Hurricane Gustav and stitching

I hope everyone is safely at home today along the Gulf Coast with this crazy hurricane that has come through!!

It's been a busy weekend. I've got some stitching done when I could find the time to do so! My family and I were getting our house ready for Gustav by putting things away in our backyard shed, bringing flower pots inside, and making sure that items that couldn't fit in the shed were tied down. We also made a grocery run and stocked up on foodstuffs in case we lost power. Even though we were lucky in not getting the worst of Gustav, I don't regret getting our house ready for the season! We even got our generator out and ran it for an hour since we haven't used it since Katrina.

In terms of stitching, I worked on my WIP Sampler Elements by Anagram Diffusion. I love French cross stitch patterns. They are so beautiful ;)



The fabric I'm using for this pattern is 32ct olive green Belfast linen and measures 27" x 27". I didn't think the color would work for this design. I wanted a lighter green, but a very nice lady at Patches and Stitches suggested the color when I told her what DMC thread color (498) I was using for the pattern :)


Design: Anagram Diffusions, Sampler Elements
Thread: DMC 498
Fabric: 32ct olive green Belfast linen


This is the first block I worked on from January throughout March. My aunt got the pattern for me during Christmas. I had to wait until January when I went up to visit some friends in Huntsville before visting their LNS and getting advice on fabric and thread colors.


Wow!! I actually ironed it so it would look nice ^___^ Yesterday and today, I worked on the lower left of the 'Eau' block of the pattern. I also got the ribbon by the dolphin finished and the first letter of Eau ;)

Well, I'll post later with more progress on my WIP. I'm going to get some reading done while I have the rest of the day off from work. I'm reading Georgiana, The Duchess of Devonshire by Amanda Foreman. It's quite good for a biography. The movie version called The Duchess comes out later in September. I can't wait to see it!! I love Keira Knightley when she is in historical films. I'm a sucker for historical period films!! I love the costumes ;)

Be safe! Happy stitching ^___^