A Christmas Stitching Finish

Gentle Freinds, I was bound, damned, and determined to get this sucker finished before Christmas... and I achieved my goal!! I finished this up yesterday...

"Christmastide at Holly House" - The Scarlett House - 10/31 - 12/22

40 ct "Fawn" LL - Using the called for silks, except I used "Icing" Belle Soie for the snowflakes.

The changes I made as I stitched along were few, I left off the single stitch for the deer's eyes, I added a white cornice to the roofline and crowns to the chimneys, left off the line of white that was on top of the chimneys,... was that supposed to be snow??? I wonder?? I also filled the windows with NPI 998, I liked the dark grey better than more brown as was called for.  Other than that it's pretty much as charted.  A fun piece to work on, I do love Tanya's charts and the stuff she does!! 

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There you go sports fans.  Thanks for stopping by do stop again.  Stay Safe!

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edgar

A Little Stitchin'

 Gentle Friends,  here's a snap of Christmastide...

... every time I look at this piece I hear in my head the song from 1958...

"Run, Run Rudolph" by Chuck Berry!

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edgar

A Little Stitchin and a Little Christmas

Gentle Friends,  here's a snaperoo of Christmastide ...

... I popped it out of the Q-snaps so it's really very wonky!!  Now it's really just fill stitching and bouncing around with "Mudpie" so that I get an even mix of the shades of brown for the stonework.

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Over the last few days, we've been putting up Christmas around the house.,  Even though we're in Lockdown once again I just refuse to let it spoil Christmas.  So, we got the tree up, put the cedar garland up inside and around the Front Door and down the front hall... or I should say Rico got the garland up!!  He does a much better job than I could.  Over the weekend I got busy in the kitchen.  Again, I am refusing to let things drop!!  So like in years past I created some treats to send out to friends and family...  this year I made...

Pecan Pralines, one of my favorite old fashioned candies...

...  I chose to make something I've not made in the past... 7 Layer or Magic Cookies.  I've seen them called by both names... they are pretty tasty!!

... and I wrapped up the goodies with Vanilla Nut Fudge dipped in white chocolate!  

It was a bit of a job to get it all done, but I've got all the Priority Mail boxes packed up and ready to take to the USPS this afternoon when I turn off my computer!

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There you go sports fans.  Thanks for stopping by.  Stay Safe!!

Good Thoughts! Good Words! Good Deeds!

edgar

A little Stitchin and a Little Thanks

 Gentle friends,  our Thanksgiving was very quiet with just the family.  Our usually large gathering was greatly reduced as most folks just wanted to hunker down and stay home and safe.  But, that doesn't mean I was going to set a nice table and Rico was sure to make a super centerpiece... here's a snap...

... I made a much-reduced menu... roasted turkey breast, cranberry sauce, turkey gravy ( I was really happy that I found my turkey gravy boat guy), sauteed green beans w/almonds, sweet potato souffle, mashed potatoes, herbed sausage stuffing, and poppyseed crescent rolls.  For dessert, we had marionberry and pumpkin pies.  It was a relaxed dinner and a lovely quiet afternoon.  Since the shutdown here in SF I've lost the store that carried the 15" white tapers I like on the table.  I found some no-drip ones online and was able to have 18" tapers... I couldn't have been happier!!  I got some red ones for Christmas!! 

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I also got a bit stitched on Christmastide... here's a snap...

... as you can see I've added a cornice just at the roofline.  It is charted without one and just didn't look right to me, and architecturally there would have been one...there will only be a little adjusting to a snowflake or two but well worth the effort.

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

Good Thoughts! Good Words! Good Deeds!

edgar

A Little Stitchin'

 Gentle Friends, making a little headway on the house in Christmastide, and here's a snaperoo...

... started the fill on the brickwork and I think I'm going to add a cornice between the roof and the house.  Just a couple of rows of white.  Visually I think it'll work better than without as charted... we'll see once I get going.  I think this supposed to be a Greek Revival house with the chimnies placed on each end and not a Saltbox with a central chimney... so a cornice would work just fine.

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I had the Hag Claw pick a winner of the three charts and he pulled DQ from the Bowl of Destiny...  dq, if you could send me an email ( edgarmatt at g mail dot com) with your mailing info I'll pop those suckers in the mail in the morning.

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

Good Thoughts! Good Words! Good Deeds!

edgar

A Little Stitchin'

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

... the house looks a bit wonky but that's just because I didn't straighten it up.  I've made one change so far...  the window panes called for the darkest brown for the fill colour.  I thought that's too much brown so I looked around in the NPI stash and found a nice dark charcoal colour and no am very happy with the results.

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I was digging around in my stash and found three parts of a series from LHN called "Farmhouse Christmas."  They are "Horsin' Around," "Little Red Barn" and " Grandpas Pick-up."  I think I started to collect them and became less enamored of the series as it progressed so I only got the first three charts.  But, there might be someone out there that would like these three charts... If you'd like to have them please leave a comment on this Post and I'll have the old Hag Claw pick a winner this weekend - no fuss no muss.  Make sure I can get in touch with you if you win.

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That's about it for today sports fans.  Stay Safe!

Good Thoughts! Good Words! Good Deeds!

edgar

A little Stitchin'

 Gentle Friends, making some headway on Christmas Tide... here's an update shot...

... I am sure the reason I like this piece so much is the bounding deer over the snowdrifts along the bottom AND the great big house that sits center stage!!  I do like how the little berries tuned out, they are the only bits of over one in the piece and although a tiny pian to do, they are totally what is needed to get across the idea of holly and berries.

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

Good Thoughts! Good Words! Good deeds!

edgar

A Little Finish and a Little Start

 Gentle Friends, I finished up the CtA piece far sooner than I had anticipated and it was a really fun stitch and I wanted to publicly thank Brenda for this super piece and the commemoration of a really important point in American history that repercusses to this day!!  Here's a snaperoo of the finished piece...

... I took about 15 snaps and couldn't get the light right but you get the idea...  I've rolled it up and put it into my "very full" completed box of stuff to be framed etc....  I think it's interesting that where Mary Brewster's name is stitched that the overdyed linen lighted up.  One of the things that makes it special is that I am able to trace back through my family on my mother's side to Mary Brewster and Fear Brewster Allerton ( Mary's daughter and the 2nd Mrs. Allerton, Mary Allerton who sailed on teh Mayflower died that first winter)  It's also interesting that Mary Brewster was one of only four of the women to survive that first winter and were left to help establish Plimouth Plantation (now renamed Plimouth Patuxet for the 400th Anniversary) and help create the foothold that England was to make over the next decade in the New World.  I also really enjoyed "stitching in season" it's fun and makes the whole of Fall a bit brighter!!

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My next stitch is a new start since I decided to not get back to the big BBD sampler I'd been working on over the summer.  I decided to stick to the "stitch in season" that just happens to be Christmas and winter... so looking around in the old stash pile I found a chart I really like and have had since it was released back in 2012 by... The Scarlett House called "Christmastide at Holly House."  I'm stitching it on 40ct "Fawn" from Lakeside Linens and using the called for silk mostly, which is a mix of NPI and Belle Soie.  I've already switched out the called for NPI white for the snowflakes for Belle Soie's "Icing."  It's a softer white and when I think of the snow I think of soft flakes falling quietly......

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

Good Thoughts! Good Words! Good Deeds!

edgar