Santa's Hike + sale time

 

Found fabric from a pair of wool shorts that I used to wear in the winter, with tights, on thin legs, normal thighs, average butt, long before hysterectobelly.  Back in time when estrogen was plentiful and jawlines were tight.  It's the closest blue I can find to this odd linen.  I was thinking of a sack finish but don't know if I want to bother.  I'll set him aside until I have a few more new Santas stitched and see which finish would be best for them. 

 

If the new charts come in the next day or so, I will continue with the Santas but if not, I need to pick a small sampler.  And if you're wondering why this guy looks different, I left off the side greenery.

 

The sale of a few boxes and corner measures will be this Sunday at 8pm EST.  I will post that the sale is open and items will be on the FOR SALE tab beneath the header photo. It's not there now, but hopefully, with any luck, and cooperation from Windows 10, barring any hot flashes, it will be.  Same instructions as before, sales will be through emails only since most of you are no-reply.

 

Thanks for visiting.

Have a good weekend.

 

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Thank you for the help

Located the Kathy Barrick chart, Black Heart, and once I saw it I realized I had seen it before.  Always check her wonderful designs and when I saw this..

 

 

I liked it.  But it didn't have the impact on me as it did when finished like this...

 

Now I HAVE to have it.  So I guess every aspect of needlework can make a difference in its personal appeal.  Dark or light linen, bright or muted colors, the finish.  All can be adapted to our preferences and entirely changed to be the difference between - it's a nice design ... or ... I can't live without it.  I've seen several designs that I liked, did not purchase, and then they appeared online as a finished ditty/sewing bag that made my socks roll.  Carolina Stitcher's finishing posts usually have something I would purchase after seeing her magic worked, but not before. 

 

I plan to purchase this Black Heart, use Charcoal linen, maybe a dark red, maybe even a lighter shade.  It looks like Kathy chose floss colors that will work with just about any linen.  I should probably go directly to her Etsy page, but there's always that temptation to throw another small linen piece of a new color in the package.  Do I need that?  Absolutely not.

 

My husband said I would not have been injured had I continued in the rain, just a jolt maybe and it would have shut off and thrown the breaker. Doesn't explain the plug coming out though.  But he also added, "please don't plug it in and stand in the rain just to prove I'm wrong". 

 

Home from Mercer, Greek spaghetti for dinner.

Have a good day folks. 

 

Thanks again for your help!

 

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Does anyone know

who designed this heart?  Never saw it before and LOVE it.  Maybe it was a club piece, but since I only see new designs on your blogs or Pinterest, I have no idea.  Thanks for your help!

 

 

 

I had an angel with me this morning.  We are taking Carole to Mercer (again) this morning at 10 so at 8, we were outside trying to get the leaves blown before the heavy rains come.  I always use the large gas powered push blower but Mark had it so I was using the hand held electric. Well, it stopped.  Only then did I realize that there I was in the rain, holding on to a high velocity electric machine!  The handle is plastic but I don't know much about conductivity, and since I was standing in wet leaves, maybe I could have been juiced?  Or just had my A-fib corrected.  The plug became loose and cut the source, which is very strange since there was a lot of slack in the two extension cords.  But, if it hadn't, I would have continued.

 

Thanks Dad.

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Coming this weekend

I only have seven sets and six hornbooks left, may have a few boxes by then also.

 

They are still curing and I prefer not to pack them for a few days, so the sale will open Sunday.  I will let you know the time beforehand.

 

It's so warm and beautiful today.  My sister just left and I have an hour before the leaf blower and I do our dance.  Sitting on the swing with a (finally) workable laptop browsing the Essamplaire's charts (having a sale) is about to happen.  Then the leaves again.  But honestly, do I need any more charts?  My desire to stitch has changed these last months and I already have large samplers I doubt will ever be worked.  I'll look anyway.

