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NOW THE FUN BEGINS!
The first three leaves are complete:I added the second step randomly to the background in both silk and sparkly (but the sparkly is a little hard to see in this pic):Today is turning out to be a lazy...
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STEMS AND LEAVES AND LEAVES AND STEMS
I'm learning so many things with this piece...1. The only way to make it through a complicated section is to breathe, clear your mind of all doubt, and go for it. (And make sure to have vats and vats...
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FUN FUN FUN FUN FUN
Life in the stitchy department (at least) is swell. Don't you think it hilarious how the world can be falling down around you, but the minute you pick up a needle it's all rainbows and unicorns?(At...
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HANGOVER
For some reason I got the bright idea to have a big 'ol heaping cup of caffeine at the Grocery Guild Starbucks last night. I couldn't help it really. Coffee is the very last vice I have left and I...
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INQUIRING MINDS WANT TO KNOW
Hey, kids...the trick to locking silk ribbon onto the needle is really cool beans:When you thread the ribbon through the eye of the needle pull it a little longer than you normally would. Don't let go...
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MAY FLOWERS
You know the expression...April showers bring May flowers. Well, it might be the end of May, but I think we're going to have some flowers this weekend.First, though, I need to finish off the green...
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SATURDAY SPINSTER...HMMMMMM
The first flower (the red and orange "mum") went pretty well, but for the life of me I couldn't figure out how to add a third layer of loops. So, two it is for now.As for the yellow flower, for some...
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THE GARDEN IS STARTING TO BLOOM...
I have to tell you...once you get the background of this piece figured out, the flowers go really fast.(Even if you're a newbie with silk ribbon like me and are feeling a bit clumsy with it.)This one...
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NOW WE'RE COOKING...
All of the larger flowers are now complete!I think this one is my favorite, but I can't decide if it's the stitch or the color:Ribbon roses! Who knew?Quiet Monday so far after a rather unpleasant...
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INVASION OF THE SPINSTER SNATCHERS
Well...something strange has happened to the neurotic, high-strung, hand-wringing spinster that you've come to know and love (or laugh at).Last night's stitchy session started with the bird's nest....
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WEDNESDAY COCKPIT
I'm up at the crack of 8:30 today. I don't know why exactly, but I think it has something to do with SOMEBODY throwing off his little sleeping mask, pounding his little paw on the bedroom window, and...
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RING A DING DING
Almost there...only the dragonfly and assorted doodads to go:So here is the reason for the rings:I attached my rings to the canvas a little differently than the instructions indicated, but I really...
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No stitchy update to report today, kids because there was no stitching last night.Don't cry for me, Argentina...at least not yet. I have an appointment at 10:00 at the kidney doc and an appointment at...
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ALMOST THERE...
The dragonfly is fab-u-lous. Doesn't she look like a Vegas show girl?Now the bird has a beak and an eye:And I made a little change to that yellow flower, because Miss Ruth's version really is quite...
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HAPP PEE DAN SING
Bird in a NestCanvas by ZeccaStitch guide by Ruth Schmuffwww.bedeckedandbeadazzled.comThis was a joy to stitch from the beginning to the end. Although I was sorry to finish it, I am so hapy that I...
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UM...YEAH...SO THEN THAT HAPPENED.
Today was furniture moving day, so I threw on a pair of twenty year old bike shorts and a t-shirt left over from the Eisenhower administration and got to it.I had some Crohn's issues in the middle of...
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TABLE TIME
We're settling in to a new routine here at Chez Spinster.Stewey and I leave the big girl sleigh bed for the friendly confines of the Happy Chair while Bosco makes his little bed in his apartment and...
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TUESDAY QUICKIE
Just a quick update from last night's stitching:Happy Tuesday, kids! Finishing a project today and then it's off to the library. More tomorrow, I promise!
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I've had a lot of comments and emails asking me about my sister, Aunt Chrissy.Friends, will you allow me to simply say that things just didn't work out with us and that she is now...elsewhere? I'm...
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