Finished piece

I finished my version of Shakespeare Peddler's Antique Locks and Keys - the fabric is an aida from Hand Dyed Fibers as is the thread in a color called "Tiger Lily".   I haven't decided how to finish the piece.  What do you think?

Learning something new!

Today after work my husband taught me how to remove the little chip from the digital camera, plug it into the computer and load pictures onto the desktop of the computer.  Very easy.  Don't now why I didn't learn how sooner.  So I walked around my house taking pictures of some of my latest needlework.  A few pieces have already been framed so there is a bit of a glare.

My Mother & Dad made the box for the Easter piece.I really like the way it came out.

I'll add a few more pieces next time.

Daffodils are blooming and it's Friday!

Oh yes, the daffodils are blooming and it appears Spring has really arrived!  Time to get out in the yard and clean up old leaves and sticks.  Then try to carve out some time for needlework. Between yard work, basketball and hocky it's going to be tough!   

Basketball & Needlework - Bad Combo!

Yesterday I started my JBW Country Bunny while I watched Michigan State play OSU for the Big Ten championship.  I thought things were going very well until i stopped to count stitches and  found I had made a mistake.  Did I realize I couldn't watch basketball and stitch at the same time?  Oh no -- I had to tear out stitching 3 times before I decided it was either watch the game exclusively or move to another room and  stitch. I put my stitching away and watched the game.

Antique Locks & Keys is DONE!

I finished my Antique Locks & Keys project lst night at Stitch Night.  Yea!  Now I can move on to the birth announcement. And I took 2 completed Halloween projects to be framed this morning. 

Picked up a new book waiting for me at the library this morning, Cinder by Marissa Meyer.  It's aYoung Adult novel with a  sci fi take on the fairy tale Cinderella.  It's gotten very good reviews.  I'll let you know if I like it.

When I got home lst night I watched the end of the Pens game (YEA, they won!!)and a little of the Big 10 basketball tournament.  Too bad, Purdue lost to Ohio State. I've stitched a couple of Big Ten logos for some of the men in my family.

Stitch night!!

Friday is finally here and I am headed for the Panera in the Galleria to spend the evening stitching and hanging with my stitching buddies.I'm still not finished with Locks & Keys so that is my project tonight.  As soon as that is done, I'm starting little Mo's birth announcement.  I have all these new things I want to start!!

This weekend I have no appointments or other plans and I'd like to get a lot of stitching done.

Le Magnifique

Although I try to write about stitching and books, I'd like to take a minute to write something about another of my favorite activities - sports, mainly football and hockey.  Today was the unveiling of a sculpture in honor of Mario Lemieux #66, a GREAT hockey player and citizen of Pittsburgh.  That man has done more for Pittsburgh hockey than anyone else.  (In addition to being awfully good-looking). 

Thanks Mario for saving the Pens and hockey in Pittsburgh!

My Stitching

A friend asked me tonight if the pictures in the previous post were mine. Sorry to say no, they aren't. So I decided to post some of my own stitching.


Sampler I made for my Mother

Every Bunny Do The Hop

Wise Cat



This one speaks for itself

Shop Hop & a Bakery

We all met at 8:00 am to get ourselves into Colleen's SUV and head to Ohio.  The plan was to visit 3 needlework shops.  It was so nice to be in a brick and mortar shop -to look at patterns and see and feel fabric to decide what to buy.  I fell prey to my addiction and spent way too much money but it was so fun!  Some of the patterns I chose:

 We made a stop at a bakery, Michael Angelo's Bakery.  Glad it's a couple of hours from home.  Yummy!!  Only made it to 2 shops, the 3rd one was closed.  Just as well, I would have spent the rest of my paycheck.  I can't wait to start stitching!!

IT'S FRIDAY!!

Last night I finished The Rope by Nevada Barr, the latest in the series about Anna Pigeon, forest ranger.  Very good,- parts of it made me very claustrophobic.I recommend her books, they're good mysteries set in our National Parks.

Today I brought my NOOK Tablet to work for a show & tell session in the staff lounge. Interesting hour spent listening about and playing with mobile devices.  Still like my NOOK the best.

And it's Friday, tomorrow is a shop hop to three needlework shops in Ohio.  should be a fun day. 

Needing to leave work early today, I drove myself to Oakland and parked behind the library.  Know how many minutes a quarter will get you in the parking meters?  8 - that's right 8 minutes so I  had to insert 33 quarters in the meter.  Just doing my part to pay the pensions of the retired city of Pittsburgh workers !!!!