Bees and pears.....

 

My plans this weekend were to include

some finishing and I am happy to

say that is what I did!

 

First up was "Bee's Blessing".

 

Threadwork Primitive's "Bee's Blessing"

stitched on 40ct WDW Linen

w/Victorian Motto

 

I wanted to finish mine into a box just

like Nan's but could not find the right

size oval box.  I decided to go with the

best size I could find, which was a

little too big, but would make it work.

 

Perfect color of  ricrac from Victorian Motto

 

Lucky for me, I had recently treated

myself to some Spellbinders scalloped

oval dies.  Add some coordinating

 scrapbook paper and voila...

I have a finished box.

 

I  love * love * love  this one!  

 

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I started Marly's two latest pears last

weekend and finished up May's last night.  

 

 Samplers and Santas  April and May Pear freebies

stitched on 32 ct. wake n bake frabic w/

recommended DMC

 

Boy was that a lot of stitching....

those red and white stripes seemed to

take forever!  I did decide to finish May

with a little different so I added a few

extra stitches at the top.

 

Comfortably at home with my other pears. 

 

I just love these designs and am so thankful

to Marly for sharing them with us.

 

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Best part of this weekend is it didn't

require a sewing machine!

Well...I am off to see what other stitching

trouble I can get myself into.  

Hope you are having a great weekend

and happy stitching!



Gardens and bees....

 

Rain rain go away....

 

I guess I shouldn't complain since it does

make great stitching weather!

 

We have had a steady rain all day so

it was one good reason to spend

the day in my stitching chair.  

The result was a finish!

 

Plum Street Samplers "Colonial Garden"

stitched on 40ct Lakeside Linen

w/DMC

 

Many of you would probably recognize the design

from the model.  I love the design and hoped to

display it with Peace and Plenty so I altered

the colors.   This resulted in some funky

flowers and motifs but I like it.

 

Ode to Karen and Andy..... a true colonial couple!

 

My hubby loves colonial history so it was easy

to imagine us as the colonial couple. 

 

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I also had a finish last weekend.   I fell in

love with Nan's design as soon as I saw

it so it just had to be stitched.

 

Threadwork Primitive's "Bee's Blessing"

stitched on 40ct WDW Linen

w/Victorian Motto

 

This just the sweetest little design that

incorporates two of my favorites....

sunflowers and bees.

 

I am now struggling with the finishing.   I

love the way Nan finished hers but I can see

this as the cutest little pillow too.

Decisions, decisions......

 

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Work has been very time consuming for me

the past few months so my time spent with

hubby in the evenings has suffered.  To make

it up to him, I promised him a month ago I

would hike a portion of the Palmetto Trail.  

It was only 7 miles..... sounded like

"a walk in the park" a month ago.

Granted....I barely "walk" 7 miles a week,

I wasn't too worried, though,........until Friday.

What was I thinking!

Hiker Andy is rearing to go!

 

We had to travel about 2 hours to "enjoy" this

hike so we were up at the crack of dawn. 

We hit the trail at 9:35 am and finished at 1:08.

 

Trail running parallel to the intercoastal waterway

 

Overall, the trek was pretty uneventful and

it was nice walk....until we reach mile marker 5.

 

The next mile was mostly underwater

with some spots almost impassable. 

 

Widow maker's pass....yuck!

 

I will say this was a moment of truth for me....

I almost became a widow..... I was not happy!

Luckily for my hubby, I realized he is worth

more to me alive so he was spared.

 

Seven miles down....308 to go!

 

We did reach the end without incident.

Hubby was quickly informed that he will

hiking the remaining trails alone.

 

Today I can barely walk and never knew

there were that many muscles in the

lower half of the human body.  

Thank goodness I can at least still stitch so

there's another good reason to spend

this rainy day in my stitching chair.

 

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Thanks for all of your wonderful comments

on my framed goodies.   I just love them

and am still trying to figure out just the

"right" spot to hang each piece.

 

I do hope you have had a great

stitching weekend....happy stitching!