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Archive for March, 2008

Incredible week-end!

Posted in etc, family, tagged , , , , , on March 31, 2008 | 1 Comment »

I just got back from the most incredible week-end!
My grandson lives with us and went on a camp-out with his Boy Scout Troop this week-end to ride part of the Katy Trail. The Katy trail will eventually connect from St Charles Missouri to Kansas City, Missouri. It is the longest “rails – to – trails” trail in [...]

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Another TIF for March & a quick gift

Posted in ATC, Guilds, Stitch, Take it Further design Challenge, family, needlepoint, tagged , , , , , on March 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

  Yesterday, I went to local ANG guild meeting and the program was Blackwork. I could have used the suppilied thread but since I knew I would probably complete this at the meeting and I happen to still have the colors from the March TIF still in my stitching box…Well…It was just a given…another TIF [...]

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More Cookies

Posted in family, tagged on March 20, 2008 | 1 Comment »

  Today was a beautiful day in the neighborhood…I spent some time outside helping get the patio ready to open and uncovering my iris that are peaking out. I know we will have a few more cold days but the iris are hardy and they won’t get frost bitten as long as the rest of [...]

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No one said anything

Posted in Take it Further design Challenge, needlepoint, tagged , on March 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

 I was looking at my Flicker account: http://www.flickr.com/photos/sudukc/ and noticed back in January I had refered to my postcard and ATC as the Hungarian Stitch and not the Herringbone Stitch. I have changed them but it really brought home “taking care of details”. And I can’t believe no one said anything…
Having St Pat’s dinner for the [...]

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St Patrick cookies

Posted in Life in General, Take it Further design Challenge, family, tagged , on March 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Today I spent the better part of the morning baking sugar cookies…rolled iced with sugar and baked. Decided not to ice these so I just used egg white and decorative sugar…and 7+ dozen later I decided that was enough green. I also ran out of green sugar and wasn’t about to send better half to the [...]

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March TIF

Posted in Take it Further design Challenge, needlepoint, temari balls, tagged , , , , on March 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

I’ve had these finished for a couple days, just needed to attend to the “detail” of taking pictures…
         
I  went with the  color motif and did not pay much attention to the ”little things, the small moments, the details in life? This months challenge is to do just that, pay attention to the tiny details.” But [...]

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Spent the Day absorbing

Posted in Life in General, needlepoint, tagged , , , on March 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Yesterday I indulged myself and spent the day absorbing needleart.
I went to the final day of the NAN (National Academy of Needlearts) Exemplary show. NAN has there annual conference in Kansas City, Mo. It is a week of classes and the exhibit with excellent teachers to motivate and inspire. You can read all about NAN [...]

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Lucy has ears & eyes

Posted in Shading Technique, Thread, lucy, needlepoint, tagged , , , , , on March 2, 2008 | 1 Comment »

  Lucy got eyes and ears this week and in fact has some of her legs stitched now. But for today’s post I want to talk about her eyes and ears.
Lucy’s eyes are stitched with DMC floss in basketweave whenever possible; otherwise it is a continental stitch when necessary. And yes, I carried the threads from [...]

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