Stitching and exchnage arrival

Last night I worked on Christmas Quaker. I wonder if there can be too many Quaker things to work on..... nope I don't think so. I went through my stash looking for something and probably half of the stuff I have "waiting in the wings" is Quaker, Quaker inspired or Quaker like.
The the other large pile of stash stuff is Samplers, either reproductions of antique ones or modern interpretations of antique ones. So whats up with that????
And, more to the point what does that say about me and the stuff I stitch.
As I sit an contemplate these mysteries from beyond I still just stitch away
...in out in out in out......

Anyway, here is a snap of the progress -


This is the piece that I am taking to work on while traveling.

I know that Allison has received the package I sent for the Fob exchange over at Hooked on Exchanging. I did remember to take a snap of the whole thing before I sent it out, and here it is -




Here is a snap of one side of the fob -

and, here is the other side -


I used details from Birds of a Feather "Silk Sampler." The floss is from WDW and is called Romance, the linen is some I had. I picked up the silk ribbon from Britex and was very lucky to be able to match the floss colour. It was a lot of fun to make and up next is the Biscornu.... I think I will try and make one first before I commit. That seems like a good compromise.

That's about it for today. I am off to New Orleans this morning and will be back Sunday night so will check back on Monday. Have a great weekend!!!!!! Thanks for stopping by!!!!

Take care,
edgar

Super Mail stuff, stitching and finally the reveal.....

Yesterday was super duper mail day for me!!!! First off I received from Barbara Ana a great Fob from the HoE group. She reads this blog and found that I really like the Quaker things. So, she designed a Quaker inspired fob and included and super chart of her own design AND the floss to complete it!!! Here is a picture....

Now, the next exchange is a Biscornu one and I have never made one before....so the fear factor has me hesitating as to joining or not..... what if the biscornu I make sucks and is super wonky.....I couldn't send that..... I have until February 15th to decide..... I just don't know????

I also received an order I placed with Picture this Plus for some linen and an order came from Drema at Needlecraft Corner. These I got because I am processing (in my mind) the Carriage House Samplings "Alphabet," and re-charting the colours. I want to do this next after I finish VoHRH (you've not seen that for a long time here) :) Here is the completed "Alphabet" I lifted from CHS so show a re-charted colour scheme - this was done by Kathy from Needle Delights in Florida - I really like the way the different colours look with the letters... She did a super job and I was totally inspired to re-chart the colours.


The linen I got is called Relic and you can see the various floss' that I am working with to decide colour combos. Here is a snap of the toss/haul -


I worked last night on Quaker Christmas as I am getting ready for my trip tomorrow to New Orleans. Here is a snap of the progress -



As you can see I am still in the corner. Sorry about the darker area to the left, it was late when I took the picture.

Now, I have been keeping an eye out for the new Hawk Run Chart from Carriage House Samplings and yesterday I saw that finally Shores of Hawk Run Hollow was revealed.
Here is a picture -


I am so in love with this piece I am beside myself!!!!!! I was really worried it would have a beachy feel to it and then I wouldn't want to do it, but it is just GREAT!!!!! All 19th century and with a whaling / sailing feeling to the whole thing I think is well, GREAT!!! I may even do this before I do HoHRH. Could that seagull be any more fabulous!

Thats about it for today, Thanks for stopping by!!

Take care,
edgar

Christmas Quaker, a Party & Le Petit Trianon!!

Over the weekend we celebrated Rico's Birthday with a Cocktail Party. His actual birthday is at the end of December but with all the Christmas and then New Years stuff we usually wait until the end on January for a party. There were about 50+ people and it was lots of fun. I think Rico went reeling off to bed at about midnight and I got to bed after 1am as I will not go to bed to wake up to a gigantic mess. I did a lot of preliminary cleaning and Theresa, a friend of Rico's, was up from Monterey and was a big help also. She took on the mantel of "Bouncer" and was there to "make sure nothing got out of hand!!"

On Sunday I got to go the Legion of Honor's Exclusive Exhibition from Le Petite Trianon. What a spectacular show!! There was some gorgeous stuff and it is amazing that it is here in this country.

Marie Antoinette a la Rose, 1783

There was some spectacular things.... painting, sculpture, furniture and even a piece of jewellery. Here are some chairs from her bedroom, called the Trellis Bedroom. This suite of furniture is called "Wheat Ear" due to the carving of natural wheat, pine cones and vine decoration.


Last night I worked on Quaker Christmas and made it to the bottom right corner
and will work up the right side. Here is a snap of the progress.


Thanks for stopping by!!!

Take care,
edgar

Christmas Quaker and a Bridge

We went shopping at Cosco last night. This mega store with their mega sized products is a place that I would rather never set foot in again. I mean really, who needs to buy gallons of mayonnaise or ketchup on a regular basis??!? Or, does one really need to buy a flat of muffins that are themselves each bigger than a head of lettuce? I guess if you have a large family then it would be a good place to go. We needed to go there as we are having a party this weekend and yes, there is a place for purchasing large quantities of things and party time is the time. We used a friends membership card to get in. After stopping off at a little Japanese take out place for some Udon we finally got home pretty late.

