2025 Finish #13

 Many changes on 36 count Heartland. 

Nowhere to purchase velvet or wool felt except chancing color online, so hopefully my wool pieces will yield an option for the berry's top and I can final finish this. 

Will I stitch the blueberry and strawberry?  Time will tell. 

 My eye that had the detached retina surgery is causing several types of distortions at times and needs examined very soon.  I tripped and my arm went into the edge of a square wood post preventing a fall, but the scrape removed an extensive amount of flesh.  After two weeks, they are pleased with healing progress (hydrocolloid patches are a blessing) and no further treatment is needed.  And tomorrow I hope to get in to the dentist to find out the cause of intense pain in tooth and jaw.  All things that are minor and treatable.

My flowers are drowning, and another day of rain with possible storms tomorrow.  Yippee.  Our limited warm season has already been shortened.

Stay safe. 

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Little changes

What do you think?

Adding sepals to the large berries?  I like it, thought they looked bare like the bottom berry, and just a simple thread helps.

Anything wider or larger was too distracting.

Thankfully, soon to finish.  I became antsy working on the last several projects and don't know if it's because of a slump, or veering away from marking samplers.  I know the larger samplers stitched previously would not be tolerated, but even smalls are at times frustrating.  Maybe the last eight months are consuming most of my brain capacity.

I hope you're having a good weekend.

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The berry

Moving on with color changes and such.

Blackberries are black, but I think this 154 looks pretty good.  

I don't like to stitch this type of project, but it's small so I will.  Alphabets rarely need to be constantly chart checked, this does.  But I love this berry series.

From a moody crabass,

be safe, be well, be happy.

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Testing

 One...

every other stitch

Two....

alternate 154 and 310

Three...

solid 154

Bingo.

I changed the leaf colors, stem color, and berry color.

Of course I did.

All three berry designs are a little too bright and cheerful for me.  I'm moody and I expect no less of my berries.

I'm also fickle so will probably regret the changes later.

Have a cheery day!

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It will be .....

This sewing bag.

But wait, too large, I'll do a berry.

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It's small and I have three designs.

But wait, an error in placement could screw this up.

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I haven't done a sampler in a while.

But wait, I thought it was to be small?  Just because the letters are widely spaced doesn't make it less stitching.

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I really wanted to do another floral which hides errors.

But wait.  I enlarged and still can't read the symbols comfortably and I can't find the basket's symbol in the legend.

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 Damn.  

What will it be?

Got an email asking if those containers with fruit and veggie contents need to be refrigerated.  Yep.  They keep them fresh longer but as usual, in the fridge.  

Bye.

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Berry saver

Hi folks.  It's June.  Any day now, we will be able to put away the heavy jackets, boots for the mud, and shut off the furnace. 

I wanted to mention this product by Rubbermaid (FreshWorks) for storing veggies and fruits.  Several sizes and the only way I've found to keep them fresh for days.  Strawberries never last for me and the vinegar bath and other methods failed.  I tried the blue apple but it didn't really work as well.

Peppers, lettuce, spinach, any veggie.  The first rule is to not wash any item until use, unless dirty from the garden.  If storing a longer time, I dry the inside of the container from the humidity produced when excessive.  Peppers (unwashed) last quite a while.  

The berries are the opposite of most regarding humidity which rots them quickly.  I remove from packaging, dry off if wet, and set one or two layers in these containers.  A paper towel or similar is laid over to absorb any moisture from the container. 

 This is the bottom layer that I moved to a smaller container and added the fresh lettuce to the larger one.  Look at them!  It's been six days.  Keeping them dry works!

 And since I make this every morning and sometimes for an evening treat, I'm happy to have found a storage solution.

 No stitching yet, trying to choose a small project.  Once again, finding the right piece of linen without cutting into a larger piece is the main problem.  I need to kit, as I've said before but failed to do.  My fingers are numb and when not, are aching from painting.  It's finally done, the matte poly is on the backsplash, and this 3" x 24" deep cutting board slot is done.  Saved the worst for last!

If you want to see a stitcher that tackles the larger reproduction samplers without hesitation, check the latest nerissasstitchinglifestyle video.  Her work is amazing. And on Instagram, check out inspiredbymichellerea post of what her needle touched in May.  Yoi.  Without inspiration from others, I wonder if I would still be stitching.

Have a great week!

Thanks for visiting.

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