Last finish of 2011

March and I started this at the beginning of the year as our SAL piece. I finished mine Wednesday. It is Tavern Signs Too by Carriage House Samplings.

It is stitched with the called for NPIs and stitched over one on 28 ct. lugana that I tea and coffee dyed.

I hope everyone has a Happy and Blessed New Year!

December TUSAL & Holiday Wishes

I can't believe I haven't posted for a month! I have been stitching a hardanger piece for my sister for Christmas as you can tell from all the white threads in my jar.

The other picture I have to share is I picked up my Celtic Garden by Chatelaine from In Stitches. Those ladies did a great job framing it.

I hope everyone has a wonderful holiday and I will see you all next year.

TUSAL

Here is my picture of this month's TUSAL. Lots of different colors. Black, blue, red, and whites. All of this from Chinese Garden.

One of the Greatest Sci-Fi Writers

Anne McCaffrey passed away earlier this week. She was one of the first women to breach the pre-dominately male field of science fiction. I've read the Pern series several times. One of my other favorites is the Crystal singer series. I had the luck to meet her at a convention in New York many years ago. She had on a blue velvet outfit that she described as "harper blue". Anyone who has read the dragonrider books know what this is. We have truly lost a gifted storyteller.