIA6qCwijcpfyi8Y1a60xJbEE_C_CSzFigsk2l-Kv4TBQ5pT_F_EcJK_KfI9GdUpC5YtgP4XT0FiXw0LeUccm0MyJOG7tgrGCCYsE7vVhBBfuyF33DF_4u3qFH3UJl6RGgNkS3XyHJ8J/s1080/thumbnail%20(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="810" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf8ps_KYcnmOUXKqrWIvQEAHRjAc58crKAYssElUup0RX6ajVZeIA6qCwijcpfyi8Y1a60xJbEE_C_CSzFigsk2l-Kv4TBQ5pT_F_EcJK_KfI9GdUpC5YtgP4XT0FiXw0LeUccm0MyJOG7tgrGCCYsE7vVhBBfuyF33DF_4u3qFH3UJl6RGgNkS3XyHJ8J/s320/thumbnail%20(1).jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRp292mRlz9lCJ8P-mD9k4hFZ_id4D8BcMVQVckNWNmvRWF0a16zMyfL_3boausOxbUuAx8Uq8H3fAd6XSzMsAzym1JH4haTE73clDQdtb0gLAuRvV8CmlwnpNyYeJRXD-sVUr5Os3vzXgeWc9K4w7Tntxev7X_ddOvUtGqTO67VCHHFtNKigQlM-GHFG4/s1080/thumbnail.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="810" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRp292mRlz9lCJ8P-mD9k4hFZ_id4D8BcMVQVckNWNmvRWF0a16zMyfL_3boausOxbUuAx8Uq8H3fAd6XSzMsAzym1JH4haTE73clDQdtb0gLAuRvV8CmlwnpNyYeJRXD-sVUr5Os3vzXgeWc9K4w7Tntxev7X_ddOvUtGqTO67VCHHFtNKigQlM-GHFG4/s320/thumbnail.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>The desk arrived a day early so Solomon decided he would haul all the parts upstairs himself and start the construction. Haven't heard a word from him since, except he did come down for a soda and had a smile on his face and said it's cool he can do it. Fingers crossed although I know he can't finish it today but at least he knows what he's going to be doing next week. This week we took over 2 cartons as donations to the Methodist church, made 2 trips to recycling as well as cleaned out the utility room so I can actually use the fabulous work bench that Bud had in there. We got several bins out of the garage along with the boxes of samplers to be hung. Although I know there are more because I haven't found my grandmother's yet. So it's a slow roll, since I've lived here since last October, and the movers brought the rest of my stuff in April, but I'm O.K. with that. I'm enjoying every moment but now with my stitched pictures, etc. being put up it looks so much more like a home. And best of all, Solomon is a joy to have here and we are getting so much time together now. His parents trained him well so he's polite and respectful....yes a joy!</div><div><br /></div><div>I've got to get back to stitching so I'll end here. Have a great week and hope to see you at Summer Knit on Monday, August 7th. I missed Stitch 'n Bitch on Thursday as 2 men arrived at my door as I was getting my stuff together to leave and when I asked if I could help them they informed me they were here to put the new unit in my summer room so I now have better a/c (the portable unit didn't cool enough) and it also gives me heat in the winter. Yea!!! I've been sitting out there during the 94 degree days perfectly comfortable. Win, Win!</div><div><br /></div><div>Talk to you soon.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Sally Rutkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14482549193518218312noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348061789662553327.post-22143751251558115992023-07-14T09:01:00.001-07:002023-07-14T09:01:39.446-07:00I am ashamed to say, "I am the epitome of lazy"<p>I have a room upstairs that I intend to make my stitching room, however, before that happens I've been stashing everything around the downstairs. The bedroom walk-in closet on the first level has become my go to when I need to stash anything stitching related. So that is where all the DMC is and that closet is less than 20 steps away from the room I stitch in. For me it might as well be 100 feet because I never seen to be willing to go there to get thread I need. Now I keep my overdyed threads in the room I stitch in, stashed on a shelf under the T.V. That makes those threads about 5 steps away from my stitching chair. When I started "Nautical Tier" from Erin Elizabeth Designs, I looked through my pile of DMC sitting on the table from a just finished project and not put away, and when I didn't find the called for threads I pulled out the Weeks Dye Works bin and substituted for the DMC. How lazy is that. And the time it takes to figure out substitutes, well, if there's one thing I've got now it's plenty of time so obviously it would be less timely if I just got up and got the DMC. Anyway, here is my version of the Nautical Tier and the 2nd picture is the original. Under the pictures you will find the substitutions I made. I left off the starfish and sanddollars around the base as I liked focusing on the 3 tier tray. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPLKCuOmBLizBoPhiX1Q8NVINK67Dizgx64oGIbpbZ6PH4iPCUpMYP0tal5pg7Z2EI-DLRGL_ed2fKgDjvBgMzQHc2wLECzwIrhVTOb4GcWQDy3bduVE2itF-fqjpVm8SQRvgc-O2yO8v04qpUw5nW2myxymCcktZ0VnD8H2snKW-T5bETVO1RL6EWxwNR/s640/358687713_2308007916066821_2616835444816524700_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="512" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPLKCuOmBLizBoPhiX1Q8NVINK67Dizgx64oGIbpbZ6PH4iPCUpMYP0tal5pg7Z2EI-DLRGL_ed2fKgDjvBgMzQHc2wLECzwIrhVTOb4GcWQDy3bduVE2itF-fqjpVm8SQRvgc-O2yO8v04qpUw5nW2myxymCcktZ0VnD8H2snKW-T5bETVO1RL6EWxwNR/s320/358687713_2308007916066821_2616835444816524700_n.jpg" width="256" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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-webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="EOP SCXW11045179 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559685":0,"335559737":0,"335559738":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 16.1875px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">On to the next summer project...although I found another WIP that I might just finish and get it out of the closet. Have a great weekend and I'll be talking to you soon.</span></p></div>Sally Rutkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14482549193518218312noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348061789662553327.post-73023314232684607932023-07-10T14:56:00.002-07:002023-07-10T14:56:54.429-07:00Now on to summer stitches...<p><br /> The 4th is now behind me, and I reached my goal for patriotic stitching when I finished the final ... Threadworks Primitive, "Uncle Sam." Loved stitching this one as it is small but full of motifs along with the main character. So here he is...stitched on 32 ct. Helix linen from Picture This Plus using the recommended threads. </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRsg9WdnwW0DY5wYmkpNyTuUyuxLBAAvCR6Xk4SmWjC4OxAC7C3Ji_OrysfWj9Ku2pmmYmMlhEWP-iQeG_oAIk-bDg7k3uF0BZaa3D9ouJ33ISOUPmw_A8h_GKbL_8RPnVGl16TKHGJ-OMbR8v4WcwpNAnXTElr7-m6Gh9v9kTZSYDrmYfvnGTVEwKOi05/s1800/358122407_2303208776546735_5602900705955607140_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRsg9WdnwW0DY5wYmkpNyTuUyuxLBAAvCR6Xk4SmWjC4OxAC7C3Ji_OrysfWj9Ku2pmmYmMlhEWP-iQeG_oAIk-bDg7k3uF0BZaa3D9ouJ33ISOUPmw_A8h_GKbL_8RPnVGl16TKHGJ-OMbR8v4WcwpNAnXTElr7-m6Gh9v9kTZSYDrmYfvnGTVEwKOi05/s320/358122407_2303208776546735_5602900705955607140_n.jpg" width="256" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Wherever I go, Michaels, etc., I look for display pieces that I think I can use in the future, therefore when Uncle Sam was completed I went to my display store facility (right now my walk in closet since I still haven't finished the stitching room, hell I haven't even started it yet.) and came across a small sized hornbook. It was just plain so I had to paint it or something. I had just received some July 4th scrapbook paper and couldn't resist using it as well. That's the background you see here. It's so much easier and less messy than painting. And I finished stitching it July 4th so I just had to put the 4th of July paper button on it as well. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Once July 4th was behind me it was time to start my summer stitching. Do you have a schedule for stitching certain things? I do and it helps me keep current for model in the shop. So June is Patriotic pieces, July is for summer stitching, August is Autumn stitching, September is a continuation of Autumn or school, October is for Thanksgiving, November is Christmas, January is Valentines, February is St. Patricks or Irish, March is spring and Easter, April is spring and Patriotic, May is patriotic as well or floral pieces. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> I usually start choosing my next project while I'm still stitching the previous project but nearly at the end. This time I pulled out a WIP from a couple of years ago that I had only done a little on but had stuffed it back in a tote which I continually open to see what's in it so I decided to get it out and finish it. It's from an Erica Michaels chart pack called Summertime Berries, and there are actually 3 berry charts inside. But I loved this one because it is done in Monochrome and every so often I just want to stitch with one color of overdyed thread. So I used the called for color from Classic Colorworks, "Deep Blue Sea," and proceeded to finish the stitch. I got to the big M and noticed there was over one stitching involved. My problem and I'm sure the reason I never completed the darn thing was I had started it stitching over one. So I stopped stitching</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and started over stitching over 2, so I could have the over 1 stitching as well. While I love my over 1 berries, this was so much easier to stitch, but looks enormous to me. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU8PMREHb02s8Rsr68C9ThJLgkbpLnUYLVS6zuIhZCBMe4C1uUt-tPIqUGLm-M4GXCwkxHyweM5MbRu-5RSSZv8Gysazotw3ZSLQhT63KLuORvpl_UlN203nLibRdk1UlOfG4JNZLYcshSF-wCkoV4wW50R8nqzpMvtV3ZR1nGCMqn-2lSZG_XdJK3sfjP/s1800/359422566_2304272906440322_2754654426662779965_n%20(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU8PMREHb02s8Rsr68C9ThJLgkbpLnUYLVS6zuIhZCBMe4C1uUt-tPIqUGLm-M4GXCwkxHyweM5MbRu-5RSSZv8Gysazotw3ZSLQhT63KLuORvpl_UlN203nLibRdk1UlOfG4JNZLYcshSF-wCkoV4wW50R8nqzpMvtV3ZR1nGCMqn-2lSZG_XdJK3sfjP/s320/359422566_2304272906440322_2754654426662779965_n%20(1).jpg" width="256" /></a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Good ole Summertime is what it says. I topped it with Weeks Dye Works Blue Jean Wool and Snowball Wool. Love my berries, so I'm sure you will see more coming from me. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>More good news out of Salty Yarns.</b>..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> Sara has Ann Strite-Kurz coming in September to teach, "Beachcombers Booty". All the info is on the Website under events. But here is a picture just to give you a glimpse on what I'll be stitching in September where I'll be learning the open blackwork pattern. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhs6RO7QoTHPzksK9AqZUrgT4OLN1tJKgrHz2CbucffdyVCF08j8bCr2EkPI0Nq-PcgdFjLIQ9G46ynLexi8aWBgQSbDU8saopkEHR8z7XFw1tPIm19EmkB081yiaf1DMQz7JPEp7cnfFksKV0XOWM9fPOuaIDiVEE0_vn6_Fta8IWAzeu01tnZkwlQDja/s585/f38878ea6c71846a9d2658d80f312275.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="585" data-original-width="564" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhs6RO7QoTHPzksK9AqZUrgT4OLN1tJKgrHz2CbucffdyVCF08j8bCr2EkPI0Nq-PcgdFjLIQ9G46ynLexi8aWBgQSbDU8saopkEHR8z7XFw1tPIm19EmkB081yiaf1DMQz7JPEp7cnfFksKV0XOWM9fPOuaIDiVEE0_vn6_Fta8IWAzeu01tnZkwlQDja/s320/f38878ea6c71846a9d2658d80f312275.jpg" width="309" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I hope to see you there.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p>Sally Rutkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14482549193518218312noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348061789662553327.post-6929518815580886322023-07-03T09:42:00.000-07:002023-07-03T09:42:20.742-07:00Happy 4th of July! <p>Happy 4th of July everyone. It came down to the wire but I was able to get the American Momma strawberry finished and I love it. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcm3bsMD0ux3jxxuZc1cu7ufRm-6bxSPv_FBVO8VdD75cBOihLgIdtmWv5sAnYr-dEePqPDebCpL_DyBqCXo8gLXE-9DVntKIR5EjsCRsA0xqw0zH1nEKOz_xggYF43ZEqtBEm7lBa8YcOTpR9jwmy7AZNLZDs2y6nfI13CfrNDJMJ9j83TfXs4GV4QXP5/s600/356990844_2298483263685953_3208362348082945621_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcm3bsMD0ux3jxxuZc1cu7ufRm-6bxSPv_FBVO8VdD75cBOihLgIdtmWv5sAnYr-dEePqPDebCpL_DyBqCXo8gLXE-9DVntKIR5EjsCRsA0xqw0zH1nEKOz_xggYF43ZEqtBEm7lBa8YcOTpR9jwmy7AZNLZDs2y6nfI13CfrNDJMJ9j83TfXs4GV4QXP5/s320/356990844_2298483263685953_3208362348082945621_n.jpg" width="256" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvJRi3Zzvo-Ta-3JYwjhkrRMjLJc73aVXfpcb5Y4CchFMrE-JqrMyKyU9F606hKV98bwwlXyZrj5cCo7JvmdNUbRVKCLy3kvfA6p1Wl2WfXTcnK2dOS0GotbyXA_Y44e0SMgvl6rh-qFY0J3gUBBF7CLAzvfO0hiFgmx3loBfdAelZnCBol0at6lF1QP3d/s600/357025821_2298483267019286_782660426913095794_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvJRi3Zzvo-Ta-3JYwjhkrRMjLJc73aVXfpcb5Y4CchFMrE-JqrMyKyU9F606hKV98bwwlXyZrj5cCo7JvmdNUbRVKCLy3kvfA6p1Wl2WfXTcnK2dOS0GotbyXA_Y44e0SMgvl6rh-qFY0J3gUBBF7CLAzvfO0hiFgmx3loBfdAelZnCBol0at6lF1QP3d/s320/357025821_2298483267019286_782660426913095794_n.jpg" width="256" /></a>.</div>While the two smaller berries were stitched on 32 ct. linen, the Momma berry was stitched on 18 ct. Lambswool linen over 2 threads. All three berries are from Prairie Schooler's American Strawberries. The large berry was stitched using DMC Perle Cotton and the smaller ones were stitched using DMC floss. I have one more patriotic piece to finish by tomorrow (hopefully) and then I'll be moving on to summer stitching. While I patriotic stitching, I'm ready to move on. And after that one of my favorite <div>themes, Autumn stitching. </div><div><br /></div><div>As we all celebrate another 4th, I hope you have a safe and fun filled day filled with family and friends and good food. Perhaps you will even find time to stitch...I know I will. </div><div><br /></div><div>Also don't forget to stop in Salty Yarns on the 1st Monday and the 3rd Monday from 1:00 -3:00 for knitting or crocheting (or bring your stitching it really doesn't matter) and the 2nd and 4th Thursday for Stitch 'n Bitch (or bring your knitting we don't care). Just time for like minded stitchers to get together and see what everyone is working on. Plus bring your show and tell. Hope to see you there.</div><div><br /><p><br /></p></div>Sally Rutkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14482549193518218312noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348061789662553327.post-48544270473890513752023-06-27T05:53:00.003-07:002023-06-27T05:53:26.086-07:00Sometimes my stupidity is astounding, even to me....