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 !!!!