September Recap:
Read:
1. We Two - Victoria and Albert: Rulers, Partners, Rivals by Gillian Gill
2. A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett
3. Fablehaven by Brandon Mull
4. Sara Crewe or What Happened at Miss Minchin's by Frances Hodgson Burnett
5. The Mummy or Ramnes the Damned by Anne Rice
6. Princess of the Midnight Ball by Jessica George Day
7. The Crocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth Peters
8. Curse of the Pharaohs by Elizabeth Peters
Stitched:
1. Eek by Pine Mountain Designs
2. Jack O'Lantern by Casey Buonaugurio
3. Pumpkin Patch by Prairie Schooler 'Trick or Treat' Designer Series
I finished stitching Pumpkin Patch by Prairie Schooler just a few minutes ago. I think I'll have it framed as it is a lovely Fall design.
We are officially in the 'Fall' season now as our temperatures have been in the 50s during the mornings and evenings this week. I hope it lasts and this isn't a teaser before hot weather descends on us for another week or two!!
Until next time ^____^
Thursday, September 30, 2010
Saturday, September 18, 2010
Stash and stitching
Hi! I hope you're having a great weekend so far. Sadly, we are still having hot temperatures during the day with teasing cooler temperatures in the morning. I can't wait for Fall to officially get here and stay for awhile ;)
I went by my LNS this morning and picked up some fabric: 1 piece of 28ct China Moon Zweigart and 2 pieces of 32ct cream Belfast. I also went by Hobby Lobby and picked up some DMC threads. I hope to start some Halloween stitching tomorrow!!
I'll have a pic if I start anything tomorrow! Right now, I'm off to attend a baby shower. It should be loads of fun!
Until next time ^___^
I went by my LNS this morning and picked up some fabric: 1 piece of 28ct China Moon Zweigart and 2 pieces of 32ct cream Belfast. I also went by Hobby Lobby and picked up some DMC threads. I hope to start some Halloween stitching tomorrow!!
I'll have a pic if I start anything tomorrow! Right now, I'm off to attend a baby shower. It should be loads of fun!
Until next time ^___^
Thursday, September 16, 2010
A Happy Pumpkin
I was at my local bookstore a while ago on the hunt for birthday gifts and I saw the Halloween issue of JCS on the shelves! And of course I couldn't resist starting one of the designs once I got the magazine home!
Design: Jack O'Lantern by Casey Buonaugurio
Threads: DMC
Fabric: 30 ct Carrot Zweigart
Start/Finish: 9/5/2010
I haven't decided how to finish this one yet. Maybe a pinkeep or pillow ;)
Until next time ^____^
Design: Jack O'Lantern by Casey Buonaugurio
Threads: DMC
Fabric: 30 ct Carrot Zweigart
Start/Finish: 9/5/2010
I haven't decided how to finish this one yet. Maybe a pinkeep or pillow ;)
Until next time ^____^
A little ghost!
Design: Eek by Pine Mountain Designs
Threads: DMC
Fabric: Unknown color and count
Start/Finish: 9/4/2010
Hi, everyone! I finished this little ghostie a couple of weeks ago, but I haven't been able to post about it until today.
I found this Pine Mountain Designs kit at my LNS in their sale section! This design is actually a pillow finish, but I haven't finished it yet ;)
Hopefully, I'll get to it this weekend amongst errands and attending a baby shower for a friend.
Until next time ^____^
Sunday, August 29, 2010
Holmes and fairy tales!
Hi, everyone! It's been raining for three days straight now and I'm longing for some sunshine. I've spent the weekend shopping for upcoming birthdays and lounging around watching The Complete Sherlock Holmes Collection on DVD starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce.
I've also finished reading The Complete Fairy Tales by Charles Perrault. My favorite tales were Tufty Ricky and Bluebeard as I've never read them before. The morals for each story in the collection were interesting. Tufty Ricky's morals:
"This tale is not so very fanciful
For what's true is true forever;
Those we love are always beautiful,
Those we love are always clever."
"Though nature paints some people's features
In lovely tints beyond the reach of art,
Still there's something hidden in all creatures
For love to find, and melt the heart."
Bluebeard is a strange tale of a nobleman with a blue beard who marries several times, but no one knows where his wives are. He marries a young lady in the village with strict instructions that she can have everything and do anything, but she must never use his house key to open a forbidden room. He goes away for several weeks and the lady's curiosity gets the better of her. She opens the door to find the bodies of Bluebeard's previous wives hanging from the wall.
