The Betsy Ross Experience: finishes

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A QUICK Finish!

Bent Creek - All In A Row
DMC on Putty Belfast

Well this felt good! I started a project on Friday & finished it on Sunday. That hasn't happened at all recently - I even have a couple of ornaments that I started for LAST Christmas.

On Friday I wanted to start something new & showed Drew a couple of things I was thinking of. Then I remembered the Bent Creek "All in a Row" pattern I bought last year. Drew saw this in the stitching store - he's in love with fonts and we think this will look really cool on our big bookshelf. I did this over 1 on 32 ct. Putty fabric. I couldn't believe how quickly it went!

We had a good mix of productive and lazy this weekend - cleaned the house & made some really good meals for the week. (Including my favorite "Reindeer Soup"- includes no reindeer - but chicken, wild rice and mushrooms in a creamy chicken broth. Yum!). Our lazing about mostly included me stitching and both of us playing Lego Indiana Jones. The developers have a great sense of humor, with lots of inside jokes and puzzles you have to solve to move through the game.

This is Abby the Dog surveying the driveway from her lookout post. Yes, she's quite the lady with her paws crossed. (c:

Happy Dancing with St. Nick

It's been raining here in Chicagoland ALL weekend. At least it was a good excuse to sit on my tush all weekend and stitch! I did A LOT of stitching and finally finished the St. Nick stocking. I started this last summer, and then lost momentum and he was set aside for quite a while. This is for a special someone, so I hid the name ;-)

Needle Treasures' Gentle St. Nick

DMC on 28ct White Lugana

Finished Brightneedle's "Welcome"

I've got pictures! Here are a couple updates. I did the finishing on Brightneedles' "Welcome", which was a Birthday gift for my future MIL, Kathleen. I used some mounting board, covered with batting to attach the linen on the front and did the same with some complementary fabric on the back. I hot glued the two boards together and then wrapped some grosgrain ribbon around the edge. I think it turned out cute!

Finished Spledor IX

This project wins the award for most hours logged with the magnifying glass. I really like how it turned out though, and I can't wait to get it framed.

I've admired a few of the Heart's Content designs, although I'm usually put off by the prices.

One thing I wasn't sure about: how do people sign these? Or do they? I don't think backstitching would work very well, and initials 'over-1' would be really big. I think I'll just write a note on the back of whatever frame I get.