What Happend to Who's Stitching What?

Posted by Liz on August 23, 2009, 11:00 am

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I'm still desperately trying to finish a wedding present in time for
the pot luck BBQ next Saturday! It has a quote from Anais Nin ("And
the time came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was less painful
than the risk it took to blossom") with a climbing rose trellis on
each side and a set of blooming roses along the top. I "lost" two
days of stitching at the end of this week after a friend of DH called
to tell us on Thursday afternoon that he was watching firemen take his
house apart! The upstairs three attic bedrooms are pretty much a
complete loss due to flames and heat and the downstairs is soggy and
smokey. There are lots of ways that it could have been worse - it
happened on his first day home after the three days out of town due to
his job, many people called 911, two knocked on his door to make sure
he got out and it is dry right now and no thunderstorms are expected.
That's good since there is a sizeable hole in the roof. We have the
dog and parrot living with us since our female dog is one of the few
who gets along with their female dog. To get back to stitching, I
hope to be done by tonight and take it somewhere for framing input
tomorrow. I'll have to frame it myself to make sure I can deliver it
by Saturday evening but I'd still like input and maybe get a matt cut
for it so I know how large a piece of foam core to use.

Next I have to think of something quick and easy to make for my Harry
& David friends this season. :-))
Liz from Humbug

Posted by Donna D. on August 23, 2009, 12:10 pm

Sorry to hear about your friend.
And I do hope you get your picture finished in time.

I always try quick and easy and I find small projects harder to do then
larger ones even though I always say no more large projects.
I made a stitched baby picture frame and it drove me crazy. I also tried
small Christmas weekend daydreams.
I finished 2 out of 4. I don't understand why I have such a hard time doing
small projects.

Donna

"I'm still desperately trying to finish a wedding present in time for
the pot luck BBQ next Saturday! It has a quote from Anais Nin ("And
the time came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was less painful
than the risk it took to blossom") with a climbing rose trellis on
each side and a set of blooming roses along the top. I "lost" two
days of stitching at the end of this week after a friend of DH called
to tell us on Thursday afternoon that he was watching firemen take his
house apart! The upstairs three attic bedrooms are pretty much a
complete loss due to flames and heat and the downstairs is soggy and
smokey. There are lots of ways that it could have been worse - it
happened on his first day home after the three days out of town due to
his job, many people called 911, two knocked on his door to make sure
he got out and it is dry right now and no thunderstorms are expected.
That's good since there is a sizeable hole in the roof. We have the
dog and parrot living with us since our female dog is one of the few
who gets along with their female dog. To get back to stitching, I
hope to be done by tonight and take it somewhere for framing input
tomorrow. I'll have to frame it myself to make sure I can deliver it
by Saturday evening but I'd still like input and maybe get a matt cut
for it so I know how large a piece of foam core to use.

Next I have to think of something quick and easy to make for my Harry
& David friends this season. :-))
Liz from Humbug

Posted by Liz on August 24, 2009, 12:05 pm

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Thanks. They are doing OK, under the circumstances. He is going out
of town today for work, as usual, and I suspect she will work today
through Wednesday and then will both take time off again on Thursday
to figure out what is what. The first person they spoke to on Thursday
afternoon asked if they couldn't just stay in the house so he could
meet with them on Monday afternoon. I DON'T THINK SO!!! They finally
met with an "alternate" adjuster on Friday afternoon and then another
was going to drive up from Bakersfield (about a 9 hour drive)
yesterday after having heard from the first that it is, indeed, major
damage. They have also been meeting with "public adjusters" and
restoration contractors, all of whom hope to make 10 to 20 % of the
insurance pay-out by
"being on their side". :-)))

I DID manage to rescue a needlework project stitched by their
daughter 5 or so years ago when she was a teenager. I noticed it last
week when DH and I were at the house for some reason and then saw on
Saturday that it was hanging on its side but still on the wall. It
was on the stairway wall on the bottom end of the stairs so I asked
Deanna if I could take it home with me to fix it. The restorers with
her (for an estimate) said it wasn't necessary and that they "'did
that kind of work all the time" but she told me to go ahead and take
it. I'm so glad I did! ! ! ! It smells slightly of smoke and, when I
removed it from the frame (and glass), one area of the mat was already
showing water damage. If "we" had waited until everyone decided what
to do and which company was going to do it, the piece would have
already been permeated by smoke and moisture. It isn't a major piece,
just the words about cleaning and scrubbing waiting until tomorrow
while babies are growing up, but I know they already definitely lost a
Family Quilt and I didn't want them to lose something I knew my EGA
chapter could rescue. :-))))) It has been airing out in the house
since then and I plan to Orvus it and then rinse and rinse and rinse.
It's not a major piece of needlework art but it's one less family
treasure that they'll need to throw out.

My wedding present is FINISHED, except for the signing and dating and
framing. :-))))) Now I can look forward to that roasted pig on
Saturday night and not have to worry about needing to take the gift
back to finish it. :-))))) Oh, I goofed on the quoted. It really
says: And the time came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was
MORE painful than the risk it took to blossom. I think I had it
backwards last time. :-)) At least I stitched it correctly! :-)
Liz from Humbug
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Posted by Dawne Peterson on August 23, 2009, 6:58 pm

Not stitching it yet, but I just got the terrific orange and yellow checked
fabric I special ordered a while back, and the sampler threads (raspberry,
purple, lime....) to stitch Monsterbubbles Follow your Truth. And I found
the Jane Austen sampler chart from Margaret & Margaret that had been in the
back of my mind for a while--it has the quote from Mr. Darcy about what a
women needs to be considered accomplished. Revived a Dimensions kit I had
put aside--gorgeous butterfly on a parchment coloured ground with Chinese
characters. The pattern includes a Chinese coin--I think I'll attached a
real one. But what I really want to do is embroider something retro on a
tea towel.

Dawne

Posted by mirjam on August 24, 2009, 7:18 am

Dawne

Is it easy on your eyes to stich on Orange & Yellow checked
cloth ????????
mirjam

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