tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64798701524944116952024-03-19T00:30:32.577-07:00A Little Blacksheep Stitchin'Blogging about X-Stitching and my life as I see it...Edgarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00837185107544953448noreply@blogger.comBlogger2765125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6479870152494411695.post-13369608823051057342024-03-19T00:30:00.000-07:002024-03-19T00:30:00.247-07:00It's Spring!!<p style="text-align: center;">Gentle Friends, a lovely variation of Vivaldis's first movement of Spring.... </p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">bright and cheerful........</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="357" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/DLDvbnK_Sqk" width="429" youtube-src-id="DLDvbnK_Sqk"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">________________</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The year moves on......</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">edgar</div>Edgarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00837185107544953448noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6479870152494411695.post-17128138801931135602024-03-18T06:00:00.000-07:002024-03-18T06:00:00.139-07:00Flowers and Fruit<p style="text-align: center;"> Gentle Friends, I wrapped up the centre square stitching... here's a snaperooo...</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIDSCCHyzPBZxmki-b5XnYQsl-AMt0R_g1ANqBL5aH5ZX0cFT2ZEfb-_Q2aD0_ozaAw86Z4fsC9j5x9zbpQDJEe-UBnQGonk6GfZNc1LHmSNyEOwb5-beFwuL9G-YYMFuWtD4-ovgAlRXmkAfkQiaRVFRHYK-Zpsmd9AWDS9GDHf_LgwwoXcPoJ7OK8nf1/s2277/P3111321.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2277" data-original-width="2253" height="433" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIDSCCHyzPBZxmki-b5XnYQsl-AMt0R_g1ANqBL5aH5ZX0cFT2ZEfb-_Q2aD0_ozaAw86Z4fsC9j5x9zbpQDJEe-UBnQGonk6GfZNc1LHmSNyEOwb5-beFwuL9G-YYMFuWtD4-ovgAlRXmkAfkQiaRVFRHYK-Zpsmd9AWDS9GDHf_LgwwoXcPoJ7OK8nf1/w429-h433/P3111321.JPG" width="429" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">... I thought about straightening up the baskets and making them more evenly spaced, but figured that since this was originally stitched by an 8-year-old I'll just leave that bit of wonky alone... as I've said before I can live with some wonky!! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I've also decided what I'll stitch next...I figured it out this week from a finish on one of the stitching pages I follow on Facebook (the birthplace of conspiracies and lies btw...)... all I'll say at the moment is that it's from Prairie Schooler. Over the years I've collected most of the PS charts that were released and still get the annual Santa card. I've even stitched quite a few PS pieces, mostly smalls for gifts over the years, but never tackled a bigger piece, and I figure I ain't gettin' any younger !! I'm also pulling out a WIP I had forgotten about and working on that simultaneously, so I'll actually be in a 2 piece stitch rotation... we'll see how long that lasts... but for now, I aim to finish up this sampler!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">_________________________</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">That's about all for today sports fans. Thanks for stopping by do stop again. Stay Safe!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Good Thoughts! Good Words!@ Good Deeds!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">edgar</div>Edgarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00837185107544953448noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6479870152494411695.post-29794006374933725112024-03-11T06:00:00.000-07:002024-03-11T06:00:00.155-07:00"Feed me Seymour"<p style="text-align: center;"> Gentle Friends, stitching away on the central block of the sampler, and here's a snaperoo...</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv0zoeKXX_089WKaZ3-FHxH5T7bf_CCqXCSLvrpmKe9C2OVFhfzEJq37WUMAD10ImQw1Tj2BbmI8sDqX3LEeiXD7U6I-Crs5VxR1DBGX2glD-_LRRqawO_iBJ06HO9zLS2k7NygtG01Z8XqqrFZ4jhuq7uh8S2keId00d3bu6GLdykZbjF0_m6KVcxZetJ/s3091/P3071326.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2825" data-original-width="3091" height="444" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv0zoeKXX_089WKaZ3-FHxH5T7bf_CCqXCSLvrpmKe9C2OVFhfzEJq37WUMAD10ImQw1Tj2BbmI8sDqX3LEeiXD7U6I-Crs5VxR1DBGX2glD-_LRRqawO_iBJ06HO9zLS2k7NygtG01Z8XqqrFZ4jhuq7uh8S2keId00d3bu6GLdykZbjF0_m6KVcxZetJ/w486-h444/P3071326.JPG" width="486" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">...now that I've posted this picture I can see that the color is way off and the linen looks splotchy... what a crap snap!! Well, just see the progress and not the odd color... as I stitched along on the leaves and stems all I could think of was a song from the 1986 film "Little Shop of Horrors"... and a great little film with some outstanding performances!! If you've seen the film you get the reference if not give the film a look, I'm sure you'll enjoy it as much as I have over the years.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">_____________________</div><div style="text-align: center;">That's about it for today sports fans. Thanks for stopping by do stop again. Stay Safe!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Good Thoughts! Good Words! Good Deeds!</div><div style="text-align: center;">edgar</div>Edgarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00837185107544953448noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6479870152494411695.post-69287645254889163082024-03-04T06:00:00.000-08:002024-03-04T06:00:00.184-08:00A Little Village<p style="text-align: center;">Gentle Friends, now that I've gotten the "Village" part of the sampler out of the way it's on to the giant flower.... here's a snaperoo...