<p>I've been working on 4th of July pieces and saw the Prairie Schooler American Strawberries and thought of all of us that have year round trees and thought these would be perfect. So I picked the one which looked like it was all American flags. It stitched up quickly, done in 2 days, so I tackled the bargello inspired strawberry since I love bargello. It took a little longer, 3 days as it's not really bargello but looks like it. This morning I woke up at 5:30 a.m. and headed to the summer room to start finishing. This is where my stupidity took over. I sewed a seam and thought it looked wrong, but did that stop me, nooo, I cut the excess fabric, and gathered what I assumed was top, and could tell it was wrong since it looked more like a Christmas stocking. And yet, that didn't stop me, I was committed. (I should have been committed at this point..to the nearest hospital.) Then I began to cuss Prairie Schooler and wondered why no one else had bitched about this. I loaded the lizard litter, and then thought perhaps I should have something to eat and have time to reconsider how screwed up this strawberry had gotten. So after a break, a couple of waffles and a drink of tea I headed back to look at the red hot mess. I finally decided to make a paper pattern and see if I could figure this out. I headed over to the sewing machine, sat there, sewed a different line, what I thought was the top before and voila....the first time I sewed around the top instead of realizing that the curved part was for gathering. Once I sewed a paper pattern of the strawberry and just sewed the straight line I saw what should have been obvious to anyone. So I did my bargello strawberry which took all of 15 min. start to finish and now I'm going to try to figure out what the heck I can do with the one I screwed up...but I'm thinking I'm going to have to restitch it. - 30 minutes later - Well, as luck would have it I took out the machine stitching on my first strawberry and while I didn't have a lot of room to put a gathering stitch, I managed to do it and now I have both strawberries completed. What was so simple I managed to make so hard, lesson learned. A paper pattern next time when something alludes me. And now....new project alert. I have two I'm dying to do for the 4th, Threadworks Primitive, " " and the new Plum Street Sampler's, " " . Now that I'm on the American Strawberries projects, I also want to do a large strawberry from the booklet on 20 ct. linen over 2 so it would be the momma of all strawberries. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0LT8z97bINhwmDdIwz8IrpQxc4i3VFv1VK9ebwjGn7HpNIITW7zBzjH2_5bptLiI3TGKoeeEz8FqZUVhCI_0KZh4vbntBaMgivrO-qMoHzJV2V2Pve9OX2SJZF5-Rvtc7bpnYzRIVAYsiXNccMje9imYzad56vEFjrHcsD77c36k_smuvGjcmp5WjfNOY/s600/strawberrys.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0LT8z97bINhwmDdIwz8IrpQxc4i3VFv1VK9ebwjGn7HpNIITW7zBzjH2_5bptLiI3TGKoeeEz8FqZUVhCI_0KZh4vbntBaMgivrO-qMoHzJV2V2Pve9OX2SJZF5-Rvtc7bpnYzRIVAYsiXNccMje9imYzad56vEFjrHcsD77c36k_smuvGjcmp5WjfNOY/s320/strawberrys.jpg" width="256" /></a></div><br /><p>Went to the shop for supplies, and to drop off models, and was able to get a picture of the "Home of the Free" from Primrose Cottage Stitches. I changed out the linen for 20 ct. Weeks Dye Works linen so that I could make a pillow that would sit on a chair. But Vernon was here right when I finished it and said, "I got more of your favorite star frame moulding in case you want to frame it." So, of course I took the easier route and framed it. Any time I can stay away from machine sewing, I'm on board. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguW9Z2eVODj7RlvB7vT3ankdX53LX2DhTo70Fjfq5bChkquZ5mspH5iQVOi6iEMMPa-fZ1rvXZ1otAC1QKlmGoyspS-VPeqq5xUaBmHbHJy0Puec_FBYBWAH4H09pEqoqhIJYdufYzlOClHT72mfurX1TiwJP3A96bBIBMaVjZKq_Iy6dj61EI63MyvE05/s640/356643125_2295861803948099_3410853512374082934_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="512" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguW9Z2eVODj7RlvB7vT3ankdX53LX2DhTo70Fjfq5bChkquZ5mspH5iQVOi6iEMMPa-fZ1rvXZ1otAC1QKlmGoyspS-VPeqq5xUaBmHbHJy0Puec_FBYBWAH4H09pEqoqhIJYdufYzlOClHT72mfurX1TiwJP3A96bBIBMaVjZKq_Iy6dj61EI63MyvE05/s320/356643125_2295861803948099_3410853512374082934_n.jpg" width="256" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">In place of the floss, I switched to #5 Perle Cottons from DMC & Weeks Dye Works. I like the way it turned out framed. Good job Vernon!0</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There are so many wonderful patriotic charts it's really hard to decide what to do next, but I have started the Momma Strawberry and I have one more day of stitching to do on it and then I'll post it. I hope you have had time to stitch this week. We've had a deluge of rain and now it's a steamy 80-83, so the only place I want to be is inside stitching. Have a great week and I'll be talking to you again soon.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Sally Rutkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14482549193518218312noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348061789662553327.post-55467586967773219662023-06-23T10:38:00.007-07:002023-06-27T05:56:17.850-07:00<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">In April I finished one of my favorite samplers, "Be Kind To One Another" from Needlework Press. Everything about this spoke to me, I loved the colors and the message so I decided to stitch it on a 4" Antique White banding I had in my stash. In order for it to fit on the banding I did have to stitch it over one, but I was thrilled with the look so I didn't care. When I was done I wanted to use a spool to hang it but I wanted it to lay flat on the wall....so of course I went to Vernon and he cut off the back side of the top and bottom round part of the spools and it worked. But then to make it more versatile because we all love to use our displays for more than one project, I put a button on the back of my piece, a few inches from the top and made a loop that would go over the button, on the end of the banding, so I could remove the banding from the spool easily and change this out for different occasions and seasons. Now I can use this one spool for multiple projects. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdpykTE_Q_In0envB6olgX9OP830gxvH0uQ-uDpzh0Dk0yI-xliSzXgBngF-jI84Z5_Ryj5mKc5dRJFkMWWtyZ38XUlM3KdWPCNRLaYb-aZ0YOc5OfaRusP3KpTpks_4Gt0adpPs6rGtd1yFtmo9VOApJiO8DUEg7AoRq_n23R0IgxH-NjCOkSZFyD5UxH/s640/346284595_586836540253855_2963526274572838919_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="512" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdpykTE_Q_In0envB6olgX9OP830gxvH0uQ-uDpzh0Dk0yI-xliSzXgBngF-jI84Z5_Ryj5mKc5dRJFkMWWtyZ38XUlM3KdWPCNRLaYb-aZ0YOc5OfaRusP3KpTpks_4Gt0adpPs6rGtd1yFtmo9VOApJiO8DUEg7AoRq_n23R0IgxH-NjCOkSZFyD5UxH/s320/346284595_586836540253855_2963526274572838919_n.jpg" width="256" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I finished the stitching for the 4th Polar Plunge series, Penguin Pair and had to search for the snowflake scrapbooking paper I had for finishing to no avail. I remember the lady who cleans for me was coming and I was cleaning so she wouldn't think I was dirty or unkept and I remember grabbing the paper but not what I did with it. I have boxes with scrapbooking paper in it waiting for me to go upstairs and get the craft room set up, but for some reason I didn't put it in there so I spent 3 days, yes three, taking apart my summer room looking for it. Emptied all the totes, searched all the boxes and on Wednesday I told myself to just order more so I could get on with things. On Thursday I was getting ready for Stitch 'n Bitch at the shop (I don't care what they are calling it) and I went through my stitching bag in the den and there was the damn paper. I actually had to leave the summer room, go through the kitchen, and get this tote filled with projects I'm thinking of but hadn't gone through for about a month and put that darn paper in there. Obviously, while cleaning I was so distracted I just carried it in there and said the hell with it, I'm sure I thought I would remember doing it, which of course I didn/t. Anyway here is the finished Penguin Pair.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPJJrG_Un2ml82VAsjZzSbEC0Jtf_GDRRVzxqXvls9Ikk2W3q_rAHL16eo30nSxo0Gxp50CGrruUgXimg0hgb16VWPuObfjNtNqs86P5ahnOjpyRdNoEuz5cjfNGq9PUU2TaoGN9SRuvOoA-OQAtPwNwlc2Xsj8wscDIt_iPk1hJk6acHQPKwOPGps3Wk8/s640/355850775_2293965937471019_3262693013637831911_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="512" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPJJrG_Un2ml82VAsjZzSbEC0Jtf_GDRRVzxqXvls9Ikk2W3q_rAHL16eo30nSxo0Gxp50CGrruUgXimg0hgb16VWPuObfjNtNqs86P5ahnOjpyRdNoEuz5cjfNGq9PUU2TaoGN9SRuvOoA-OQAtPwNwlc2Xsj8wscDIt_iPk1hJk6acHQPKwOPGps3Wk8/s320/355850775_2293965937471019_3262693013637831911_n.jpg" width="256" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This really has been a fun series and I've now got the finishing down to an hour, if that. There are only 2 more to go, so if you haven't started this one...do it. Before I talked about the ribbon, which I didn't want to do but Sara liked it so I've finally decided on this bow and this ribbon and will now go back and redo the tops on the first 3 so every one of them match. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">As I mentioned, Stitch 'n Bitch was yesterday and it is really fun to be a part of. Lacey called to see if I wanted to do lunch before going, so she and I met up for lunch then joined several others at the shop and I am pleased to say I did make two stitches this time, however everyone else stitched the entire time, plus people brought show and tell. I love Show and Tell. Saw some amazing finishes to say nothing of what people are working on. Linda and Candy were working on their stitch along of the Primrose Cottage Stitches Christmas piece while Kathy and Debbie G. were working on their Stitch along which was a Jeannette Douglas Summer-by-the Sea which is part of a Seasons piece which can also stand alone. Gorgeous. We also had Debbie B., who is a regular at some of our events and is in Ocean City for the week, and when she told the family she was coming to Stitch 'n Bitch, her daughter asked if she could come as well. So if you are in Ocean City for any part of the summer don't hesitate to join us for either Summer Knit on the 1st and 3rd Monday of every month, or Summer Stitch (Stitch 'n Bitch) on the 2nd and 4th Thursday of every month. It's held in the classroom in Salty Yarns. I happen to go to both the knit and the stitch and I only take my stitching so you can too if you want. It's held from 1:00 p.m -3:00 p.m.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I did finish Primrose Cottage Stitches, "Home of the Free" which I will be showing as soon as I remember to take a picture since I already delivered it to the shop. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And now I have started on an oldie but a goodie. "American Strawberries" from The Prairie Schooler. I'm working on Patriotic display pieces for Salty Yarns so these will be perfect. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Well, that's it for today. Hope you find some time to stitch. See you next time.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p>Sally Rutkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14482549193518218312noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348061789662553327.post-87365718829633589692023-06-13T08:28:00.001-07:002023-06-13T08:28:48.649-07:00Thank you to our wonderful friends!<p>Last month Stacy Stinson asked if I would come to the shop as she wanted to show me something. So on the Saturday after her request I drove over to the shop to see her. She was acting kind of funny and I couldn't figure out what was going on and the Vernon backed his truck up to the front of the shop and started to unload a piece of furniture. It was this fabulous wooden settee which was gifted to the shop from so many of our friends who come to our events, shop in the store and have been our supporters since the shop was opened 50 years ago. I've always said we have the most wonderful and loyal customers, many of whom have become great friends as well and it is because of things they do, such as this, to brighten our lives. The settee, in our shop colors, no less, green and white, now sits (chained so it can't be stolen) in front of Salty Yarns so husbands, friends of stitchers, stitchers, or whoever needs to sit down has a place outside so they can do just that, of course anyone can sit inside and enjoy air-conditioning if it's too hot outside. But when you feel the comfort of this settee and start a gentle rocking...well we may find you asleep as it's that comfortable. While we no longer face the ocean, we still have fun people watching next to Tractor Supplies. I've arrived a couple of time to Salty Yarns and found both women and men sitting here taking in the scenery. </p><p>So Thank you all, we love it and appreciate the love and support that you have shown us. </p><p> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBUpyjpKUVCni2v6ny7nVP0qQ7RumWaylEE1OikooYJD-9i7NDd1PgJi8raKCpUNx3aNHlaDfrpCSHip1sri-WSrACd398oAs0qhiJR4zXgR6xvcOavtN23pX0yEUc2cy8d-rjMnYDnfkkRzeEDpDpF_dAYq7ZbFktttGrvwaqhQZlopK_k3liXhkP9w/s600/350791180_803277787628421_4731709644660702892_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="599" data-original-width="600" height="319" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBUpyjpKUVCni2v6ny7nVP0qQ7RumWaylEE1OikooYJD-9i7NDd1PgJi8raKCpUNx3aNHlaDfrpCSHip1sri-WSrACd398oAs0qhiJR4zXgR6xvcOavtN23pX0yEUc2cy8d-rjMnYDnfkkRzeEDpDpF_dAYq7ZbFktttGrvwaqhQZlopK_k3liXhkP9w/s320/350791180_803277787628421_4731709644660702892_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxbT_S7Xb9yuAyo4VHEq3UFPBFgKQ-VuF4FZUKbeLXauXbtvfC60fuEs9TmJUdpGICqhiG_7xWZ7w7dI1JXvU117vN9O8LXCzVHbOo6X3ryqd7Ntu5OfOcWPhxWoMIuo5lh1kGccjI5-wbOfLPtsikTtz_ZkOLbnH8rBafNHeN30PVAcg2XKCKJ4fjZw/s480/349590215_616361627088995_3247240272073078301_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxbT_S7Xb9yuAyo4VHEq3UFPBFgKQ-VuF4FZUKbeLXauXbtvfC60fuEs9TmJUdpGICqhiG_7xWZ7w7dI1JXvU117vN9O8LXCzVHbOo6X3ryqd7Ntu5OfOcWPhxWoMIuo5lh1kGccjI5-wbOfLPtsikTtz_ZkOLbnH8rBafNHeN30PVAcg2XKCKJ4fjZw/s320/349590215_616361627088995_3247240272073078301_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>So thank you all who contributed to the purchase, I promise I've mailed out several of the Thank You's with the last 7 going out tomorrow. It was such a thoughtful and generous gift that will be appreciated by all for many, many years.