Miss Lila

I have been working on Miss Lila's House for the past couple of days. I got the bottom part finished up this morning. I would love to get this one finished soon!

Nothing really going on here. Just hanging out with the kids. Dh is off fishing and golfing with friends this weekend. I hope to get lots of stitching done! :)

Hand-Dyed Linen

I added some hand-dyed linen to my Etsy Shop!

I plan to add more (as soon as I get more linen). :)

For Sale!

I have listed some items on eBay. :)

Fraternal Twins

I didn't mean to confuse anyone. The Ruth Bacheler that I'm working on now is actually the original one before I switched to silks. I changed a lot of the colors, so it's not exactly the same, which is why I was calling it Ruthie #3. I have been stitching on it for the past couple of days - I'm still liking it! In fact I got as much done as the silk one. Here they are together....

I'm still thinking about what I want to do with the silk one. Sell it? Save it? I don't know! :) My dh just shook his head today when I showed them to him. He thinks I'm crazy, but he also admited that he liked the new better too! Well, my ds is wanting to use the computer! Write soon!

Ruth Bacheler #3

I worked on Ruthie quite a bit this weekend. I'm so happy with how it it's looking. Really, the only major change is one of the threads is a teal green instead of a darkish-bright green and another of the threads is more yellow and gives a little more contrast in the yellow/greens. I think it makes all the difference though. Another reason I like it, is the linen is a smaller count, which makes the design about an inch smaller on the sides. I'm thinking when I coffee-dyed the first linen I washed and dried it a couple of times, whereas with the other linen I only washed and dried it once. Anyway, here are a couple of progress pics...

I have also been listening to "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett. It's so good - I can't stop listening!

Well, I hope you all had a wonderful Mother's Day. My kids and dh were so sweet - they brought me cards and coffee in the morning, although they could have let me sleep in just a tiny bit longer! My dh said they were too excited - they just couldn't wait! :)

Third Time's a Charm??

Welcome to the loony bin once again! I was going through my linen and getting it organized and came across my old Ruth Bacheler wip. I couldn't stop looking at it and I realized I really liked it. I was seriously thinking of picking it back up and working on it again. But wait, I started it over, on silk. Shouldn't I be happy with that?? I should, but of course - fickle me, I'm not. I really like Anne's finish over at Tempus Fugit. I love the colors on her sampler. I don't know why they are so different than mine - dye lots, lighting? Who knows, but I knew I liked it. Well, Katrina also liked Anne's sampler and she came up with a conversion of her own by looking at the colors Anne used. I once again borrowed Katrina's conversion (she so nice to share). She has a great eye for color! So I ripped some colors from my old sampler last night and put in the new colors today. I'm very happy with how it's turning out.

I also worked on Miss Lila's House, which is my sane project. I have not had any problems with this one at all. :)

Well, it's time to get the kids from the bus! Write soon! :)

More Lila

I worked on Miss Lila's House last night while watching The History Channel. That's one fascinating channel! Did you know that the Island of Molokai was actually a much bigger island and half of it broke away? That is why there are huge sea cliffs on one side of the island. I had no idea and I lived in Hawaii for over two years! Anyway, here is my progress pic....

Hope you all have a wonderful day! Write later! :)



P.S. I'd really like some of these today!

More Ruthie!

I was just going to finish the border and then I couldn't stop. I stitched two more rows after that. I had to fudge the third border a little - don't look too close. :)

34 ct. Cafe Au Lait Legacy Linen, AVAS Soie d' Alger silk

Weekend Stitching

I started "Miss Lila's House" Friday night. I decided to go with R&R 40 ct. Ink Spot Black. I'm loving it so far! I stitched this while listening to "The Lace Reader." It was a really good book! I highly recommend it!

Saturday and Sunday I worked on "Ruth Bacheler." I finished the first two alphabet rows. The second row is satin stitches over three threads. I had to rip out a couple of letters trying to figure out how to get it right. It's still not exactly right, but I didn't want to rip anymore. I'm hoping my 2nd border will match up on the other end!

I plan on finishing up the second border (hoping it matches) and then maybe I'll work on "Miss Lila's House" again today after running a few errands! Write later! :)

Four Down, Eight to Go!

I finished House #4 on HoHRH last night. I finished it 12 minutes after midnight, so I just missed my deadline of finishing it by April 30th. :)

36 ct. Pearled Barley, DMC (2 over 2)

I really want to start something new. I was thinking about one of the new Plum Street Sampler designs or this one by Carriage House Samplings...

"Miss Lila's House"

I'm trying to decide if I want to stitch it on 35 ct. WDW Onyx, or on 40 ct. Sienna Night (like Karin is using). I'll probably work on my stocking while I decide. :) Write later!