Spring has Arrived

Hey Blog Buddies,
Spring has arrived, at least here in the Chicago area.  We had a sunny, mild day yesterday, which prompted me to finish-finish Erica Michaels' Random Thoughts of Spring.  I did get the piece mounted and framed, but...

...the black color on the frame has got to go!

It looks a little funereal to me for a spring piece.

I got some green acrylic paint yesterday,

so the black will be just a memory soon.

The changes I made to the design were:

I omitted the bottom row of shamrocks,

and I changed the word "blarney" to "showers."

I love the way the name of the season

is done in Assisi embroidery on these designs.

The fabric is a 30-count springy green overdye

which you can see a little bit from the photo.

I recently entered a giveaway that Chris was having at

Tot Hill Farm Stitches.

I wasn't the grand prize winner,

but she drew two extra names out of the goodness of her heart,

and I won a bunch of goodies from Market:

Clockwise from top right:

DMC coffee/tea mug, 4 of the newest WDW floss colors,

an easel floss keeper, a lovely card,

small notebook and, last but not least,

a small Whitman sampler full of cho-o-ocolates!

Thanks again, Chris!

And speaking of the Nashville Market,

Linda from The House of Stitches was invited to

our guild meeting this week.

Alarmed because I was running low on stash -- :p

I bought a couple of things:

Lizzie*Kate's Flowers Limited Edition Kit and

Tiramisu from Glendon Place.

She also brought the La-D-Da trunk show,

and since I have almost no Halloween charts (cough, cough)

I got:

There was only one of these charts left--what can I say?

This one will probably be displayed all year long...

...once I get a moment to stitch it.

I think Linda should come to all the meetings!

Well, that's it from here.

Hope you have a grand spring (or fall) stitchy weekend!

Thanks, as always, for visiting!