She tries to hide the fact that she has been in the room, but the key is her downfall. It is a magic key that stains with blood when the door is opened, the blood cannot be washed off. When her husband finds out that she has disobeyed him, he says that he must kill her. Luckily, her brothers come at the last moment and kill Bluebeard. She inherits his fortune and land. She uses her money to help her family and eventually marries a good man.
One moral of the story:
"Curiosity has its lure,
But all the same
It's a paltry kind of pleasure
And a risky game.
The thrill of peeping is soon over;
And then the cost is to discover."
It is quite an odd tale that doesn't explain the matter of his dead wives or his blue beard. Academics have theorized that the tale might be based on Gilles de Rais or Conomor the Accursed who were known for their cruelty.
Always a favorite with children, fairy tales were originally intended for adults while children were a secondary audience. Fairy tales began to be adapted for children in the 19th and 20th centuries.
An example of a tale that every child knows, but was intended for adults is Little Red Riding Hood. Based on earlier oral stories, Charles Perrault wrote a version of the story in 1697 to be included in his Tales of Mother Goose. His intended audience could have well been the court of Louis XIV, especially with the second part of his moral for the tale.
"And this warning take, I beg:
Not every wolf runs on four legs.
The smooth tongue of a smooth-skinned creature
May mask a rough and wolfish nature.
These quiet types, for all their charm,
Can be the cause of the worse harm."
I loved reading fairy tales as a child. My favorites were the 'Fairy Books' by Andrew Lang. Unfortunately, my local libraries only have two books from that series left in their holdings today, The Rainbow Book of Fairy Book and The Yellow Book of Fairy Book.
Re-reading fairy tales as an adult is just as enjoyable. The morals of the story take on a different meaning for you as an adult than they did as a child.
Take some time and have fun re-reading some fairy tales!
Until next time ^____^
I've also finished reading The Complete Fairy Tales by Charles Perrault. My favorite tales were Tufty Ricky and Bluebeard as I've never read them before. The morals for each story in the collection were interesting. Tufty Ricky's morals:
"This tale is not so very fanciful
For what's true is true forever;
Those we love are always beautiful,
Those we love are always clever."
"Though nature paints some people's features
In lovely tints beyond the reach of art,
Still there's something hidden in all creatures
For love to find, and melt the heart."
Bluebeard is a strange tale of a nobleman with a blue beard who marries several times, but no one knows where his wives are. He marries a young lady in the village with strict instructions that she can have everything and do anything, but she must never use his house key to open a forbidden room. He goes away for several weeks and the lady's curiosity gets the better of her. She opens the door to find the bodies of Bluebeard's previous wives hanging from the wall.
She tries to hide the fact that she has been in the room, but the key is her downfall. It is a magic key that stains with blood when the door is opened, the blood cannot be washed off. When her husband finds out that she has disobeyed him, he says that he must kill her. Luckily, her brothers come at the last moment and kill Bluebeard. She inherits his fortune and land. She uses her money to help her family and eventually marries a good man.
One moral of the story:
"Curiosity has its lure,
But all the same
It's a paltry kind of pleasure
And a risky game.
The thrill of peeping is soon over;
And then the cost is to discover."
It is quite an odd tale that doesn't explain the matter of his dead wives or his blue beard. Academics have theorized that the tale might be based on Gilles de Rais or Conomor the Accursed who were known for their cruelty.
Always a favorite with children, fairy tales were originally intended for adults while children were a secondary audience. Fairy tales began to be adapted for children in the 19th and 20th centuries.
An example of a tale that every child knows, but was intended for adults is Little Red Riding Hood. Based on earlier oral stories, Charles Perrault wrote a version of the story in 1697 to be included in his Tales of Mother Goose. His intended audience could have well been the court of Louis XIV, especially with the second part of his moral for the tale.
"And this warning take, I beg:
Not every wolf runs on four legs.
The smooth tongue of a smooth-skinned creature
May mask a rough and wolfish nature.
These quiet types, for all their charm,
Can be the cause of the worse harm."
I loved reading fairy tales as a child. My favorites were the 'Fairy Books' by Andrew Lang. Unfortunately, my local libraries only have two books from that series left in their holdings today, The Rainbow Book of Fairy Book and The Yellow Book of Fairy Book.
Re-reading fairy tales as an adult is just as enjoyable. The morals of the story take on a different meaning for you as an adult than they did as a child.
Take some time and have fun re-reading some fairy tales!
