BUSY STITCHING.....

Hope your Saturday is going well...mine has been kind of boring...laundry, washing the kitchen floor and then going to Joann Fabrics and buying nothing with the check out lines a mile long.   I did finish hand dyeing and staining the two samplers I was working on....I have a frame for each of them, but I just don't feel ambitious enough to frame them today.  The top sampler was stitched on old linen toweling.  I'm not sure what count it is..but is was so easy to stitch.  The sampler under, was 28ct DMC linen.  I used all DMC floss and used walnut stain to age them.  The top sampler was put in the oven a little too long and the edge burned..so I cut them off.  I barely have enough linen to shoe-lace the sampler before I frame it.

I looked and looked at some thrift shops for a decent glassed in cabinet that I could put in the antique mall to display my smaller items.  Usually, they have three or four to choose from, but today, nothing.  So my search will continue.   A couple of weeks ago, I found this treasure at a neighbor's garage sale:

It'll make a great display piece in my booth.  I sanded almost all of the orange paint off and repaired a couple cracks and splits in the wood.  Now I just have to paint it.  I'm going to use Olde Century Paint in Brownstone to finish it off.   When I'm tired of it...I'll sell it or bring it home!  It is quite a unique piece ..probably from the '40s.  

Have a great weekend, everyone...tomorrow we're going to Allegan MI for their monthly antique show.  We haven't been since last spring, so we are quite excited to see what treasures we'll be able to bring home!