Nine Down, Eighteen to Go

Good Monday morning to you!  It's a beautiful, sunny day here (so far), so I took the opportunity to take a few photos outside, so that I can show you my latest stuff.  I'm not a "fancy" photographer--I just plop the items down on my front stoop and snap away.  My neighbors probably wonder about all my stoop shots, among other things (hehe).

So anyway, some of you may have guessed what I'm about to show you from the title of this post.  Yes, it's the Prairie Schooler alphabet.

The "I" was finally finished

at 6:40 this morning.

But it's not only a letter finish;

it's also a row finish 

and I'm done with the GHI leaflet, too!

Kowabunga!

Here's what it looks like so far.

And here's another smaller finish

that happened last night...

This is Little House Needleworks' Old Glory.

I did rip out those flower stems on the bottom

and use a darker shade.

Over the weekend, I took a workshop

with Tony Minieri that was hosted by

my ANG chapter.

Here is the model he brought to class.

It's called Austin Patch.

And here's my start.

The black canvas was slowing me down.

But.. a decent amount of stitching

for a 1.5 day workshop,

if I do say so myself.

On Day 2 I forgot my magnifier

and thought I'd really be in the soup.

But the two gals sitting at my end of the table

(neither of whom I knew, BTW)

each stepped up.

One offered an extra pair of reading glasses

and the other had an extra clip-on 

magnifier, which I wound up using.

Stitchers are the nicest people!

That's it for now.

Hope your day is going swimmingly.

Thanks for visiting!