Wow...yesterday it hit a high of 80 degrees, then we had some really strong storms come through & the temps went down into the 50's within the hour. Last night it was 38 degrees and today is really chilly. No sun, gloomy, and chilly...but I love this kind of day, actually. I've not done one darn thing!
I finished the stitching part of "A Study in Blue" by Sue Hilis. It's stitched on 32 count Zweigart (my favorite linen) in Vintage Country Mocha. I used a different blue from the called for. I used Crystal Lake by the Gentle Art, instead of Dungarees. The Dungarees was a little too dark for me. The line around the design is the cutting line for placement. It will be the top of a 7 inch box.
I decided to coffee stain about three yards of really, rough and homespun-type linens I purchased last spring. This fabric will be used to stitch some really primitive samplers for the Christmas season. I'll show the after in my next post.
I'm back to crocheting another shoulder shawl. I love this fabric, but I don't know how warm it will be. It's a great yard to work with, and at $3.99 a skein, you can hardly beat it! I've ordered two more silver spoon pins for shawls I'll be making for my daughter and another DIL. This is such an easy stitch. I found the gal on YouTube under Fiber Flux. She has so many beautiful and easy projects. I have followed her for years. Great videos and great instructions.
I found another little vintage print for $5 at a local antique shop a few days ago. I love that little girl that must have been a bit naughty, with her mother looking at her...so sweet!!
Today, I am going to watch this classic while my husband is glued to the TV watching the news stations. I'm so sick of the news & it may be ignorant, but I'd rather sit in my happy little room, watching entertaining & funny movies than being drawn into the dismal world we're now living in. What they say is true...ignorance IS bliss!!! Have a wonderful Saturday and weekend....enjoy and do more of what makes you happy!!
Hocus POcus is my favorite Halloween movie! Love your blue work. I also love red work too. Hope you show us the finished piece. We did have some crazy weather the other day. No strong storms here, and we had a sunny mid 50's day today. Janice
ReplyDeleteThat blue is gorgeous. Gorgeous! I just dye dipped and washed my 32 counts and they shrunk a little. Two threads may be too bulky now.
ReplyDeleteAnd of course, another find!
The Sue Hillis looks great.
ReplyDeleteI too have made a lot of cowls & scarves from Fiber Flux.
Hocus Pocus is my favorite Halloween movie.
Marilyn
Love the Study in Blue. I want to do that pattern? Is it east to find?
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