Sorry, I forgot

The sale of grab bags today will be held tomorrow.  Until I received emails scolding me, I forgot that the email subscribers only receive posts at the end of day, close to midnight.  I did not post the time of the sale yesterday, planned on doing that this morning, which leaves out a lot of readers that would not see the time until after the fact.  So I am posting now which will show up in your mail box tonight, that the sale will be Sunday at 7 pm EST.  I added two more grab bags.  The plastic mailers I ordered for shipping aren't coming until Wednesday and I would prefer using them rather than paper so orders may not mail until then.

There ya go!  Sorry, and thank you for reminding me. 

 

Lots of new stitchery being shown at the party in Nashville this weekend.  This sampler (Mahala Barber) from Fox and Rabbit Designs wins the prize for me.  What a border!  Love it, would never stitch it.

 

 

More my style and size is this one from The Scarlett House, Charlotte Murdoch 1815.  The small dogs are over one which usually stalls the deal for me.

 

 

I've only seen a few photos of the newest releases but did watch Theresa Kogut on floss tube.  She had quite a few designs both punch needle and cross stitch, another Santa may be in my future.

 

That's all I got today.  Hope your weekend goes well.  Snow for us tonight but just a few inches.  Feels like a manicotti day, filled with ground beef, mozzarella and spinach.  Last time I added too much spinach water over the shells made them a little bitter.  Recipe is in the index on the recipe blog. https://marlanco.blogspot.com/ 

 

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The start

Hi.  THE SALE STARTS SATURDAY EVENING.  I just posted the grab bags and LBD pieces on the Linen Sale tab.  I thought you might like to browse the smaller pieces, see if anything is good for your stash.  I hope you find the prices reasonable, shipping is too hard to figure without knowing the zip and should be pretty low.  Priority envelopes are now over $7 and these envelopes will go first class.  I can estimate it for you if you send me your address beforehand. I will post again Saturday morning with the time of the sale.  No sales until then! 

 

The larger pieces will be a few days later.

What a mess I have here.

 

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Petite Stitches

Free design from Pineberry Lane 2017

 

Double sided berry on 32 count, 1.5".

 

Previously stitched, finished by hand this evening after a half bottle of eye drops.

They aren't really helping so I'll need to get an Rx.

 

I listed the journals on a sale tab, Deborah I can't reply to your request.  Any other requests for info please use my email because 95% of comments are no-reply.  Google+ is ending this week, we'll see if that changes.

 

Have a good week.

 

 

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Pear of a different stitch

Hi folks.  We're only a few days away from March.  So if I would have started eating properly in January, I would have been down over 10 pounds instead of up. 

 

 I received a note from Susan showing her version of one of my pears.  She isn't doing cross stitch right now and created her pear with a different form of needlework.  I never thought of this and I do like it!!

 

I will be back this weekend with the sale.  I am having some difficulty working out prices for the larger pieces, but the real reason is my preoccupation with two other medical problems.  Haven't mentioned it, very very upsetting, and no one has answers for me.  It's not dangerous at this point but greatly affecting my life and psyche, and continuing to worsen.  This has been going on for a while but recently took an extreme turn (not related at all to Sjogrens).  My anxiety level has increased tremendously since the escalation and as I said, doctors are baffled.  I will get this sale done though, and try to keep busy.

 

Be back this weekend.

 

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Power of the pen

Greetings folks.  I want to share my joy with you!  Yesterday I received a hand written letter from Susan thanking me for her knob hanger (giveaway winner).  How wonderful it was to see hand writing and read about her life on her ranch.  Thank you Susan!  What a pleasure it was and I truly appreciate your taking the time out of your busy schedule to thank me and share a part of your life. 

 

Today I received a package from a reader that would have blown my socks off had it not been for the 40 compression stocking which seems to be permanently embedded in my leg.  The diet will wait.  There is no way I can limit myself to a small daily sampling.  Heck, I'm not sure if anything will be left for another day!  She also included a thoughtful hand written note expressing her reason for my gifts which totally brightened my week. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 I immediately had to sample and OMG that dark chocolate is better than any piece of Dove.  Whoa!  I think I can find the Moser Roth around here and will do that tomorrow. 

