Mary finished, and two Anns

Here is Mary Allen all finished.

Mary Allen Sampler by Samplers Remembered

40ct RR Creme Brulee

NPI fibers

I'm so happy she's done!

Now for an Ann.  Do you remember Ann?  Ann Wheatley that is.  The SAL for Ann Wheatley at the Attic finished in September, but with all that's been going on, I forgot to post my finish of her on my blog.  Well, here she is.

Isn't she lovely?

I love her colors!  I used the fabric and fibers provided by the Attic for the SAL.

And now my new start.  Does anyone know who she is?

She's Ann Smith from the Scarlet Letter.  Here's a link to her full picture.   I'm using 36ct Vintage Light Examplar so that I don't go crazy when the over one parts come in.  There is a ton of over one.  I'm also using the AVAS called for.  I love her colors!  The inner gold border is supposed to be done in tiny eyelet stitches, but Marsha says you don't have to if you don't want to and I'm not.  Too time consuming!  

In other news, we managed to go visit a couple of colleges for the boy child this past weekend.  Which is a good thing.  We visited a massive college in the city, and a very small college north of us.  Very good contrasts.  The boy child seems to like both, which is great.  I'm sure there are more college visits in our future.

The boy child has been going full speed with school stuff, of course.  He got a part in the high school fall production of Noises Off, so every day after school has been 3 hours of rehearsal time.  Makes for busy times when you throw in his regular non-school orchestra rehearsals and his jazz band rehearsals in the evenings 2 nights a week.  Plus homework of course.  But he is loving it and that's the important part.  Let's just hope he gets all this college application stuff done in time!

Here is the boy child and Mia, sleeping partners once again.  The boy child hasn't been getting enough sleep as usual, so a nap happened to make up for it.

Thanks as always for stopping by and saying hi.  I always enjoy visiting with you all!

Stitching and TUSAL

Ok, I'm feeling the summer blahs.  What a creative title I've come up with this time!  Oh well.

Here's SDW so far.

Pretty, huh?  The chapel proper isn't filled in with white yet.  In case you're wondering why it looks funny.

I think the chapel is my favorite part though.

These flower motifs are so huge!  Took forever!

And the white fill in on the chapel is going to take even more forever.  lol!

It's the first of the month (how did that happen?!).  So here's the next picture of Ann Wheatley for August.

I love the blues in the piece, don't you?  I'm leading the SAL for Ann Wheatley for the Attic.  The third part of the SAL is being sent this month.  And then the last month will have Adam and Eve!  Yay!

The new moon was on July 30, so another TUSAL to show.

My ORT jar always looks the same, doesn't it?  I wonder if I should start keeping the ORTS for the month in something else and add it to the year's jar.  Hmmmm.

Oh, and yes, that's another of my pincushions.  This one was made by Jennifer Murphy.  I love her work!  Love her mom's work too.

Mia used to "help" all the time when I changed the sheets on our bed.  Now she just desultorily helps once in a while.  But this past time, she did decide to take advantage of the dirty sheets I had piled on the floor.

She took a nice snooze in them, all comfy and cozy.

Silly girl!

Like I said, I can't believe it's August 1!!!  Argh!  Have to admit, I'm not ready for school to start!  Luckily it doesn't start around here till after Labor Day.

Thanks as always for stopping by and saying hi.  I hope you all have a great week!

Reviving a UFO and more Ann Wheatley

Well, I've stuck with that old WIP.  Wasn't sure I would, but I have.  So far.

SDW Sampler by Scarlet Letter

40ct RR mystery fabric

AVAS fibers called for

I see by my blog that I started this back in April, 2010.  Got the horse and part of the tree done and abandoned it.  I got a bit farther this time.  lol!

There's also a gold blackwork band on top, but I may rip that out and skip it.  I'm not happy with how my stitches are laying.

Kim of Threadheads Unite has been doing a page a month.  Her progress inspired me to pick this one up again.

I currently have a very attention-seeking cat on my lap, purring, kneading and love-biting me, trying to take me away from my blog writing.  Makes it very difficult!  :D

I can't remember if I showed you the second part of the Ann Wheatley SAL for this month.  Here it is.

Now to the more interesting parts of the sampler!  :D  I'm leading the SAL for Ann Wheatley for the Attic.  One of these days, I swear I'm going to make it out to Arizona to visit this LNS!

The girl child seems very happy with her summer internship, which is a good thing.  The bad thing is she's got a bad cold and of course is worrying her mother by not being home to be taken care of.  The boy child seems to be bumming his way through the summer.  There is hope that he will at least find some volunteer work to take him through the rest of the summer.  Fingers crossed!

Mia says summer is the perfect time to relax.

Oh, and Melissa, you're right -- those are dresden plates quilted onto the antique snowball quilt (the white one).

Thanks as always for stopping by and saying hi.  Hope you have a great week!