Until next time ^____^
August Recap
August Recap:
Read:
1. Emily of New Moon by Lucy Maud Montgomery
2. The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins
3. Beauty From Ashes by Dorothy Clark
4. Emily Climbs by Lucy Maud Montgomery
5. Emily's Quest by Lucy Maud Montgomery
6. Fashion in the Time of Jane Austen by Sarah Jane Downing
7. Becoming Queen Victoria by Kate Williams
8. Wizard's First Rule by Terry Goodkind
9. The Complete Fairy Tales by Charles Perrault
Stitched:
1. Political Pin - Democrat donkey - Mill Hill kit
2. Fall freebie by Trail Creek Farm
3. Summer freebie by Trail Creek Farm
4. Spring freebie by Trail Creek Farm
5. Winter freebie by Trail Creek Farm
6. Fall Squared Snippet by Lizzie Kate
7. Autumn ABC's by Lizzie Kate
Crafts:
1. Flower pin made of pink/white buttons
My goals for next month are more Fall stitching and hopefully a lot more 'finishing'. I want to learn some more techniques to finishing my works. Like most stitchers, I have a lot of stitched designs in a stack that haven't been finished into anything O_o"
Until next time ^_____^
Read:
1. Emily of New Moon by Lucy Maud Montgomery
2. The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins
3. Beauty From Ashes by Dorothy Clark
4. Emily Climbs by Lucy Maud Montgomery
5. Emily's Quest by Lucy Maud Montgomery
6. Fashion in the Time of Jane Austen by Sarah Jane Downing
7. Becoming Queen Victoria by Kate Williams
8. Wizard's First Rule by Terry Goodkind
9. The Complete Fairy Tales by Charles Perrault
Stitched:
1. Political Pin - Democrat donkey - Mill Hill kit
2. Fall freebie by Trail Creek Farm
3. Summer freebie by Trail Creek Farm
4. Spring freebie by Trail Creek Farm
5. Winter freebie by Trail Creek Farm
6. Fall Squared Snippet by Lizzie Kate
7. Autumn ABC's by Lizzie Kate
Crafts:
1. Flower pin made of pink/white buttons
My goals for next month are more Fall stitching and hopefully a lot more 'finishing'. I want to learn some more techniques to finishing my works. Like most stitchers, I have a lot of stitched designs in a stack that haven't been finished into anything O_o"
Until next time ^_____^
NZ Package Received!
Hi, everyone! I sent a package to a dear friend in New Zealand a couple of weeks ago! I was worried that it might have been lost along the high seas, but luckily my friend wrote yesterday to say that she received it ;)
I used a lovely pink gingham box from Hobby Lobby to send her some stationery, candy, cross stitch magazine and patterns, and some fun things from one of my local museums.
I also included three cross-stitched items. My Printemps pinkeep, Flower tin, and the Violet biscornu with my grandmother's vintage buttons.
I can't wait to think of some new ideas for another package in the Fall ;)
Until next time ^____^
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Autumn ABC's
Design: Autumn ABC's Snippet by Lizzie Kate
Fabric: 28ct antique white linen M.C.G Textiles
Threads: Recommended DMC
Start/Finish: 8/24-25/2010
The weather was perfect for stitching this morning. Just a little hint of cooler temperatures, tempting us with the promise of Fall.
Until next time ^____^
Saturday, August 21, 2010
Fall and a cute little crow
Design: Fall Squared Snippet by Lizzie Kate
Threads: Recommended DMC
Fabric: Unknown count & color
Start/Finish: 8/21/2010
Hi, everyone! As you can see, I've been quite busy today with some stitching. I loved this design and the little crow button from Just Another Button Company gives it such character.
I'm not sure what color and count this fabric is. I think it might be 28ct, but I can't remember. I bought this linen and some other darker brown fabrics earlier this year (maybe last year) for some Halloween designs. Of course, I never got around to those designs so I dug out this linen to use for Fall Squared.
Thanks to Brigitte for your lovely comments on my Trail Creek Farm designs. Yes, they are all in the same series. I couldn't resist finishing them all ^__^
I hope everyone is enjoying their weekend with your projects, etc.
Until next time ^____^
A hat for Winter
Design: Winter freebie by Trail Creek Farm
Threads: DMC 311, 334, and 3746
Fabric: 32ct cream Belfast Zweigart
Start/Finish: 8/21/2010
The last in Trail Creek Farm's freebie season series. A nice warm hat for the winter!
I think I might frame the series eventually in a horizontal matboard in the future. I wish I knew how to do my own framing ;)
Until next time ^____^
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