Cubs Win!

Finally, I get to see the Cubs win in person! That was such a great game and they beat the Diamondbacks 6-2! I have to say though, 9 innings sure goes by a lot faster at the ballpark than it does on television. It seems like no sooner do we sit down, have a hotdog and then it's over. It was so wonderful and I'm still on cloud 9 over that win!

I did a bit of stitching Thursday night:



As you can see, my little guy has a tail now! I'll stitch on this some more later. Probably during the Cubs game at noon!

For now, I'm sewing. And have been since 7 am! I've pieced 2 more Comfort Cat dolls, an ornament and now I'm getting ready to do the side panels for my peacock quilt. After that, I'd like to sew up a block for my mom for Christmas.

A Beautiful Day For Baseball!

Just a quickie post today everyone. Scott and I will be heading out to Wrigley Field today to see our Chicago Cubbies play!

It's a gorgeous day today! Sunny & 78 degrees. Every time I've been to the ballpark, it's been hotter than Billy Blue Blazes outside! Today should be wonderful! Keep your fingers crossed that the Cubs win today! They've lost the last 3 games that I've been to!

Embroidered Squirrel

I worked on Maxine's quilt for awhile yesterday but I must admit, I kind of started to feel bored. So I pulled out my vintage transfers and chose this little guy to stitch on:



I think he's a Laura Wheeler design. He's on a sheet with all different woodland animals. Anyway, I thought I'd stitch him with yellow & orange flowers. That would give this design an Autumn feel. Not that I'm in any hurry for Autumn!

I also decided that this coming weekend, I will be doing the foundation piecing on my peacock quilt:



I picked up 2 yards of muslin at WalMart today for this. Instead of doing a wholecloth quilt, I'll do the side panels and then the top & bottom borders separately. When I have everything stitched, I'll put it together. I think the side panels will fit on the 15 inch frame that Scott made for me a few years back and the top & bottom borders will have to be worked in my scroll frame. I really don't like the scroll frame but I don't know how else to do it. I dislike stitching in hand so that's probably my best bet.

For now, I'm heading up to Richmond where my showcase is to let the store owner know that I've decided to bring my things home. I'll go up there next week and get them. I'll also drop off the Tarot Card bags.

Another Seascape Stitching Completed

I finished the stitching on this little project yesterday:



The colors are a bit muted because I used the scanner today rather than the camera. I'll have another photo for you when I get it sewn up.

I also worked on Maxine's quilt yesterday and will have another photo of that soon. I'm not sure what I'll work on next. As soon as I figure it out, I'll let you know!

Teneriffe Lace

This article on Teneriffe Lace is from a women's magazine called "The Designer". The article is circa. 1904:





Unfortunately, there isn't a pattern here to try. According to the article there was one in this issue but it isn't here in this stack of antique articles & patterns that I bought. I'm posting this for reference purposes and because I thought you might find it interesting. The examples are quite lovely.

Click on either of the images to go to my Flickr site where you can download the larger images.