2026 Finish #2

Lion's Heart Pin Pillow

Bittersweet House

36 count ptp Sand

Every color changed.  Even the lawn.

Border omitted.

 

Denim backed after fringing the entire piece and changing my mind.

Enjoy your day.

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Leaf it

With what color?  I don't want several colors as charted, prefer one or maybe two shades.  The acorns? nuts? I did as red to show up.  I tried an orangey brown but being a single stitch it was not noticeable.  I chose 543 for the windows, slightly pink/peach/flesh, the pale creams seemed too bright.  

The heart was done with two threads on this 36 count to stand out.

Not sure about finishing the second one right now.  An ativan would help!  I saw posts from The Attic festivities and adore those small floral pillows.  Spending that much for a kit when I would not use the linen or especially the kitted backing, not going to happen.  And I'm not sure I could handle the detailed and confetti stitching.

Hope your weekend is peaceful.

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It's always something

 Continuing with the blue, liking it.

Something is not sitting well with the other.  Started stitching the tree which is charted the same color as the house, changed to several shades of brown, not right.  Maybe it's the blue of the windows?  Can't figure it out.

My stress level is quite high which may be clouding my judgment and focus.  I'll finish the blue first and then decide.

In the meantime on this snowy day, we'll make a batch of nutrolls.  First batch was gifted to friends.

Have a good day.

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A house of another color

I remember now why I didn't stitch this a second time for myself.

Didn't like the color, but I had no intention to study the chart for changes.  It's great as is.  But as I'm stitching, I'm thinking of 311.  So.  I stitched two.  This one as charted,

the second with a 311 blue house and rich gold lions.  

I think I prefer the original, but will continue to work on both and make a decision after lawn and tree are in, only because it's a quick and easy project.  Beige or dark gray for the windows will also change the look.  

That's all folks.

Be safe.

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The easy house

 While the repair tech was here for hours, I decided to go through old working copies for disposal.  And this was just the perfect little project for my psyche right now.

The house is SO easy and quick, the tree of many colors can hide errors of any kind, and the grass is not overwhelming.  My copy is a disaster of colored pencils and notes from the first finish many years ago.  It was gifted, I failed to do another for myself.  

This is ideal to display among the small samplers for something different.

Happy as a clam.

But still a crab.

 

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Dots and dust

Hi everyone.  How is the year going so far?

Mine has been expensive.  The 231 for dental visit, extraction/graft will be 1032, Eliquis was 641 (tier 3 for seniors, tier 2 for others), 175 for scan (that's a good deal), and the fridge died (that's a biggie).  Repairs in 2025 didn't hold.  What's next?  A partial.  Damn.  We're not even two weeks into 2026!

I enlarged and colored the Spinney chart section, tested and pulled through threads, started, stopped.  Too much going on with brother and others, not sure I want to stitch.  But if I calm down enough, a single color is my best bet.  Maybe two.  Three at the most.  No confetti.  Spinney calls for many colors as it should be so not a good start right now.

The dots ....

I have three medications that are round white same size pills.  They don't make them in the needed dose, so each must be cut on the score, a royal PITA especially being small to begin with. My arthritic and numb fingers sometimes cause one of the halfs to fall at the wrong time.  Pill stamp is barely visible once cut.  So  I decided to mark them (and the bottles) with a fine tip marker.  Such a tiny amount, I doubt it would do harm.  Taking them all twice a day allows a second chance to confuse, but now, problem solved.  Weekly pill cases are guaranteed correct!

The dust .....

Amazon offers these washable dusters to use in place of disposables.  What a great product for wood floors.  Every cat hair, my hair, speck of dust ... gone.  No water, no cleaners, just dry for dusting floors and it works great.  They collect so much dust that I use the vacuum nozzle on them before throwing in the washer.  No dryer as with all microfiber.  Love them!

We had a female fox running through the yard, followed four minutes later by a large male after her.  Both panting excessively.  An hour later, still chasing.  Mating season.

Hope your weekend was good.

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