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Sally Rutkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14482549193518218312noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348061789662553327.post-9388170718075793642023-06-01T12:34:00.004-07:002023-06-17T11:47:13.728-07:00Stitch 'n Bitch is back. <p>That's right, <b><i>Stitch 'n Bitch</i></b> (or as Sara has renamed it, Summer Stitch) is going to take place the the 2nd & 4th Thursday of every month (all summer) from 1p.m. to 3 p.m. in the classroom at Salty Yarns. June 8th was the first Stitch 'n Bitch since the Pandemic so you know we had something to talk about. (I should note that I had plenty to say so no one else had a chance. I promise to let others talk next time.) So stitchers it's time to get your stitch on with like minded friends and I ask that if you have any show and tell, bring it along. I'll supply the drinks, ice tea (sweet & unsweet), coke, and diet coke and I'll bring a sweet or two so please come meet me for a couple of hours of stitching and I'm sure I'll be bitching about something. Hope to see you there. On another note....there will also be Summer Knit day on the 1st and 3rd Monday of every month but you can come and stitch if you don't knit, so come on and join us. </p><p>Last week I pulled a chart I just loved when I first saw it and it certainly reminds me of summer so I thought the timing was good. Heart in Hand's "<b><i>Seaside Tiny Town</i></b>." Normally I stay away from houses since they are boring to me, but these were so small, and I've done 2 or 3 of the Tiny Town's so I knew it wouldn't take that long so I pulled out the called for fabric, pulled the recommended floss and went to town. It took a few days to stitch, but I was only stitching at night basically so it's a fast stitch. They include the beads for the eyes of the seagulls but other than that I did exactly as it is graphed. Too cute</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXWeSekBhSpzRpugY4sQUKpoOdSBYuZYXuKeGRr-GUbe9tuQRxPoyjtRZBE4QDCnXGNcT3QO0R3F5CmxJU7AMIcTfX90VFvtFYnOZQeXK8yIEjmWaJgidhUR2xjwmJhjX7Pa5AVfHtJchKlRwZiooj2Vr1lLBM8TTOr_COiQVX1rUiFiCFYE4WHUAcWA/s1800/350292268_302806838740259_7058069651669848219_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXWeSekBhSpzRpugY4sQUKpoOdSBYuZYXuKeGRr-GUbe9tuQRxPoyjtRZBE4QDCnXGNcT3QO0R3F5CmxJU7AMIcTfX90VFvtFYnOZQeXK8yIEjmWaJgidhUR2xjwmJhjX7Pa5AVfHtJchKlRwZiooj2Vr1lLBM8TTOr_COiQVX1rUiFiCFYE4WHUAcWA/s320/350292268_302806838740259_7058069651669848219_n.jpg" width="256" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwwMvWMlqyCf-GYYkD99gmALm4ZO3EbCXDcOvdKQWGecIvjGsWE9q9qpFBvq00D3w9CZUYO2-Q94AYh7z0ZixkDxQEM0tfEnC3JYRdmijE61qH-PKN0UcMjbvSMRKsbVZfRTBFvxfMW5RzyNxmAq2WHzKiM_sfSf301xHfnOAeLeJotwP9dCvwXKA1pQ/s1800/350358122_1875254862851845_6579722201811084446_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwwMvWMlqyCf-GYYkD99gmALm4ZO3EbCXDcOvdKQWGecIvjGsWE9q9qpFBvq00D3w9CZUYO2-Q94AYh7z0ZixkDxQEM0tfEnC3JYRdmijE61qH-PKN0UcMjbvSMRKsbVZfRTBFvxfMW5RzyNxmAq2WHzKiM_sfSf301xHfnOAeLeJotwP9dCvwXKA1pQ/s320/350358122_1875254862851845_6579722201811084446_n.jpg" width="256" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwAAjIjHZaUQW_4SNZHGJU9B8LYjHAQJR8_vDkqWkC5DHdYBOk36AWelAq2YMGdiTbTqDQFO9d6Z4eKJkS1WIugtFbE7FzxDJtRXHONj5pBTMcK2MIXx49bRqJa7qCZ-85bhNHJ-_Pr9hRbfW0ndyiPA4jJ51shaUHk3bA0dfypeJn0jZrZxrLIXrlDw/s1800/350144976_919723205988064_7202484941889457660_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwAAjIjHZaUQW_4SNZHGJU9B8LYjHAQJR8_vDkqWkC5DHdYBOk36AWelAq2YMGdiTbTqDQFO9d6Z4eKJkS1WIugtFbE7FzxDJtRXHONj5pBTMcK2MIXx49bRqJa7qCZ-85bhNHJ-_Pr9hRbfW0ndyiPA4jJ51shaUHk3bA0dfypeJn0jZrZxrLIXrlDw/s320/350144976_919723205988064_7202484941889457660_n.jpg" width="256" /></a></div>I really like the drums so that is the finishing I chose to do, but they also show it as a flat piece, so you are not limited to drums if you don't like finishing them.<div><br /></div><div>Before I stitched the tiny town piece, I wanted a quick stitch and I chose <i><b>"Busy Bee Pinball Kit"</b></i> by Praiseworthy Stitches. This came as a kit so all the supplies needed to stitch Busy Bee were there. I hadn't finished a pinball before, so I figured how hard could it be. I came to regret saying that. The stitching took a day (this time I did stitch off and on during the day and night), but there wasn't a lot so the next day I started finishing. I imagined it would be bigger than it was which for me means it get wonky My hands are big so small pieces can be hard for me. Well, I got it together with the backing and thought I was well on my way to a finish. I even got the first ribbon around to hide the 2 half balls joining. Of all things, it was the ribbon for the top and hanger which drove me completely around the bend. I didn't see the model in Nashville so after a few tries at a different size bow I took it to Sara and asked her. She said she didn't remember, so I gave her the ball and asked her to finish it. My job was done, Sara's had just begun. She now has it in the shop so she did put the finishing touches on. Thank you Sara. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVQNjA-e3-n_zBkQO9_1GnO0LDf3GO1YuTaW96vOaaNilknD6HoBGPmPNmIIKfRiRZquOfLdZ6Ku0mY7Vc6kOizl4WoppBx7Kh5c5y9eXpU0IjPuSaous2JxWRgFyK9IGxEDEzDNeiHxROvLJ6TvVv-_Eafg9Ya5k8H9k2KnKqJQfM_IMyj_WXP8eorg/s640/busy%20bee.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="512" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVQNjA-e3-n_zBkQO9_1GnO0LDf3GO1YuTaW96vOaaNilknD6HoBGPmPNmIIKfRiRZquOfLdZ6Ku0mY7Vc6kOizl4WoppBx7Kh5c5y9eXpU0IjPuSaous2JxWRgFyK9IGxEDEzDNeiHxROvLJ6TvVv-_Eafg9Ya5k8H9k2KnKqJQfM_IMyj_WXP8eorg/s320/busy%20bee.jpg" width="256" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Yesterday I finished the 3rd Polar Plunge - "Wally the Walrus". Of course I stitched it on the same Wintery Mix linen as the first 2 and used the same Classic Colorworks floss. I will be using the same linen every time and the same floss selection. I will also use the Mill Hill beads for the holly berries, and the Mill Hill Petite white beads for the snowflake globe. This is such a cute series and the finish is so easy on this. So the only thing I'm having an issue with is how to finish the top of the ornament. I'm not a fan of a bow, unless it's necessary to hide something. There is nothing to hide on this ornament, so the first 2 I didn't use the bow, just flat ribbon which I was going to put a snowflake on and never got the snowflake attached. So this time I did the bow, since Sara likes it, however I didn't attach the red bell. God only knows what I'll do next, but when the series is done, whichever way we like best, I'll go back and do the same finish on all of them.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUTFhTdYKqvA8igs3K20CISnXZipIEqWPO1bk74JnmfkiB8uytrJ3UYEyU5vNJLQmhzYF2jDHKzUVdFOF1NGuPDoTCx7vG-8bv-HilqL73JmgspPxCxAJpzA9kyLob0rS80XbA5PxyaR4qfPIo2SC56ICQFYMCgHemoWPjyEbP7VgjnpBjE4xa_ccfcA/s640/350538051_1292770601338936_6916640015045748449_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="512" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUTFhTdYKqvA8igs3K20CISnXZipIEqWPO1bk74JnmfkiB8uytrJ3UYEyU5vNJLQmhzYF2jDHKzUVdFOF1NGuPDoTCx7vG-8bv-HilqL73JmgspPxCxAJpzA9kyLob0rS80XbA5PxyaR4qfPIo2SC56ICQFYMCgHemoWPjyEbP7VgjnpBjE4xa_ccfcA/s320/350538051_1292770601338936_6916640015045748449_n.jpg" width="256" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Well that's it for today. Hope you are having a good day, because I've had a great day. Started a new quick stitch this morning which I will absolutely (now I have to) finish tonight. Talk to you soon.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Hope to see you on the 8th.</div><br /><div><br /></div>Sally Rutkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14482549193518218312noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348061789662553327.post-84557218096066285742023-05-23T14:35:00.000-07:002023-05-23T14:35:18.022-07:00Not enough time in my day...<p>March (I forgot to publish this one so it's a bit old) and Updates included</p><p>My stitching expectations while I was on the Nashville Market tour certainly exceeded my actual stitching. I took 3 Perforated Paper projects to stitch at the market and while in the car for about 15 hrs. I got none of them done and only worked on the "Beach Please" from Hands on Design once I got to Nashville.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-XKNwNY3uQyjL6nKgrhp1EZ1ZGSyjhQwwguXN5s3WGidNVGqs87CNRwnkCRCvF4hO5sJ5Lwzwin9deMkvx6SfgopxRrDkH9HhaLikHFWEnzK3ss0Dv-Rwpq7NYHqAcIh3PUXmqaAL5YYJ3FMnVRrkcd7LZGWeDCjXYBbmU9y9wIyR9x5VyZo50EThDA/s526/hod-beachplease.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="526" data-original-width="526" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-XKNwNY3uQyjL6nKgrhp1EZ1ZGSyjhQwwguXN5s3WGidNVGqs87CNRwnkCRCvF4hO5sJ5Lwzwin9deMkvx6SfgopxRrDkH9HhaLikHFWEnzK3ss0Dv-Rwpq7NYHqAcIh3PUXmqaAL5YYJ3FMnVRrkcd7LZGWeDCjXYBbmU9y9wIyR9x5VyZo50EThDA/s320/hod-beachplease.webp" width="320" /></a></div>I'm doing the individual designs on perforated paper (as shown in the top right of the picture) and then mounting them in a shadow box. I had two done before we left, got 4 more done in Nashville, and still haven't finished the 9th one. I got too excited to stitch the other 2 pp projects when I got home so Beach Please is not complete. UPDATE - Finished April 2023 and here it is. The 9 designs were stitched on 14 ct. Antique Brown perforated paper, cut out and mounted in the 8" x 8" shadow box from Hobby Lobby. I did tape in the background using scrapbook paper (Aqua Green). <div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6xGjc7JK3YIGoFhgjLGcJdEJsxah7s2yk7q-5U6kWFjgeRa2nLHUn75HjCnDNs5E35OmGrdciEPWGVw1yUjU8fE8cL5RcIVArQIDAsEy9d78jjWioZHScD9HG5HabO4RwmMZ5iC65XUxg9eLcoFrB05wlbucl2KK5db6NFarle47jwqBEeuYxaRbmyQ/s701/348595949_771072331336119_6137896554374205741_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="701" data-original-width="526" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6xGjc7JK3YIGoFhgjLGcJdEJsxah7s2yk7q-5U6kWFjgeRa2nLHUn75HjCnDNs5E35OmGrdciEPWGVw1yUjU8fE8cL5RcIVArQIDAsEy9d78jjWioZHScD9HG5HabO4RwmMZ5iC65XUxg9eLcoFrB05wlbucl2KK5db6NFarle47jwqBEeuYxaRbmyQ/s320/348595949_771072331336119_6137896554374205741_n.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div><div>Once I got home I did finish both of the other two pp projects. After seeing Stasi's finish on the 2 sweater patterns from Lila's Studio I was excited to do them myself. So a couple of months ago I ordered the snowflakes so all systems would be go when I finally got the chart from the shop. </div><div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl6CIGbDodXjCMp8Vk4r3GKck6DhbcQTEHZHSMOChCUUFu6Y3u4s2VYd9V0HD_J8APIpxm18YkVpdFsBrBj9mL-YsBrDHItvna7Kc4K4rv8fIKLuOsNov81xFMK777Vrn_EjAYJjJxblyFJ57JUhh8JUHdj3EJMyRb7_Yb8RE_om0agcnuG02WWSkGGw/s600/noelenbleu.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl6CIGbDodXjCMp8Vk4r3GKck6DhbcQTEHZHSMOChCUUFu6Y3u4s2VYd9V0HD_J8APIpxm18YkVpdFsBrBj9mL-YsBrDHItvna7Kc4K4rv8fIKLuOsNov81xFMK777Vrn_EjAYJjJxblyFJ57JUhh8JUHdj3EJMyRb7_Yb8RE_om0agcnuG02WWSkGGw/s320/noelenbleu.webp" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinm6CnsSpuypsesOQAQfmK5EN_RO14G5avR0LAF_EB4tqKLGCp4DrEFHXGSep7yyfilKJfXjavzTeQ8wfNvVybAxgk7KBHmMn51GdEiJoXP7py_k854M55q_QXEWLhzpt1ppMoOU8iuQu1kURD9Gg-098xyGNMysxMFhN2J53ZRt6Jo6LoGo8iU5b1jA/s600/noelenrouge.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinm6CnsSpuypsesOQAQfmK5EN_RO14G5avR0LAF_EB4tqKLGCp4DrEFHXGSep7yyfilKJfXjavzTeQ8wfNvVybAxgk7KBHmMn51GdEiJoXP7py_k854M55q_QXEWLhzpt1ppMoOU8iuQu1kURD9Gg-098xyGNMysxMFhN2J53ZRt6Jo6LoGo8iU5b1jA/s320/noelenrouge.webp" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">April 2023 ~ UPDATE - Done! Mounted on 4" wooden snowflakes from JoAnne's which I painted white. Fun Stitch - April 2023</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> As always with the pp. I have some sort of condition that won't let me just let the pp show. Normally, stitchers do the design and don't stitch the background. Let me admit I like the pieces with just design done when I see them. I think to myself let it stand and walk away, but I've never been able to do that...so my backgrounds will always be stitched. While Stasi's snowflakes came with the hole in the top for hanging, as you can see mine did not, however Vernon was able to use a small bit and put holes in mine when I took them to the shop. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhorFYMj_5rWeg95XHLJh_AFqhVP90rJJ7m39817Pq_oCiXxUn9I8B4ujILU95YV9xX-r-UvTwsQaSqLr90vigpayZIh7rQTKtgMQAL79NSY7nJ277H_x4YLZVr0GTRWHzxokD0IIMMvMAyWLEpAevJ-xsn4DXSJ6Ewpj4vpfZtQYGEabuuMgyF14FaGw/s960/348998295_763574882073285_4499034100691993964_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhorFYMj_5rWeg95XHLJh_AFqhVP90rJJ7m39817Pq_oCiXxUn9I8B4ujILU95YV9xX-r-UvTwsQaSqLr90vigpayZIh7rQTKtgMQAL79NSY7nJ277H_x4YLZVr0GTRWHzxokD0IIMMvMAyWLEpAevJ-xsn4DXSJ6Ewpj4vpfZtQYGEabuuMgyF14FaGw/s320/348998295_763574882073285_4499034100691993964_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>I had Sara purchase a Teresa Kogut Nashville release for me and actually said, "I think I can get it done while we are in Nashville." What an idiot I can be, it's down right embarrassing. But I have started it and it's a bit more work than I had anticipated. Looking at it I should have know I wouldn't have gotten it done in short order, by my eyes often betray my ability. Anyway, I took fabric and fibers thinking I would get it done, but "Egg Collector" is in the process but no where near finished. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMWECrErOelpDg0R5kzGyZ3uw6sYejheChxqT_WU3MALxq7kaVHluItsK9nU-WnBXT3V8koWKVh4nntmlew9gVUdK7yAC_riRxsJErl6UY4AG1e_8W8wp1B1BsymHBvUWQepVioC8_nSWeVErmKmkNrtdP2d7BBGAUDk1_BTfm78JrEygqbXSCjq55lQ/s3525/egg%20collector.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3525" data-original-width="2550" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMWECrErOelpDg0R5kzGyZ3uw6sYejheChxqT_WU3MALxq7kaVHluItsK9nU-WnBXT3V8koWKVh4nntmlew9gVUdK7yAC_riRxsJErl6UY4AG1e_8W8wp1B1BsymHBvUWQepVioC8_nSWeVErmKmkNrtdP2d7BBGAUDk1_BTfm78JrEygqbXSCjq55lQ/s320/egg%20collector.jpg" width="231" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I think I didn't help matters by deciding I would like it over one instead of two. But it is going to be cute once I get it done. (UPDATE-still isn't finished-but next year it will be)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">May 22, 2023</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> I stitched "<b><i>Joy & Good Cheer"</i></b> from <u>With Thy Needle and Thread</u> back in November 2022, but just got around to finishing it this week, Thank God, and I love it. I'm a big fan of so many of the designers and Brenda Gervais is one of them. I did make my usual conversions on this as I love to stitch her charts over 2 on 20 ct. linen so the size of the finished product can be put on a sofa or a chair. When stitching over 2 on 20 ct. I switch to #5 perle cotons and you would be amazed how fast they stitch up. Since the recommended threads were from Weeks Dye Works, I just used their colors in the #5 perle coton. But if I was out of one I don't mind finding a similar color from DMC. The finished size of this pillow is 12-1/2" x 8-1/4" when stitched on 20 ct. linen over 2. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF9t7vXqsdT8G-nMJ0zbFeAnEoM7OaV2CFJD2VQAbWDh4v0CVGXTD7zKiLo0yBe5__AMPSPGh3X90S6oZU3oHMWDQ3cHIwzBXDe8U0vAceqnW-3HpAnM_7VnktEIkrtNDdJYL4VVNSO4zf4UTEheNGnV9WIeE2gtFJfhN6YZPDH7gvobF365oOBI4hJg/s640/Joy%20and%20Good%20Cheer.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="512" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF9t7vXqsdT8G-nMJ0zbFeAnEoM7OaV2CFJD2VQAbWDh4v0CVGXTD7zKiLo0yBe5__AMPSPGh3X90S6oZU3oHMWDQ3cHIwzBXDe8U0vAceqnW-3HpAnM_7VnktEIkrtNDdJYL4VVNSO4zf4UTEheNGnV9WIeE2gtFJfhN6YZPDH7gvobF365oOBI4hJg/s320/Joy%20and%20Good%20Cheer.jpg" width="256" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I have had a 4" banding in my stash since we got our first shipment from $$$$ and had been unable to find anything that would fit properly on it and was actually getting ready to give it back to Sara who had no idea I even took it. And then <b><u>Needle WorkPres</u></b><b>s </b>released <b><i>"And Be Kind to One Another."</i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I absolutely loved every stitch of this piece which I stitched over 1 and the banding I believe was around 29 stitches/inch. I could not put this piece down. And when working on banding I always allow enough banding so that I back it by just using the extra banding so it's an incredibly easy finish and the only real sewing I have to do is the top and there wasn't really that much to that. I decided with this one I wanted Vernon to make me a spool which would have flat rims in the back so I could hang it easily on the way. Then I hemmed the top, added loops and buttons further down the back for the loops to go over and that way this one spool can be changed out if I decide to hang anything seasonally. Vernon, as always, delivered in short order. Couldn't be happier with the end result.