Whippy Wednesday

Hello friends.

Today I have lots of WIP's

to show you.

Hope you do not get bored. 

When I last showed this sampler

as a homage to my grandmothers,

I had the morning glory and dog finished.

Now the third and final motif is complete.

I wanted the third motif to reflect 

something that remined me of 

my grandmothers...not this bird.

They both had chickens on their farms...

so I purchased another pattern

called Spring Chickens Pinkeep

by Stacy Nash.

In the antique world this is called a marriage.

When you take a part of one piece

of furniture and add it to another.

So I did it to this stitched piece I am doing.

It was a perfect marriage indeed.

I also added in my paternal grandmother.

Ilda Husson 1903-1986

Working now on the final row,

then will add in my maternal grandmother,

then finally after that the bottom border.

Getting close to the finish line.

Next up is the Prairie Schooler Mini February.

Just finished up the second pane.

This is suppose to be a groundhog.

Not sure if this will be done this year though.

Taking longer than expected.

This is where I left off doing Two Hearts.

I now have one snowman holding a heart completed.

This one will also go back into hiding

until next year now.

I am tired of Winter.

Getting the urge for Spring now.

This is where I finished up 

on this pattern last year.

It is called Spring Gathering. 

Started working on it once again.

Almost finished now with the bunny.

Added in the key and a few motifs.

Working on this one during my lunch at work.

Just not sure if I should outline his tail.

What do you think?

It seems like forever that I picked up a hook.

This was Potted Plant 

before I put my hook down.

I finally picked it up and hooked a bit more.

It took me longer to try and find

 my wool than it did to hook this.

UGH

I forgot where I put the wool I had

planned out for this piece.

Still have not found it...so I re-planned

this part out again.

Finally Viola Martini.

This red sampler will include

all of my great grandmother's 

names and information for my 

heritage wall.

I finished the first set of alphabets.

In place of the crown at the far right,

I added in my initials and the two

digit year on the right.

There are no letter "J's" in this pattern,

so I had to make up my letter "J".

I took the number 25 from the numbers

in the pattern.

Am using the floss color

Cranberry by Classic Colorworks.

Although you really cannot see it,

there is a variegation to this floss.

It goes from dark to a medium color.

In other news,

these past few days we had 50 degree weather.

It was so nice...but the cold will return.

Not sure if we will get rain or freezing rain.

Our backyard is getting mushy from 

the snowmelt that even Tundra does not

want to walk on the grass.

The coast guard is back.

I believe they are monitoring the ice bridge 

in lower Lake Huron.

Once that breaks, the ice will come down

into our river.

It is already jammed down here,

so they have been cutting the ice trying

to get it moving...but with 

Lake St Clair 100% covered in ice,

not sure where it will be going.

Our St Clair river is between 

Lake Huron and Lake St Clair.

Changes are coming at work.

The job I do is being more

centralized with my peers being 

afraid our jobs will be cut.

They keep saying this Summer things

will be different....I see the writing on the wall.

I told my boss if she needs to let someone go,

she can let me go.

I would get a years severance....

and since I plan on retiring next February

anyway, I don't care if they let me go. 

If it means I can save another person's job

who needs it more than I do, then so be it.

Well off to work I go for now.

Hope everyone enjoys the rest of the week.

Wednesday Blessings To All!

Janice