A Start

I decided to start a new project.  This one is Beggar's Night by Threadwork Primitives.  She is a fairly new designer to me.  I gotta say, I'm loving the prim. 

I am doing this on 36 count something or other that was in my stash.  The chart calls for DMC threads.  I found a conversion here and am using the Gentle Arts fibers from my stash. 

This picture shows the cover of the chart pack.

Also, check out header she has on her blog.   What a nice, easy finish and it looks wonderful.  Sometimes less is more.

This is the first piece I've started in my new stitching room.  It felt good to be able to actually find things again. 

Have a great day.

A Finish

 

This is the only finish I have to show for the entire summer. 

 

 

What I Love About Home
by Pine Mountain

I did stitch some other things, but don't have anything else finished.  I did add some UFO's to my pile!

A Teaser

One of our projects this summer has been to add laminate flooring to some of the bedrooms.

Baby Girl's room was first so that she would move back in there.

Next, up, was my soon to be stitching room.  This was Little Boy's room for many, many years. 

A view of the room, there is a daybed behind all those boxes.

The elk head in the foreground will be moving to the basement.  I love this color. 

An honest to goodness closet for my stash!

As you can see I have started to move in.  My son has to finish cleaning out the closet.  Then I can unpack and settle in. 

I will be moving the happy chair and my farm table in here.  I am trying to work with what  I have before I go out and buy anything else.

September

September was a little more normal.

Baby Girl was back in school.

Baby Boy was also back in school in Kentucky.  He did come up for a visit in September.  We spent a day together walking around Longwood Gardens. Although I have lived in this area for 40 years I had never been there.  We had  a nice day.  I got over 10,000 steps that day.

Little Boy moved back home with his dog.  My husband and I have never had a dog.  This has been an adjustment for us.  I can say that we do miss him when he is not here.

Later in September I took a break from work and went to Ocean City, Maryland for a solo retreat.  I stayed at the Lankford Hotel.   I stayed in a unit called Wren.  I've stayed there before and really like that room.  While I was there I walked on the boardwalk, a bit.  I spent three days stitching on the beach.  I made several visits to Salty Yarns.  And I did some stash enhancing. 

I am so glad I took that break.  I needed to get away and rest.  I did do quite a bit of stitching. 

Before I came home I took a little ride over to Assateague to see if I could see any wild horses.  I found these right by the road.

 

 

 

These aren't the best pictures but they were taken from the car window.  So they are pretty good for when you consider that. I hadn't realized how close I was to Assateague until a co-worker told me about his trip to Ocean City. 

 



How I Spent My Summer - Part 2

My July was pretty quiet. Not much travel or stitching either. I did do some reading, but not much else. My baby girl was home. She and I shared my car this summer which was challenging since I work 20 miles from home. We have did a lot of riding together on work days. My husband spent a few weeks working on the boat and got her in the water in late July. I went out for the first time in early August. We had a wonderful day, caught 7 keepers and had lots of action otherwise. I think I needed to be out on the ocean in the wind and the sun. The boat ran well. And I was surprised at how nice the ride was. The best part was that we stayed dry. In our old boat we would get wet on a good day. Now, we stay dry because of the pilot house. Such a nice improvement.

The remainder of August was fairly quiet. Baby Girl and I did take a trip to Virginia Beach in late August. I visited Dyeing to Stitch while we were there. Unfortunately, we did not have beach weather. So we spent most of the time shopping. Lots of shopping in Virginia Beach. Dyeing to Stitch is a wonderful store with a huge selection of models. I was in heaven. If you are ever in Virginia Beach it is worth looking into.

In late August we took Baby Girl back to Temple for her sophomore year. This year she is sharing an apartment with three other girls. The apartment was nice and a pleasant surprise.

Boat Pillows

My husband asked me to make him some pillows for the boat. 

I found some fabric on etsy and made these for him.

I only made two pillows.  These pictures show the fronts and backs.

They look nice on the boat.  I thought I  had a picture of  them in the cabin, but no.

Giveaway Alert

Julie over at I'll Cross That Leg When I Get To It is giving away the cutest ort container!  Pop over and have a look.