The other is local for her and also outstanding.  I remember when Bertie sent me Cadbury fruit and nut bars which led me on a local search.  Found them at a Walgreen's in Ohio.  Such fun receiving new to me goodies!  So thoughtful!  Thank you so much.

 

 

I started listing the linen pieces under the new tab for fabric, haven't worked out the grab bags or prices.  Some of the linen was stored as a roll but many pieces are still folded as received and I am concerned about creases.  I will try Martha's suggestion that she left in the comments.  In case you didn't see it, here is her solution ..

"My mother was a seamstress and taught me a trick especially for linen and wool. She would keep a measuring cup of distilled water with about 1 teaspoon of white vinegar in it. She always used one of Dad's old white hankies. Dip it in the water and wring it out real well. Of course you are ironing from the back over soft cloth so the floss does not compact. Lay the hankie across the wrinkle and give it a press. This has always worked for me & makes quick work of a frustrating task."

 

I have no idea how to price some of the pieces and except for two of my projects, I would have to purchase linen anyway.  They're all short by two inches so I kept two half yard pieces for Elliot and Spence.  I would love to do Ballard and the others but do not see that in my future.  I need to purchase envelopes for mailing so I can estimate postage and can't believe what they want here for a padded envelope!  Won't be listing until I find some online and get an order in.  Until then I will try to update and show a few photos of the offers.  Next will be a ton of R&R repro charts.

Consider writing a letter or short note to a friend.  If you would like to correspond or thank a military member, here are some suggestions.  I know of two Vietnam vets that regularly write to service members, and find it therapeutic to correspond.  What a great family function to gather once a week or month to write letters to those that would love to receive a note.  Maybe a few jokes, local sports, your pet stories, so many things kids can share.  But with the majority of schools no longer teaching cursive, can they write a letter?

http://amillionthanks.org/send_a_letter.php

https://soldiersangels.org/letter-writing-team.html

http://www.operationwearehere.com/CaringInsightsMilitaryPersonnelLetters.html

https://www.operationgratitude.com/express-your-thanks/write-letters/

Have a good day everyone. 

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Just in case....

As I check and mark the larger pieces of linen, I thought …. just maybe …. I would like to stitch a few large ones.  My favorites in the stash.  The big girls.  Not as big as some, but pretty darn big for me.  I need to make sure I have linen for them, just in case. 

 

I marked them with the highest and also the lowest count so I have an idea of required linen size without opening the chart.  Don't you hate it when the designer fails to list the stitch count?   Leaving a 2" margin around all sides tells me the minimum required for the sampler.

 

Elizabeth Clayton and Martha Logan are in the mix too, and by the time I am done setting aside the fabric for them, there won't be much left!!!  But I don't want the dark unbleached for all of them and that is what my inventory mainly consists of.

 

I saw a sweet magnifier that Sandra showed on her FB page, will order it.  Maybe with the 3.0 glasses plus the stand, I will be able to see.  I tried my Dazor which is wonderful, but it isn't something you can put away easily.  Was I able to see?  No.  The dryness is causing blurriness even when magnified.  I did not realize the drops are not to be used as needed, only a few times a day.  They aren't really helping so I will see my vision specialist for an Rx to try.  My PCP recommended diet changes (who wouldn't with what I eat), absolutely no to the low carbs I suggested.  Worse thing you can do for your body according to the docs in her practice.  Cutting out white flour and sugar is the key to reducing inflammation.  The reason people think low carb reduces inflammation is because that plan eliminates sugar, white flour, and processed foods!!  You can do that and still get the vitamins and nutrition from high carb foods like fruits and grains.  Low carb works for a lot of people, but I would rather eat more balanced and have my oatmeal.  I did low carb once, gained it back as soon as I slowly introduced them again.  Breast cancer is in my family and can be caused by high fat diets so that's another reason I reconsidered.  Willing to try her suggestion.  Tomorrow. 

 

We're having ferocious winds today and Mark is on the golf course, probably playing wind golf and getting drives longer than he ever has.

 

I had a request for the black silk (I can't reply to you- need your email) and if anyone else is interested, please let me know.  Deborah, cannot reply to your request either, please click my email at the top right.  And Martha, thank you for that tip!!  Will definitely try it!!  Thank you all!!

 

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