Linen Stash

Well, I got an order from Silkweaver! Have you ever ordered from them? I have a couple pieces of their linen that I got else where but this is the first time I actually ordered from them.... oooo how lovely! Soft, beautiful hand dyed linen!!! The big piece is called Desert Sky (it has lovely soft peaches/blues... just like a sunrise...) I am planning this for my Chatelaine Springtime in Holland...

The other 2 are from their Expressions Linen Assortments... you order they send you something... their choice either 32 or 28 ct. I got Intrigue in 28 (that lovely denimy/purply blue!) and

Goldspinner in 32... (the beautiful sunny yellow...) Please note how nicely surged it is around the whole piece of linen! I think it was well worth it!!! The small pieces were priced at $6.50 They are both 9x13... I'm thinking I need another order... hmmm... DH might kill me... hmmm.... death... linen.... death.... linen... maybe I better stitch and think on this... ;-)

If you haven't been to Silkweavers site you should check it out... (see if I can get you in trouble with me.... )http://www.silkweaver.com/

Bygone Stitches ~ Quaker Christmas and Stash

Ok, here's my ByGone Stitches ~ Quaker Christmas... obviously I'm not very far... I had to pull stitches... arrrgggghhhhh! I'm stitching on 32 ct Silkweavers "Days Gone By" 1/1... so pulling stitches... yuk! I'm doing it a little different... I added the blue which really isn't very Christmasy... but I couldn't resist! The threads are Gloriana Silk Luminescence: Black Cherry, Forest, Antique Gold and Midnight.

OOOO! Stash Report! Smaller picture is Thread Gather Silken Pearl... the bigger picture is more Gloriana Luminescence... I got that beautiful dark blue but then of course had nothing to go with it... I ordered the Sky Blue to go with it! Also, I added the purples and the green... absolutely GORGEOUS!!! ;-)
Isn't this just the prettiest picture? I have been "collecting" Gentle Arts, Cresent Colours and Weeks Dye for a while now... lol... so I snapped this picture... there is nothing more lucious than beautiful overdyed threads!!!

Stash...

Hey All... well I haven't gotten these yet... I just ordered them! Aren't they beautiful??? Springtime in Holland by Chatelaine... it's stunning... http://chatelaine-design.de/newweb/

Days of Advent by Mary Beale

http://www.marybeale.com/journal/ If you want to see a finished Days of Advent ~ Siobhan at http://bluehenhollow.blogspot.com/ has it finished in her albums... 2007.

My Exchange Squares

As you know, I joined Fair & Square Blog //fairsquares.blogspot.com/ We exchange 2 ~ 6" squares stitched on 32 ct. with another member that is decided by the moderator... It's great fun! Anyways, I exchanged with Daniela from Finland. I was a little nervous because I have seen some of her previouse stitching and she is wonderful! I was also excited to see what she would make for me. Well, you saw the beautiful quaker squares that she made.. and if you didn't scroll down! Well, she finally received my squares, so I can share them with you now... The pattern is from Hester's Needle, Deer in the Woods Sampler pattern. It was stitched on 32 ct Vintage Exampler... I followed the color chart in DMC, except the red... it called for a burgundy red and I liked this bricky red. I really liked this pattern for what Daniela said was her current interests... but the pattern was 103 stitches... so I had to do it 1/1 ~ it took some time but I got it done... I really like the way the squares turned out... I can't wait to see what you do with them Daniela! I have to figure out what to do with my squares too... hmmm... like I said for some reason that's the hardest part for me!

Well, I hope your weekend is shaping up to be nice~ I was outside almost all day raking and such... finally the snow is melting! Yay! ;-)

I Got Mail!!! and my quilt...

I went to the mail box yesterday and low and behold there was an envelope from Finland!!! Yippeee!!! My squares from Daniela, my trade partner from Fair & Square Blog... She made me the loveliest set of quaker squares in the prettiest teals and chocolates... and who doesn't love teal & chocolate? Thank you so very much Daniela, I hope that you like your squares as much as I like mine!!! ;-) Now, what to do with them... ??? I have to do them justice... maybe I'll make a pillow... need to find some really pretty lace... hmmm... Will let you know.

Also, yesterday, Vicki called me and said "Your quilt is down at the quilt store..." Yippeee again!!! She did the quilting for me... now all that's left is binding... deep sigh... but I can do it! Enjoy the pictures...

Anyways... hope your week is wonderful and full of stitching of some sort!

KimV

Stash...

Finally! My Gloriana Silks finally arrived! Yay! These are for my ByGone Stitches ~ Quaker Christmas! Well, ok, not all of them... but some... I'm trying to decide if I should go traditional red, green and gold or maybe blues... I decorate my tree in blues... some red... but mostly blue with blue and white lights... but then again I might give this as a gift... hmmm... decisions ~ decisions... what do you think? Maybe I should just do both! (colors from left to right: Velvet Night Sky, Antique Gold Dark, Forest, Black Cherry, Elizabethan Green, Midnight, Rosewood and Winter Woods ~ have you ever seen such a beautiful blue??? It almost glows with vibrancy!!!)

When I ordered, I just knew that I would love the Rosewood... but, not so much now... the black cherry is lovely... isn't that funny?

A little weekend fun...

Good morning... I hope everyone had a good Easter weekend! We had a lovely couple of days. My sister-in-law and family came to visit, also my DH's grandpa came. My in-laws live next door. So we had a nice time. The kids enjoyed having their cousins over. We had a huge Easter dinner after church.

I got a little stitching done... this was a freebie called Bay View Estate from Donna at By the Bay Needlearts... she has a great blog space... you should check it out if you haven't already. (added link below)

I stitched this with the recommended DMC flosses except the house. I used CC Wild Berries. The leaves on the willow are a detached chain stitch... that was fun! The linen is Creme Bruele 40 ct. I stitched it to a hand dyed piece of wool... I'm thinking of mounting it on a box top... will post the entire finished piece when it's all done. http://bythebayneedleart.blogspot.com/2009/03/free-chart-thank-you-for-checking-out.html