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Next I started stitching<b style="font-style: italic;"><u> Lila's Studio</u> "Summer Quaker." </b>OMG, I stitch many things I like and a few that I simply adore. This is in the second category. I think many of you will love it and with all the new that came out in Nashville you might have missed this one. So here she is and while she recommends 40 ct. linen over two, I'm stitching on 32 over one. (I just love to make everything smaller). I have to force myself to stop stitching on this so I can get models done for the shop so I have no idea how long it will take me, but I'm trying to dedicate at least 2 days a week to it....unfortunately I'm just beginning Polar Plunge from Hands on Design so last week I didn't get to put one stitch in on this one. But... hopefully I'll be able to show you my version soon. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_9VQY2qz9yH5aaLGWBZJnu6jfYdP0AYfv75pfn5KPmANlrUoD0RSlzTuRY-3RSSkB63YeYuQ4ZgqcIy-E-Zt2jw8wfuHvQB5XLGepw7UeYUP1onD-PwWFes6XByFU-KqMZh9qdqAv4U6fPu_L9-MgLwp0lrW8TBTnT7bvY1Anzed__xbHcw-j4SitVg/s3028/LILA-006%20(1).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2725" data-original-width="3028" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_9VQY2qz9yH5aaLGWBZJnu6jfYdP0AYfv75pfn5KPmANlrUoD0RSlzTuRY-3RSSkB63YeYuQ4ZgqcIy-E-Zt2jw8wfuHvQB5XLGepw7UeYUP1onD-PwWFes6XByFU-KqMZh9qdqAv4U6fPu_L9-MgLwp0lrW8TBTnT7bvY1Anzed__xbHcw-j4SitVg/s320/LILA-006%20(1).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I did get 2 of the<u> </u><u>Polar Plunge Series </u>completed<b style="font-style: italic;">, "Polar Bear Peek" and "Whale Hello There"</b> and they are now ready for the shop. Cathy has put a wonderful tutorial on her website to help you will the finishing of this group. She also has part 4 & 5 released so all we need now is the 6th one which she hasn't released but will be sold through her so keep an eye out for it. This is one of the fun stitches. The polar bear has been my favorite because his face is so darn cute. As always I made a couple of changes...I used red beads Mill Hill (62032) for the holly berries (at least that's what I'm calling them) and Mill Hill white petite beads for inside the ornament at the top. Then I also left off all of the large crosses just because. While Cathy painted the back of her ornaments, I just used the snowflake scrapbook paper. I found you can get 3 pieces to fit out of each of the pages. These are fast and easy to stitch and with the exception of the rick rack it was really easy to finish. I'm still deciding what I want to put on the ribbon...I'm thinking a snowflake charm but still unsure. I may even decide in the end to cover the ribbon holes with the scrapbook paper and call it a day. These are so cute. Now all I have to <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwyqtOUsOu597obvjK7DrmB-9EMNe6-duG026V_LghkIGExcYKP3uBDZEdmLsvKX1uWFmSJB9uDlI_t6Ryb_-DRbZq4JZSoocv-LP_oZWMQjg1xihSXDHUaTpj8LjdvhblFtQX44e3Uvf_LLzsNKf9a9bywblZIK0DjkYt8LVjPs5mNFK9T7891hBgdw/s640/348819777_205588978986792_3502373075339457681_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="512" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwyqtOUsOu597obvjK7DrmB-9EMNe6-duG026V_LghkIGExcYKP3uBDZEdmLsvKX1uWFmSJB9uDlI_t6Ryb_-DRbZq4JZSoocv-LP_oZWMQjg1xihSXDHUaTpj8LjdvhblFtQX44e3Uvf_LLzsNKf9a9bywblZIK0DjkYt8LVjPs5mNFK9T7891hBgdw/s320/348819777_205588978986792_3502373075339457681_n.jpg" width="256" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>do is stitch the rest of the series. </div>Well that's it for today. I've got to clean the house before the cleaner comes tomorrow. It's exhausting. Hopefully I'll get a little stitching in tonight. Working on a drum, really cute, can't wait to show you. I should have it done by Sunday, and perhaps sooner depending on the cleaning. </div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div></div></div>Sally Rutkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14482549193518218312noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348061789662553327.post-45668336308217900572023-03-06T18:50:00.000-08:002023-03-06T18:50:28.712-08:00I'm Back.....<p>Yes, I've finally given up trying to figure out how to blog on our shop site and thought I'd try out my old site (after Stasi Buhrman and Sara's encouragement) and so, I'm back. There have been major changes in all our lives here, but most importantly a major change to Salty Yarns. Since we sold the Hotel last May 2022, we have had to all move to our own homes, which is the first time I've had a home as I've always lived on the hotel properties. And, Salty Yarns had to move as well and we moved to Berlin, just 15 minutes away into a space that's almost 3 times the size of our original location, and we have Tractor Supply as a neighbor. It's a good thing! We even have a food truck that parks on the parking lot every week....and you heard that right we actually have a huge parking lot. It's been wonderful. We closed the original location after Camp Wannastitch, for approx. 3 weeks and reopened in the new location for Superbowl. We gained a new employee, Mary who used to work at the hotel, but has moved with us and she's been so much help to Sara and Vernon who were in charge of getting this done. But we could never have done the move without so many of our customers who gave up their time and energy to come in and help pack up the original location and then showed up to help unpack all the stuff and get it set up on racks, etc., in the new location. And it wasn't just the women, some volunteered their husbands who then helped Vernon with racks or Sara with getting merchandise out. Without these wonderful customers, we could never have gotten done so quickly. So Thank you all! And the new shop took off like a rocket with the Annual Superbowl Sale. It was so nice to see so many of you showing up to support us and we were thrilled with how well the shop took off. Sara was worried no one would find us, but so many showed up to support us it was exciting. And it has continued to be exciting each week and we couldn't be more grateful. Right now, Sara, Stasi Buhrman and I are on our way home from Nashville Market with the van so loaded down with all sorts of "New", fabrics, Hug Me Bags, hundreds of new charts, threads, well Sara and Stasi just bought like crazy for 3 days. I stayed in the room putting inventory in the system and getting stickers on all new merchandise. Of course, as I would ticket it, I would spend a few minutes looking at what they brought back and without Sara with me, I was able to sneak some of it into one of my suitcases before she knew what I was doing. Now I can't wait to get home so I can start something new. Stasi has already finished two projects she brought and tomorrow will start another one. I've been working on "Beach Please" from Hands on Design and will hopefully have it finished as I have a Shepherd's Bush project bag I want to start. But we will be home tomorrow and Sara, Mary and Vernon will be in the shop getting the van unpacked. Sara is giving me the day off Wednesday so I can get ready to get my apartment packed up as the movers are going to be in OC to move the rest of my belongings to my new house. I seriously can't wait. I've been living in the house since October and have been slowly moving since then, but I need to finish this so I can get up everyday, in my new home, and just stitch all day without worrying about what is still in the old apartment. Can't wait! </p>Sally Rutkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14482549193518218312noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348061789662553327.post-20443274803755844392021-03-29T11:00:00.000-07:002021-03-29T11:00:14.963-07:00Our Heart is hurt today...........<p>So many of you know and love Renee as much as I do, so I felt compelled to reach out to ask you to keep her in your hearts and your prayers. She has suffered a devastating loss. Her husband of over 50 years died suddenly in his sleep yesterday leaving a massive hole in her heart and the hearts of his two daughters and his granddaughters. He will be missed by us all. But right now Renee needs your prayers. As many of you are aware she is not in the best of health and I am afraid for her. While Renee is one of the strongest and bravest women I know, who has faced disabling illness since she was in her 20's valiantly and unwaveringly, I'm afraid this is one more blow than she can take. So we must all work together to show her life will still be worth living if she can just give it some time. Thank you for your prayers.</p>Sally Rutkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14482549193518218312noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348061789662553327.post-45521760111655935672021-03-09T07:04:00.001-08:002021-03-09T07:04:52.531-08:00Suns shining and spring is on the way...<p>With the sun shining and temperatures rising, spring isn't too far behind so my thoughts and stitching are now fully focused on spring and Easter. Since I showed you my first Easter finish last week, this week I'm showing my first spring finish. This is from a series called <b><i>"Festive Little Fobs" </i></b>from Heartstring Samplery. And just as it says in the title there are a variety of small designs for fobs, needlebooks, etc. When I first opened the first chart, I saw a sampler as Beth didn't separate the designs individually but shows them all together. I loved how the chart looked so much that's how I've shown them ever since. I usually finish these as a pincushion done over 1 on 32 ct., and add a scissor fob, with the design I like the most so it matches, and in the end, I have a small set. Others I finish to hang on a hornbook as I did with the latest, This is "Springtime Edition"</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg7lWwDWDOUUnKoP72ZsnwZOgyYx2n20-yBWhYorLJa3ZRfz_9Vl_iWqkhDENQUiZLsXeF5bfzi9jzVVtHXYaeIWwGpt9xlWfZuqWHrVomqCBrrPQFIqwzuwNRUsNcJAuLmJFs3BDE7Frc/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="701" data-original-width="526" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg7lWwDWDOUUnKoP72ZsnwZOgyYx2n20-yBWhYorLJa3ZRfz_9Vl_iWqkhDENQUiZLsXeF5bfzi9jzVVtHXYaeIWwGpt9xlWfZuqWHrVomqCBrrPQFIqwzuwNRUsNcJAuLmJFs3BDE7Frc/" width="180" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I finished using Lady Dot's mini pom pom trim in a deep green. But no matter how you do it, this makes a wonderful addition to any spring display you are making. And now the fun begins again with a totally new project and I have already started a cute bunny for Easter. UPDATE: last night I was stitching on my bunny and that little voice kept telling me something was wrong, but I ignored it and kept stitching and when I was almost to the halfway point I finally realized that little warning voice may have had a valid point. So I studied the pictures on the package (in other words I just looked at them) realized the 2 pieces of perforated paper enclosed were two different sizes and I was stitching the wrong bunny for the size I had. YIKES! My bunny will never fit on the size I'm working on...the cut is too short. No way I'll ripping all this out so this mornings project is to graft extra perforated paper on this piece I'm working on. Have never done it before but since the entire piece is stitched I can't figure out why this won't work. So I'm going forward and I'll let you know how this works. I hate when stitching goes wrong, but I sure do have it happen more often that I like. Hope your day goes forward with no ripping. At least the sun's out and it's scheduled to be in the high 50's. Life can be fabulous. Hope you get a little stitching in today. Have a great day....</div><p></p>Sally Rutkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14482549193518218312noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348061789662553327.post-60514915556960164262021-03-04T11:21:00.001-08:002021-03-04T11:21:24.040-08:00Getting ready for Spring...<p> Spring brings many images to mind, flowers blooming, sunshine days which are becoming warmer and warmer, Easter, and for us Jackie DuPlessis classes and Spring Retreat. But also for stitchers, it brings new projects featuring all those things. I started already with a cute little ornament for the Easter tree. It's called <b><i>Jelly Bean Delivery </i></b>from Brenda Gervais' latest booklet, <b>"Jelly Bean Jubilee." </b>The book is fabulous and has 7 Easter-related designs. All shown using DMC colors. Linen colors aren't specified so pick your favorite linen and have fun. I stitched on 28 ct. linen which happened to be a mint shade of Colorscapes collection from Wichelt. I stitched using the recommended fibers, however, I did use a couple of specialty stitches. The satin stitch for the jelly beans and the chick's wing, a Smyrna stitch for the chick's cheek, and straight stitches on the wheel. I used rick rack in the finishing. The overall finished size of the ornament is 3 1/2" x 2 1/2". Fun to stitch! </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2WbZm92bemQoTkWy3sAjNNAMPqn0Kfx3ZVrCKQIvmSOTdv0uhm0ZF2mQl3stBp2NKXd5NH5DOKj95KVunWA9oOfZjo_vR3bW3HwHfEk5I_H40h2jn9siIKJ_ALdAZecb_iNmOfywp9jUy/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2WbZm92bemQoTkWy3sAjNNAMPqn0Kfx3ZVrCKQIvmSOTdv0uhm0ZF2mQl3stBp2NKXd5NH5DOKj95KVunWA9oOfZjo_vR3bW3HwHfEk5I_H40h2jn9siIKJ_ALdAZecb_iNmOfywp9jUy/" width="180" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Now I'm working on Heartstring Samplery's, Springtime Edition Festive Little Fobs, which I stitch as one design instead of 9 different smalls. I've done several of these Fob editions and just love stitching them. It's usually fast and easy, but apparently, I've has been distracted and I've had to rip out several sections. UGH! But I've decided to leave one section in which I used the wrong color and call it done. I'll post it tomorrow after putting the date and initials on. Then I get to pick out a new project and tht's always a good thing, even though there are so many to choose from. I'm also getting really excited about the upcoming online needlework show. I miss the Nashville market terribly and all the people I usually get to see there this online show will help ease that pain. So I'll post again soon, and hope that you have time to put your needle to work and enjoy the stitch. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Sally Rutkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14482549193518218312noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348061789662553327.post-30854390898145493762021-03-02T09:04:00.003-08:002021-03-02T09:04:36.793-08:00Don't we all do this at timesx...