march 28 - spring? really????

Well...after a nasty cold week, and two beautiful spring days, we are now back to cold and rain...and my old bones are feeling it! I want spring, and I want it now! No patience left for this nasty weather!

Stitching has really been hit and miss lately. I finished up stitching an Easter exchange, but I haven't heard if it has been received yet, so photos will have to wait. I'm also still working on stitching up three PIFs that are supposed to go out by the end of the month...hmmmm...I'm afraid they might be a tad late! But no photos there either.

I stitched up my ornament for March. Two groups that I belong to are having a year long ornament SAL and I'm trying hard to stay on track. This is another small design from the Folk Art Samplings leaflet from The Cricket Collection. I guess it is called Noel...at least that's what I am calling it! The fabric on the bottom is the backing fabric.

Mouse has graciously been designing a band sampler for us over at Friendly Stitchers, and I finally picked some thread and fabric to stitch up part one this week. The sampler is called Dawn of Spring. I chose a Jazlyn 32 ct. fabric from Silkweavers. The color is called Debutante which is a very pale lavender. The threads I chose are Gast...Highland Heather. The funny thing is that both my original and contrast color are the same. The difference though is in the dye lots. One is much much darker that the other! It's hard to see the difference in this picture but it is pretty obvious in real life! I also changed the bottom section a bit by omitting the cushion stitches. It is probably me, but they just didn't lay correctly when I tried them. Maybe I will go back and add them later on. Anyway, this was really fun to stitch and I am looking forward to the next part.

Has anyone else tried the new blogger interface? I thought I liked it until I tried to post. Once I added a photo, I couldn't get my curser to let me get to the next row. It kept wanting me to type right through the photo! Anyway, I have never claimed to be technologically savvy, so I am sure that the problem is with me. I just hope I can figure it out before this becomes the default for posting!

I guess that's all for now. Time for a nice hot drink and then back to work!
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