The March Halloween Ornie

Hey Blog Buddies,
Hope you had a groovy weekend.  The weather here is still a bit wintry for so late in March.  Just another excuse to stay home and stitch!

So far--and I know it's only March--I am keeping up with Lainey's Halloween Ornament SAL blog.  This month's theme was haunted houses, so I chose the haunted house from Prairie Schooler's Boo to You booklet:

I changed the colors a bit because

I thought the model looked too cheery:

I used 40-count PTP Heritage linen

which is a mottled khaki green (hard to tell in the photo),

I "turned out the lights" in the windows,

and the door is purple instead of orange.

I used Gloriana Charcoal instead of DMC 310

and I like the coverage better.

The silk floss is just a wee bit fatter than the cotton.

I guess I will be using it for future ornies

in spite of the fact that I hate stitching with it

(it sticks to my fingers and continually pops out of the needle!).

And it's finish-finished!

I'm making these into ornaments as I go along

because I can't think of anything worse

than having 10 stitched-but-unfinished ornaments

come October!

Over the weekend, I started to think spring

despite the fact that we had a bit of snow here yesterday.

But I'm not complaining:  the folks south of here

got 10-12 inches and we got less than an inch.

I know my UK friends have had more than their share, too.

Here is my start on Erica Michaels' Random Thoughts of Spring:

The fabric is a 30-count overdyed springy green color--

I'm very bad about keeping track of fabric names.

And I'm using two strands of good old DMC 500

which makes me a happy camper.

Don't know how much stitching I'll get in this week.

Our local cable company is having a "Watchathon"

until the end of this month,

which means you can catch up on past seasons of programs for "free"

(read:  no additional fee).

So I'm planning on watching all three seasons of Downton Abbey.

I have one week.

And no, they don't allow you to record "on demand" shows.

I probably won't be stitching while watching because

when I listen to folks with different accents,

I usually have to pay more attention!

Well, I'm off to watch Episode 2 of Season 1.

And to those of you in the northern hemisphere:

c'mon join me in thinking spring!

Thanks for visiting!