<p>Continuing with my "all things green" needed for March, I was going through charts and ran across this by, who else, Brenda Gervais. It's really a chart I'd already told Sara I wouldn't be stitching, although I do fudge a lot, but it's a green frog so was put into rotation. To keep it completely green I changed the lettering from black to WDW Juniper, which is a black-green. I stitched over 1 on 28 ct. Antique White linen, just to make it cuter...everything done over 1 on any count makes it smaller and cuter don't you think? Anyway, definitely a one-day stitch, easy and fast..now that is my motto. I used a real needle under the frog, although the needle is charted for you. I used the called for threads, WDW Scuppernong, and GA Cornhusk for the frog and the crown which is charted for you I replaced with a crown shank button I had (didn't even remove the shank just make a hole big enough to shove it through). The needle I didn't attach but slide it under 1 thread on the left and one thread on the right. Then called Sara and after making a few snide remarks regarding my statement of not ever stitching it, she had a frame made to the correct measurements and it's done and will be in the shop tomorrow. Now I'm done with St. Patrick's Day stitching (unless something else pops up), because I have several pieces already done in the shop. </p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtwYbTedoMbiswjLtdx1-Gnd-6UmtirkSDbs3WznwIUpx08l36AWjjjsf3ptQHjqjcpik36Zw2uc1tWULmy91xyEtWnJtlnpzFKyOjYYDMhqe14KuCCslCR6_Xl9gVO3MLE7P-w7Ltuyye/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtwYbTedoMbiswjLtdx1-Gnd-6UmtirkSDbs3WznwIUpx08l36AWjjjsf3ptQHjqjcpik36Zw2uc1tWULmy91xyEtWnJtlnpzFKyOjYYDMhqe14KuCCslCR6_Xl9gVO3MLE7P-w7Ltuyye/" width="180" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Moving on to Spring and Easter, can't believe Easter is less than 30 days away. I need to get busy! Have a wonderful week. Hope you find some time to stitch.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /><p></p>Sally Rutkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14482549193518218312noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348061789662553327.post-49483981916037585542021-02-26T07:23:00.003-08:002021-02-26T07:23:32.979-08:00Another finish.......<p>Yes, I finally finished '<b><i>I See Red"</i></b> by The Scarlett House which I stitched on 28 ct. Antique White linen using <b>Gentle Arts Endive</b>. When I realized I had enough February display pieces, but not enough March pieces I made the decision to switch to a green and use it for St. Patrick's Day. As it turns out I do like stitching alphabets and I figured it didn't make any difference what color this piece was stitched in. While there is a little over one done, most of it was over two...another selling point. Since the total design measures approx. 7" x 5". when complete it works up pretty quickly so in just a few days it was finished. When you've struggled to stitch getting pieces done quickly helps get you going again. After it was finished I faced the dilemma of how to finish it for display. Initially, I had thought I'd be hanging it on a hornbook (one of my favorite finishes). But it's a little too big as we didn't have a big enough hornbook to use and of course I didn't want to wait to get one in. So then it's a pillow or frame, which just didn't inspire me, but then I decided to make it into a drum. Usually, my drums are larger in diameter than this as it would be less than 2" in diameter, but I decided to ignore that and move ahead. The top went fine, but after stuffing it and then starting to attach the bottom my circle of mat board was a lforittle to large, so I cut it down a little and began the process. I used WDW wool on the bottom and began the attachment and a little voice in my head kept saying, take it apart and cut a little more off, but I refused to listen to that voice kept attaching, and when I was on the last 1/2" I was kicking myself for not listing to that little voice. This became a pain because the round was still a little too large but I finished it anyway and made it work. Because of that, I had to use something to cover the join. I didn't have any Lady Dot Chenille in the color I wanted (and of course I wouldn't go to the shop and get it), but I did have a dark green pom-pom trim that did look fine. Because the drum was already finished I had to cut the edging off the pom-poms and I then attached it to the drum. Then, of course, I wanted pins to put in the drum for the presentation. (presentation is everything, right?) I got out all my bead cases and my green beads were too bright and shiny and the wrong color green. Then I realized the beads I purchased for fall (which didn't work out for fall) were perfect for this. Their color is similar to camouflage colors, greens, browns, and rust. So now the drum and pins are together and look like they go together beautifully. I learn something with each finish. With this, I learned the size of the mat board I use is extremely important and needs to be the right size rather than fudging it. But a great project my first sampler drum...but I have a feeling it won't be my last. </p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK1sgqLcjNRvnYABGvCdYFZBX-2ur09Sg0GXSlXW2DkfPF5wfvxlWNL_D_3DAGLwOYMQRpUaeqhdbbXBjPUa-yAjkcD7Ug9UMdVUjbzIzRwP5wXh9lmv-mxjSznNJlBIQT29JYqnAEZyoJ/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="701" data-original-width="526" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK1sgqLcjNRvnYABGvCdYFZBX-2ur09Sg0GXSlXW2DkfPF5wfvxlWNL_D_3DAGLwOYMQRpUaeqhdbbXBjPUa-yAjkcD7Ug9UMdVUjbzIzRwP5wXh9lmv-mxjSznNJlBIQT29JYqnAEZyoJ/" width="180" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Now I'm off to look for projects for April and May, and maybe I'll find another March project I can fit in. Hope you all have a great weekend, filled with stitching and finishing projects. Enjoy the journey!</div><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div style="text-align: left;">Now </div><br /><p></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p></p>Sally Rutkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14482549193518218312noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348061789662553327.post-70783682623884449372021-02-24T06:22:00.002-08:002021-02-24T06:22:31.595-08:00I feel it's safe to say my mojo has finally returned completely!<p>I've talked about my "stitching mojo" constantly since March 2020 when it up and left me sitting on my sofa unable to stitch. I tried many different things trying to get it back, but it refused to return. Now it wasn't as if I got no stitching done, but I got very little done. Since I'm the model stitcher for Salty Yarns this was devastating to me as well as to Sara, who in 2021 starting doing models herself to help me out. I was able to stitch very few projects, one which I loved dearly and couldn't put down, so I thought my mojo was back, but the minute it was done my mojo was as well. So Coming to America by Brenda Gervais which I stitched over 1 on 28 ct. linen was done on time in November and I loved every second of that stitch. Unfortunately I still haven't decided whether to frame it or make it a bellpull. I quickly tried to start another project after that but to no avail. I kept starting different projects but just couldn't get interested in anything. It was such a depressing time for me. Especially since my job in Sea Trader was over when they (Sara and Mary) rented out my space to Jessica's Candies. (Yikes, the last thing I need to be near is a candy/ice cream store). To be precise, Sara called me and said I had the rest of the winter off and they moved all the displays and merchandise from Sea Trader downstairs to Sbell Stocked. Sweet Jesus thank God Vernon called me for fear I'd show up to see what was happening and told me to stay away from the hotel as they were doing it in one day. I went in on Sunday and darn if they hadn't done it in one day. Amazing, but sad for me as it was my space to sit and talk to customers and just be part of the action. Oh, yes I also sold giftware when I wasn't talking. I always complained about wanting to be home, but when it happens with no warning it was shocking. But I do love not having to go in and now dread spring when I'll have to go back to the new location downstairs next to Shell Stocked. Hopefully, we will be able to get some of the J1 students into work so I don't have to work 7 days a week. Anyway, being home and with nothing to do but stitch, but not being able to stitch was a pain. I did manage to stitch "Reindeer Games" by Erica Michaels before the holidays. I made the drum and the strawberry and enjoyed them but they took me longer than normal so that drove me crazy, but I did enjoy the stitch and didn't mind the finishing so that was a win-win. I used the colors suggested but not in the same place Linda did. For instance her garland was red but I switched it to the green. I also stitched the blocks around the lettering using red with white floss wrapped around the red back stitch to give the candy cane effect. That's the biggest thing and then I did the lettering in the same green. I used Weeks Dye Works green wool for the top and bottom of the drum as well as the holly leaves on the top of the strawberry. </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7rEh6B-Y9oP28MLaOeM-br7YetLPlX0WxieAVeTLOXPYbXFHzcny5o4VFpg-iyrb7UTSst1fHee13WGTAHl4u-TTHOIaL9ZMSim6Aj294djd1FveIULJkO4m0RbYag5LbC4TApe_K7mH6/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="331" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7rEh6B-Y9oP28MLaOeM-br7YetLPlX0WxieAVeTLOXPYbXFHzcny5o4VFpg-iyrb7UTSst1fHee13WGTAHl4u-TTHOIaL9ZMSim6Aj294djd1FveIULJkO4m0RbYag5LbC4TApe_K7mH6/w248-h331/image.png" width="248" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyDKnvyYdu_YBWEBMlve7zXvbcZgtRqkvMlo2EW4yRnayPWO-BE0AJqp0-W9qGXOvz91wz0Ayt469H7yd0KbPU3fAqOAH8zdYoS5v4iU1LfPJzm7pDrNLkGq-rQ7sj2lveHHcM02Mys6_u/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="321" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyDKnvyYdu_YBWEBMlve7zXvbcZgtRqkvMlo2EW4yRnayPWO-BE0AJqp0-W9qGXOvz91wz0Ayt469H7yd0KbPU3fAqOAH8zdYoS5v4iU1LfPJzm7pDrNLkGq-rQ7sj2lveHHcM02Mys6_u/w241-h321/image.png" width="241" /></a></div><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnV25F8C9wF4d9M7grEl1EI1Kqq_iX2rIj1JCrE7WM8LWg6CoDj-va34xCnMgpspgOEaFC6acxMR9EcZrVRW5dFPfLC3yRcCF6SHEzhs1xDl3zYZ3sil2QlMGVg4UuH_veLuxhcxaX-wUb/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnV25F8C9wF4d9M7grEl1EI1Kqq_iX2rIj1JCrE7WM8LWg6CoDj-va34xCnMgpspgOEaFC6acxMR9EcZrVRW5dFPfLC3yRcCF6SHEzhs1xDl3zYZ3sil2QlMGVg4UuH_veLuxhcxaX-wUb/w222-h296/image.png" width="222" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnyuaSn8id222OzIAwuRgymikirwxM1H3xf_2hx4a4zTxWT4t6F1jYuOUC9J7DhhyphenhyphenCXNVUpH-5u-T4siCgh6f9P6y4i1w3vs3iOnnwfdOOrWNqj9rq7DvVkr0A5ZNn4cNKkhoQwORQwJZL/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="319" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnyuaSn8id222OzIAwuRgymikirwxM1H3xf_2hx4a4zTxWT4t6F1jYuOUC9J7DhhyphenhyphenCXNVUpH-5u-T4siCgh6f9P6y4i1w3vs3iOnnwfdOOrWNqj9rq7DvVkr0A5ZNn4cNKkhoQwORQwJZL/w239-h319/image.png" width="239" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFecliqMGNGkR2gztg1Rp3W3gvO2kfGZFZbezS5gO5lxuB2MEUpzOR4CHbZlg8LZQ8qFtsCBhmfJ5evPLQcmi8XBFycA-e55XU0vGtZEltRPAP-skTvF0fKMBaetchTep9OysYsqK1JI5z/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="312" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFecliqMGNGkR2gztg1Rp3W3gvO2kfGZFZbezS5gO5lxuB2MEUpzOR4CHbZlg8LZQ8qFtsCBhmfJ5evPLQcmi8XBFycA-e55XU0vGtZEltRPAP-skTvF0fKMBaetchTep9OysYsqK1JI5z/w234-h312/image.png" width="234" /></a></div><br />Reindeer Games Drum and Strawberry</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The day after Christmas I thought I'd try again to stitch and decided to try Hands on Design's, "Ready, Set, Snow." I managed to stitch that with no problems, however, I misplaced the clay to make his nose. The chart includes a piece of Weeks Dye Works wool to make his nose but I wanted the dimension so I'm still waiting to find my clay...ugh! After that I moved on to the February models. I was still slow in stitching, but feeling more like my old self and with Brenda Gervais' new booklet for Valentines Day -"<b><i>Love Notes</i></b>"I was off and running. From that moment I haven't stopped stitching. It's like the old days where I wake up around 2 a.m. to make the bathroom run, and then decide I can spare a few hours stitching before the day starts. First I picked<b> "Love Birds"</b>. Every design in this booklet is stitched using DMC and since I have a huge stash of it I decided to use that. I picked random 28 ct. linen from my stash, Antique White in this case, and stitched as directed. I did run into difficulty since the chickens are white and I stitched on white so I changed their color to WDW Straw. I have to say in hindsight I wish I'd picked a darker color of linen so my chickens could have been white as well. But overall I thought it was cute and finished it as a pillow.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHA4tTQa_H1pgx3IcRrSn7CvLiclU46N4cb6K9_6kmUqIEJuYDLIjeP4Aqr7Ltn_CYS12rUUwgMH4iX0i_5zoGFpOUOJ7TumgVSZ2AEYsnNYzHaXbe6EhyLe4rWzvafoELfLHjX_fAo43U/s2048/be+minefeb.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHA4tTQa_H1pgx3IcRrSn7CvLiclU46N4cb6K9_6kmUqIEJuYDLIjeP4Aqr7Ltn_CYS12rUUwgMH4iX0i_5zoGFpOUOJ7TumgVSZ2AEYsnNYzHaXbe6EhyLe4rWzvafoELfLHjX_fAo43U/s320/be+minefeb.heic" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> Then I moved on to "Love Stamp" and again I was going to use all DMC but didn't have the DMC bin near the sofa and since I was on a roll didn't want to go back to my stitching room so I pulled my overdyed bins out (I keep them in the living room where I sit) and grabbed GA Ruby Slippers. I stitched this one on 28 ct. Mocha linen. Then when I was trying to figure out how I was going to finish it I found some of the metal trays I keep in cabinets under the T.V. and it fit beautifully in the red tray. So that was an easy finish. And I used a favorite type of tray as well which has been waiting for 2 years for me to use it. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhetMZdVMIHPTM1PCl_ngMpx8IimHhnxgz3mu-BsOBGNDQye_wXW8xCItB8iWqub9C-kU0-At7ncqg54LO2vZbi-aXS89kRKi9evAJOH2yFK7P5Z9IlpsyRsb4gAGOKC2bE8COlbB_bxHlq/s320/Love2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="240" data-original-width="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhetMZdVMIHPTM1PCl_ngMpx8IimHhnxgz3mu-BsOBGNDQye_wXW8xCItB8iWqub9C-kU0-At7ncqg54LO2vZbi-aXS89kRKi9evAJOH2yFK7P5Z9IlpsyRsb4gAGOKC2bE8COlbB_bxHlq/s0/Love2.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">There was another design from this booklet I wanted to stitch, however I also had a sampler piece done in red that I wanted to do for some time so I switched to another Brenda Gervais project, </span><b style="text-align: left;"><i>"L. Genders -1875 </i></b><span style="text-align: left;">" and since it is stitched in red it's perfect for February. Most of the piece is over 2 so that moved quickly, but part is also over 1 and slowed me down a little however, still just a few days work start to finish. This is a small piece and a needleroll, however, as anyone who knows me at all, will tell you I just can't have blank spaces on the inside of a needleroll or etui, I just can't. Because it was a needleroll I added needle tags on the inside of the piece for several sizes of needle and while it's very hard to see made a button needle minder which is attached to the very left of the tags for holding a working needle. While the original used twill tape to wrap around the piece, I didn't have any twill tape which matched in any way so I went with ribbon. Loved stitching this piece. Because I changed the original design, I left of the number 11, I put my name and date on it. