Hey Blog Buddies,
Yesterday I met my GF Joyce (who lives 60 miles away) at a new (to both of us) needlework shop: Tomorrow's Heirlooms. My "excuse" for visiting the shop was to pick up some kitting supplies for a couple of classes I will be taking at my needlepoint guild, which I did. I guess Joyce's excuse was when I said "Let's meet at Tomorrow's Heirlooms before we have lunch." While I was there, I decided to kit up a chart I've had for about a year now, Rosewood Manor's A Tree by Itself:
Yesterday I met my GF Joyce (who lives 60 miles away) at a new (to both of us) needlework shop: Tomorrow's Heirlooms. My "excuse" for visiting the shop was to pick up some kitting supplies for a couple of classes I will be taking at my needlepoint guild, which I did. I guess Joyce's excuse was when I said "Let's meet at Tomorrow's Heirlooms before we have lunch." While I was there, I decided to kit up a chart I've had for about a year now, Rosewood Manor's A Tree by Itself:
The fabric (on the right) is 36-count lambswool linen.
About 2/3 of the called-for floss is shown.
I had the other 1/3 in my stash.
I can hardly wait to start on this beauty.
It's a BAP: 300 x 270 stitches!
I was also looking for a very specific frame
for the piece I started on January 1st
and which is now almost finished.
The frame had to be approximately 5" x 6"
and I strongly preferred white.
How often do you actually find that kind of specific item?
Never, in my experience.
But lo and behold, after looking through a few of their frames,
I found this:
Now this might not be a very exciting photo,
but I was beside myself with glee
when this little frame jumped into my hands.
My last purchase was--dare I say it--an impulse buy:
Two Lizzie*Kate Snippets
which I will simply have to make time
to stitch this year.
I am particularly fond of
Good Things.
While we were having lunch,
I gave Joyce a little ornie I had made
and which I can now share with you:
This is Little House Needleworks' Baked Goods
stitched on 40-count Abercedarian linen.
I had finished stitching the ornament back in early December,
but put off actually making it into an ornie
until Monday of this week!
I grumbled so much about finish-finishing it
that DH suggested I just give it to her as a kit.
I thought that was a splendid idea!
But I bit the bullet, and she got a finished ornament.
Yes, she likes it--she bakes quite a bit.
Here is the back.
The cording was purchased at JoAnn's.
Since the finishing of this ornament
straddles both 2012 and 2013,
I have arbitrarily decided that
this will be a 2013 finish.
That's it from here.
Hope you have a groovy weekend,
and thanks for visiting!
