So - what are you stitching - Page 11

> NDJoan wrote:
>>> Don't you also need to bring in Noah with the Nativity, then you could
>>> have two of every animal. I am sure you have time.
>> HA! Need I remind you that, unlike *some* of you, I am not yet
>> retired! And I will *truly* be amazed if I do have them all done and
>> finished-finished (you know what I mean!) by then.
>> Also, iirc, Noah was just a *bit* before Jesus' time! LOL
>> J
> Creative distortion of the timeline!!

> > Also, iirc, Noah was just a *bit* before Jesus' time! LOL
> Creative distortion of the timeline!!

> I'm still working on my stuffed Nativity set. =A0I'm close to finishing
> the first side of the 2nd shepherd so, once I finish his other side, I
> think all I have left is the 3 wise men and 2 camels! WooHoo!
> On a related note, our county fair starts Wed. and I got the pic of
> the St. Bernard, "Chill" back from my coworker to enter. =A0I may also
> enter one of the Laura Perin SALs I did, haven't decided, and maybe
> some peonies, which have *finally* started blooming, about 2 weeks
> late.
> I'm saving the Nativity set to enter all at once in the "Christmas"
> category next year.
> Joan

>
> I'm working on a wedding gift for a girl I've known since she was 5
> years old.
> I stitched something for her older brother and sister when they
> graduated from
> high school but just didn't feel any inspiration when she graduated.
> I'm combining bits
> and pieces from several different booklets with a quote that a library
> patron brought to us
> to identity. In the middle is a quote from Anais Nin: "And the time
> came when the risk
> to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to
> blossom". On each side
> will be a white trellis with "climbing rosebuds" climbing up. Along
> the top will be a fully bloomed
> rose. The trellis came from one book, the rosebuds and viney thing
> from another, the rose on top
> from yet another and the alphabet from one of my many alphabet books.
> I'm using a Light Taupe
> 32 cnt Lugana that I found in my stash. The finished size will be
> right around 10 X 12. I actually called
> her mom a few weeks ago to see if Anita has a favorite color rose but
> didn't get a call back and didn't
> pursue it so I'm doing the roses pinky/red as charted. It was easier
> than having to change colors and
> then remember which shade was which. :-)
>
> The wedding is this weekend but is a few hours away so the parents of
> the bride are having a pot luck
> BBQ on August 29 for friends and neighbors who can't make it to the
> wedding.

>
> As far as county fairs go, I was going to enter a couple of items but
> DH is having a total knee replacement
> on July 14 and the day to stand in line to enter items is July 19th.
> If I had had my heart set on entering, I would
> find a way to do it but . . . . . Now I'm thinking of the stitching
> time I'll have when DH is in surgery. Hmmmmm; I
> wonder if the surgical waiting room has good lighting??? :-)))
> According to his "joint replacement binder", the
> procedure should take about three hours. Once I know he's out of
> surgery, I'll go down the road to donate plasma (gotta pay those
> bills) and then go back to the hospital when I'm done and he should be
> waking up a little more. Last time he had
> surgery, about 24 years ago, he had a really high threshold so that it
> took LOTS of anesthetic to get him out and then
> took him a loooooooong time to wake up.
> Liz from Humbug

>> I'm still working on my stuffed Nativity set. I'm close to finishing
>> the first side of the 2nd shepherd so, once I finish his other side, I
>> think all I have left is the 3 wise men and 2 camels! WooHoo!
>> On a related note, our county fair starts Wed. and I got the pic of
>> the St. Bernard, "Chill" back from my coworker to enter. I may also
>> enter one of the Laura Perin SALs I did, haven't decided, and maybe
>> some peonies, which have *finally* started blooming, about 2 weeks
>> late.
>> I'm saving the Nativity set to enter all at once in the "Christmas"
>> category next year.
>> Joan
>
> I'm working on a wedding gift for a girl I've known since she was 5
> years old.
> I stitched something for her older brother and sister when they
> graduated from
> high school but just didn't feel any inspiration when she graduated.
> I'm combining bits
> and pieces from several different booklets with a quote that a library
> patron brought to us
> to identity. In the middle is a quote from Anais Nin: "And the time
> came when the risk
> to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to
> blossom". On each side
> will be a white trellis with "climbing rosebuds" climbing up. Along
> the top will be a fully bloomed
> rose. The trellis came from one book, the rosebuds and viney thing
> from another, the rose on top
> from yet another and the alphabet from one of my many alphabet books.
> I'm using a Light Taupe
> 32 cnt Lugana that I found in my stash. The finished size will be
> right around 10 X 12. I actually called
> her mom a few weeks ago to see if Anita has a favorite color rose but
> didn't get a call back and didn't
> pursue it so I'm doing the roses pinky/red as charted. It was easier
> than having to change colors and
> then remember which shade was which. :-)
>
> The wedding is this weekend but is a few hours away so the parents of
> the bride are having a pot luck
> BBQ on August 29 for friends and neighbors who can't make it to the
> wedding.
>
> As far as county fairs go, I was going to enter a couple of items but
> DH is having a total knee replacement
> on July 14 and the day to stand in line to enter items is July 19th.
> If I had had my heart set on entering, I would
> find a way to do it but . . . . . Now I'm thinking of the stitching
> time I'll have when DH is in surgery. Hmmmmm; I
> wonder if the surgical waiting room has good lighting??? :-)))
> According to his "joint replacement binder", the
> procedure should take about three hours. Once I know he's out of
> surgery, I'll go down the road to donate plasma (gotta pay those
> bills) and then go back to the hospital when I'm done and he should be
> waking up a little more. Last time he had
> surgery, about 24 years ago, he had a really high threshold so that it
> took LOTS of anesthetic to get him out and then
> took him a loooooooong time to wake up.
> Liz from Humbug