A Little More Stitchin'

Gentle Friends, still stitching away and here's a snaperoo...

...I made a change in the Tree/Angel band with the Angel.  I changed up the gown from another shade of green to the blue color, it's GAST "Cornflower" I tried a couple of light blues and really like the way this one looks.  In stitching this piece I figured there was so much green already that another green was unnecessary.  I'm thinking about frogging out the wings as they are really light and melt into the color of the linen....  but I'm going to think about that one.

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

Take care,

edgar

A Little Friday Post

Gentle Friends, it's been very quiet here by the Bay with lovely cool foggy days and some sunshine... I didn't want to let the week go without another post so here's a super video from Moana...

... the movie of the same name is about a Polynesian Princess who wants more out of life than what she was born to... it's a great little Disney film from 2016 and the music is top notch.  It's out on both DVD and Blur Ray so readily available.  If you've not seen it I would recommend it!!

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Have a super weekend!

Take care,

edgar

A Little More Stitchin'

Gentle Friends, well, it's Monday again and here's an updated photo of  AP I'm working on...

here's the snaperoo...

... still enjoying this stitch immensely!!

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

Take care,

edgar

A Little Foggy

Gentle Friends, it's Summer here by the Bay and for the past few weeks, we've been having our usual marine layer of fog roll in daily.  I went to YouTube and found this great Time Lapse video from a couple of years ago of the City and the glorious fog rolling in ..... enjoy...

... almost every evening I have to click on the heater in the house to take the chill off the rooms.  I really enjoy watching the fog and where we live in Noe Valley we have a great view as it comes in across Twin Peaks.  I love the cool summers !!

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

Take care,

edgar

A Little Stitchin'

Gentle Friends, still stitching away on AC.... here's a snaperoo..

.... and if you look this piece up online you can see the first change I made... it's the band break, in the original pattern the band is of crowns and I switched it out with the modified rose band from the bottom of the sampler... I've also modified some of the letters as I stitch along making them a little more "sampler" like IMHO....  as with all of Beth's pieces this is a real joy to stitch and will end far too soon!!

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

Take care,

edgar

A 229th Anniversary!!

Gentle Freinds, just stopping by to wish everyone a very happy ....

... here's a really nice version of the French National Anthem.... La Marseillaise....

....  have a super Bastille Day!!!!

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À tout à l’heure !

edgar

A Little Thrifting

Gentle Friends, out thrifting this weekend I found a couple of things...

... I found the vase in a thrift store and it was pretty filthy when I got it but it cleaned up nicely... from the mark on the bottom, I would date this c. 1918 or so.... and dived bowl with sterling base is nicely wheel cut with a wheat motif and I would think it dates c. 1950 or so...  

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

Take care,

edgar

A Little Framing

Gentle Friends, a while back I took a few pieces in to get framed and over the weekend I picked up two of them...

... the first piece is this small etching I found in a consignment shop. It's by the California artist Jeanette Maxfield Lewis (1894-1982) and probably dates to the mid-1930's.  She was born in Oakland, went to art schools here in the Bay area and NYC, married and lived in Fresno and had a home in Pebble Beach.  She is known for California scenes from all over the state.  With all that said, I bought it just because I liked it, I like landscapes and farm scenes and this little piece ( it's only about 3 1/2 x 2 1/2) just appealed to me on every level.  It was only after I got it home and did some research that I found all the info about the artist.  I am sure this image is a scene from San Joaquin Valley around Fresno were she lived. 

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This second piece is something I stitched a while back and originally thought I would frame it myself in an antique frame.  That didn't work out since I couldn't find the old frame and just went with getting it framed in an "antique" style frame.  It's hard to see but that is a small worn gold stripe that kind of adds to the "age" of the piece.  The chart is from Beth Twist over at Heartstring Samplery, "Baby it's Cold Outside."  As I get the other pieces back from the framers I'll post them ...

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

Take care,

edgar

A Little Stitchin'

Gentle Freinds, stitching away on Apostles Creed... here's a pretty craptastic snap of where I am at the moment...

... a pretty significant floss change I've made is with the letters.  They are supposed to be stitched in GAST "Harvest Basket."  I stitched the first line with the Harvest Basket from my stash and it just was too pale and I didn't care for how it looked so I frogged it all out and went back to my stash and pulled some different colors... I've settled on another GAST color "Dried Thyme." 

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

Take care,

edgar

A New Little Start

Gentle friends, well, I've finally landed on a piece to start... I hemmed and hawed about a couple of samplers...  trying to make a decision I started to kit them up and sort of saw where I was with my stash and what I was missing... so I moved towards a great piece that's been in the "to do" pile for quite a while...

.... it's another Heartstring Samplery piece... "Apostle's Creed."  Here's my little bit of a start...

... I'm stitching this piece on 40ct Vintage Light Examplar with the recommended floss (more or less).  Of course, I've already made some changes to the piece.  In my stash, I couldn't find a piece of linen long enough... almost long enough...but no cigar!!  So, since this is a band type sampler I just went in and clipped out a couple of "bands" and then took the other bands and just rearranged them to suit me... so now I'm a happy camper.  The picture makes the linen look really mottled, I think it was the flash that made the colors pop... it's not really this "cloudy " looking.

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There you go sports fans, thanks for stopping by, have a super weekend!!

Take care,

edgar

A Little Thrifting

Gentle Friends, over the weekend I found a few fun things...

... I was as surprised as anyone.... so here's what I found.... some great mid-century pieces - a black "Couroc" type tray with a heavy sterling silver border, and a couple of small sized vases.  I also found a transferware plate from St. Augustine of the "Old City Gate"... the border contains oranges and orange blossoms with 5 cartouches that include the Hotel Ponce de Leon, the Castillio de San Marcos, the Hotel Cordova, The Alcazar and the Old Cathedral.  It's a plate I've seen before and wanted since I lived in Florida... and truth be told it's one of the few places I would ever move to if and when I think about retirement.  It's a lovely little historic city I've visited many times and would revisit in a heartbeat!!  

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There you go sports fans thanks again for stopping by do stop again!!

Take care,

edgar

Happy 4th of July!!

Gentle Friends......

.... have a safe one!!!

Take care,

edgar

A Little Sharing

Gentle Friends, I listen to Pandora all day at work and recently (a few weeks ago) a song hit my rotation that I've completely fallen for.... my new favorite song... FYI it's about 5 minutes long...

... I hope you'll enjoy it as much as I do!!

Take care,

edgar

A Little Stitchin' Finish

Gentle Friends, here's a snap of a completed MFV...

"My Funny Valentine" - Heartstring Samplery

36ct Mystery Linen - WDW Lancaster Red

June 4 - July 1, 2018

... since I've come to the end of this piece I started looking around for what to work on next... I'm thinking another Quaker piece might be the right fit.... or maybe not...

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That's about it for today sports fans, thanks again for stopping by do stop again!!

Take care,

edgar