Stitching with Pixie

Hey, Friends.

Thanks for your concern about Pixie. The doctor says she has a subluxated knee, and we're trying some anti-inflammatory meds to see if that will ease her pain. Since it wasn't caused by "doing" anything, we think she must have just turned it on a stone or divot. She can't jump up or down from furniture, and has to be carried up and down steps, but that's about it for now. She does seem to be putting a little weight on it, once in a while.

This is a little cross-stitch finish. I thought it was cute, but don't know what I'll do with it - maybe hang it at work?? Sanity?? by Jessica Willis Burr from The Gift of Stitching, October 2006. I used Finca #12 for the solid, but mostly Omega #50 variegated cotton.



I've also started Quaker Blues, by Leeanne - StitchWiz, on My Nifty Needle. I'm using Vikki Clayton's silks from Hand-dyed Fibers. Such lovely silk fibers! At the local stitching group Tuesday night, one of the ladies asked if she could see them, and she took the bunch in her hand and just eewwwddddd. They really do have that wonderful 'hand' you're looking for!

~Happy Stitching~
Charlene in SC.USA

A couple of Finishes

I'm doing to stitch along with Quaker Blues, but that doesn't start until March 1, so thought I'd stitch up a quick little cutie from TSOG, 2007. It's Seek Peace by Helga Mandl. I had said that QB would be my first cross stitch in silk, but decided to do this little one with silk. Oh wow - what a treat. I've done lots of embroidery with silk, but really loved doing this. It's Vikki's hand-dyed fibers.

I'm planning to go to a stitching retreat in March, so today I stitched up a little name tag.

~Happy Stitching~
Charlene in SC.USA

Week Ending

Today I finished a little cross stitch piece from The Gift of Stitching electronic magazine, I Celebrate Even My Mistakes by Lynn Herzberg, July 2007. I added a few buttons and beads that weren't called for, but thought they helped fill it in a bit.

Did you see the lovely full moon earlier this week?

~Happy Stitching~
Charlene in SC.USA