Gifts of Grace September Block

I don't know if this is our last block or if there will be one more. I need to count. I do know there will be 9 blocks in total. I really like this one except I hope the next one has a shorter word. It's the word that's taken me so long to embroider. I love the beehive fabric. I think maybe Angela sent that to me. Someone did and when that happens I usually hold onto it for awhile before I use it cause it's special to me. 

I'm thinking I may print the bible verses (Galatians 5: 22-23)  on fabric using my printer and try to fit it into the wall hanging. I think that would look nice and tie it together.  Even if I have to use that square in the backing it would be good. 

I also decided to try Hazel's idea of making myself get up at 8am no matter how little I'd slept. The only problem is, I remember now, is that my body clock shuts down at 4:00 in the afternoon when I do that. Not good cause that's when I need to begin thinking about dinner.  Last night husband was going to take me out for a sandwich and I fell asleep on the couch. Then I wasn't hungry. So maybe I need to add an hour nap in there somewhere during the afternoon. I really do like mornings. I just don't like the getting up part. But I'm crossing my fingers this will work and eventually I'll get enough sleep at night so that I won't get tired during the day. 

I don't know if anyone knows about this site but I'm going to share it anyway. It's Free Quilting and they have a pattern a day you can download. Some are quite nice. You have to register and they want you to buy magazines of course but just don't click any boxes, unless you want the magazines, and it still works. 

Embroiderer's Jackpot!

I did my first embroidery when I was in Grade 6. It was an introduction to the sewing we would be doing in grades 7 and 8. I actually have that first embroidery. It's a laundry bag with two southern ladies in big skirts and bonnets. I have to tell you that because, although I do have it, I came up with the bright idea a few years ago that we all needed to have "memory boxes"... big Rubbermaid bins filled with things that were precious.

Now this is a good idea... what's not a good idea is to store them under the stairs behind the empty luggage, sleeping bags and similar boxes of Christmas decorations. I can't get at them without emptying the cupboard almost to the very back. Since I don't feel like doing that this morning you'll just have to believe that I actually do have it.

Why I bring this up is because I've been enjoying Embroidery for the last while and have even joined a Sitchery group. I was working on a project that just wasn't turning out right. I thought maybe it needed more than just your regular backstitching. So I went looking for some different techniques. And boy did I find them!

Mary Corbet's Needle 'N Thread has video's demonstrating almost any stitch you can imagine. I'm in heaven. Of course now I'll be sitting in front of my computer trying to learn all the stitches. Where's the take out dinner menus? *LOL*

Enjoy!

Another Bunny

I finished this the other night and am working on the next one now. Only 2 to go yeah! But wait! What's this? The store triple booked and has to be in 3 places with a booth on one day? They need more samples? You guessed it. I was asked to sew but I really haven't been sewing lately. I don't know why... cause it's summer probably and there's too much needs doing outside.

So she gave me 5 patterns that she only has a couple left of and asked me to embroider one block of each so people can see what the blocks look like when they look at the pattern. It's so difficult to visualize sometimes. So that will be okay too if I only have to do one block of each. I wanted to get to an embroidered Halloween candle mat for myself. All the more reason to get these done ASAP.

Our weather here has been gorgeous! It's not supposed to be like this. It's supposed to be raining and icky. So I'm thrown by that too I guess. I still have a few things I need to get trimmed up before Fall sets in so I'm making myself get out there and do some each day.