</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiePCJO2wcUzaI5nYmluckCZA1qU55KFzYeMkPUH6nMdndx5Hz-SXDuy5nVGD_p8oJO78ntmjSRRR4YwlhVIqlCi6GtrIdSF7cD1-60Y5IE2_ULP8iXrLngA1OqBdVBxWERv8SurHtrQA7XYFRn6LELM48OhrkXotJej5BkrYm0zWA1tgqhsWVxMOsRwKOg/s3186/P2281321.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1769" data-original-width="3186" height="277" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiePCJO2wcUzaI5nYmluckCZA1qU55KFzYeMkPUH6nMdndx5Hz-SXDuy5nVGD_p8oJO78ntmjSRRR4YwlhVIqlCi6GtrIdSF7cD1-60Y5IE2_ULP8iXrLngA1OqBdVBxWERv8SurHtrQA7XYFRn6LELM48OhrkXotJej5BkrYm0zWA1tgqhsWVxMOsRwKOg/w498-h277/P2281321.JPG" width="498" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">... it's a pretty craptastic photo but you get the idea. I was just too lazy to pop it all the way out of the old Q-snap...that enormous urn holds a gigantic flowering plant that is next on the agenda... let's see how much of that sucker I get done by next week...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">__________________</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There has been lots of rain here by the Bay the last few days...it is nice to just be inside stitching, and watching the rain fall....that's about it for today sports fans. Thanks for stopping by do stop again. Stay Safe!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Good Thoughts! Good Words! Good deeds!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">edgar</div>Edgarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00837185107544953448noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6479870152494411695.post-11064986060779986172024-02-29T11:32:00.000-08:002024-02-29T11:32:55.520-08:00Some Opera and a bit of Drag!!!<p style="text-align: center;"> Gentle friends, in honor of Giacomo Rossini's birthday today, let's look a something fun...</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="368" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/lucXbsbRpw4" width="443" youtube-src-id="lucXbsbRpw4"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">... most of us growing up were introduced to opera this way... so let's hear it for old Bugs Bunny!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">edgar</div><br /><p><br /></p>Edgarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00837185107544953448noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6479870152494411695.post-6905588381630737572024-02-26T06:00:00.000-08:002024-02-26T06:00:00.152-08:00Two Fruit Trees<p style="text-align: center;"> Gentle Friends, just moving along with Mary Allen, here's an update snaperoo...</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijhhJIMr8B97hwioX0nkACblsJ7KwqsM8KlW1GQA5RNpOJG-V0lKeLxwQ_NOQpni4NN8F9bm16wklbSgXw-oHNkuOW1-ISXmygf2Bq1Q7IifaPHdlgwfa0W_YjrMOls_gi2ZHVCnJ04oJ4fhQoBxvkW_RCSn4jECTuCGKQL-v7wUShYaC1v7XG94i1J_WR/s3240/P2221332.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2085" data-original-width="3240" height="374" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijhhJIMr8B97hwioX0nkACblsJ7KwqsM8KlW1GQA5RNpOJG-V0lKeLxwQ_NOQpni4NN8F9bm16wklbSgXw-oHNkuOW1-ISXmygf2Bq1Q7IifaPHdlgwfa0W_YjrMOls_gi2ZHVCnJ04oJ4fhQoBxvkW_RCSn4jECTuCGKQL-v7wUShYaC1v7XG94i1J_WR/w581-h374/P2221332.JPG" width="581" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">... and a conundrum I was faced with this week... the tree on the right has multi-colored fruits... the lower three hanging ones were marked with a symbol that was not included on the chart floss-color key... how odd I thought, as I had never run up against missing color that was included on the chart but not in the key... so I had to go back, to the not very clear photograph and figure something out. I ended up just pulling the lightest red as it seemed closest to the picture. Since this is really my conversion of over-dyed floss from the charted DMC I feel fine with adjusting as I stitch along. I wonder how often this happens???.....using a symbol on the chart and forgetting to add it to the color key. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">_________________</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">That's about it for today sports fans. Thanks for stopping by do stop again. Stay Safe!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Good Thoughts! Good Words! Good Deeds!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">edgar</div>Edgarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00837185107544953448noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6479870152494411695.post-50855731053765121992024-02-19T06:00:00.000-08:002024-02-19T06:00:00.145-08:00The Village Square Border <p style="text-align: center;">Gentle Friends, I finished up the border for the central square and a bit on the right... here's a snap...</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8cSD6UFD42LRphbn-RbtXMWu4LZ2AhHYwK6sZ5HyJu2suTet0Qn_M0UrnGMYJniQR1FfeoP2cv5_jjY1PXucEIRQk1c9VWy1i51xwdlrodC2RNEQbBB8kNTywE3iqACnQJ__ZoKl7H4YCABrePxYZIa2C9VSWLakye_4QkAX0EOHTq52qTYrcVaRBAfbR/s2998/P2141329.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2676" data-original-width="2998" height="442" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8cSD6UFD42LRphbn-RbtXMWu4LZ2AhHYwK6sZ5HyJu2suTet0Qn_M0UrnGMYJniQR1FfeoP2cv5_jjY1PXucEIRQk1c9VWy1i51xwdlrodC2RNEQbBB8kNTywE3iqACnQJ__ZoKl7H4YCABrePxYZIa2C9VSWLakye_4QkAX0EOHTq52qTYrcVaRBAfbR/w495-h442/P2141329.JPG" width="495" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">... there's a tree/bush that goes in the urn on the right and another on the left. Then I can make a start on the village in the center. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">___________________</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">That's about it for today sports fans. Thanks again for stopping by do stop again. Stay Safe!