Fireworks

Here are some pics from our 4th of July fireworks display.  I have never been able to get any decent pictures before, so this year I borrowed my daughter’s tripod and just kind of messed around with the camera until I got some good shots.  The delay on the “fireworks” setting is so slow, you have to snap the picture when you hear the “boom” and before the fireworks actually go off-very wierd.  Plus, it’s dark so you can’t see what you are looking at before it is is too late!  Anyway, I managed to get a few good ones ( I think so anyway).

I had a question of what fabric I am using for my LHN-it is Silkweaver 32 ct linen in “Gold Nugget”. 

Otherwise-no stitching yet for me this weekend.  I am debating whether to send hubby to store, or send myself.  I hate grocery shopping.

LHN Stitchalong progress

Here is the progress on my LHN piece-Caffe Latte.  I am going to put this one and Cappucino on the same piece of fabric togther, as I think they go together well-and I didn’t want to cut the fabric into 2 pieces as there wasn’t enough room seperately!  It’s a fun little stitch, but my HAED and Chatelaine’s are starting to stare at me accusingly as if I have abandoned them.  There is just too much good stuff to stitch and this full time job thing sure gets in the way of my life!

Hope you all have a happy and safe 4th of July!

One more to go….

Well I finished “Pie” and have the final block to stitch-when it comes out! I have enjoyed this one so much, I even stopped working Sunnia and St Pete’s to continue on.  Now I have decide what it is next.  I am really enjoying seeing progress that ends in a finish of sorts, so I may on continue on in that vein of thought!

“Ice Cream”

Here is another installment of “Sweet Treats”.  I have the next square to start, I believe it is “Pie”.  Depending on when the last square is released, I may have it finished in July-Yeah!!!!!!

Halfway there!

Here is Sunnia after finally finishing page 1!  I actually have 13 pages done, which by my calcuations is halfway done!  YEAH!!!!!!  I am just glad to be done with most of the leaf work.  There was alot of color changes and so I am looking forward to a little more solid color.  Thanks for looking!

June HAED SAL progress

Here is the progress I made on Sunnia this weekend.  I only got the chance to work on it on Sunday and Monday as my sister and niece were here visiting.  But I still got 1 1/2 more columns done, with 1 1/2 to go to finish the page.  I will probably finish this page and then move back to White Nights of Saint Petersburg.  I seem to be stuck on finishing another project, although finishing either of these projects any time soon is not likely.  I would like to at least get all those stupid yellow houses done.  They really aren’t stupid, but they are so time consuming!

Finished!

 Today, I finally finished Maw Maw’s Quilt!  It was stitched on the recommended fabrics with the silk conversion provided by Vikki Clayton Silks.  I loved stitching on this, and will hopefully get it framed soon, and maybe even put it in our county fair next year!

 

Almost done!

Just a little bit left to go and I will finally have a finish.  For some reason, I have had the drive to finish something, anything, and this is the closest thing I have!  Hopefully by the end of the week it will be done!

Sweet Treats-Again!

Well-I found myself feeling the “I need to finish something” feeling, as I didn’t have anything small quite ready to start (and really didn’t want to start something new), I continued on with Sweet Treats.  I am now caught up, and have just ordered the 4th section “Ice Cream”.  I could finish the border, but I like to keep it going with the rest of the stitching, just as an extra “oops” checker if I am out of alignment. 

In a completely different note-Yeahhhhh to Kasey Kahne winning the Coca Cola 600!  I have been a KK fan since his rookie year, and after last year’s dismal performance, this year has been much better.  Let’s hope he can keep it up.  And congrats to Elliot Sadler too, for his top 10 performance!

Queen of the Night Sky

I finally picked up “Queen of the Night Sky” by Meredith Dillman (HAED) after 6 months or so.  Once I started, I remembered why I stopped-there are tons of confetti and color changes!  I do love the end result though, so I will continue on with this throughout my progress of stitching.  Just don’t expect an update too soon!