I got a call from my mom and an email from my dad. Turns out my mom finally finished her Hawaiian quilt. I think this is the one she's been working on off and on through eye and neck surgeries as allowed. She entered it in the local county fair and took Third Place. She took the design from a book of  traditional Hawaiian motifs, I think, and made ( Read more... )

Okay, inspired by laruse  and caemfind .  (I'm also giving you two ladies the right of first refusal on this.)

This sounds like fun. The first 5 people who respond to this will receive an embroidered little pin-cushion, kind of like my first embroidered project. The design will be simpler, and I'll try to tailor it to you, but it will be along those lines.

To ( Read more... )

Crafty things I accomplished in 2008:

• two knit flounce scarves for the nieces for Christmas
• knit pair of Tudor stockings for Plimoth Plantation
• embroidered silk laurel wreaths on a shawl
• embroidered sample pin-cushion for myself to show off the GST colors
• lots of embroidery on a panel for my Mother in Law (but not yet completed)

Jodi, don't click the cut if you want to remain surprised.

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I finished B's rose colored ruffle scarf last night. It's more decorative than warm, but very cute. (Must not keep for self.) Then I took out two rows on T's blue ruffle scarf and refinished it, which makes me much happier, even if I did stay up far too late with the activity. I used JoAnn's Sensation's brand Flounce Yarn and the technique on the ( Read more... )

• I got the first wave of Christmas cards done. Picked up stamps at the pharmacy (after getting medicine for icky persistent cold from heck) and mailed them out this AM.
• Put most of decorations back in the kitchen, hooray and homey.
• Decorated the railing between the kitchen and den for Christmas with garland and lights, and hung Christmas cards in ( Read more... )

Skipped a work happy hour and a friends gathering last night since my throat was sore and I was tired. Napped after work from 5:30-7:30pm, before getting active enough to finish the last load of laundry and working on a knit present for Niece #1 ( Read more... )

mmm.. chicken noodle soup for dinner. I thought I was managing to fight Alan's sinus infection fairly well, until I woke up this morning. Coughing last night, sniffling all day today, coughing when I spoke today, feverish. sigh. Has doctor appointment tomorrow morning, thankfully.

Had a nice relaxing weekend trying to rest up at home. I was able to ( Read more... )

The Good: Les Mis (obviously!), Corby's time lapse movie of the porch demolition, and that last weekend I also finished re-hemming my navy blue petticoat up so it won't drag when next worn. Now to work further down my list...

The Bad: I joked that I wore my purple sweater-dress to match my bruises yesterday. I've got a bruise on my ankle from when ( Read more... )

I'd like to remind myself that taking the hemming of the navy petticoat to the last Tuesday night practice outdoors will limit my productivity as the sun sets earlier than 9pm, especially when overcast. Perhaps the yellow knitting would have been a better project idea. You'd think I would have learned this from the hemming of Roland's daggy hood, ( Read more... )