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Good Thoughts! Good Words! Good Deeds!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">edgar</div>Edgarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00837185107544953448noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6479870152494411695.post-46192721496888766332024-02-12T06:00:00.000-08:002024-02-12T06:00:00.140-08:00Stitchin' on Mary Allen 1818<p style="text-align: center;">Gentle Friends, so, you might have noticed I've tweaked my name a bit... I've been posting on this old Blog since 2007 and thought it just might be time for a change... and now here's a snaperooo of where things stand on VSS...</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipguhRvESCy6rsGzXGCasj4_hfxy1GoGwXD9Vy-dBFaFhjpXreMGXUnkxF7ySjOThvurcYCbdGc5OKa5iR35-EK_3bWmGcNN2She6Ger1A_EmFHs0X1eFyDcYsZqHGspyaclO-XbIca7Ru2Bb9uc1dIUNSDkmiTGfFTmVlZ5Xek4yHoHO3DXMT80okBSHs/s3645/P2081324.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2935" data-original-width="3645" height="471" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipguhRvESCy6rsGzXGCasj4_hfxy1GoGwXD9Vy-dBFaFhjpXreMGXUnkxF7ySjOThvurcYCbdGc5OKa5iR35-EK_3bWmGcNN2She6Ger1A_EmFHs0X1eFyDcYsZqHGspyaclO-XbIca7Ru2Bb9uc1dIUNSDkmiTGfFTmVlZ5Xek4yHoHO3DXMT80okBSHs/w584-h471/P2081324.JPG" width="584" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The mistake I saw last week at Posting I fixed ... I know how it happened... I was stitching away not paying attention and stitching the upper-right triangle for the center square the blue color and not the nutmeg color it should have been. Throughout this piece, there are counting mistakes and uneven spacing that I'm going along with, for the most part. I'll adjust things as I stitch if it's making me too crazy, but Mary was only 8 years old when she stitched this piece and did a good job of things. I also never just stitch things as charted anyway, I stitch for pleasure and if something is going to drive me over the edge then I need to fix and adjust as I go along... Stitching should be relaxing!!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">__________________</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Looking into the future for my next stitch I started going through the old stash pile and found I have soooo many things! Lots of things I've already stitched that are really stacking up and things I know I'll never stitch. This leads me to think I need to do a stash unloading. I'm on a Facebook book group where I could unload quite a bit... I also sell on eBay so I know how that works. Here's a question for everyone, when you finish stitching a piece what do you do with the chart if you know you'll not stitch it again? </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">_____________________</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">That's about it for today sports fans. Thanks for stopping by do stop again. Stay Safe!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Good Thoughts! Good Words! Good Deeds!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">edgar</div>Edgarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00837185107544953448noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6479870152494411695.post-13876707667707682762024-02-05T06:00:00.000-08:002024-02-07T10:07:37.454-08:00A Little Stitchin'<p style="text-align: center;"> Gentle Friends, stitching away on VSS... here's a snaperoo...</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHq5pc13kM1IQk5T2ci8Evu8nu1pd7j2jEdGifSQvLh5d7iJshUKyRaJorHgb8DMkOrrELBIFO4SayKO3U0IPfIpenA8yMR3NDiZ9n9iozhEY0PwBFP3TlHAgE_CsOt_Urx71wc4E7XsfvlBpSG0I08kO_AjGt6m2XlG2M0o3uRnaDcvpPCfWhIZNn2Ltp/s3320/P1301325.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2647" data-original-width="3320" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHq5pc13kM1IQk5T2ci8Evu8nu1pd7j2jEdGifSQvLh5d7iJshUKyRaJorHgb8DMkOrrELBIFO4SayKO3U0IPfIpenA8yMR3NDiZ9n9iozhEY0PwBFP3TlHAgE_CsOt_Urx71wc4E7XsfvlBpSG0I08kO_AjGt6m2XlG2M0o3uRnaDcvpPCfWhIZNn2Ltp/w535-h426/P1301325.JPG" width="535" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">... and do you see my mistake??? I only noticed it once I put the picture on the Post... I'll need to frog that sucker out and re-stitch, but it's only a small bit so not too much trouble.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">______________</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">That's about it for today sports fans. Thanks for stopping by do stop again. We've been having some rainy weather lately and more to come so... Stay safe and warm!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Good Thoughts! Good Words! Good Deeds!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">edgar</div>Edgarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00837185107544953448noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6479870152494411695.post-5113149731875984642024-01-29T06:00:00.000-08:002024-01-29T06:00:00.243-08:00A Little Stitchin'<p style="text-align: center;"> Gentle Friends, stitching away on VSS with some progress... here's a snaperoo...</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4p4P7JpU1IM8ndmID8f-QRirmfWX8IqxTWGncz4mAvZLi4rI2HZPZKul8FafAYunrdnkNa-DvYNp_N0o7AC527vAPn33wMLw2lHVSf7-XR8DUcNhBUdovD4OhZDTmO4h4G2vEPJzc3c7-Wkm0NpffV6h358Vc6w_rRaeJU0JVcxATUm1K29BnOzoFwZp2/s3454/P1241320.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2344" data-original-width="3454" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4p4P7JpU1IM8ndmID8f-QRirmfWX8IqxTWGncz4mAvZLi4rI2HZPZKul8FafAYunrdnkNa-DvYNp_N0o7AC527vAPn33wMLw2lHVSf7-XR8DUcNhBUdovD4OhZDTmO4h4G2vEPJzc3c7-Wkm0NpffV6h358Vc6w_rRaeJU0JVcxATUm1K29BnOzoFwZp2/w472-h320/P1241320.JPG" width="472" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">... there are only little bits of over one where Mary ran out of room with her uneven spacing of the words... so it's not too much trouble and I think adds to the charm of this repro sampler...