Did I tell you? I’ve taken up embroidery. Now I can add this to my other granny hobbies: reading, gardening, genealogy… It’s no wonder my friend Marc calls me Tupperware-Party-fun.
Then I picked up this little cross stitch project, which is meant to be framed. I’ll get around to framing it someday. It is also for Lewis. I have to tell you, I’m really good at the cross and half-cross stitch now, but I don’t think I’ll be doing another one of these for a long time. I just don’t have the patience. I wanted it to be finished before I was even halfway through. I’m gonna blame some of that on the label on the package claiming this was a weekend project. They just didn’t say how many weekends!
Now, I’m working on a set of pillowcases. I think I’m going to keep these for myself, because I’m learning the lazy-daisy and stem stitch here. It isn’t looking too bad so far. The pillowcases are actually white, I just couldn’t get a better shot with my camera. I think it needs fresh batteries. The finished project should look something like this, only I’ve used variegated color thread.
Green Bungalow Craftworks 