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but apparently not blog posting! LOL Things are busy and days fly by without much down time. So I have finished three more of the Nordic Needle Book Marks They are wonderful to work on, fun to stitch and sometimes a bit challenging! Here is February:
March:
And then April came... It may be my favorite pattern of all so far. It was the color that got me though. The entire time I was stitching this one it made me think of a high school friend that I have reconnected with. Since the pattern was smaller than the others there was space at the top and bottom so I found a small alphabet and put her name on it and it is now winging it's way to Virginia Beach! I hope she likes it!!
I also ordered some lovely threads from Carrie's Creations to make at least one more of these. While I like the stars, I think you could put in Rhode's Hearts or Butterflies so I want to give that a try. I love the flower motif and the simple yet elegant corners so there are more coming I am sure. It was also quick to work off.
Other than that, the count down until I hit the half century mark is under 30 days now. Mark's graduation is 6 weeks away. Izzy is growing so fast I can't keep up.
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| I love this face!! |
OK, off to the dentist for me to replace my temporary crown for the permanent one! One less issue!!
Finally at long last...I started and finished a stitching project. It has been a nasty, long dry spell but hopefully it is now broken. I joined the Nordic Needle Bookmark Club and got my first kit yesterday. I started it yesterday afternoon and finished it today. This is one of Roz's designs and certainly worked off quickly. I had forgotten a lot but eventually got back in the swing. The picots kicked my butt. I think I will do the pattern again at some point just to get them right.
Three pix...Stitched:
This is done on a 25 count prefinished bookmark with ThreadworX #8 Perle cotton. The color is 81156 Botanic Garden. It is lovely creams, plums and greens.
I am now inspired. Tomorrow I think I will dig out Emie Bishop's Quilter's Garden. I started it a long time ago but I might be able to finish it now!
I have also finished 8 more blankets for Project Linus. The first 3 pictures are infant blankets, the next two are youth/teen ones. I have two more infant blankets cut and punched ready to go too.
It feels so good to be creative again. I think part of this is because my "girls" (the boys girlfriends) have been coming over to craft with me. Part of it is I think I am finally over the awful stress that my job was causing me. I don't really care what it is, I am just glad to get this part of me back again!
