Quaker Garden SAL

I finally finished it! Here is Quaker Garden by Blackbird Designs. I began this on July 3rd as a SAL coordinated by Karen V. I did love stitching this, and this picture (taken by my husband) does pretty accurately show the fabric color. If you can believe it this is the first time I have ever added my initials to a piece of needlework. I am a stickler about signing my quilts and artworks, but have never signed a needlework piece. Go figure. So, it was kind of exciting to put my brand new initials on this piece. I will probably frame this piece, but not immediately. So, for now I think I am going to focus on some of my works in progress (namely Mystery 9) instead of starting something new. I am really itching to start my Little House Needleworks Liberty Hill Inn. I keep thinking about it and would really love to start. But, I should really clear up some of these other pieces first. I know I am not alone in wanting to start so many things, and to buy so many new charts! So, thanks Karen for organizing this great SAL – so many people have done such beautiful work on this piece too! This was my very first SAL, so I am happy about that too. That takes care of #93 on my 101 things list “participate in a SAL”. And I actually marked one other thing of my list this week – #1 “Begin contributing to my 401k”. It’s been a productive week. And since Blogger is cooperating and loading pictures for the first time in a long while, here is a photo of two of my three cats. Romeo is the black and white and Hamlet is the blue tabby Maine Coon. They’ve found their patch of sunshine in the dining room. Hope you are all having a great weekend!

I am grateful for my family.

So, I’ve spent the last few days with a migraine…and on top of my allergies, it hasn’t been a whole lot of fun. Basically, we’ve spent the weekend again trying to stay out of the heat. I think it actually hot 105 a couple of days ago. We watched the third of our Best Picture winners. This time it was Cimarron, the first Western to win. I would put this one as better than Broadway Melody, but not nearly as good as All Quiet on the Western Front. We’re still in the black and white films, which is fine. Frankly, I am glad there has been a variety of genres that we’ve seen. So, next up is Grand Hotel. I think I actually studied part of this one in one of my art history classes, strange as that may seem. So far, Netflix has been great – I have been able to get these as frequently as I want and they’ve come in order, which is what I wanted. So, thanks to Anna for her information on it. Tomorrow Midi Mystery I goes to be framed. I am so excited. This is the third piece I’ve had framed. Here’s the first one, House on Booberry Lane by Brightneedle. The second piece I had framed was a gift.

The frame is actually purple and matches the border on the design. But, this is the smallest little thing. The frame is probably 6″ x 6″. So, having a big piece framed is really exciting. I will, of course, share a photo when I get it back. I have been stitching as much as I could this weekend (between laying down in a dark room) on Quaker Garden. So many people in our SAL have finished this, that I felt I needed to make it a priority. I definitely want to have it finished by the end of the month. I also need to finish reading On Beauty by next Friday as well, since that is when my book club meets. So, here is Quaker Garden, and I’m off to finish laundry and get back to stitching on it. Hope everyone had a great weekend!

I am grateful for quiet Sunday mornings with the sunlight coming through the windows.