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">_________________</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">That's about it for today sports fans. Thanks, for stopping by do stop again. Stay Safe!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Good Thoughts! Good Words! Good Deeds!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">edgar</div>Edgarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00837185107544953448noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6479870152494411695.post-30526706097826644422024-01-22T06:00:00.000-08:002024-01-22T06:00:00.143-08:00A Little Vine Stitchin'<p style="text-align: center;">Gentle Friends, as I am wont to do when I stitch a sampler, laying to rest thoughts of the border not meeting up, I stitched around the main encircling vine... it met up just fine, woohoo!!! Here's a snaperoo...</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6npDXwAb-KiAm8-4qnKpRLTHx5BQi8twid3z6Gpyxka8VeX_LnFjrdRgJdgL-2gf-iLvshkXkpeL9GVZ_9moTXZ7s5B4waBRkj5i9GMGrmrMoJRPpXC5O2PNA8xyOuP0sG1oO9AOvHEmmdC3qIYZZv_U-RccTn-iFVyWhHKw0L6xLh83gj2ug8E_OZkWf/s2884/P1171329.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2884" data-original-width="2673" height="457" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6npDXwAb-KiAm8-4qnKpRLTHx5BQi8twid3z6Gpyxka8VeX_LnFjrdRgJdgL-2gf-iLvshkXkpeL9GVZ_9moTXZ7s5B4waBRkj5i9GMGrmrMoJRPpXC5O2PNA8xyOuP0sG1oO9AOvHEmmdC3qIYZZv_U-RccTn-iFVyWhHKw0L6xLh83gj2ug8E_OZkWf/w424-h457/P1171329.JPG" width="424" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">...sorry about all the wrinkles and odd shadows. It's been a wet and cold weekend here by the Bay, so we stayed in for the most part only venturing out for early Mass yesterday. Hope everyone is staying warm and safe. Thanks for stopping by do stop again!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Good Thoughts! Good Words! GHood Deeds!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">edgar</div>Edgarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00837185107544953448noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6479870152494411695.post-21864148778136575612024-01-18T12:13:00.000-08:002024-01-18T12:13:20.143-08:00A Little Something Different<p style="text-align: center;"> Gentle Friends, do you remember the 12" singles from the Disco era... I do and had this Lipps Inc Classic... Funky Town... here's a fun version of that super tune...... enjoy!!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="418" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/_unrlGF7yIU" width="503" youtube-src-id="_unrlGF7yIU"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;">... OMG ... I'm sooo old!! Gotta get a rubber chicken for my dotage for sure!!!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Have a great!</div><div><div style="text-align: center;">edgar</div><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p><br /></p></div>Edgarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00837185107544953448noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6479870152494411695.post-82568724508255994132024-01-17T09:32:00.000-08:002024-01-17T09:32:36.750-08:00A Little Snow<p style="text-align: center;">Gentle Friends, one of my favorite carols is ..."In the Bleak Midwinter"...here's a lovely version from the BBC show "Ghosts"...enjoy...</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="423" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/iZ-tYofndFY" width="509" youtube-src-id="iZ-tYofndFY"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">... I really like both versions of this show... the original BBC and the American... so clever.... if you've not had the chance give it a go. Still stitching away on VSS... update shot on Monday...</div><div style="text-align: center;">Have a super Weekend!!</div><div style="text-align: center;">edgar</div>Edgarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00837185107544953448noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6479870152494411695.post-74109378619471853802024-01-15T06:00:00.000-08:002024-01-15T06:00:00.151-08:00A Little Stitchin'<p style="text-align: center;"> Gentle Friends, stitching away on VSS, and here's a snaperoo...</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi59PFYOdqX8zO-Hn03Nr1iOqY7XYtWx7VeX00VBiIw6kb1vsdmKT97nY-np791z7-ZI-1q1B-2EUejU1pkw6z4wWeM6XgKLhPzJRIDtq5mNyRScWjKKRvy24Zg_ORPyOB2yciKwicMsw09YdYF2HYbBDBuwZnSBdB-2hSGZ4B_B4akIRNDwzQnF35m8Y_r/s3949/P1121322.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2138" data-original-width="3949" height="303" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi59PFYOdqX8zO-Hn03Nr1iOqY7XYtWx7VeX00VBiIw6kb1vsdmKT97nY-np791z7-ZI-1q1B-2EUejU1pkw6z4wWeM6XgKLhPzJRIDtq5mNyRScWjKKRvy24Zg_ORPyOB2yciKwicMsw09YdYF2HYbBDBuwZnSBdB-2hSGZ4B_B4akIRNDwzQnF35m8Y_r/w561-h303/P1121322.JPG" width="561" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">...as you can plainly see I was just too lazy to pop this sucker out of the Q-snap. As I stitch along I find there are some glitches and anomalies charted from the original sampler that Mary stitched ... some of them I can live with and others I can't... so onward and upward...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">__________________</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">That's about it for today sports fans. Thanks for stopping by do stop again. Stay Safe!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Good Thoughts! Good Words! Good Deeds!