After the storm

Yesterday we hit 103 degrees. It was hot hot hot! Then about 10:30 last night the storm came through. I have never seen wind like that. It looked like a tornado was outside our front door. Eighty mile an hour winds. There are 1.2 million people in our area without electricity; almost 500,000 in Northern VA alone. We were really lucky we didn't lose power. There are trees down everywhere. I went to our LNS to sign up for the Lock In later this month and in one place half of the six lane highway was closed because a tree was across it.

Now on to to the fun stuff. While down at In Stitches I picked up the new Mirabilia pattern "Dressmaker's Daughter". I love it. I also went ahead and got the called for fabric - 32 ct chocolate - and the Waterlilies (thanks Patricia for helping me decide!)

Don't know when I'll start it, but it really called to me.

Well, everybody try to stay cool.

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Finished!

I finally finished 13 Colonies. YAY! I love this piece so much. My DH said I have to get it framed. The colors on this are so nice. I knew I had to do it when I saw it. Virginia is the first colony listed and I'm a Virginia girl born and bred.

The next subject I want to mention is customer service. Some of you may remember a few months ago I mentioned that 7-11 had sugar free mango Slurpees. I wrote an email to 7-11 to state how much I appreciated it as I am diabetic. Today in the mail there was an envelope from 7-11 with a letter thanking me for the feedback. They also included two coupons for free Slurpees. Now that is customer service. Usually you receive a letter from a company when you complain, not when you compliment them. I was delightfully surprised.

TUSAL - Late Again!

Well, heck, I'm late again. Here is my little jar and DBS all in one.

Last night was the last Stitch Night at the LNS for the next two months. I know I'm going to go into withdrawl. I did get a lot of stitching done on 13 Colonies though. All that's left is the border on the bottom.

Since my parents have moved down to Roanoke we've been told to reclaim some of the things from the Pennsylvania house. I made this for my dad several years ago. He was an avid fisherman and I used to go with him when I was younger. My DH has recently taken up fishing, so I thought it was appropriate for him now.

Finally, we went down to Roanoke for Father's Day and my brother-in-law's sister had her dog with her. He is a Mastiff. Get a load of the size of his head!

He is a sweetheart. Friendly as could be. The only problem is he drools. A lot! I would never be able to handle all that slobber.

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June WIPocalypse

Here is what I have worked on the past month.

Deep Blue Sea - Before

Deep Blue Sea - After

13 Colonies - Before

13 Colonies - After

Hopefully I'll get more done this month.

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Featured!

Our LNS is featured in Norden Crafts first online newsletter. Just go here and you can read about the great shop in our area.

Finally!

I finally have some stitching to post. I've been in a reading mood lately and my stitching has suffered for it. So, Friday they let us leave early for the holiday weekend at 1:00 pm if we had all our work done (that's Memorial Day for non-Americans). I decided to finally work some more on Deep Blue Sea. I finished part 3 last night, except the beading. I still need to bead parts 1 through 3. I think that is what I am going to do today. I've decided to just put on the delicas and leave the larger beads until the end so they don't cause divits in the fabric when it gets rolled up. Now, here is my picture.

  This is really becoming a beautiful piece. Hopefully I'll catch up part 4 & 5 soon. Part 6 comes out next month, which come to think of it, is the end of this week. AH! I need to stitch faster!

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May WIPocalypse

So here's my post for May.

13 Colonies

 I'm getting close to finishing this. A few more states and the bottom border and then it will be done. I only work on this at stitch night so it seems like it's slow going but I am happy with the progress.













 I've finished one side of part 3 on Deep Blue Sea and started on the right side. I'm trying to catch up on this one, so it will be on the stand and be my focus piece at home.

Next up is The Astronomer. I finished page 7 and hence the first row. After I catch up DBS I'm going to start the second row on this.

I picked this up at Stitch Night last Wednesday. It is Mirabilia's new Santa. Don't know when I will start it but I was really taken with it.

Finally, in non-stitching information, we went to see The Avengers today. AWESOME! Joss Whedon did a great job with the screenplay and the direction. As a former comic collector I have to say I was very pleased with the way it was handled. Go see it if you get the chance.

The other discovery I made today is the 7-11 has a sugar free Mango Slurpee! That is great news for diabetics like me. I plan on getting one almost every day. Whoo Hoo!

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