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJo-v4ha4_OevH8pR58PMbtmhCMDZODgo2KRMhOUGCchaiAtaERCG9_-xoiCThNBd3vAHydisVjbiYd7wN4j_6uHu6Ku7QfXj0vVeN-mS7B-lxa6g_asJwHJ2LxmpoBfSLXrGDPKdn7c4_/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJo-v4ha4_OevH8pR58PMbtmhCMDZODgo2KRMhOUGCchaiAtaERCG9_-xoiCThNBd3vAHydisVjbiYd7wN4j_6uHu6Ku7QfXj0vVeN-mS7B-lxa6g_asJwHJ2LxmpoBfSLXrGDPKdn7c4_/" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnuHyKvx_XTCgWAczuPZMRuXjIzFuDRHoGUTG1vZbmJUscdTAwbDjBLsGhMb51P0xQlNCLHoLiOv6gvcyEj-Ig1e-oLNi_-ogMhrLIqDmC3syG9SNVDbJ7V_L6sXdKBtm_XNpBygWD2tOA/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnuHyKvx_XTCgWAczuPZMRuXjIzFuDRHoGUTG1vZbmJUscdTAwbDjBLsGhMb51P0xQlNCLHoLiOv6gvcyEj-Ig1e-oLNi_-ogMhrLIqDmC3syG9SNVDbJ7V_L6sXdKBtm_XNpBygWD2tOA/" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrNotlrnZvOoxFWMsTHnFbBvA9ma33fcLLJChhS2eRSWn8YX6tz-WAwx8FTCMRoKWe_b0pQkQ4lbuf2Xxrg0URYv4l3NpsRJMTc5WgcaqaL3Wca0ALsm4RljWQ6MgyqxOzkjeVtsSyVdzP/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrNotlrnZvOoxFWMsTHnFbBvA9ma33fcLLJChhS2eRSWn8YX6tz-WAwx8FTCMRoKWe_b0pQkQ4lbuf2Xxrg0URYv4l3NpsRJMTc5WgcaqaL3Wca0ALsm4RljWQ6MgyqxOzkjeVtsSyVdzP/" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">While I have 3 more pieces stitched, I can't show them yet because I haven't completed the finishing. But I've had a fun 2 months of stitching and thrilled I'm back in the loop. We are also working on a new website which I hope will debut in the next week or so which is why I haven't done much updating to the existing web site. And now that I'm stitching again I'll be blogging more often and Sara has our first retreat for 2021 listed and we are preparing for that, so we are really excited about what's happening after a year of heartbreak for us all. It will be wonderful to connect with everyone again and meet in person for a laugh and a giggle. So stay strong, keep on stitching and posting as it was wonderful and inspiring during my difficult time to see all the beautiful pieces being stitched and finished. You inspire me everyday and I thank you for you for that. The Needlework Nation never lets me down. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></div></span></div></span></div></div></div>Sally Rutkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14482549193518218312noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348061789662553327.post-49329490620515324892021-02-23T06:42:00.001-08:002021-02-24T06:53:51.170-08:00March online shop <p> Haven't blogged in a while, although I've started several, but felt I must start showing what we will be seeing in the upcoming needlework show. Today's show is all about Theresa Kogut and she's got quite a few. If you are interested in any just let Sara know and she'll put you on the list.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyyj4Ct22VI1A3bGxyyHg3AjNUkuHzegHNHF8odOXBwAGht8lfw7yXE1NCF3ZvsOd6_Qd4JkTOLWZbegDqpBf_1PmUQJLpdtzidubnS-1yhx0d7FHdOdMHHT24SDHpEif9LkjkWjp-XWrh/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="674" height="354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyyj4Ct22VI1A3bGxyyHg3AjNUkuHzegHNHF8odOXBwAGht8lfw7yXE1NCF3ZvsOd6_Qd4JkTOLWZbegDqpBf_1PmUQJLpdtzidubnS-1yhx0d7FHdOdMHHT24SDHpEif9LkjkWjp-XWrh/w233-h354/image.png" width="233" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Rise and Shine-$10.00</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPMdQs3Vwf7OfeA86_1Ngzew8vpjSY-fjvJoNSB8EGavGTMwkTbfTtGH7pxDoTWjM78sJ1eHYEW08h4lzDT62hYkFeckm00U9UwVJhEfRLu-6FAziyI8eDh5KslqIIsMTgHOW67g-6j2xq/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="674" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPMdQs3Vwf7OfeA86_1Ngzew8vpjSY-fjvJoNSB8EGavGTMwkTbfTtGH7pxDoTWjM78sJ1eHYEW08h4lzDT62hYkFeckm00U9UwVJhEfRLu-6FAziyI8eDh5KslqIIsMTgHOW67g-6j2xq/w198-h301/image.png" width="198" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Whimsy Halloween-$10.00</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5PnuFLyhLqD-6tWOA2bMKqnjHFSKYhzRr0hSpyC6n3BGCLn-54orH9Bw45opDeiGTV-4MjSDHraUBpghzzcwlUCCQA49_stlXJjIH83jaZphnoh_AKo6SzGYgfgsBZHvoraX-pj_jEdAW/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="674" height="311" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5PnuFLyhLqD-6tWOA2bMKqnjHFSKYhzRr0hSpyC6n3BGCLn-54orH9Bw45opDeiGTV-4MjSDHraUBpghzzcwlUCCQA49_stlXJjIH83jaZphnoh_AKo6SzGYgfgsBZHvoraX-pj_jEdAW/w205-h311/image.png" width="205" /></a></div><br />Rejoice Rejoice Snowman-$10.00</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0Z2KFKB8102FOhzjZEdJUCqtY5geTVoVWAfrAy874Sb7WgvfLPWCYr7T1lWy50kufG3d4e54wrRYFN9p43eITgtRPau9r0gXYXdg376MxlY1WkBVqoG_46dTVHTFr2hbOzp0umj0ms7C4/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="671" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0Z2KFKB8102FOhzjZEdJUCqtY5geTVoVWAfrAy874Sb7WgvfLPWCYr7T1lWy50kufG3d4e54wrRYFN9p43eITgtRPau9r0gXYXdg376MxlY1WkBVqoG_46dTVHTFr2hbOzp0umj0ms7C4/w196-h300/image.png" width="196" /></a></div><br />Pa. Dutch Farm Series-$10.00</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Heifer</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaCiCA9NnPk-15phVnPW99IEeLjZVQP_m0oYqmp3lWuta4dIOYGS5gVFt_nYFDfqrru_MlRDj08M-K9yecjhLGAi34GtHFSczd4aM4IF_ki1ye-uEjCriXwkTEmVnv_aw2ZNLoPghBi8jz/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="674" height="337" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaCiCA9NnPk-15phVnPW99IEeLjZVQP_m0oYqmp3lWuta4dIOYGS5gVFt_nYFDfqrru_MlRDj08M-K9yecjhLGAi34GtHFSczd4aM4IF_ki1ye-uEjCriXwkTEmVnv_aw2ZNLoPghBi8jz/w222-h337/image.png" width="222" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Psalm 91;11-$10,00<br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div><p></p>Sally Rutkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14482549193518218312noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348061789662553327.post-14315112366127759512021-01-24T09:06:00.001-08:002021-01-24T09:11:18.881-08:00Jackie du Plessis is coming to town!<p _msthash="20488" _msttexthash="1938021904"><span _msthash="1939581787" _mstmutation="1" _msttexthash="63157328">It's been way too long since I last blogged, or stitched for that matter, but I'm hopeful this new year will bring my stitching mojo back with a vengeance. In the meantime, Sara has started lining up retreats once again..... First .. Jackie du Plessis will be spending the weekend of April 9-12 with us and she'll be teaching 4 days of fabulous stitching with 2 classes. </span></p><p _msthash="20488" _msttexthash="1938021904"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsXz6WuZ6Eisq2pMxm0WaF6BcowQk7MSkGHhFBSGN4shHxeSHw6MPyV7LVgfEOvjD6wgT_wsAEaBN1Hqcrhs1Dw79ZFMD0hhDGFdnEbRD5fk6UsxjotjCUq-_K3XyixbXtLuuQoz4IuRwH/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="285" data-original-width="400" height="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsXz6WuZ6Eisq2pMxm0WaF6BcowQk7MSkGHhFBSGN4shHxeSHw6MPyV7LVgfEOvjD6wgT_wsAEaBN1Hqcrhs1Dw79ZFMD0hhDGFdnEbRD5fk6UsxjotjCUq-_K3XyixbXtLuuQoz4IuRwH/" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Friday & Saturday Class</b></div><p _msthash="20488" _msttexthash="1938021904"><span _msthash="6456918" _msttexthash="6446479" style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 13.3333px;"><b _msthash="29406" _msttexthash="29406"><i _msthash="29407" _msttexthash="29406">Ode</i></b><span _msthash="6172855" _mstmutation="1" _msttexthash="99288514"> - (includes 2 nights lodging, and a boxed lunch for both days-) This is a take-off of an antique lace display desk Jackie saw many years ago. She had it scaled down to 7" x 8" and done with a cherry finish. Jackie was inspired by Jane Austin's words and created her own tapestry of silken stitches as the desk's bottom <b> $650</b></span></span></p><p _msthash="20488" _msttexthash="1938021904"><span _msthash="6456918" _msttexthash="6446479" style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 13.3333px;"><span _msthash="6172855" _mstmutation="1" _msttexthash="99288514">The class includes the desk, all stitching and finishing supplies needed to complete the project as seen. Fibers are silks-Hand dyed and solid and 100/3. Ribbons are hand-dyed and Mokuba from Japan. All finishing by hand-only the pinkeep gets a machine guideline for finishing. Linen is 32 ct. </span></span></p><p _msthash="20488" _msttexthash="1938021904"><span style="font-family: Arial; text-align: justify;">The collection of items created to fill the Ode desk consists of</span></p><p _msthash="20488" _msttexthash="1938021904" style="text-align: justify;"><b _msthash="160420" _msttexthash="160420" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">Desk bottom</b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;"> - Regency period wallpaper inspired the circle-shaped border. Jackie added the hand-dyed medley colored flowers to add a bit of nature's beauty. Various bands and motives of nature stitched to mimic a tapestry for the desk base. </span></p><div id="yiv9325816296" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><div style="font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-size: 10pt;"><div id="yiv9325816296"><div><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span _msthash="8879312" _mstmutation="1" _msttexthash="228000045"><b>Sewing case</b><span _msthash="220931542" _mstmutation="1" _msttexthash="223314988"> - that has two functional ends, the storage case interior features an alphabet, paying homage to Jane and her masterful weaving of these letters into timeless stories. The two functional ends consist of a pocket for trinkets and the second is a padded mattress pincushion that lifts to reveal a needle storage section. Two thread holding Hedobo rings embellish the interior. The outside of this sewing case features a circle pattern that is used to frame the desk bottom and can also be seen on the Pin Keep, Messenger thread storage bag. This circle pattern was inspired by the regency period wall-paper. When the case closes it fits perfectly vertically into the desk bottom.</span></span><br /></span></div><div><span _msthash="9743708" _msttexthash="10010533" style="font-family: Arial;"><b><i>Message bag thread pouch </i></b>- Jackie wanted to create a special holder for finishing thread that mimic's the message carrier of yesteryear.</span></div><div><span _msthash="10647962" _msttexthash="62831171" style="font-family: Arial;"><b><i>Button Pouch</i></b> - Wanting to capture nature and all the beauty it brings, Jackie stitched a base of green leaves, each of these leaf edges is cupped with tiny Hedobo scallop stitches creating a scallop leaf effect. From these leaves, pretty flower buds sprout as if they hold a promise of things to come. The back of the button-bag features a stitched butterfly.</span></div><div><span _msthash="11592074" _msttexthash="4182568" style="font-family: Arial;"><b><i>Pin Keep case</i></b> - inspired by a watered-silk antique from Jackie's collection of smalls.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span _msthash="12576044" _mstmutation="1" _msttexthash="18661123"><b><i>Bottle/trinket holde</i></b><span _msthash="14797731" _mstmutation="1" _msttexthash="15079246">r - holds three storage bottles. The top and bottom of these two panels that are pulled at the sides to snugly hold the bottles in place are cupped with a Hedebo scallop edge.</span></span></span></div></div></div></div></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;"><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-size: 13.3333px;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif;"><span _msthash="46540" _msttexthash="169985140" style="font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-size: 13.3333px;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfVBEn8ItI1GLDw_THUs2stYoHmw4PcATQKp1KTzWhwipHwTirACbvmjkkId3-2rNHps3LLPAUTDT4HoeMX9FbMvrmeevoACaj3tJnH91yeKdLZlN5lB4-ScFgYfXRxSVd-5MPQFtPlZmd/s400/Garden1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="267" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfVBEn8ItI1GLDw_THUs2stYoHmw4PcATQKp1KTzWhwipHwTirACbvmjkkId3-2rNHps3LLPAUTDT4HoeMX9FbMvrmeevoACaj3tJnH91yeKdLZlN5lB4-ScFgYfXRxSVd-5MPQFtPlZmd/s320/Garden1.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyaAY1aXO0BAlLgeQ21hYos15PPErkYI-DQp5v4rU_nwZxblJVt2mOtGN9KAXoaNEhGNTsUGNRXWizQk92JxFjwIUOC78yc9NOS_bxr5vEHs6dFKYVrMLyCHlBWFfKRZK-NccnK7SJEL-x/s400/garden+2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="267" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyaAY1aXO0BAlLgeQ21hYos15PPErkYI-DQp5v4rU_nwZxblJVt2mOtGN9KAXoaNEhGNTsUGNRXWizQk92JxFjwIUOC78yc9NOS_bxr5vEHs6dFKYVrMLyCHlBWFfKRZK-NccnK7SJEL-x/s320/garden+2.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIh1PhSbPOvYYrH6jiL4wM8mOU-Z_ZRxwsjRiS_PlU8DK65Cjs-3wKPfIzC_10IiJqURBDAhIkjXPZG_soa-hjR9qP8uyVYPl062KLKOafKXsEF3azvvYktKPbMSM1pRTBSAt2-6cXMi8w/s400/garden+3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="267" data-original-width="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIh1PhSbPOvYYrH6jiL4wM8mOU-Z_ZRxwsjRiS_PlU8DK65Cjs-3wKPfIzC_10IiJqURBDAhIkjXPZG_soa-hjR9qP8uyVYPl062KLKOafKXsEF3azvvYktKPbMSM1pRTBSAt2-6cXMi8w/s320/garden+3.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span _msthash="46540" _msttexthash="169985140" style="font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-size: 13.3333px;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif;"><span _msthash="46540" _msttexthash="169985140" style="font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-size: 13.3333px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif;"><span _msthash="46540" _msttexthash="169985140" style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>Sunday and Monday Class</b></span></span></div><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-size: 13.3333px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif;"><span _msthash="46540" _msttexthash="169985140" style="font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica; font-size: 13.3333px;"><span _msthash="46547" _msttexthash="7262918" style="font-family: arial;"><b><i>Gardenesque</i></b> - (includes 2 nights lodging, boxed lunch for each day)</span></div><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica;"><span _msthash="46548" _msttexthash="169985140" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">Spend two enjoyable days stitching a series of needlework accessories to outfit the glorious hand-painted Gardeneque wooden basket. <b>$850</b></span></div><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica;"><span _msthash="46548" _msttexthash="169985140" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica;"><span _msthash="46548" _msttexthash="169985140" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;"> The basket is approximately 5”x7” in size, with a lid on each side of the handle, with an oval cut-out for a pincushion to be inserted. The basket has a swing handle and at the bottom a pull-out drawer for more treasures, running the length of the basket. The basket is made of tiger-wood maple and the lids, handle, and drawer have a hand-painted design of flowers, leaves, and a border. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">A collection of needlework accessories fit and stow neatly in the glorious workbasket.