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Sunday, November 27, 2011

Using Pumpkins & Black Cats!


I loved Halloween Jack Needle Roll by Stacy Nash Primitives. 


I had this stitched using our Silk 'n Colors Pumpkins & Black Cats
I love the soft variation of color you get when you stitch with 1 or 2 strands of floss, even in a color as dark as this one is in the full skein.


I hand dyed the wool to use in finishing.  I quilted around the tree (?).  I like the effect of the quilting and it helps with the slight puckering you get when a piece this large is rolled up in needle roll style.  Originally I'd planned to quilt around all of it, but my daughter suggested that would be 'too much'.  What do you think? 
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Check back soon for the 'versatile blogger award' I am giving within the next couple of days.

Until later,
Cecelia

Saturday, November 26, 2011

Be Happy


When I found these type set blocks on etsy I had to purchase them because this is what my Mom said each day to us as we left for school.  As a grumpy teenager I hated this, but now I appreciate the wisdom in her saying this to us each day.  I believe the 'be' denotes an action on our part to find happiness in our circumstances.  Thanks Mom for your wisdom!