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">edgar</div>Edgarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00837185107544953448noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6479870152494411695.post-54312589261078509742024-01-08T06:00:00.000-08:002024-01-08T06:00:00.135-08:00A Little Stitchin' and a Little Christmas<p style="text-align: center;">Gentle Friends, for some reason I've just not gotten the rhythm of this stitch and it's been some slow going... here's a snaperoo...</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggOuFccVCmIlnIhabVgtYYPaD-iaoqfyMoruoDXpFCWbTJkU_bFposu_HvxsRxUVYlyuFknhIINaasLD4ReIhfolbcC9duVnI69RN01pqgnPof2LP0SYMznTmPcvgLWTpPPwpTT0BjQfnl0hQCYNGve6YvZm3A6XbefPAL_8UO0uh_C7hNmDydQRZRJeSg/s3957/P1041329.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2192" data-original-width="3957" height="279" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggOuFccVCmIlnIhabVgtYYPaD-iaoqfyMoruoDXpFCWbTJkU_bFposu_HvxsRxUVYlyuFknhIINaasLD4ReIhfolbcC9duVnI69RN01pqgnPof2LP0SYMznTmPcvgLWTpPPwpTT0BjQfnl0hQCYNGve6YvZm3A6XbefPAL_8UO0uh_C7hNmDydQRZRJeSg/w504-h279/P1041329.JPG" width="504" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">...I'm not sure why... I like the floss colors, I like the linen... I like the chart (it's very clear)... but ya'know when you get in that zone and it's all poke pull poke pull... that's just not happened with this piece... yet. I think it's all about when I made the start of this piece. Right in the middle of all the goings on around Christmas and the Holidays and now with it all wrapping up... this past weekend we (the Bell Choir) played at the Ephiphany Services yesterday morning for both the 8am & 10am Masses. Things will start to get back to normal sooner than later and it'll all be fine.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> Since I'm still dwelling on Christmas, here's a shot from our Christmas dinner with friends...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJkK0lIUtdyY-jUCZZAa3lAY_myAHO0hCKKNhwHoxb3Y2d9Tu8Vx4Wfo0DK5O8Gm82FYuI9uG6nUAwyHWjAVaSOXBD8cRs1MxtxRoXBvsPUGixakTmhyVAa7e3ZypZhV3obSAGFUYz8V1jsAiyZifuhvkaj8TGO2S2fDo494ybmMIKK8MJUGiJD7Z5dj4N/s3617/PC251317.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2445" data-original-width="3617" height="252" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJkK0lIUtdyY-jUCZZAa3lAY_myAHO0hCKKNhwHoxb3Y2d9Tu8Vx4Wfo0DK5O8Gm82FYuI9uG6nUAwyHWjAVaSOXBD8cRs1MxtxRoXBvsPUGixakTmhyVAa7e3ZypZhV3obSAGFUYz8V1jsAiyZifuhvkaj8TGO2S2fDo494ybmMIKK8MJUGiJD7Z5dj4N/w373-h252/PC251317.JPG" width="373" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">...and remembering how I was out of commission and hot off the operating table last Christmas there was no Birthday/Christmas Cake for 2022, Rico can bake bread but cake is not his in his wheelhouse. This year I stepped up to the plate, and here's a snap of the cake...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilqr-Ys0kEN5c0bPIp-Yc09SmhRlky2qbVFfkSSNlNu6vY14UFQURuxkAFHTBWSts1Fn0So7Iq91KfPihUhUjgmO2stdtl93tqFVeGtfdGgGlozmf11GZVZIXQiL8i03LA6WllZd7DmgHYlmqKQZU-DHR1J8FAytkVDTSnkc3CvZol0EhuyGNsZvRv9O0d/s3424/PC251320.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2970" data-original-width="3424" height="306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilqr-Ys0kEN5c0bPIp-Yc09SmhRlky2qbVFfkSSNlNu6vY14UFQURuxkAFHTBWSts1Fn0So7Iq91KfPihUhUjgmO2stdtl93tqFVeGtfdGgGlozmf11GZVZIXQiL8i03LA6WllZd7DmgHYlmqKQZU-DHR1J8FAytkVDTSnkc3CvZol0EhuyGNsZvRv9O0d/w352-h306/PC251320.JPG" width="352" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">... if you've been following along on this here Blog for a while, "yule" remember one of my oldest Christmas traditions since I was a toddler back in Mississippi is to have for dessert on Christmas Day, a birthday cake for baby Jesus, reminding us all the reason for the season and making it a little less Santa Claus, but I digress... so through the years as we grew up and celebrated Christmas, my mom made all kinds of cakes. Since her passing, I've kept up this tradition and have been making the Christmas/Birthday cakes... this year I made an Italian Cream Cake, what is Italian about this cake is far beyond my knowledge but I jazzed it up a bit with a filling between each layer of key lime curd. That little addition elevated this buttercream, pecan, and coconut concoction quite a bit and gave it a super citrus bite!! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">______________________</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">That's about it for today sports fans. Thanks for stopping by do stop again. Stay Safe!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Good Thoughts! Good Words! Good Deeds!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">edgar</div>Edgarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00837185107544953448noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6479870152494411695.post-2302136012657357172024-01-01T06:00:00.000-08:002024-01-01T06:00:00.136-08:00A Little Start and a Happy New Year!! <p style="text-align: center;"> Gentle Friends, I got a small start on a new sampler, and here's a snap...</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimu-fyNTV1UTOseGt0RwEWUBWUUk9i8h2UZnmlVA2wzvycj0XSnyriXNyTynl8LBedHPqqz8eX-9bjVFVky1PLTt4G7QDQi53xucwkgQ4DjlP87tf5nRqiB-LCLCaaiu3L-YUQ6CWvy76LhGvAhLSZQxwmgDQu54gVY-BUSgTYNH4tyqMxI8g-HFXWQ2jr/s2893/PC291324.