First up is framing. I've received two boxes from Jill Rensel in the past few months and as always everything is completely gorgeous.
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| Reproduction Round Robin |
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| Blackbird Designs Where My Heart Blooms |
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| Blackbird Designs Summer House |
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| Shepherd's Bush Quaker Heart |
And last but not least, the pièce de résistance, my Anniversaries of the Heart!
In between trips, my DH and I went to Tampa and Miami and I went to Breckenridge for a stitching weekend, company, friends from Germany and my MIL, and just the general busyness of summer I have managed to stitch a bit and acquire stash :-).
I've been dying to start Jane Tindall, I decided to do my own conversion to overdyed GAST, WDW and Crescent Colours along with the Gloriana Silks as charted on 40 count Lakeside Vintage Meadow Rue.
I also started Melicent Turner, what a fun piece. I am seriously considering committing Sampler Sacrilege and changing the name and intitial. I'd love to use one of my great-grandmother's names.
I love mystery samplers so it goes without saying I couldn't resist the With Thy Needle and Thread Birds of Feather piece. I had a fair start on it and decided to change from 40 count to 35 count linen. I love the WDW linen in the 30 and 35 count but I think the 40 count is a bit flimsy and I don't enjoy stitching on it.
On my "I want to start it now" list is the new Loose Feather!!!! As you can probably guess I think mysteries are so much fun :-). I am going to use 35 count WDW Parchment linen.
And wow if you've stuck with me this long, thank you!!!!! I promise will do my best to update more often :-). I hope everyone is staying cool and enjoying their summer. I will leave you with a picture of my funny puppies and what they were staring at out the living room window, LOL.
Hugs,
Katrina
