Some Finishes

I've been a very busy bee and was able to finish not 1 but 2 designs.  I really don't know what's gotten into me but I'll take it.  This doesn't happen very often.

The first one is "Let It Bee" by The Drawn Thread.  I framed it myself and it's been so long since I framed anything it took me quite a while.  I don't know if you're like me but I always question my framing.  Is it centered?  Does the frame look right?  So many questions with no answers.

The second one is the pumpkin from the Hands On Design called "Autumn Skies".  I tried so many places to find wool felt that matched the oranges in the design but just had no luck.  I finally found this large checked flannel and decided to go with that.  I don't think it looks too bad and I can always say I put my own spin on the finishing but I really wanted an orange pumpkin.

I think fall is finally finding it's way south.  I noticed that the rain trees on our block are turning red and orange and that's a good sign that cooler weather is on the way.  Makes me happy because Peyton, I and the kids are going to Disney these next 2 weeks and it's a lot more pleasurable when the temps aren't in the high 90's.  

Since we don't have the beautiful changing of the leaves that you lucky people in the north have.  Peyton was living in Virginia for 4 years with her father and stepmother who was going to college up there.  She asked me one year what I wanted for Christmas and I always made sure it was something she could do on her own.  I asked for a small frame with leaves in it to remind me of the beautiful colors of fall.  This is what she sent me and I have it out all year long to remind me of her love and the colors of nature.

Also, I just started the beautiful Blackbird Designs chart that sweet Barb was wonderful enough to lend me.  The design calls for it to be stitched on 40ct. linen and you know how much I just love that so mine is being stitched on a larger count fabric and mine will not be a pincushion.  I'll show a picture of it once I have more stitched on it.  Until then.....

Blessings All Around, Barbara

Let's see how many agree.

This was sent to me by a good friend and I just had to share.

Blessings, Barbara

I love it when I have a finish to share because it just doesn't seem to happen very much anymore.  If you haven't been to the Cross Eyed Cricket website lately you might want to check it out.  She has a new freebie and another one that you can substitute in the booklet  "Playing with Jax".  I decided to do it alone and make an ornament out of it.  I used the fibers she called for but I finished it a little different.  For one thing I used a bluish linen that has a metallic thread going thru it and on the edges I used a rick rack in light blue with a silver edging on it.  The bow was made from 2 different silk ribbons that I had and they matched the overdyed silk leaves in the design pretty good.  I really like how it turned out.

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I've started a new project called "Let It Bee" by The Drawn Thread and I had forgotten how much fun Cynthia's designs can be to stitch.  I'm stitching it on a 30ct Linen using 100/3 Au Ver A Soie silks.

Little Evelyn's Welcome to the World party was this past weekend and she was dressed up just waiting to see and meet everyone.  

I'm glad you stopped by to see what was going on in my little corner of the world.   I love and appreciate all of my followers and always pray that everything is okay in your corner.  

Blessings Abound, Barbara

During and After Dorian

Well Dorian for us thank God turned out to be nothing but I feel for the people in the Bahamas.  It will take many months for them to even see a glimmer of normalcy return.  On Labor Day we went to Disney World Epcot and enjoyed the food and wine festival they have every year.  Good food with family can't be beat.  Hubby tried to go to work on Tuesday only to find the plant shutdown so came back home and spent a quiet day.  Wednesday found him back at work but me and the kids headed for Disney World Hollywood Studios.  Star Wars just opened and there have been lines 2-3 hours long to ride the Millenium Falcon.  We got there and went right on because the park was just about empty.  John even rode it twice.  We were able to take the boys into Toy Story which also has been very popular.  Here's some photos...

So that's what we did to get over the scare of a Cat. 5 Hurricane coming towards us.  

But then the bad did happen.  When I got home on Wednesday I decided to take the garbage cans out of the garage where we placed them in case the storm did hit us.  My DH has on the floor these black mats about 2 ft x 2 ft and they are made of rubber.  Let me tell you that if you step on one of them and there is water under it you are on the floor before you can blink.  I laid there stunned for 5 - 10 minutes trying to determine if I had broken anything.  Figuring I hadn't except my pride I managed to get to my feet.  I bumbed up my left ankle, both elbows and my back.  I've stayed off my feet as much as possible and kept the ankle wrapped.  I guess Dorian did hit but just me.

I hope that if you were in the target of this storm that you come through okay with minimal damage to you and your home.

Blessings, Barbara