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2482" data-original-width="2893" height="326" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimu-fyNTV1UTOseGt0RwEWUBWUUk9i8h2UZnmlVA2wzvycj0XSnyriXNyTynl8LBedHPqqz8eX-9bjVFVky1PLTt4G7QDQi53xucwkgQ4DjlP87tf5nRqiB-LCLCaaiu3L-YUQ6CWvy76LhGvAhLSZQxwmgDQu54gVY-BUSgTYNH4tyqMxI8g-HFXWQ2jr/w379-h326/PC291324.JPG" width="379" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">"Village Square Sampler - Mary Allen - 1818" - from Samplers Remembered</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">40ct BOF "Barn owl"</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My Conversion from the charted DMC to various Overdyed Flosses</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Although I had some big stitching plans for the Christmas break... those fell to the wayside with lots of other things - what those things were for the most part I couldn't tell you but we were so busy, busy, busy.... This new sampler is a largish piece so you'll be seeing it for quite a while. I first saw it completed a few years ago on another blog and just fell for it immediately and instantly acquired the chart. Since I've been pulling my last few projects from stash this was certainly going to be top of the pile...I may switch out some of the floss choices I made as I stitch along depending on how the colors hit me - there are a couple of questionable choices hanging on the old floss ring...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">_______________________</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here's hoping for a really Happy New Year for everyone!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ-sKlVGu7BL7JLOSojJvRYlk-2PDTSr3vBTQdti2fL63suea5u8Na3rIIPm4XdpSHxZAzWX1vKmMyfuMhjhHOoF17_pFSLF2S-mN8baRtdmZ-VTkUq6onYgDwfHXy4pbWWPI5dDGINP1skyJ7T72T_rPVX9lwFxWxNTqZD_uWF9P6jWCz2v1s3G3LhG_s/s800/newyear.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="800" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ-sKlVGu7BL7JLOSojJvRYlk-2PDTSr3vBTQdti2fL63suea5u8Na3rIIPm4XdpSHxZAzWX1vKmMyfuMhjhHOoF17_pFSLF2S-mN8baRtdmZ-VTkUq6onYgDwfHXy4pbWWPI5dDGINP1skyJ7T72T_rPVX9lwFxWxNTqZD_uWF9P6jWCz2v1s3G3LhG_s/w420-h284/newyear.jpeg" width="420" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> That's about it for today sports fans. Thanks for stopping by do stop again. Stay Safe!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Good Thoughts! Good Words! GoodDeeds!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">edgar</div>Edgarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00837185107544953448noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6479870152494411695.post-73158652018282928402023-12-25T00:30:00.000-08:002023-12-25T00:30:00.133-08:00A Merry Christmas<p style="text-align: center;"> Gentle Friends, just a quick post to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas!! </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWqlA0H_7xDvWEPIHXD5Bffie7U9KvHF63Wmiu1CTkzNvudw-US2N1sJK2IXQ67Pm3bkmJnNGY8cKMc729bxuWqyiQNYxhQMWXsPXS43MtqHSCyzzk1Tp74is9IEqYwNmeev7Fh-clFzHrOUDDap_VZOAeozKN2W5vkESfbi1JrfIkqf-HNJVogz-OTIDP/s3097/PC231341.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3097" data-original-width="2363" height="587" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWqlA0H_7xDvWEPIHXD5Bffie7U9KvHF63Wmiu1CTkzNvudw-US2N1sJK2IXQ67Pm3bkmJnNGY8cKMc729bxuWqyiQNYxhQMWXsPXS43MtqHSCyzzk1Tp74is9IEqYwNmeev7Fh-clFzHrOUDDap_VZOAeozKN2W5vkESfbi1JrfIkqf-HNJVogz-OTIDP/w447-h587/PC231341.JPG" width="447" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Here's a fun snap I found of me and my brother taken with Santa in Oxford, Mississippi... Christmas circa 1967..... I'm on the left... </div><div style="text-align: center;">______________</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Thanks for stopping by have a wonderful Christmas! Stay Safe!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Good Thoughts! Good Words! Good Deeds!</div><div style="text-align: center;">edgar</div>Edgarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00837185107544953448noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6479870152494411695.post-62615940289288961322023-12-24T10:49:00.000-08:002023-12-24T10:49:31.724-08:00A Little Christmas Finish<p style="text-align: center;"> Gentle Friends - I finished up my Christmas stitch last night and here's a snaperoo...</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTVELc7gERzUqXGT14qbWo_ZL_OGuYqi7fORkULtQqn9_KIdAPT-4F_3seNCmG6NReiYS5HJmKwEOErHUBwf12OmqUcKxVCPbFcKlEzrahDQshpI3QY228cN7ls8OEu-NvHZAD2nWb5M9wEMrXZi9N29Yk4R_xLGqfnO5DJTiGoK-WVCpUW3VwNXGZERBr/s2830/PC221338.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2830" data-original-width="1895" height="666" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTVELc7gERzUqXGT14qbWo_ZL_OGuYqi7fORkULtQqn9_KIdAPT-4F_3seNCmG6NReiYS5HJmKwEOErHUBwf12OmqUcKxVCPbFcKlEzrahDQshpI3QY228cN7ls8OEu-NvHZAD2nWb5M9wEMrXZi9N29Yk4R_xLGqfnO5DJTiGoK-WVCpUW3VwNXGZERBr/w446-h666/PC221338.JPG" width="446" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">"Feliz Navidad" - by Blackbird Designs</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Number 2 in the Christmas Sampler Series</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">40ct Barn Owl from Birds of a Feather</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Called for WDW</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It was a great little sampler for the season and I really enjoyed the stitching!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">___________________</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Thanks for stopping by do stop again. Stay Safe!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Good Thoughts! Good Words! Good Deeds!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">edgar</div>Edgarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00837185107544953448noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6479870152494411695.post-1657519112458062032023-12-22T12:28:00.000-08:002023-12-22T12:28:38.989-08:00A Little Nutty<p style="text-align: center;">Gentle Friends, we headed out into the cold last night for a little culture... the ballet to be precise. I missed it last as I was in ICU recovering from surgery and we gave away our tickets... but a year has passed, I'm quite a bit better and so off we went... to see the Nutcracker...here's a little taste of what we saw. This is from the ad that the Ballet runs on our local stations...