I am happy to say, I found my stitching mojo and it is paradise! Seriously, Plum Street Sampler's Paradise Lost is such a pleasure to stitch. I love the colors, the theme, all the animals and Adam's man boobs ;-). I am working a page of the chart at a time, I was hoping to be on page 3 by now but I haven't had as much stitching time as I would like. I am stitching it with the NPI and Gloriana silks on 40 count light examplar.
The Dyeing to Stitch retreat was wonderful. Karin and I had so much fun. We took the Blackbird Designs and Jeanette Douglas classes, they were great. We were allowed to purchase the kits for the other track and of course I got the Shepherd's Bush kit. I knew I would love it.
My friend Tanya paints gorgeous needlework sets. Since I am obsessed with Adam and Eve, of course I wanted her to paint mine with an A&E theme. Aren't they sweet? I love the snakes too :-).
I always wonder at my friends with kids that have left home that keep their rooms for them. Seriously, I love my DS more than life but his car wasn't out of the driveway before my DD and I started rearranging. We moved her into her older brother's old room, he had the bigger room and the bigger closet. Meggie's old room has become my stitching room. I love having my own room. My DH has his man cave in the basement, please don't feel sorry for him because he's underground :-). It's garden level, completely finished and is very high tech, surround sound, huge TV, big man desk, leather furniture and all the latest game systems and no throw pillows or flowers so he's good. Anyways, I thought you might enjoy seeing my stitching room, it's small but very comfy thanks to my parents who gave me the bookshelves and the couch :-). My mom also gave me the jewelry box were I keep all my embellishments, buttons, beads, and thread. Those necklace holders are wonderful for hanging the threads. Now I just need to do lots of stitching so I have more pieces hanging on the walls. Even though it's still a work in progress, I am very happy with it and it's so nice having a place for all my stitching stuff and books.
I hope this little post finds you all well and happy and getting lots of stitching done! Thanks for taking the time to read and comment on my blog. Hugs to all!
