More Needlework from Guild Members

This is a closeup of the house in the previous post. I love the colors.

Here are more pictures from the Queen City Sampler Guild members from our stitch in last week. Some people are way ahead on their Christmas ornaments.

I've been working on my 'Beneath the Sunlit Sky' and 'From Sea to Shining Sea'. Both required some frogging. I'm working on the borders for both. Today is haircut and watch my grandson day. I'll take pictures of my W'sIP later. We are back to gray skies and rain.

They announced the sampler winner over on Blackbird Designs - One stitch at a time. Congrats to the stitcher that won the goodies from France.

Marsha

Been a while

I can't believe it's been a month since I posted anything. Time sure has a way of slipping away.

All I can say is when spring has sprung the garden calls - very loudly. Things need raked up, cleaned up, cut back etc. I had a field day with the clippers (the big ones that required both arms). Messed up all the work my chiropractor and I had accomplished. Oh well. The yard's in pretty good shape now. Soon it will be flower planting time. It's been a beautiful spring in this area of the world.

I've been really busy stitching this past week. I've been trying to finish a sampler for Blackbird Designs - One stitch at a time . They've been in France this past week shopping. Doesn't that sound like a blast. They will pick a winner and that person will win some items that they shopped for in France. If I were a little kid, I'd be jumping up and down - a lot. So, here is my entry:
I used cream linen from Vicki Clayton and Needlepoint silk in the Chinese red range. I could have done a better job centering but I figured the person that stitched the original wasn't perfect either. Hattie Bauer was my grandmother. She was a quilter. Our family still misses her. She died on my 10th wedding anniversary, May 1st, so I'm especially pleased to have it completed.

April 23rd was a Queen City Sampler Guild stitch in. We had a fun time together, stitching, talking, and making tassels. We have two stitch-ins a month. One in the morning and one in the evening. Here are a few pictures of things people have stitched and brought in to show.

Isn't this glove awesome? The cuff side opens as a needle book. One of our members, Judith, has stitched on the jacket in Plimouth. She is very talented. You can't see the gold work very well or the sequins in the ruffle. It is gorgeous in person. The Embroiderers’ Story » 2008» January has a lot of wonderful information on the embroidered jacket that's being stitched. I will post more pictures later of other stitchers' talented work.

Hope you're having a great spring.

Marsha