Thursday, July 30, 2009

DH & I at the Bean



The last time DH & I were in Chicago, we visited Cloud Gate & took this photo from cell phone
So much fun to be in the park and the 'bean' is so much fun to see

Tuesday, July 28, 2009

The Poe Shadow



WEB SITE HERE


I bought this audiobook from Barnes & Noble --- I just love it. Historical Fiction. The story telling on this audio is FAN TASTIC & I feel like I'm moving along with the characters in the story.


Highly Recommended by me

Sunday, July 26, 2009

The Dante Club



This was GREAT - GREAT - GREAT!


If you are into historical fiction, don't miss it


WEB SITE LINK HERE


I thought The Last Dickens audiobook was one of the best I'd ever listened to. So, looked up Matthew Pearl & saw he wrote others --- The Dante Club does not disappoint!

I also have purchased The Poe Shadow audio from the Barnes & Noble sale rack.

Pulled Thread --- NAY**

 

Violet Square
c 1986 Needle Maid Designs, Inc.
Yes, I've had this kit in my stash a long time. I finally finished the cross stitched center (violet) and the border of pulled thread (four sided stitches)
It made with DMC floss, one yellow bead (from my stash) on 30-count creme linen
I used Garnet Iris seed beads around the outer edge
I have a couple more of these kits in my stash --- I don't want to have them another 10 years!!!
One kit has blue floral motif in center -- the other a beautiful rose in the center. Both have the same pulled thread border
Close up of beaded edges for these two NAY** projects
AND, those needles are great with beads -- no beads got stuck on the eye of the tapestry needle. WOOT!
Tiny Sampler
La-D-Da Freebie
I used perle coton #5: 932 lt blue, 801 brown, 3045 gold, 3687 pink, 3052 green, 930 blue on 18-ct Shaker Linen. Because of the linen count, this pillow ended up being 8" x 8"
I used this pattern to demonstrate counted cross stitch at the Lake County Fair -- maybe 2 years ago? I pulled it out of the closet & found some gold beads to use around the outside edge. Now I like it!
**NAY: Not Another Year

Monday, July 13, 2009

Lisa See

Lisa See

Shanghai Girls

I checked out this audio book from the public library. I am still in line for a couple books & thought this looked interesting.

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