Good morning, my friends! We have some catching up to do. Since yesterday's post was the reveal post for August's art quilt, I have two days worth of activities for you today. You might want to fill your coffee cup, and then we'll get started. Go ahead. I'll wait.
My morning slow-stitching had me filling up the first hoop on the Fall Harvest piece.
Good morning, my friends! We have some catching up to do. Since yesterday's post was the reveal post for August's art quilt, I have two days worth of activities for you today. You might want to fill your coffee cup, and then we'll get started. Go ahead. I'll wait.
My morning slow-stitching had me filling up the first hoop on the Fall Harvest piece.
Good morning, my friends, and a happy weekend to you! We're back from our little boating trip over to Starbuck, Washington. I've spent the past half hour (at least) sorting through pictures and trying to pick out the best ones for editing. My Photoshop Elements editor has been giving me grief during this process. It seems I can only load so many pictures for editing at a time. Three times, I've selected one picture over another and then deleted the first one from my editor. When I do that, it takes me back to a much, much ...
read moreGood morning, my friends, and a happy weekend to you! We're back from our little boating trip over to Starbuck, Washington. I've spent the past half hour (at least) sorting through pictures and trying to pick out the best ones for editing. My Photoshop Elements editor has been giving me grief during this process. It seems I can only load so many pictures for editing at a time. Three times, I've selected one picture over another and then deleted the first one from my editor. When I do that, it takes me back to a much, much ...
read moreJune was a productive month. I finished two stitches, Floral Butterfly and the star ornament. The ornament wasn’t on my June list.
I started The Short List many years ago to create goals to work toward and a way to focus. I change things up as my goals and interests change.
Project 1 (stitching): Words of Joy Tree, pattern by Ursula Michael. I’m stitching this on red 14 count aida with DMC white, all from stash.
Project 2 (UFO): The membership quilt. The two sections are complete and ready to quilt.
Project 3 (original): The challenge due in ...
read moreGood morning, my friends. Doncha just love it when I make up words like that? And you read them and say, "Huh? What the heck is wrong with her spell checker?"
It was a hurry scurry morning yesterday. We're having some new neighbors up for a get-acquainted dinner on Saturday, and so I'm trying to get some stuff done ahead of time. Those sorts of things stress me out a little. The more I can get done ahead, the better off I am. And all of that to say that I hurried through my to-do list yesterday morning ...
read moreGood morning, my friends. Doncha just love it when I make up words like that? And you read them and say, "Huh? What the heck is wrong with her spell checker?"
It was a hurry scurry morning yesterday. We're having some new neighbors up for a get-acquainted dinner on Saturday, and so I'm trying to get some stuff done ahead of time. Those sorts of things stress me out a little. The more I can get done ahead, the better off I am. And all of that to say that I hurried through my to-do list yesterday morning ...
read moreI finished my June OMG, the Bucilla Floral Butterfly embroidery kit. The six inch framing hoop came in the kit. This kit was a gift.
I’m happy with the finished project.
In hindsight, I would have done the framing a bit differently. It wouldn’t have changed how it looks on the wall either way, just personal preference.
I would also have swapped out the floss for DMC. Bucilla uses no-brand floss in their kits. The stitching looks fine, but it knotted a lot. I could have saved myself some grief. I saw comments online that Bucilla sometimes shorts ...
read moreGood morning, my friends. It's been a blustery couple of days. We're expecting more wind today and through the week. Tomorrow is expected to be very warm. It makes good gardening weather, and that was my first stop on yesterday's comings and goings. I hoed weeds, replanted some sunflower starts, replaced the cucumber starts that were chewed off, and I planted the little carrot seed strips. If, like me, you've never seen seeds packaged this way, here's what they look like:
Good morning, my friends. It's been a blustery couple of days. We're expecting more wind today and through the week. Tomorrow is expected to be very warm. It makes good gardening weather, and that was my first stop on yesterday's comings and goings. I hoed weeds, replanted some sunflower starts, replaced the cucumber starts that were chewed off, and I planted the little carrot seed strips. If, like me, you've never seen seeds packaged this way, here's what they look like:
Good morning, my friends! Welcome to June. We're nearly halfway through the year, and bearing down on summer. The nicer weather has been quite a treat. It means more time outside, but it also cuts into my sewing time. Yesterday was a busy day. We had grocery shopping to do, and the grocery store was a zoo. It has been a zoo the past several trips, mainly because they've taken our store and redistributed pretty much everything in the store. It's as if someone took the whole store and flipped it over horizontally, and then for good ...
read moreGood morning, my friends! Welcome to June. We're nearly halfway through the year, and bearing down on summer. The nicer weather has been quite a treat. It means more time outside, but it also cuts into my sewing time. Yesterday was a busy day. We had grocery shopping to do, and the grocery store was a zoo. It has been a zoo the past several trips, mainly because they've taken our store and redistributed pretty much everything in the store. It's as if someone took the whole store and flipped it over horizontally, and then for good ...
read moreGood morning, my friends. I'm writing fast because we're going to plant our vegetable garden today. It's a busy week ahead with appointments on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. Since I'll be spending the day in the garden today, I should be a pooped pup by Friday. For now, though, let's just enjoy this beautiful sunrise.
Good morning, my friends. I'm writing fast because we're going to plant our vegetable garden today. It's a busy week ahead with appointments on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. Since I'll be spending the day in the garden today, I should be a pooped pup by Friday. For now, though, let's just enjoy this beautiful sunrise.
May snuck up on me. I got up one morning and there it was, not nearly as warm as it ought to be.
I didn’t finish anything in April. As it sometimes happens, the finishes will come all at once. Good thing there are projects in the wings to prevent the mad scramble for new projects.
I started The Short List many years ago to create goals to work toward and a way to focus. I change things up as my goals and interests change.
Project 1 (stitching): The Tiny Modernist Holiday 2022 SAL. If I don’t finish ...
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