Gentle Friends, stitchin' away on FtB, and here's a snaperoo...
Gentle Friends, still moving along with FtB... here's a snaperoo...
Gentle Friends, on Father's Day especially, I think about what a great guy my dad was and that time passes to fast... here's a snap from long ago...
... so, a little back story about the picture, taken in Mississippi in the backyard by my mom who was not ever very good about centering a picture or cutting off body parts, but she always gave it the old college try! My dad was an avid photographer and I've many snaps of all of us, but this is one of my favorites!
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Thanks for stopping by, have a super Father's Day!
Good Thoughts! Good Words! Good Deeds!
edgar
Gentle Friends, on the second Loose Feather of FtB... here's a snaperoo...
... when I began stitching on the second part I just left two spaces between the charts and got that bottom section stitched. Even as I stitched along I really thought about the final image and the 9 parts together - I wasn't as happy as I could have been thinking about the final piece... I then got on the old computer and started looking for finishes of this as a single piece and how they might look completed. There are not too many out there but I did find an example where the stitcher had added a vine and flower chain between each of the three rows vertically... me likey!!
I frogged out that urn and flowers and figured out my vine addition. I dug around in the stash and found a green (WDW Kudzu) and blue (WDW Blue Fescue) that I think works well - both of these floss colors are my addition to the called-for blues and greens. I like the break between the charts since they really have no other connection other than being a series. They do look a bit odd bumping up against each other.
I also noticed when I posted this snap that I am off on the right, going back and looking at the actual piece I'm off two threads down, so that means another round of frogging and a re-stitch as that dip to the right is makin' me crazy at the moment!!
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That's about it for today sports fans. Thanks for stopping by do stop again. Stay Safe!
Good Thoughts! Good Words! Good Deeds!
edgar
Gentle Friends, today would have been my mom's 97th birthday. With my grandfather, her father-in-law, and my mom having back-to-back birthdays it was easy to remember them and we often had joint family dinners and parties for them both. Here's one of the pictures I treasure most...
Gentle Friends, today would have been my grandfather's 116th birthday... he is often in my thoughts... here's a favorite picture of him as a baby...
Gentle Friends, I got quite a bit of stitching done over the last long weekend, and here's a snaperoo...
Gentle Friends, still stitching away on Sarah, and here's a snaperoo... ... I like all the little bits of "wonky" that are pa...
