Still in that tidying up state of mind. Five more xerox boxes of 'stuff' out to the shed. Four bags of clothes ready for a consignment shop. Two bags of stitching supplies ready for another consignment shop! And there is more to go.....don't know what has gotten into me but it feels good.
Along the same lines, I have finished up a couple of things in my UFO basket. See, when sorting your craft supplies, you get hit smack in the face with the embarrassment of how many things are lanquishing in the to be finished basket.
I completed this SamSarah design several years ago. I had ironed on the interfacing after I attached the buttons not knowing any better which made it look very rumpled. I deconstructed it and there it sat. Having learned more about finishing since then I reassembled it only to not know where I put the embellishment buttons for 'safe' keeping. I added a couple of blue seed beads for his eyes and moving this to the completed pile.
Several of us bought these little tool trays from Salty Yarns a few years back. I had the brilliant idea to add designs that would be removable for each season. Others have done theirs but not I. I decided to stitch up another start-to-finish-in-under-a-year project from Lizzie Kate this week. I think it is called Hippity Hop. I modified it to fit the tool caddy by eliminating a motif.
What did we do before having these clips?
They are always in my project bag just in case.
Not exactly thrilled with the thickness of the finish. I used thin foam core but no worries, I am expecting an order of Comic Board from Amazon that I can use on my next finish. But as we say, from the top of the bridge, it looks fine.
Lastly I finished up this EGA petite project. It is nice to get a small little project and technique at our meetings. But as I was sorting and purging I came across about a dozen of similar projects left incomplete.
Again, not a perfect finish but if you go up on that bridge for a view, it is just fine. I have enough cord left to add as a hanger but I may leave it off and just place this on an easel at Valentine's Day.
We had our second Nor'easter in a week with a third one in the forecast for early next week. It was great to have a snow day and for the first time ever, I didn't shovel a flake of snow. Mr. Wonderful did it all and I only felt slightly guilty about it.
We were getting snow at the rate of a couple of inches an hour. And now, the sun is shining!
Thankfully the sun warmed enough to let the snow fall off the branches before breaking them.
I love the look of my new red stitch dogwood agains the snow.
No sitting here!
Thanks for stopping by and keep on stitching!
I pulled this Chester County Sampler out of the basket of shame. It has sat in the darkness of the closet for several years. This is going to be my Saturday project. I sidelined this because it has so many Algerian eyes. Duh, it's a sampler so of course there is a sampling of Elizabeth Pusey's speciality stitches and not just cross stitch but all those Algerian eyes is why I parked it. One letter at a time is how I will measure progress here. The cool thing about this one is that I have seen the original at the Chester County Historical Society. I really want to cross this off my list.
I have just a wee bit of progress on Quaker Halloween. This is going to be my Monday to Friday pre-work project. I am almost done two of the six pages of the pattern. And of course, I have seen the new Quaker Christmas from Lila's Studio. I would be rash to promise being able steer clear of purchasing it.
Now for a take-a-long project........not sure what that is going to be but I have a thought. I have been searching for this project for a couple of years. (yes, years!) I remembered purchasing it at a quilt show but when I went looking for it I couldn't find it. Every visit to the quilt show, I wouldn't buy it because I knew I had it. Imagine my surprise when putting away fat quarters recently and there it was. All my in and out of my storage boxes of fat quarters and I never saw it in any of the boxes makes no sense. I don't know what logic had me put it away there but it must have made sense at the time. This should be an easy take-a-long piece. My recent taste of surface embroidery might be driving this project. I've also got to stitch up an exchange piece for the Prim Stitchers Retreat in June.......another take-a-long possibility.
I started and finished up this basket tag in two days this week. The basket was a thank you gift from the shop owner of Stitch by Stitch, Cape May, NJ at retreat this past fall. The teacher that weekend was Cathy Haberman of Hands On Design. Cathy gifted us with the complete kit for stitching and finishing the basket tie-on. I might take it to work for my desk......except that I have removed almost all my personal items from my desk when I started my retirement countdown. 
