Some stitching progress......

Happy 4th of July!!!

My progress on Rainbow Row....

Barbara & Cheryl "Petite Rainbow Row"

Thanks to Marlene, I have stitched the second house and am moving right along. Well...at least until I reached the 6th house. I have stitched what I call the "original" B&C Rainbow Row and have been using it as a guide since I really liked the colors. House #6 color is more "peachey" in the original but the petite chart used DMC 223 for this house. Assuming the original was correct, I skipped over it and went to the next house. I finally got the bright idea to search the web for a photo to confirm the color. Lo and behold....the color does appear to be more pink so I will stay with the suggested thread colors.

Interestingly.... house #9 appears in photos to be a light grey. Looking at the original, my last house is a light pink! How there could be such a difference? Hubby suggested there may have been a renovation....but to Rainbow Row? I doubt that...guess the color is in the eye of the beholder. I will stick with the light grey. Oh well.....enough about that!

More stitching......

BBD "Evergreen"

While I debated the colors on Rainbow Row, I decided I would ponder it some more while stitching BBD "Evergreen". I love the design but hate the "counting" since the design is all over the place. Of course, this resulted in a miscount, so again, I have made this design my own. Simply put....I was too lazy to rip out my mistake and will work around it when I get to the border.

P.S........

I just received the new Elizabeth Gaskell collection including "Daughters & Wives", "Cranford", and "North & South". I have always loved Jane Austen and had seen snippets of these on PBS so decided to order. I just love stitching all afternoon and evening while watching these movies so I have gotten a lot done in the last few days. I still have "North & South" to watch and can't wait to do so.

Enough chattering....hubby and I have decided to celebrate the 4th with a field trip somewhere in South Carolina. Oh where will the road take us.

As always...thanks for visiting my blog. Hope you all have a great holiday and weekend. Happy stitches....

Rainbow Row and more....

Well....I did get a little bit done last week. Michelle said it looked like a bomb exploded where the shrubs were waiting anxiously to be stitched. I am still waiting on the "paint" for the second house.....how can someone not have DMC 762 in their stash???? Oh well...one day I will make it to Hobby Lobby to pick up.

Something new....

We went to Charleston on Saturday and I didn't want to take Rainbow Row to stitch so I decided to start something new to take along. I won BBD "Evergreen" in a giveaway a couple of months ago and just couldn't resist starting it. Now I am finding it hard to put it down and get back to Rainbow Row.

Lastly......

I participated in a spring exchange in May, however, my partner did not reciprocate so I am just chalking it up as a not so random act of kindness. Oh well...when life gives you lemons......

Lorri Birmingham "Bee Kind"

I really love the design even though it is an oldie. In addition, I made my first beaded scissor fob.....will definitely be making more of these!

Thanks for looking and happy stitches.....

Rainbow Row start....

I finally got started Saturday night and here is my progress after four nights...

This is actually stitching up pretty quickly so I should be done by the end of the month if I stick with it! The thread colors are very different than the larger Rainbow Row. These colors are brighter, and I plan to make a few changes after comparing the two. My first Rainbow Row took me 9 years to finish and I might be able to finish this one in 9 days! Four down....five to go!

P.S......

On a side note.....hubby had to bottle his latest beer tonight and I thought I would share some pics. We love beer and this time he brewed a cherry stout...yum. It still needs to sit in the bottle for 2 more weeks to get that carbonation, but definitely has the strong coffee taste!

After two weeks of fermenting in the carboy.....

it is transferred to the bottle....

where it will sit for two more weeks.....

and we will enjoy July 4th! Yes, it is that dark and taste like cold coffee ...sorta!


Thanks for all of your comments on my recent finishes. I love to blog hop and look at everyone's stitching so I appreciate you visiting my little place in the web universe! Happy stitching!