</span></div><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The class includes the basket, all stitching and finishing supplies needed to complete the project as seen. </span></div></div><p _msthash="20488" _msttexthash="1938021904"><span _msthash="1939581787" _mstmutation="1" _msttexthash="1849893643"></span></p><div style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 13.3333px;"><br /></div><p _msthash="20488" _msttexthash="11801965097"><br /></p><p _msthash="20488" _msttexthash="11801965097"><br /></p><p _msthash="20488" _msttexthash="11801965097"><br /></p>Sally Rutkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14482549193518218312noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348061789662553327.post-35534258669102598862020-10-21T09:28:00.000-07:002020-10-21T09:28:03.986-07:00Another finish.............<p>In the last post, I talked about <b><i>Autumn Gathering</i></b> by Brenda Gervais, as I had the stitching done but the finishing was not. Well, it's completed now....and it wasn't that hard, amazingly enough. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh19iL19XEAFvkA8PKD-qXbHSb0VYhQ7UuCrEUmH-ooKJq9ep7t9v-AuDl5D5G839SWQeJO1JdwOmT-onbVS00Ylw59K_t7-Mxi4rX1irTiqkXtXkdYLrqy3rioXl4x3oY-VGEz7_p5Nq5s/s2048/img_3381.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh19iL19XEAFvkA8PKD-qXbHSb0VYhQ7UuCrEUmH-ooKJq9ep7t9v-AuDl5D5G839SWQeJO1JdwOmT-onbVS00Ylw59K_t7-Mxi4rX1irTiqkXtXkdYLrqy3rioXl4x3oY-VGEz7_p5Nq5s/s320/img_3381.heic" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>I'm really pleased with this finish as a shaped finish is always a little trickier than a square or circle, however, everything was a little easier than I had anticipated. Brenda supplies a template for the cutout so having that made it easier than doing my own. I gathered the circular top so it fit with no issues (just as you do when finishing a circular design) and I cut as close to the neck as I could without worrying and while I probably should have cut it a little closer, I was pleased with that as well. When it came to the twill tape edging, I didn't realize we had the right size in the shop but was thrilled to see that we did so I decided to use it as well. I loved Sara's reaction when I showed her the Twill and she said "oh, you have to sew it on both sides"...and after I finally stopped laughing I informed her I was gluing it on. Yes I said glue. I will glue on cording, etc., if it is not what I consider an heirloom piece, but a piece I enjoyed stitching but know when I go it won't be passed down through the generations. The only problem I had with this finish is a personal thing. I want everything I stitch to have a purpose. I don't know why it's just part of my process. So after the challenge of finishing it, I asked "What is it for?" Stasi and Sara both answered it's just a decoration. Finally, it was decided it should be a bowl filler. While I have 2 dough bowls which I have filled with rolls, pincushions, ornaments, etc., this is not dimensional it's just flat, so I struggled. Too late I thought, I could have made it into a needlebook or added a pocket to the back for needles and scissors. And I suppose I could continue and add a back to it and still do those things, but, you know when you think you are done, often you are really done and don't want to put any more time into it. That's where I am at this point. So I put it on the counter in front of another piece and hopefully it will sit there and not fall on the floor. But I have to say I liked stitching it and didn't mind finishing it. I stitched on Fawn 36 ct using the fibers indicated. I started out using 1 thread, wasn't happy with it so I ended up using 2 strands for stitching. The only exception to that was the stems of the flowers which I did over one using the stem stitch. That made a pretty stem I think. Anyway, moving now to another start and I might just return for a couple of fun days stitching on the SAL <b>Coming to America</b> which I have dearly loved. I was trying to hold out until closer to the end day, November 6th, as I'm on the final section and really want the finish to be on day 66. So I'll just stitch a few rows and then put it down again. It's been exciting to see where everyone is. It really doesn't matter when we get ours done, so if you aren't as far ahead as you'd like to be, don't worry there are others right where you are. And it's not really about the end date as much as it is about the journey. So whatever you are working on, enjoy the stitch. </div><p><br /></p>Sally Rutkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14482549193518218312noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348061789662553327.post-17064787103385954892020-10-16T06:41:00.003-07:002020-10-16T06:47:51.101-07:00Wow...what a fabulous weekend we had. <p>Since we have canceled every event this year I thought Stitchers Jamboree would be no different...but Sara is not one to give up on an idea, so after Ocean City canceled Sunfest (a big closing party for the resort), Sara advised me she wasn't canceling our event, but she was giving stitchers the option to attend in person or take the classes using Zoom. I thought no one would do it in person, but Sara had already sent out a note informing everyone it was still going to take place and the stitchers really stood behind the decision. We had between 35-45 here in person, and the rest took it by Zoom. Sara worked double time on this as she knew nothing about taking Zoom classes, but she got schooled by others who had done class by Zoom and came to the hotel to show her how to work the equipment, etc. So she was ready to go Friday for the opening reception. I had a difficult time wrapping my head around the changes, no opening reception in the lobby (each student showed up in their assigned classroom and there was a mini reception in every classroom, but no food.) In fact, the classrooms became the stitching rooms when classes were done so there was no mingling in the lobby at all. No continental breakfast, no Friday night dinner, no food served-Covid rules dictated and we observed the rules. Sara had Malia, at one of our favorite cafes, do box lunches for Saturday's classes and people were sent the food options prior to the weekend so Malia would be ready and she delivered well-presented box lunches for everyone. The teachers were fabulous and the projects this year were so special to us as Linda (Erica Michaels) designed a beautiful box project with the hotel theme, Pat and Peggy, (Fern Ridge) did a peyote fob with a white rocker in beads (those are on the front porch of the hotel, and Clara (Stitching Parlour) did the needlebook which shows the boardwalk/hotels, old fashioned bathers and on the third section a carousel horse on the outside. And all the pieces fit in the box. Thank you to the fabulous designers. Kudos and well done! And a huge thank you to the stitchers who joined us in person, and a huge thank you to all the stitchers who zoomed in. There were very few glitches and the stitchers were very respectful of all the rules in place due to Covid-19. Sara had assigned each classroom time in the shop so we never had a social distancing problem there. Everyone wore their masks everywhere including in the classroom and even Vicki who had a coughing fit due to her allergies went to her room and joined by zoom because she didn't want to make anyone uncomfortable. Now that's caring about others' feelings. It had nothing to do with a cold, Covid or the like but she knew some might be concerned so she took herself out of the room. And several of the ladies brought show and tell, so I can tell you now stitching is definitely getting done and done beautifully. It was so much fun to see it all. Beautiful work....and finishing done well. So a Big Thank You to teachers and participants of the 2020 Jamboree. We appreciated your attendance and look forward to seeing you all again. </p><p></p><p>If you have read my blog at all during the course of the Pandemic you will know that I have been struggling to get back into stitching. I have stitched and finished a few projects, but considering my goal has always been at least 1 finished project per week, I have definitely not reached my goal, or even come close. But I have fallen in love with a project and can't force myself to put it down. I'm back to stitching until midnight and waking up around 4 a.m. and stitching again and it feels wonderful. I think you know which project I'm talking about. Brenda Gervais, "Coming to America." On September 6th, I put the needle through the linen and it just felt so good. I decided initially to use the fabric called for, although for my sake I changed the count. I love the look of the small count but it's a struggle for me at this point and since this is a long piece I wanted to be comfortable with the stitch, I decided to pick the 28 ct. and with a twist decided to stitch over 1. So now it's even smaller than if I stitched on 40 ct. over 2...yes love the smaller look. I started at the top and instantly knew the seagulls in grits would not show up well enough for me so I changed the color to Gentle Arts Chalk. It helps them show up a little bit more, for me. I was going to incorporate gray on the head and wings but felt if I made too many changes I may burn out before getting to the finish line. So I stuck with the Chalk seagulls and it's fine. Then I got to the sails and couldn't even see the fiber as it really closely matched the fabric. Then I saw many had stitched theirs and after the outline was put in they showed up, so I just outlined mine as well and that turned out fine. Then the men boarded the ship and I noticed on line that the full gentlemen's jacket blended in with the ship (an advantage of letting others go ahead of you), so I changed that to Weeks Dye Works Onyx which is a brown/black color and that was fine. Then I got to the Cape Cod and found that again I had trouble seeing the fish bones against my fabric, but because it is surrounded by a darker color I persevered and it looks fine. I've had a few missteps and had to rip out and restitch, and sometimes I let the misstep go as it's not as noticeable, but I've truly enjoyed this piece and will really miss it once it's finished. I had done the math before I started as I was concerned that I might not finish in 66 days due to my current (at the time) lack of stitching daily. When I first figured out that I only needed to do 6.5 lines a day I figured I could handle that. In some areas that is easily done, but the sections done border to border is a tad of a struggle for me as I get bored. At first, I wanted to go over 6.5 lines a day in the event I didn't want to stitch every day. Well, I'm now into the 24th day of stitching and I haven't stopped at all, so I'm way ahead of schedule. <br /><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieYw1QfcNSfyBIlTcoTSIQyhL07FfysNd1bC2DcFlexVGUXv-CKUTynoLk0VwoOJ0DUresr1HCC2-fm5fx0wETsp11VWNQHWHrqNrlUQDr0eyWVp1_0weMXMpve9N90B1P5c814GDOZ3H8/s400/coming+to+am2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="300" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieYw1QfcNSfyBIlTcoTSIQyhL07FfysNd1bC2DcFlexVGUXv-CKUTynoLk0VwoOJ0DUresr1HCC2-fm5fx0wETsp11VWNQHWHrqNrlUQDr0eyWVp1_0weMXMpve9N90B1P5c814GDOZ3H8/s320/coming+to+am2.jpg" /></a></div><p>Please excuse the fact it hasn't been ironed....but here is my current delight. Last week I finished the section with the names and the waves with the fish and I put the project down for a week or two so I can make sure I finish on the 66th day. Truth be told I tried to put it down last weekend to work on a fall project....it didn't go well. But eventually, after realizing I didn't like it stitched with just 1 strand and changed to 2 strands I was able to complete another Brenda Gervais, <b><i>Autumn Gathering</i></b> stitched on 36 ct. PTP Fawn using the stated fibers. I'm fascinated with the shape of this one, as I know it will challenge me with finishing, but it's still sitting unfinished on my table...I think I'm afraid I'll fail, but I'm going to try again today to get it done. And the final piece I got done a few weeks ago is also Brenda Gervais, <b style="font-style: italic;">Coffee First. </b> which I stitched over 2 on 32 ct. linen. I was all over the place on finishing this one. I wanted to make a small pillow using a red ticking fabric in my stash, but my kitchen is so small that there really isn't room to sit it anywhere so I figured I'd hang it as I still have wall space, but I like to utilize wood pieces for finishing that I can just keep replacing the stitched piece for different seasons. So I made a fabric covered backboard but was too big for the hornbook, so my finish is much simpler than I would have liked. But at some point, one must just move on. So I did. But "<b><i>Witches Brew"</i></b> is out and I'm doing this whole series so perhaps I can do better with it. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh41CPjpMZmf5FNSpQCku2SC3W4-0IYlIK5Aq5EDIZfYyDdQiDMIUAH-K4auRxdpbb7QNhdJVT60wQKih1uvshILCuyXmA2XIWx0MckwDH4EmDXPN8sQUJ96FK7VXlmgZN3VNFSlbw-_C3/s400/coffee.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="300" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh41CPjpMZmf5FNSpQCku2SC3W4-0IYlIK5Aq5EDIZfYyDdQiDMIUAH-K4auRxdpbb7QNhdJVT60wQKih1uvshILCuyXmA2XIWx0MckwDH4EmDXPN8sQUJ96FK7VXlmgZN3VNFSlbw-_C3/s320/coffee.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Well, it's back to stitching I go. Have a great fall, keep wearing the mask as we enter into a possible 2nd round of Covid-19, and stay out of crowds. Enjoy your stitching and post it to give everyone else inspiration. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p></p><p><br /></p><p></p>Sally Rutkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14482549193518218312noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348061789662553327.post-28255118979956705802020-08-21T10:36:00.002-07:002020-08-21T11:42:46.276-07:00Holly Beads have returned................<p> I was thrilled when I got to work and was informed that the Holly beads had come back in as I had two of the Secret Santa ornaments waiting for finishing. So I got busy and got the next two Santa's done. <b>Holly Santa</b> and <b>Deer Santa</b> now join the pack of finished Santas. Two more to go and I'll have caught up. Can't wait...</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht2IfSFXA2kfAIGHtTlf1QLn58eauhkCI6cQ-GJybJ1RNk9dzejkUt31DFQ-df3n6pChrHVq_GFx83MQOpPVbgCfT8mbCPbjHLuAJom3lk364FyCMBjS0uzTC-BKBYqtXMrLkXuH5JyE8t/s320/orn.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="240" data-original-width="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht2IfSFXA2kfAIGHtTlf1QLn58eauhkCI6cQ-GJybJ1RNk9dzejkUt31DFQ-df3n6pChrHVq_GFx83MQOpPVbgCfT8mbCPbjHLuAJom3lk364FyCMBjS0uzTC-BKBYqtXMrLkXuH5JyE8t/s0/orn.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I can't seem to get away from the Turkey Work beards, however, Deer Santa's does incorporate grey and I've made the beard longer by not trimming it so much. I deed pull out the red beads to use on the garland on Deer Santa but then decided to make a Smyrna Stitch with metallic braid on the Holly Santa. Again I satin stitched a nose on the Deer Santa and I made eyes on the deer using 1 over 1. After finishing so many of these banner pieces I have to admit I don't dread the finishing like I do most finishing and cording has become easier as well. On the Hands-on Design website Cathy has a tutorial on finishing for anyone that needs it., that is very helpful. