Wednesday, August 6, 2008

Exchange received - on to Square One and some movies

The mailman delivered a gorgeous piece of Redwork stitching
- for the SBEBB Redwork V Exchange -
- the exchange was from Linda over at MooMotif.
Here is a snap of the entire exchange -


Included with the Mattress Pyn Cushion was a JBW Rooster chart with 3 skeins of lovely red floss and a great box of delicious dark chocolate candies!! The Pyn Cushion is stitched on both sides and is as gorgeous on one side as the other - here is a close up of one side -

and here is the other side -

Linda has read my profile and found that I was born in the year of the rabbit and included some in the stitching!! The note that was included explained where both charts came from but I left that at home this morning so I can't post that info today - I'll do that tomorrow. This is an absolutely gorgeous piece and it is my first Mattress Pyn Cushion!!
Thank you so much, Linda!!!!!

Last night I finished up Square 2 from the VoHRH and moved on to the border for Square 1
- here is a snap -


I deliberately corrected the spelling on Isaiah - if I hadn't done that it would have just driven me insane every time I looked at this when it gets finished!! Not that my spelling is any great shakes as you all know from just reading my ramblings here - but I try.

There has bee quite a few movies lately - TCM is having their annual "Summer Under the Stars" where they showcase for a 24 hour period the films of a single actor or actress - Yesterday was Claude Rains day and they showed some really wonderful movies last night - the two that I caught I have seen frequently - "Now Voyager" - 1942 - with Bette Davis... this weepy picture is really superb and I enjoy it every time I have seen it and last night was no exception!! The second flick was - "Mr. Skeffington" - 1944 again with Bette Davis - another top notch film featuring this pair of actors!! I finished out the evening with a recommended film. Back in July Kathryn suggested I watch a flick called "Paprika" - 2006 - This is usually not the kind of film I would normally watch as Japanese Anime is not my cup of Tea - but like with so many things that I do not care for there are exceptions and this is definitely one - What a visual feast - the story is odd but the images are just spectacular - worth watching just for that alone.
There are layers upon layers of visuals that leave you not really knowing where you are or if the characters are awake or dreaming -
If you get the chance you should try and watch it, you will not be sorry!!

Thanks for stopping by!!!!

take care,
edgar

9 comments:

  1. What a great exchange! I had to laugh when you corrected the spelling in your chart. Mispelled words drive me nuts too!

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  2. That's so funny that you corrected the spelling. You know how I am with spelling, and I would have either 1) not stitched it at all (see my post on La D Da's "Zip ah dee doo dah" er Zippity doo da) or 2) left it as charted. Many samplers had young girls' errors in them, and I think I would stick to the original. Bet that's not what you'd expect!

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  3. I'm glad you liked Paprika. No, it makes NO sense at all, but it is such a visual feast that I watched it for that alone.

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  4. What a great exchange Edgar !!!
    Lol... i didn't notce the spellingmistake , but Enlish is not my motherslanguage :-)
    Patti xx

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  5. Gorgeous pyn cushion you got! And your completed square looks beautiful, can't wait to see what you're stitching next.

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  6. Gorgeous redwork exchange Edgar!

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