I'm Here

Just wanted to let you all know that I'm still here.

It's been absolutely crazy busy and I can't believe we're almost to the end of June!

My mom has been having numerous medical issues and we've been to many doctors.  Just this week, we have 3 appointments with 3 different doctors in 3 different cities.  That means I get to drive two hours north on one day, an hour and half south another day and two hours east the third day.  Too much driving, too many appointments and too stressful if you ask me.

I hope to get back to regular updates soon.

Happy Wednesday!

25 years ago

I married my best friend

and the love of my life!

Ok, now back to those balls of pearl cotton

Back in the early 80's, I forced my sister to go with me to Lee Wards, a local needlework/craft kit assembly warehouse.  They made needlework and craft kits that were shipped from their location in Elgin, IL.  They had a good size retail outlet that I could spend hours in.

I found this Hardanger book in the clearance bin.  

I had never heard of or seen Hardanger before and I fell in love with it.

I convinced my sister that her reward for going with me to the store was that she got to choose the thread colors for my new project.   She chose these gray and peach colors.

I don't know which of these I did first or why I chose two different colors of fabric.

Each one is 8 - 9 inches square. 

I was thinking this was probably the first one I worked on because 

of the number of mistakes, but I'm not sure.

This one is not without mistakes either.

I don't know if I completed all the stitching on these.   As I looked through the Hardanger book, I was unable to find this design.  I clearly remember buying this book for this design, but darn if I can find it.

What would you do with these two pieces?