Stitching? Just a bit.... also framing!

Yes, there has been a tiny bit of stitching.  Not much though.  I started the Small Girl 1863 sampler by the Essamplaire.  I couldn't find it on the website anymore so I don't know if it's still being sold.  Here's my start on it.

And of course, I've been working on my mitered square blanket.  I've finished 2 rows now -- 24 squares per row.  There are Koigu, Lorna's Laces, Madeline Tosh and Rhichard Devrieze yarns in the blanket so far.

And since I know people will ask, no, I didn't make the hooked rug pillow, and yes, I did make the Tumbling Blocks quilt.  lol!

I also picked up some framing -- finally!  Here is my His Eye is on the Sparrow (by Heartstring Samplerary).

And here is my Hornbook Bestiary (by the Scarlet Letter).  I got a custom hornbook frame made by Valley House Primitives -- and I love it!  It's hard to see the marbling on the frame, but it's perfect!

The father type and I got to go to the last of U2's concerts at Madison Square Garden on July 31st.  It was quite the experience.

They had this cool, huge screen thing that the guys could actually be inside of -- this is the group inside the screen.  It also showed anything in giant size that they wanted.  Very cool.

And Bruce Springsteen came onstage for part of the encore too.

A very fun concert!

Thanks as always for stopping by and saying hi.  I hope everyone is enjoying the summer.

mood indigo

I didn't touch any stitching this week.  But I did work on my fair isle knitting.

I'm over halfway done!

And I also worked on my Tula Pink blocks.

And of course, my Fussy Cut Friday star for the week, using another Judie Rothermel fabric.

My next stars will all be more like this one -- calmer and less fussy, so to speak.  Need some calm stars as well as big and fussy stars.

The father type and I went to Tarrytown again -- dinner first.

Salad followed by a vegan shepherd's pie, finishing with  carrot cake.

Then off to the Music Hall

To see

(Father type bought the tickets after checking with me to make sure nothing was going on that day.  All the while I was sitting there thinking, "now isn't that day special for some reason?"  Um yeah.  Easter.  lol!  Luckily, both kids were not planning on coming home for Easter so we were ok.)

We had a good time, although I'm not sure what the Indigo Girls were thinking having a hip hop act as their opening set.  Ugh.  The Indigo Girls themselves were great.  (The hip hop act was good too, I'm sure.  I just don't like hip hop, as the majority of the audience obviously didn't either.)

Thanks as always for stopping by and saying hi.  I hope everyone has a great week!