</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="384" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/umwe7flTheQ" width="462" youtube-src-id="umwe7flTheQ"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">... they do a really spectacular job... and we thoroughly enjoyed the whole experience!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">________________</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Christmas is fast approaching and now that I'm off until the 2nd of January I'm going to fit in some serious stitching time!! That's about it for today sports fans have a super weekend!! Stay Safe!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Good Thoughts! Good Words! Good Deeds!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">edgar</div>Edgarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00837185107544953448noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6479870152494411695.post-65338900455935154232023-12-21T07:01:00.000-08:002023-12-21T07:01:26.752-08:00A Little Winter<p style="text-align: center;"> Gentle Friends, winter is truly upon us, here's some Vivaldi to welcome in the season...</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="325" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Yu6Hr9kd-U0" width="391" youtube-src-id="Yu6Hr9kd-U0"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;">Thanks for stopping by, stay warm!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Good Thoughts! Good Words! Good Deeds!</div><div style="text-align: center;">edgar</div>Edgarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00837185107544953448noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6479870152494411695.post-71552098605196844632023-12-20T01:30:00.000-08:002023-12-20T13:10:46.877-08:00A Few Little Changes....<p style="text-align: center;">Gentle Friends, this mid-week post is all about changing up charts and making them your own. I more often than not change floss and usually always change out the linen... I have also changed up whole charts or large sections to suit me and my stitching. </p><p style="text-align: center;">A while back... like a few years... I stitched up a lovely sampler that had been commissioned by the Knoxville, Tennessee Chapter of the EGA. It was in honor of the "Ramsey House" or as the property has been called for a couple of hundred years "Swan Pond." I saw the chart on another Blog and fell in love with the border, house, and very sentimental verse. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS7cf1JE1tJVwnxp4XZbltzgrMPpEeHGHWMw52rRju3u3XSTbhCIODZ-7ptfQY4sdV85VAEM-0oAwwCc5tZHNDQFZBzXUTTdnRiBBY4ZQWAIkqlfkV9kIHkfxeFPE1zWQO60cVNPYpXwH3RXa4KD1vKXPzljZDHb2qVFlQs6JgkSR45Oz4iT0uDv8SxAc2/s1600/swanpond%20house.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1519" height="475" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS7cf1JE1tJVwnxp4XZbltzgrMPpEeHGHWMw52rRju3u3XSTbhCIODZ-7ptfQY4sdV85VAEM-0oAwwCc5tZHNDQFZBzXUTTdnRiBBY4ZQWAIkqlfkV9kIHkfxeFPE1zWQO60cVNPYpXwH3RXa4KD1vKXPzljZDHb2qVFlQs6JgkSR45Oz4iT0uDv8SxAc2/w452-h475/swanpond%20house.JPG" width="452" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i>Swan Pond Sampler 1797</i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;">Designed for the Knoxville TN EGA</div><div style="text-align: center;">40ct Ale from PTP - My Conversion to overdyed Floss from the charted DMC</div></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;">I changed quite a bit about this chart. I expanded the alphabet to complete all the letters. I also did away with the central medallion that had far more info about its original owner. Now, what prompted this post in the first place and my digging around in my completed pile of stitching to look at the sampler once again was a lovely email from another stitcher. She lives in Tennessee and had seen my version of the sampler and ran with it making it her own... here's a snap...</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS-uWQNhOcplCwESlB3YdeWWvO0wh3fHunl5YTzsWXJZwEoWlGBtvEQGsUt-E5_gZNZq0leM95Nidt0JElxWIuEFGdNyCF1nTIbT6fhUspmiGpRougte2OJgghS9MYfVxIn6a8StsYpniZoPStqVF-b9koR4HpRRNvatmiEq3Z1R9bU9n8va92_H19WuWA/s989/sampler%20swan.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="989" data-original-width="903" height="397" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS-uWQNhOcplCwESlB3YdeWWvO0wh3fHunl5YTzsWXJZwEoWlGBtvEQGsUt-E5_gZNZq0leM95Nidt0JElxWIuEFGdNyCF1nTIbT6fhUspmiGpRougte2OJgghS9MYfVxIn6a8StsYpniZoPStqVF-b9koR4HpRRNvatmiEq3Z1R9bU9n8va92_H19WuWA/w362-h397/sampler%20swan.jpg" width="362" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">... a super job and totally changed up to reflect her family. So, the gist of this post is to never be afraid of changing a chart or the recommended floss or linen... make that sucker your own!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">_________________</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">That's about it on this very wet, rainy day here by the Bay! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Thanks for stopping by do stop again. Stay Safe!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Good Thoughts! Good Words! Good Deeds!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">edgar</div>Edgarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00837185107544953448noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6479870152494411695.post-59311695955165730752023-12-18T06:00:00.000-08:002023-12-18T06:00:00.255-08:00A Little Stitchin'<p style="text-align: center;">Gentle Friends, well, I got antsy about the border meeting up and so I went ahead and got the "vine" connected...here's a snaparoo...