I did work some on Quaker Christmas and here is a snap of the progress.


And, while stitching away I watched the last part of Anna Karenina, 1935 with the great Greta Garbo and then it was on to Waterloo Bridge, 1940 with Vivien Leigh. What great movies!!!! If you have never had the chance to see them they are worth watching!!!

They are filming Milk in the Castro. Well, I go through this area every day changing from the underground Muni to the #35 Bus to get home. They have painted and "fixed" lots of the store fronts to resemble the 1970's Castro. Yesterday they were holding up buses and traffic for filming. Very interesting but it was pouring rain and I would rather get home than have to stand around while someone screams "Lights, Camera, action." In Fact...Rico was down at Cliffs, the hardware store in the Castro, yesterday afternoon and had a Sean Penn and Police protection sighting. I heard that filming was going to be going on for the next couple of weeks until the middle of February. I'll see if I can get some pictures of something and post them here.

Aside from the party this Saturday, I am really excited about going to the Legion of Honor to see the Marie Antoinette Exhibit. I am in addition to a giant Anglophile a gigantic Francophone also!!! San Francisco is the only venue for this exhibit and it is leaving shortly so I need to get to it sooner than later!!! It is great to live in this city sometimes!

Thanks for stopping by!!!!

Take care,
edgar

Mailings and stitchings

I am dropping off both my "Valentines Exchange" from the SBEBB and "Scissor Fob" from the HoE this morning at the Post Office for shipping. Both of them have quite a way to go so I wanted to get them off as early as I could. I was worried I wouldn't get them out before I left next week for New Orleans.... but once I put my mind to it!!!!! :)

I can't post pictures of either of those finishes...but,
I did do a little on Forgiveness last night so I will post that snap.



There is also the SBQ for this week.

Have you had a happy dance yet this year? If so, tell us about it! (Or just point to the entry that mentions it.) If not, when do you predict it will be?

Yes, I have had a happy dance - it was just a week or so ago.
I finished my Beatrix Potter Quaker Sampler I was a really great thing to stitch.
Here is a snap.....



If you remember I turned it more into a memorial sampler for my dad EM and my grandparents N McC & HM. I do have the companion chart, but have not kitted it up yet.

Short and sweet today. Thanks for stopping by!!!!

Take care,
edgar

All about Images

I finished up one and then 3/4's of the exchanges. i need to run to Britex after work to get another color of something as the colour I got originally I now do not like. But, I like going to Britex so that will be fun.

I still want to post and yesterday reading around blog-land I found on Annie's Blog over at Sampler Post a fun Google search.

What you do is answer the questions and type in the answers into Google images search and post the first picture that pops up, which can be hard!! So here goes:

Age at next birthday


A place you would like to visit



Favorite Place



Favorite Object


Favorite Food
These are Pontefract Cakes, licorice


Favorite animal


Favorite Colour


Name of a past pet

Where I live

1st Grade Teacher

Middle name

Bad Habit

Favorite Flower

Favorite Holiday

There you go, my life in pictures from the internet.......

Thanks for stopping by!!!
Take care,
edgar

Exchange finishing and some stash

Last night I worked exclusively on the HoE scissor fob that did not quite finish. :( I wanted to post it today but it will have to wait for posting until Thursday, then it will be winging its way to a far corner of the world.......

After work we did get a chance to visit my LNS, Needle in a Haystack. They are closed on Mondays, but we hooked up with Sweet Mary who works there and she graciously opened the shop special for us!!! Now I call that super-de-duper customer service!!!!! It is a very odd sensation to shop as she put it "like a rock star." Being the only people in the shop and getting such personalized service, what a treat. Here is a partial picture of what I acquired.

Sorry the picture is so dark in the corner like that but you can get the idea of the acquisitions. The list includes, "A Walk in the Woods," "Christmas Wishes," "#3 Hope Perches" and the Christmas Design Magazine Un Natale da Ricamore. All of these things I have seen on others blogs and I knew when I first saw them I would need to add to the stash.

The magazine of Christmas patterns "Un Natale..." I picked up for Carol and the package I got together for the SBEBB Winter Quaker Exchange. When I perused the wonderful designs I knew I needed to get one. Why I didn't just get it last time I was over is a mystery. Since then I have quietly been obsessing over this little delight. In fact Mary at first couldn't find it as it was the last copy, but after searching around finally turned it up and slam bang into the basket it went!! The "Hope Perches" I saw on Rachel's Blog. She made it up like the charts suggests as a sweet little pillow......my thoughts are to create/chart a border of crows and hearts and include it in the design.... but who knows...I need to mull it over for a while. The other things not pictured that I picked up are for small prezzies in upcoming packages.

After shopping we three took off for a Japanese place down the street and had some delicious Sushi!!! I should say that Mary and I had delicious Sushi and Rico had a bento box of Teriyaki Chicken, since he does not like seafood in any form he opted out.

It has gotten very cold here and we even heard there were supposed to be snow flurries here in the city......all I saw was a ton of cold blowing rain - not a flake in sight!

Thanks for stopping by!!!!

Take care,
edgar