And this

 

plus these ...

 

creates a sturdy place for my messy sister to keep catalogs, magazines, articles, books.  Two holes in the wall instead of six, secured into a stud.  Boom.

Thanks for the suggestions to complete Elizabeth's thought.  The sampler was completed and stitched after that row, and since there are thirty stitches following virtu, seems like she deliberately wanted the rest left off.  We'll never know.  Haven't decided whether to stitch as charted or add one of your suggestions.  I'll keep going and decide later.  

My low back is killing me, now there is ?? a blister ?? or something there too.  I called my dermatologist, can see the NP at the end of May, no sooner.

Hope your day goes well and you get a piece of pie.

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But Virtu.....

 That's how the second row ends.

Should I leave it as charted or add to complete?

Any ideas?

I came up with several thoughts, none sounded appropriate for an early sampler.  I wonder if the person buying this at Goodwill after I'm gone would question but virtual reality is cool on a 1775 repro.

The dropped band below But makes me think she had wording end there, but for some reason removed the line almost entirely.  There is a row of single stitches following Virtu, why would she not at least have finished that word?  Curious.  

But I'm not far from finishing!  Sarah's Sewing Bag and the Blue House pinkeep drum weren't studied last night.  Maybe this evening.

Enjoy your day!

But Virtu **********

Can you guess?

 Any idea what this is for?  I would be surprised and impressed if you did!

Mark is assembling the shelf as I finish painting this ????? Going to work there soon, then bloodwork, then a Whopper.  Love BK Whoppers!

Delivery for the rest of this piece is delayed, but I will show the finished project and all others soon.

My new Nash charts came today.  Can't wait to study them both.

Have a good day!

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Sidetracked

 Not much left to complete Elizabeth, as soon as I decide on a band color that I've changed several times.

But then this happens.

Once again, hope this weekend finds all projects are completed!

Have a good day.

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Memories...

.....of the samplers left behind.

If we had the chance to do it all again,

 tell me,would we?  Could we?

Sure.  Why not.  What's too troubling to remember

we simply choose to forget.

Yes, The Way we Were was on the radio during a drive to the doc today.

I found this start from the beginning of Carole's health crises, and since it's not very large, decided to pick it up to finish.  Positional color changes.  

My Nash market charts are coming.  YAY!  Big Blue House drum, Sarah's Sewing Bag, and Bird's of a Feather needle book. 

Until another project is chosen, I can stitch Elizabeth.  

I didn't realize how popular Melisa's blog is.  I don't have time or patience to browse new sites.  So many floss tubers that are new to me!  One day soon I should be able to check them out.  Most times, I click the gear icon of the video and change speed until I see something I like.  Which is often.

Tootsie came to eat this afternoon but never finished as before.  One of the males is much smaller than she is,  another is huge.  All the females at this time of year are in this situation.

Not even 6pm and ready to retire for the night!

Be safe.

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If you love a little house...

this site is for you.

I was watching Daisy Kays Primitives and she shared sweet smalls of various saltbox designs from Pinker n Punkin's blog.  And they are free.  New to me, this blogger offers a load of free designs and all are listed in the Labels column by subject.  This link is to her saltbox/house series and they are wonderful!!

Pinker n Punkin

Photo from her blog, a sample of her work.

It will take some time to read her posts and get to know her and I hope to do that in the coming days.

Just wanted to share this with you, so generous of her, and her designs are wonderful.

We're having a problem with the cat I showed recently.  Quite large so I assumed a male ... not so.  There are nightly fights, daily chases, this poor girl is constantly attacked to the point of not being able to finish a meal.  She eats here several times a day, gets within ten feet of us, then leaves in the same direction.  We assume she lives elsewhere since the shelter here is not used, but that may be under someone's deck for all we know.  We need to trap her which will be difficult, and take her to a clinic for spaying.  I don't care who she belongs to, she roams freely and should not have litters.  If we succeed, her new name will be Tootsie.  Or Flossy, my mother's name for me.  My sister called me Morticia because I was very thin and tall with long dark hair, my brother called me Weed because I grew so quickly.  My grandfather ... Malinka.  

Enjoy your Sunday.  Husband thinks he's golfing tomorrow but the wind now (midnight) is howling and frigid.  But this is PA, so anything is possible.

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