</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGuUUFW8-XmA95gLiXXlfokc3y_rfvIwhPN3MaVZEjxMLaM4PVw0lSqKWEVKP6_RgTQrvWxcgRcwwmB025xfivSWo2eCBSPWDcd9JR4D-2_k3Gp5W0GyQmSyTfXJSo46AnFc-8uNgtptJTDpLRmt9TjzO3QKYDR6NffOfmhGJb9MJvUEaAYvfQ79gRHDEo/s2685/PC151332.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2685" data-original-width="1801" height="537" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGuUUFW8-XmA95gLiXXlfokc3y_rfvIwhPN3MaVZEjxMLaM4PVw0lSqKWEVKP6_RgTQrvWxcgRcwwmB025xfivSWo2eCBSPWDcd9JR4D-2_k3Gp5W0GyQmSyTfXJSo46AnFc-8uNgtptJTDpLRmt9TjzO3QKYDR6NffOfmhGJb9MJvUEaAYvfQ79gRHDEo/w361-h537/PC151332.JPG" width="361" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">... what a relief when the two points met... exactly... for some reason as I stitched along I felt I was off a thread, and I would go back over the stitching and re-count, and re-count, but never found a mistake..... but I knew there was one there... and now I'm proved wrong. A good thing as fudging the border would have been a real pain.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">_____________________________</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">That's about it for today sports fans. Thanks for stopping by do stop again. Stay safe!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Good Thoughts! Good Words! Good Deeds!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">edgar</div>Edgarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00837185107544953448noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6479870152494411695.post-33262873747884440732023-12-11T05:57:00.000-08:002023-12-11T05:57:16.952-08:00A Little Stitchin'<p style="text-align: center;"> Gentle Friends, not much stitching during this busy time of year, but here's a snap of FD...</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh4JqkkaYHyswC_3SVo_tbOZRk6PnzObOhFGXD_cXVIIAwfh0bQlsQB19CJEayJuS_NEgtvu-xfZGGFO-4A2LaVSYbJrO_McX7SKBXsbtlTEylVTX4hq4vcMRX1QjJuG13YC6QRvFIAlU6v4ciDr2RKZ7_pgsA5_N4Om87KcBHamkvWEZySMzAvdnXC5Sy/s2676/PC091325.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2676" data-original-width="2226" height="372" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh4JqkkaYHyswC_3SVo_tbOZRk6PnzObOhFGXD_cXVIIAwfh0bQlsQB19CJEayJuS_NEgtvu-xfZGGFO-4A2LaVSYbJrO_McX7SKBXsbtlTEylVTX4hq4vcMRX1QjJuG13YC6QRvFIAlU6v4ciDr2RKZ7_pgsA5_N4Om87KcBHamkvWEZySMzAvdnXC5Sy/w309-h372/PC091325.JPG" width="309" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">_______________</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Thanks for stopping by do stop again. Stay Safe!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Good Thoughts! Good Words! Good Deeds!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">edgar</div>Edgarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00837185107544953448noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6479870152494411695.post-31981754955562860152023-12-04T06:00:00.000-08:002023-12-04T06:00:00.139-08:00A Little Stitchin'<p style="text-align: center;"> Gentle Friends, still plugging away on FN... here's a snap...</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUuOiUDaK3hPCIn-P9JVQdqj6fhGut0l6QFIFQ6XbGnMISBXPOky1V1s9yATIaWkGSW8Ehe698KtB0Pokvh9TTcHLGwxM7ZD4X9tU3V0mhm_HVfWvSAgMrouQY1JxFSR0O4VMIjuSkXNcxMC6bI6ybCQG-YSxh88BAKUClotyrrKy87lWndSasFCpVqdFx/s3144/PB291315.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2580" data-original-width="3144" height="321" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUuOiUDaK3hPCIn-P9JVQdqj6fhGut0l6QFIFQ6XbGnMISBXPOky1V1s9yATIaWkGSW8Ehe698KtB0Pokvh9TTcHLGwxM7ZD4X9tU3V0mhm_HVfWvSAgMrouQY1JxFSR0O4VMIjuSkXNcxMC6bI6ybCQG-YSxh88BAKUClotyrrKy87lWndSasFCpVqdFx/w391-h321/PB291315.JPG" width="391" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">... I'm really enjoying the various, non-traditional color scheme of this sampler!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">___________________</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">That's about it for today sports fans. Thanks for stopping by do stop again. Stay Safe!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Good Thoughts! Good Words! Good deeds!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">edgar</div>Edgarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00837185107544953448noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6479870152494411695.post-68602008119539157042023-12-03T10:45:00.000-08:002023-12-03T10:45:22.425-08:00A Little Christmas<p style="text-align: center;">Gentle Friends, our Christmas season has really gotten going now... we headed out last night to our first party of the Season... an annual event we've been attending for the last few decades... here's my annual shot of this year's magnificent tree in the front parlor...</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZiJSy1Ppo1pUUts-4lovKBTsS_-l-jqUNu2FNXPpQanlczLF6D3wkpI4eweqtkueoL24zTFPr99QfJuVzj_aWWfjc9eQ6Y2of3bUfTfIeby5Gq6D7l67mmjlp3UFkrxI06lC_KquhzL36FvZEbdFUN3JojB9B-LawXs44KefODP5leqC-HUdBkv5MHIYc/s3896/PC021322.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3896" data-original-width="2616" height="490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZiJSy1Ppo1pUUts-4lovKBTsS_-l-jqUNu2FNXPpQanlczLF6D3wkpI4eweqtkueoL24zTFPr99QfJuVzj_aWWfjc9eQ6Y2of3bUfTfIeby5Gq6D7l67mmjlp3UFkrxI06lC_KquhzL36FvZEbdFUN3JojB9B-LawXs44KefODP5leqC-HUdBkv5MHIYc/w329-h490/PC021322.JPG" width="329" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">______________</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Good Thoughts! Good Words! Good Deeds!</div><div><div style="text-align: center;">edgar</div></div>Edgarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00837185107544953448noreply@blogger.com5