With Spring just around the corner...
hopefully...
I decided to start a bigger project.
This one is called Floral Motif Sampler
by The Scarlett House
I started with the border in black.
Stitched across the top and down
the left side halfway.
Then started on the first flower.
Almost finished with the first flower.
Some flowers will be smaller than others,
so may be able to tackle more than one
when I pick it up again.
Stitching this on 36ct Edinburg linen
with all of the called for floss.
My latest Patriotic stitch
is Parade Sammy
by Calico Confectionery.
Stitching this on 32 ct Flax.
Using all the called for DMC floss,
except 311.
Using DMC 336 instead for the navy blue.
Sammy's eyes were suppose to be the
lighter blue.
I opted to do mine in the darker blue.
His mouth was suppose be red...I chose black.
In other news,
well my sister did it again.
Her snarky attitude with the caregiver,
caused their manager to call my brother.
The manager told him she did not want
my sister berating or talking to her
employees anymore.
This is the second time my sister
has ran her mouth.
My mom has only been in her studio
My mom has only been in her studio
for 6 weeks.
My sister did apologize...but too late.
She is not liked by them any longer.
The first time she went off...
and apologized she bought them gift cards.
Now my brother is going to buy them
gift cards and will tell them
my sister is not to speak to them anymore.
We hope she stops.
It was so terribly windy Friday night that
I became restless and got out of bed.
Ended up sleeping on the couch.
The winds were 25mph with gusts higher.
Saturday morning we noticed that
our heavy metal old wheelbarrow was
moved at least 30 feet from where we had it
in our flower bed.
Even our antique copper boiler full of dirt
was tossed in our driveway.
Thankfully it did not hit our vehicles.
Well I am down to 2 more weeks of sabbatical
before going back to work one final week
to retirement.
It is going by really fast.
Hope everyone is enjoying their weekend.
Calm Sunday Blessings To All!
Janice
Am sure you are looking forward to final retirement. Would be great if you could enjoy the time with your crafts and other interesting things. Hopefully family issues will be in calmer waters by then.
ReplyDeleteThat 3 weeks will fly by. Wow on your sister. It's even more distressing since your mom seems to like the studio IIRC. I'd not be surprised if the next call from the facility is she's been banned from setting foot inside. Good for the manager trying to protect her workers.
ReplyDeleteThat Floral Motif Sampler will be drop dead gorgeous! Love, love, love it! And of course who doesn’t love a patriotic stitch?
ReplyDeleteHopefully your sister has earned a lesson…but sadly it doesn’t sound like she will have.
So close to official retirement. Yeah for you 👏👏
Your stitching is so nice! Oh my your sister!!! Sounds like a "Karen" to me. (wink). Oh you're down to the wire now!
ReplyDeleteJanice, I'm sorry your sister is being a pain. I guess she just can't help herself but she better, or they may have to totally ban her.
ReplyDeleteWow retirement is now within your grasp - you're going to love it!
Oh how I wish I had learned to stitch. The pieces are so intricate and you do excellent work.