Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Some Cakes a House and a Fox

GR&DF here we are again at mid week, and not only is it
Farmers Market Day but it is only 2 more days to the weekend!! :)

On the way home yesterday we stopped off at the store
and I just couldn't pass up these beauties-

I think that Madeleines are just about the best cookie/cake around!!
Just a delicious bite of lite pound cake. One of my favorite things.

Last nights stitching was my working on TiTD -
getting bit done on the house and here is a snap of that progress -


I am really enjoying this sampler very much. I am thinking I always want to have some kind of traditional sampler going all the time - and I have quite a few in the stash pile. The next one I think I will stitch was sent to me by a dear reader of this blog - It is called Hetty Child and is one I have been wanting to do for a long time - I am not going to stitch it in the recommended DMC floss' but in Bell Soie silks - and now I am trying to figure out which colours to use and substitute. Since there is only 7 colours in all it will not be too much trouble.

The 3rd Round of the Prairie Schooler Exchange piece has reached my partner - Nicola.
Here is a snap of the Pyn Keepe I stitched up for her -

This is called Fox and Grapes and has been in my stash for a long time. I used DMC floss but not the recommended colours as they were a bit off - or at least I thought so - the biggest change was the house colour - It is charted out in an off white - I did not like that so now it is light blue. I have wanted to do this for such a long time and this was the perfect opportunity.

Last night was a double feature DVD evening - starting off with "Hocus Pocus" - 1993 - starring Bette Midler, Kathy Nijimi and Sarah Jessica Parker. I have loved this film for years and seen it many, many times. I know it has its detractors and nay sayers but I think they forget a few things.... first off - it is Disney, secondly it is for kids and it is not to be taken seriously or be historically correct by any stretch of the imagination!!! It is a fun, clever Halloween Flick that is lots of fun - and I totally recommend seeing it !! The second flick of the evening was "Canterbury Tale" - 1944 - from the film making team of Powell/Pressburger - A wonderful look at England on the eve of D-Day - using the stories of three very different characters to propel the movie froward - it is not a love story - yet all three have unhappy loves in their lives - it is not a typical mystery - yet there is a mysterious figure and situation. Beautifully filmed in and around Canterbury and the Cathedral - at a little over 2 hours this slow paced film moves along at a very nice pace telling its own story.

There you go sports fans!! Thanks for dropping by!!

Take care,
edgar

18 comments:

  1. I love the traditional samplers...yours is looking great!

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  2. Nice progress on your sampler Edgar! I am not of fan of silks.Maybe it was because of the brand I used but they snaged on my rings and nails easily and kept yanking out of the needle.'Twas too much of a pain for me.I do like they way they stitch up though.That pound cake sounds yummy! Thanks for another great post!

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  3. TiTD is looking great. Mine is sitting quietly in my Wip pile waiting for its return to the spotlight. I love that PS pinkeep you did.

    I've never had madeleine - they look v yummy and light - and I could eat'em all up with a cup of cappuncino on the side!

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  4. That pound cake is to die for! I love the shell shape to it.

    Hocus Pocus is a favorite in my house, such fun!

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  5. Oh, how I just love foxes!!! REally! I remember that you did another piece with red foxes...perhaps it was a forest?...earlier this year. Now, there are two fox pieces I want to make!

    As for Madelines, I often see them in the store but somehow have yet to purchase them!

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  6. Gorgeous stitching. I love that pattern on the pinkeep. Lovely colors that you used.

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  7. Now this is my kinda post, Edgar...delicious food, great movies, and beautiful stitchin'!!

    I love the pinkeep, great job on the color choices! And Hocus Pocus is one of my staples for Halloween viewing!!

    HAPPY STITCHIN'
    Terri

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  8. I <3 madeleines. They are so yummy! Great progress on This is the Day! I really like this piece. Also great pinkeep....love the fox pinkeep!

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  9. Love your pinkeep! Your choice of colours is excellent.

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  10. Ooooh those cookies look yummy! They are my step-mother's very favorite! Your TiTD looks great and the pinkeep is lovely!

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  11. Yum! Madeleines and two pictures of pretty stitching. :D Love that Fox and Grapes piece -- I've always wanted to stitch that one up too. And TitD is looking good!

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  12. OOO those cakes look delicious...yum yum!!
    Your WIP is looking fab...lovely colours and love your PS exchange piece and the colours really work.
    I adore Bette Midler and enjoy nothing more than an evening with Beaches, my stitching and a box of hankies...lol
    xx

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  13. Such beautiful stitching as always Edgar. I am a Hocus Pocus fan too, anything with witches and I am sold! Have you seen Practical Magic? I think that is one of my favourite witchy flicks and the soundtrack is really good too.
    Enjoy those madelines :-)

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  14. I love Hocus Pocus. I am a movie freak also and watch at least one movie almost every day. I just love them so. Your stitching looks great!

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  15. Love the Fox and Grapes - beautiful stitch and finish.

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  16. Your sampler is absolutely beautiful..and I love Hocus Pocus! What a great stitching movie..

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  17. Madeleines are wonderful. I have a little pan to make my own, but I've haven't tried yet.
    The TiTD sampler is beautiful, although my husband laughs at the abbreviation...if only mine were "Ds", he says!

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  18. Oh, I can taste those Madelaines all the way to Canada.
    I love your little pyn keepe you send Nicola. I think that is my favorite that you have done. I think it is the colors.

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