Sunday, October 26, 2014

Whacky Witches in Stitches - Finished!

Here it is.  My epic cross stitch completed.  I'm so happy to have this done for this year, even if there are only a few days left until Halloween.

The frame and bow is my idea.  I turned under the edges of the stitching and used Alene's permanent fabric glue to attach it to the purple fabric I had stretched on the background.  Then it obviously needed a bow.  Halloween tends to be more cute than scary at my house.

We used to have a huge Borders bookstore near my house.  It closed years ago and stood empty for a long time.  Yesterday I found that it's now a huge craft store!  Yay!  It will probably become my new home away from home.

As much as that store is tempting me with Christmas ideas, I'm stubborn about making sure Thanksgiving has it's season.  And I still might have one or two Halloween projects to finish up...

If you're interested in doing this project, you can find the pattern at Cloudsfactory.net.

Thursday, October 2, 2014

Halloween Town is finished

I'm so happy that this one is finished.  I'm hoping to find a frame for it tomorrow. 

This has been a real joy to stitch!  The pattern can be found at Frosted Pumpkin Stitchery.  I'm now thinking I might use some parts of the pattern to make some smaller pieces.  I love the bats and the owls and the little trick-or-treater.

I got my new Bosch dishwasher.  I thought my old dishwasher was quiet but this one is absolutely stealthy.  Also, it's  much more high-tech than my old one.  So many settings.  As usual, I'm the only one in the house who takes the time to read and understand the manual.  I think I'll make a power point presentation to teach the family how to use it. 

It's about 90 degrees here today.  This is usually a beautiful summery month for us - but this is a bit ridiculous.  I want to drink hot cider, not iced tea.  My life is so hard.




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