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> I worked with our Kathy and she was working on the Celebrate Summer tray from Madame Chantilly,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img alt="Celebrate Summer - Cross Stitch Pattern" src="https://www.123stitch.com/pictures/20-2077.jpg" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> another favorite designer of mine. Kathie stitched Celebrate the 4th of July earlier and it was so cute. She then mentioned they also had a Halloween tray, a Christmas tray, and an Easter tray. So. of course,. I've pulled them out and now I want to get at least Halloween and Christmas done before each holiday takes place. So my stitching lineup changes once again. I love Halloween stitching, although I'm currently working on Hands-on Design Boo Banner, I'm going to have to start stitching faster because I really want to get this one done as well. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img alt="Celebrate Halloween Cross Stitch Pattern| Madame Chantilly" src="https://www.fatquartershop.com/media/catalog/product/c/e/celebratehalloween.jpg?quality=80&bg-color=255,255,255&fit=bounds&height=526&width=526&canvas=526:526" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I've already started Christmas stitching with the <b>Secret Santa</b> banner so I have plenty of time to add this project to my line-up. I'm still trying to decide on fabric count. But I have time to mull that over as well. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And the Easter Celebration will be in the line up for 2021. This series would be great for displays because you could create a finish where you just flip them out using the same frame. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> I finally decided I had to make a move on finishing the Blackbird Design out of their <b>Sewing Club </b>booklet called "<b>My Home Scissor Box.</b>" It's been stitched for a couple of weeks, but it was the painting of the box that stopped me from finishing. Didn't have the paint they listed so I decided to come up with a plan using what I had. At first, I was going to do the box a blue, but as I surveyed my options in the house I saw a few issues for me, so then I thought about trying to match the color of the urn holding the flowers. I had a golden color that was too bright but I had a couple of browns, so in the end, I combined the Gold with Khaki and I think it turned out just fine. Of course, I also considered Black which is usually my go-to because everything pops, but wanted to step out of my usual box and try something different. Then I needed something to wrap around the design. I had a Storm Blue Ric Rac by Lady Dot that matched pretty good, but just in case I also made a blue cording. While I liked both, the ric rac won my overall vote. Before I go any further I should add here that in the book, this is done over 1 on 28 ct. Veldt PTP linen. But when I asked for the box, Sara handed me the box you see here. This is actually used for the Ripe Pear scissor box in " the same book and it measures 4" x 6 1/2". The matchbox design calls for a box that measures 4" x 2 1/2". So while it took me a couple of minutes to realize this wouldn't work for me on 28 ct., even if I did it over 2, I switched to 32 ct. over 2 and used PTP Doubloon, and it fits perfectly. I did have to make a change because the date of 2020 too up more space than 2019 and it came too close to the motifs that were there, so I put my initials in the spaces and moved one of the motifs where the initial was suppose to be. And now it can hold a whole lot more than just the scissors, like a needlebook, scissor and fob, and a small pin cushion. That's always a good thing, right?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS631AAArucX-HknKrzQtLcSW_hjU-S0TdOq5GLKaZuDgxdWNRXS4EcfAR0MkC19w6ZWXpc3Z2KQSXNt8HQthHrLXHxK0y5mr10mqVGZddSzbeHegcnyAvwm13bleGpRt8NqWVIkz1HkAf/s320/box.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS631AAArucX-HknKrzQtLcSW_hjU-S0TdOq5GLKaZuDgxdWNRXS4EcfAR0MkC19w6ZWXpc3Z2KQSXNt8HQthHrLXHxK0y5mr10mqVGZddSzbeHegcnyAvwm13bleGpRt8NqWVIkz1HkAf/s0/box.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So now it's back to the Secret Santa Series and the Boo Banner Series. But I've got plenty more in the lineup so I should be busy for several months. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I hope you are all well, getting lots of stitching done and I hope to see you soon.</div><p></p>Sally Rutkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14482549193518218312noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348061789662553327.post-83075790435195069102020-07-22T17:26:00.002-07:002020-07-22T17:27:22.693-07:00And then there were two!...........<div> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFDndwwzjpP_WVIElneDOhzxrnB6wSSRUmY0l8n21AmQhQg7J5yIAWsDTo58UcJhB5FapEs9zqXI5vKqSEzQDx40nSkxTedZSLsBaZJ54rZNTz7mnA65U-hOBBm0KJlKJ1sEaFAfaagEBa/s320/list.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="240" data-original-width="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFDndwwzjpP_WVIElneDOhzxrnB6wSSRUmY0l8n21AmQhQg7J5yIAWsDTo58UcJhB5FapEs9zqXI5vKqSEzQDx40nSkxTedZSLsBaZJ54rZNTz7mnA65U-hOBBm0KJlKJ1sEaFAfaagEBa/s0/list.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Yes, another Secret Santa is done. "Naughty or Nice" has now been stitched and finished and I'm moving on to #3 later on today. I'd say my stitching mojo is back and I couldn't be more thrilled. It is really aggravating to think of the wasted time when I could have been stitching....but that's all behind me now so I'll move on. There were a few changes with this Santa...the most noticeable one would have to be the missing packages that should be around Santa's head. I make a last-minute decision to leave them out as this Santa has a huge presence in my mind and the presents were distracting me. I also made a couple of color changes, for the gloves...I didn't have the green metallic that Cathy called for and I looked up a variety of Santa's and there were 4 colors used for the gloves, red, white or black, or flesh-colored. With the beard, you wouldn't notice white gloves, and with his red jacket,, you wouldn't notice red gloves. I needed contrast so black ended up the color. I changed the color of his buckle from WDW Curry simply because in the first Santa Cathy used metallic gold and so I used it. As with the first Santa, I used a triangle of color a little darker than the face shade, to make a nose and the cheeks. Because I couldn't use my usual embellishments to enhance this piece I had to go with different stitches to bring dimension to it. So I Satin Stitched the border of his jacket as well as his hat band. I made a mustache which I then attached to his face and used Turkey Work to create the beard. As I was patting myself on my back after gluing the front to the back I realized I hadn't put a hanger on it nor had I attached the beads...Yikes! With the glue already dry enough I didn't want to take a chance on pulling the backing off. Finally, I came up with a plan and I was able to get the beads on, (thank God I hadn't done the cording yet so that I could hide the red thread) but the red ribbon hanger was just attached to the back which is covered in red scrapbook paper so it's not a glaring mistake, but aggravating. Lesson learned hopefully. Now on to the next one. Happy stitching folks.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div>Sally Rutkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14482549193518218312noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348061789662553327.post-25027520859733941662020-07-19T11:00:00.000-07:002020-07-19T11:00:29.029-07:00Still here and wearing the mask!I've started this blog several times over the last several weeks, talking about our struggles with the shop and the hotel during this crisis, the I'd revise the blog, a few days later revised it again and have kept that up about every week and today I finally erased it and I'm starting again. While we are struggling with very few employees, etc., by cutting our hours to one shift it's helped us keep our sanity in the shops. Every time Sara would try to figure out how we could run a second shift I said, no. I'm 72 and while I can manage 1 shift I wasn't going back to doing 2, which ended when I was in my 50's. Mary keeping the hotel 30% occupied helps since we don't have enough of a crew to clean it when its 100 %, it so we are only renting what our crew can clean efficiently, so we're open, but it is definitely not our usual summer. I try not to focus on the money aspic and just focus on what we can do. and tell the girls, "at least we got opened, as this could have been a total disaster if we hadn't opened at all." I thank God every day for my cup being half full, although sometimes there are a few tears before I pull my big girl pants up and readjust my thinking. Knowing we are not alone also for some reason helps. At least it wasn't something I did, I guess. Anyway, we got a sign on all doors that masks are required and you must sanitize your hands upon entering at our sanitizer station. I'm thrilled to say we have had complete cooperation from 99% of the people coming in. Of course, a couple of people have come in and whined they don't have a mask, or don't want to wear one because it's not comfortable, and to each, we've said, "Sorry, without the mask you may not come in." No one has thrown a fit, yes a few choice words about me have come out of their mouth, but I have selective hearing so I choose not to listen and then I tell Sara all about it. It's provided us with entertainment. But for those who have been in, we so appreciate your wearing your mask so we don't have to remind you. It's for all our sakes, in my opinion,, and secondly, what do you have to lose. Better to wear it and not need it, than getting COVID-19 and wish you had worn it. So now you are caught up, almost. I have had a problem finding my stitching muse. She seems to have left town and I've been struggling to even pick up a needle and frankly have gone weeks without doing stitching. It has about driven me crazy, but I just can't seem to get my stitch on. However, I may be turning the corner on that as yesterday with great determination I sat down, turned T.V. on, and got out a project which I had started determined to finish it. Then today, I decided to do the finishing on the <b><i>Token of Love</i></b> by Brenda Gervais, which has been done since June but waiting for me to do something, and while it wasn't finished as I intended to do it, it's finished. <div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihsQ9wd97S5Ta3qWyln22ZsjF8uf92wwXkSBcBoVyym_9Ab3Os4lVzWLClSSYcqDeqwskfhzYEsAN1PohLngjR_OopdYIWJACngZom-pewR3kunLOLeUyxeIQ_w08igb3O1KCRoUYhSAg6/s427/tokens2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="427" data-original-width="320" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihsQ9wd97S5Ta3qWyln22ZsjF8uf92wwXkSBcBoVyym_9Ab3Os4lVzWLClSSYcqDeqwskfhzYEsAN1PohLngjR_OopdYIWJACngZom-pewR3kunLOLeUyxeIQ_w08igb3O1KCRoUYhSAg6/s320/tokens2.jpg" /></a></div><font size="5"><br /></font><div><font size="5"><br /></font></div><div>Although I wanted to make smalls to put in the drawers, I haven't done that yet, but that shouldn't take long once I get stitching again since I'm taking a couple of small motifs from the original design and making a fob, needle case and perhaps a pin cushion. With the wooden chest, I had Vernon paint it black inside and out. I had problems matching the blue in the pattern to anything to line the drawers and finally found Dove (Weeks Wool) to be close enough. I covered the bottom of the drawers with no problem, but the sides just looked too bulky, but since I loved the blue on the bottom of the drawers I stopped with that and called it done. I was going to paint the knobs on the drawers to match as well but finally gave up trying to match that blue with anything I had on hand. Sometimes you just have to know when it's over! Then I started the finishing of the <b><i>Secret Santa </i></b>by Hands on Design. I started the series with <b><i>Merry & Bright</i></b> for some reason. Sara picked out PTP Mint which very closely resembles the fabric it is shown on, and I used the fibers suggested. I usually try to use embellishments to give the piece dimension, but I struggled with that. In the end, I used satin stitch for his mustache and I used turkey work for his beard. Oh, and I molded his nose by satin stitching a long triangle instead of a black outline which actually gave his face some dimension and I put in three stitches of red for his mouth between his mustache and his beard. You can barely see it for the turkey work beard but that was on purpose. I wanted his mouth to peek out not stand out. I just realized I didn't put the bell at the end of his hat, apparently, I was going to make that dimensional and forgot. Oops! Anyway, to hang the ornament I used a simple 1/16" red ribbon. And used DMC #5 pearl cotton #504 to make cording. For the backing, I used scrapbooking Christmas paper. Makes for an easier finish and I like the way it looks. </div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVZGLE47qRjY8O5P9CfZB1fZhymU1p_uQ5j9rPWhupyYFoKxrL96fVZSg2tfLNsGaoLgBXIhmz8b0n6i3zJGUQb92oJCGxRAGWhJbkqsY8IuWp4sqVt_-frW1rUksLfmIH378GhwzfEzB2/s427/santa1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="427" data-original-width="320" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVZGLE47qRjY8O5P9CfZB1fZhymU1p_uQ5j9rPWhupyYFoKxrL96fVZSg2tfLNsGaoLgBXIhmz8b0n6i3zJGUQb92oJCGxRAGWhJbkqsY8IuWp4sqVt_-frW1rUksLfmIH378GhwzfEzB2/s320/santa1.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieY9WEdnInkc1rg-S0-v_pdlGdO7DmITcanJWUJVvSql4UigXc6kSec7fsUHsXXGgmKAlBTeM4MPIoRoq1vjI_W5Vo_rW0teZ3IgkKXM9kb7WUt-lT2dMTzsw634-s8ZXGiQMDhnt_0hBF/s427/santa2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="427" data-original-width="320" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieY9WEdnInkc1rg-S0-v_pdlGdO7DmITcanJWUJVvSql4UigXc6kSec7fsUHsXXGgmKAlBTeM4MPIoRoq1vjI_W5Vo_rW0teZ3IgkKXM9kb7WUt-lT2dMTzsw634-s8ZXGiQMDhnt_0hBF/s320/santa2.jpg" /></a></div><font size="5"><br /></font></div><div><font size="5"><br /></font></div><div> All in all, I love Cathy's banners and am looking forward to the 2020 Halloween banner. My problem with this series is I'm a traditionalist and can't get beyond the color of the linen which is "so not Christmas." So I'm a work in progress on this, I'm now on my 2nd Secret Santa and will be completing the entire series on mint. By the time I get done I'm sure I'll love it. And these stitched banners look fabulous when hung. Well I know you stitchers have been productive because I check every day. You give me inspiration and have helped move me towards my stitching spot. So thank you and keep up the good work. Stay safe, stay home if you can, and always wear the mask when you are out and about or in stores. Thank you!</div></div>Sally Rutkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14482549193518218312noreply@blogger.com1