 

Santa is not finished because the slit thumb is still swollen and very painful, but improved today.  Mercer again tomorrow and I'll get another cabbage from the Amish, make another batch of halupki for the freezer, but will be a little more careful trimming the leaves this time.

 

 

Later!

Have a great day.

 

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Almost!

If I hadn't been tied up with sorting stuffed cabbage for family and freezer, the sack would have been done.  I'm sorry I didn't go brighter on the stars but maybe that would have been too stark.  A darker green on the sack wasn't visible, maybe backstitching will accent them.  Then again, have a piece of candy and don't worry about it.  Wait until it's finished!  May just be enough contrast, muted, not eye-catching. 

 I love dark linens, but doing a design like this can really create problems with color.  In a sampler, anything goes, but I didn't even consider the sack when choosing this linen.  From now on, I will try to choose floss before starting.  Not many color options and this odd Gunmetal blue was a bugger.  Charcoal Belfast would have been a cinch.  His cane will just be a brown of some sort.

Took the laptop back to Staples and a very nice tech checked it and said .... you need a new modem from the cable company.  After hours and hours, no one from any of the other tech help mentioned it.  So I went to TWC and changed to a new modem, the new laptop works.  Unfortunately, I can't receive emails, comments, updates.  The only thing I'm receiving is heartburn.

 

Not one little trick or treater again this year.  We remember when the streets were filled with kids, we saw very few for the last 10 years.  On the way home from getting the modem, we did see a small group in town, a teenage mother was costumed and had an infant in the stroller. 

 

I worked on a few sets, thought I had 10 left but I only have 7.  One is very colorful and being a drabby crabass, you would think I wouldn't like it.  I do.

 

 

 

Hoping to get them attached and sprayed tomorrow but we've got to take Carole to Mercer again and then Apple Castle.  THE best cider.  But we haven't visited White House Fruit Farm in Ohio (http://www.whitehousefruitfarm.com/farm-market) for a few years, maybe they are as good or even better.  Both have apple orchards and make their own, White House is much larger with wonderful varieties of condiments, popcorns, veggies, everything. 

 

Bud's worn out from raking leaves.

 

 

Have a good week. 

 

Thanks for visiting.

 

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Am I the only one

that's not a big Halloween fan?  Maybe being witchy all year makes the day feel like all the others.  If you have fun and enjoy the "holiday", be safe!

 

From Wikipedia...

Halloween is the evening before the Christian holy days of All Hallows' Day (also known as All Saints' or Hallowmas) on 1 November and All Souls' Day on 2 November, thus giving the holiday on 31 October the full name of All Hallows' Eve (meaning the evening before All Hallows' Day).

 

I got the camera hooked up to this old croaking laptop and it worked.  After changes galore, I decided on 3011 and 832 for the bag with stars.  It looks pretty darn good, but horrible in the photo.  Shouldn't take too long to finish now that that is settled.  Lots or errors in the sack so far, so I decided to count/stitch vertical instead of horizontal, which I did to count/stitch the stars.  See how obvious it is when I use two directions?  Too bad.  Not taking it out again and my fault for not remembering that this is bad idea.  Should be finished soon. 

 

It won't be easy because my extra sharp paring knife went into my right thumb when taking the thick rib off the cabbage for this...

 

But I'm anxious to get him off the Magma so I'll take a pill and move on.  Did I ever tell you that I sliced the top of my finger off on a mandoline slicer?  I grabbed the piece and stuck it back on, taped it, babied it, and it stuck!  Unfortunately, I didn't pay attention to the way the fingerprint lines were positioned.  Looked weird for a few years but eventually, it corrected and except for the perfectly round ring from the scar, my print rows are back in sync.

 

We're going to have a few warmer days this week so I will try to get the corner squares sprayed (outside) and finished.  I only have nine or ten left. 

 

Giving haircuts and rides this week.  I hope the new laptop will be in before Wednesday and the setup will go smoothly.

 

Happy Halloween to all - stay safe.

 

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