A little Stitchin'

Gentle Friends,  stitching away on Little Birds and have finished up most of the right side vine...

where I left off there is some twisty vine at the bottom that turns left to go across the bottom, but I'm leaving it off until I get the left side and then along the bottom as I usually meet up borders in the lower right...as I usually begin in the upper left...from habit, just crazy...who knows...a little of both!!

  You no something, I just noticed that the border is completely uneven all the way around....  duh!

___________

It's a very smoky morning here by the Bay and until the breeze kicks up later today to blow it further east to be replaced by the usual fog we'll have smoke.  

_________________

There you go sports fans, not too much going on other than that.  Stay safe!

Good Thoughts! Good Words! Good Deeds!

edgar

A Little Mayflower Stash

Gentle Friends, yesterday the mail came, an event around here as over the past couple of weeks it's been hit or miss at best.... mostly miss as we went three days with no mail delivery....back on track ... and brought something fun that I wasn't expecting...

... the box for a new project celebrating the 400th Anniversary of the landing of the Mayflower.  Or more specifically the Women of the mayflower.  The SAL is to start on September 6th and now I've got my 40ct linen my floss and needle.  In the box of goodies was a really cute little Pilgrim lady needle anchor, and an additional 1621 Thanksgiving project some good info from William Bradford. This is going to be just a really fun piece to work on this Fall!!  Thank you so much, Brenda!!!!!

I got very excited when I first read about this project back a few months ago.  As I can trace on my Mothers side back to two of the women on the Mayflower. Mary Brewster (Here's a little tidbit about Mary... she was one of only five adult women to survive that first winter in the New World, and one of only four to survive the "first Thanksgiving" in 1621, which she helped to cook) and her daughter Fear Brewster Allerton, second wife of Issac Brewster, they married in 1627, his first wife, Mary Norris Allerton, dying that first winter in February of 1621.   It'll be so nice to stitch up something that's kinda personal to my family.

____________________

There you go sports fans, thanks for stopping by... the smoke here in the City from all the fires around us both north into Marin County and south towards Monterey are a bit less today.  Stay Safe!

Good Thoughts! Good Words! Good Deeds!

edgar

A Little Stitchin'

Gentle Friends, it's been a couple of hot days here by the Bay, hovering in the mid '90s and we had the fans a-going all day and through the night.  No air-conditioning dontcha know!  Now it's Sunday afternoon and we've had thunder and lighting through the late night and all morning, with the rain coming in waves.  It's nice to have a break in the heat and even nicer to get some rain.  Usually, we don't get any rainy anything until around Thanksgiving.  Oh well, even with losing the electricity for a couple of hours last night I got some stitching done on Little Birds over the past few days...

 here's a snaperoo..

.... here comes some more rain so before we loose the electric again (and I just know we will!) I'll sign off.  Hope your weekend is going well, thanks for stopping by do stop again.  Stay Safe!!

Good Thoughts! Good Words! Good Deeds!

edgar

A Little Stitchin...

Gentle Friends...  I finished up the vine along the top border and turned the corner...

... the weekend was spent at home... napping, stitching, and movie watching.... two of the films were  "Jane Eyre," 2011, and "Immortal Beloved" 1994.

________________

I really enjoyed this interpretation of Charlotte Bronte's 1847 book immensely.  In addition to the leads, Mia Wasikowska (Jane Eyre) and Michael Fassbender (Edward Rochester)  Dame Judi Dench was in the film playing Mrs. Fairfax!!  It was beautifully shot and even though I know this story well, I found the film well done and would recommend it highly.

What a super movie... and although the premise of the story is faulty, the film is really wonderful.  Again, it was a feast for the eyes and Gary Oldman  (Ludwig von Beethoven) was top notch and did a superior job at bringing back to life a bigger than life character.  I also enjoyed Isabella Rosalinin's sensitive and moving portrayal of the Hungarian Coutess Erdody.  Another two thumbs up for this film!!

___________________

There you go sports fans, thanks for stopping by do stop again. Stay safe!

Good Thoughts! Good Words! Good DEeds!

edgar

A Little Bithday Remebering.....

Gentle Friends,  today would have been my Dad's 89th birthday... 

and a couple of snaperoos from long ago...

... here we are, three Edgar's my great Uncle, me and my Dad... 

I think this was taken in Atlanta in 1964

... and here a few years on.. me, my dad my brother and my baby sister... this would have been taken in Mississippi in 1969...  my dad has been gone 17 years and I still miss him!!

_____________

Thanks for stopping by do stop again.  Stay Safe!

Good Thoughts! Good Words! Good Deeds!

edgar

A Little Stitchin'

Gentle Friends,  stitching away on the border...

...not far along at all.  Oh, well I'm still loving this piece!!

_________

Thanks for stopping by.  Stay Safe!

Good Thoughts! Good Words!  Good Deeds!

edgar

A Little Snow

Gentle Friends, although we never see snow here by the Bay, I do love snow!!  We have been having our regular Summer weather where the temps stay in the upper 50's and tons of fog.... gotta love that!!  So here is a lovely woodblock image, Snow Drum Bridge by Hiroshige...

Fall's a 'coming and Winter's on its way!!!

Have a super weekend. Stay Safe!

______________

Good Thoughts! Good Words! Good Deeds!

edgar

A Little Stitchin' Start

Gentle Friends, with Beatitudes in the bag... and soon to be in a frame, I needed to get a new project in the ole Q-snap...

... so I landed on "Little Birds" from Blackbird Designs.  BBD, as you might recall, is one of my favorite design teams and this super sampler is a winner on every level!!  I'm stitching it on the called for linen, but on 40ct and not 36ct as in the picture on the chart.  I also had 13 of the 14 called for flosses in my stash and for the 14th floss, CC Camouflage, which is unobtainable at the moment, I switched it out for WDW Collards, and think I'm even happier with the switch than I would have been stitching with the called for.  It's nice and largish being 395W x 339H so It'll keep my busy for a while.  Once again it's the border that really works for me these... the puffy pointed flowers a great!!

_______________

Thanks for stopping by do stop again.  Stay Safe!

Good Thoughts! Good Words! Good Deeds!

edgar

A Little Stitchin' Finish

Gentle Friends, so I wrapped up Beatitudes last night.  Here's a snaperoo...

Little House Needleworks - "The Beatitudes"

6/13 - 7/23/2020      40ct PTP "Legacy"

Mostly Called for Floss - the changes I made can be found in earlier posts.

I really enjoyed stitching this sucker up and now I have to get it framed and ready... 

1 Christmas present down!!

__________________

Thanks for stopping by do stop again.  Stay Safe!

Good Words! Good Thoughts! Good Deeds!

edgar

A Little Stitchin'

Gentle Friends,  Still plugging away on Beatitudes... I took this snap Friday evening and was going to post it over the weekend... but things got away from me... you know the naps and things!  So here I am Monday morning and although not exactly where I was Friday evening on the piece, as you can see I am making some headway with the words...

and talking about the wording.  The called for floss is CC Hickory Sticks, and I have burned through most all I had...  I still have one skein but I knew before I started the top wording I wouldn't have enough to finish it out so I tried to get more.  With things the way they are I was unable to find more anywhere or in any shop I called or try to order from... so I headed to the pile o'stash and found a really good match... WDW Swamp Water,  I like it a bit better.  The floss has a nicer feel and I can't see there is much difference in the overdyed coloring... lucked out on that one for sure!!  ... as I move towards the finish I am thinking ahead and think have I've landed on my next project..... 

_____________

Thanks for stopping by do stop again.  Stay Safe!

Good Thoughts! Good Words! Good Deeds!

edgar