Stitching On Snow Days...

I am actually following my plan and getting some stitching done in the evenings whilst sitting in front of the tv! 

I told you that there were mostly tree branches that needed to be drawn/extended onto the pieced blocks.  And, that's exactly what I've been drawing...tree branches!  It's much more difficult, though not impossible, to trace these lines through colored fabric than it was to trace through Kona Solid in Bone.  I am getting it done...though stitching lines that I cannot see is definitely a first!  Good thing no one else will know exactly where those stitched lines should be, hey?  ~grin~

It does make a huge difference in the look of this project.

Here is the 'before' photo of block 14...

And, here is the 'after' photo...

I am in love.  Course, I have been since I started this project 4 years ago.  I guess I forgot how much. 

Tomorrow is Friday...according to the weather people, we're in for some warmer (30's+) temps!  woohoo!!



"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.". Jeremiah 29:11

Back to Work...

Vacation is over.

I'm back to work.

My coworkers are happy.

I am not.

I love staying home.

And working on my stuff.

And, Tag would prefer that I stay home.

Though, I assure you, he does fine here by himself.

I delivered the Kashmir tote I showed here.

O'Mandy LOVES it!

YAY!

(Okay, so her real name is Amanda...

her nickname is Mandy.

But I call her O'Mandy...

from the Barry Manilow song.

Ya know, just can't help myself!)

And, the smartphone cozies went over very well!

Got big bucks for them!

Something fun is on its way to me!

Remember the 'snow days' quilt

that I showed you here?

Ya know, the one I was drooling over.

The one that I haven't been able to stop thinking about.

Perhaps 'obsessing over it' may be a better way to put it.

The pattern is now on its way to me.

I did not join the Block of the Month.

I am just getting the pattern.

Which is more than enough to get me started.

I'm so excited!!!

More on this later.

I work out with Mike tomorrow.

Time to get on track.

Must be in shape for all the stitchin' and sewin' 

I have coming up!

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Remember this rug?

Pattern is 2Sheep by Beverly Conway.
It measures 2 x 3 feet.

I last hooked on it in November, 2007.

I started it in 2002.
YIKES!

See the black rectangles where the eyes should be?

That's all I have left.

Think I can do a decent job of hooking eyes?

Apparently not.

If I'd get those eyes hooked, I could finish the edges!

At last!

I love this rug.

I would love it more if it was done.

Seriously...how long do you think

it would take to hook 2 eyes?
Decent eyes.

I would really like to get this done.

Ya know, yet this winter.

Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with all thy might. - Ecclesiastes 9:10