#gottabead

I went off to Seminar thinking of beading which is weird as neither of my classes involved beads.

And we even stopped at a bead store, oops, two beads stores where I didn't buy beads.

I was even dreaming about beading 

So I bought two Fern Ridge scissor fob kits from ABC Stitch which ran the shop at Seminar.

I did the peyote part of Salty Halloween on Wednesday and the fringe today. I love a quick project that looks so great. Tremendous satisfaction to be had.

But apparently that isn't enough  Because I resurrected this canvas that I started last January. I went a bit astray on the right side of the moon. So today I ripped and began that section again. Funny, I never realized how crooked this canvas is until I was looking at the photo. Don't think I'll attempt to fix that. Lol.

Home Again

 Unfortunately our time in Louisville has run out. Out of the hotel around 7 and off to Wild Eggs for coffee and sustenance.

My travel companions son insisted we stop in Lesage at Hillbilly Hotdogs. So we did.

 True work of American kitsch here.

 We ate on a bus. And admired all the signatures of previous customers 

 Bye, bye Louisville. You were grand.

Diamond Jubilee

 Old logo

 New logo

 OMG. Milkwood, a restaurant by Chef Edward Lee. My duck breast appetizer.

 My drink, Everything Was Beautiful

And from Bourbon Down Under, a Southern Comfort Biscuit.

I love this place  No needlework photos till I'm happy with my progress on my 4-day class.

An Elegant Brooch

First class, a one-day with Kaye Judt. An introductory goldwork class. 

 Begins with basting the design.

 Then onto couching the pearl purl.

 Next we couched some Kreinik braid 

Next, chipping the bright check, stitching some Rays, and add a Rivoli. I'll make this into a pin when I get home.

Louisville

Here we are, back in Louisville for the 60th year celebration of the Embroiderers' Guild of America.

It's Wednesday morning and time for my first class to begin  

Lincolnmania

I have a thing for our 16th President. Finally pulled this Ann Brinkley design out of my stash.

Can't believe I chose to basketweave the sky with Silk Lame 18, but here I am. Time for a second card  

A Blur

Life’s been a blur lately. My son and his family have been staying with us as they move from Italy to Ft Sill, Oklahoma.

The girls are so adorable and so active.

They are on their way west and we’re here in Virginia in a very quiet house.

But I did give the older granddaughter her first needlepoint kit. And gave my daughter in law her first cross stitch.

Serious Moonlight

I created this original piece (an adaptation because I used a photograph ) of David Bowie in answer to the Quest Challenge, music.

Two sets of background threads, six stitches.

A Ziggy tribute in the upper right 

I'm happy with my third place ribbon 

ANG Time

It's time for the Stars and Stripes Seminar to begin  I will be there  but first I have to work today and tomorrow. I will arrive on Friday  

This year I have two pieces in the exhibit. One is our Chapter's versions of Sue Kerndt's Holiday Patches. From the photo  you can see I changed things. My version features map fabric for my map guy. I even found Honolulu on a map! The second piece is an original  More on that later...

Mini Sock

Great to get something back from finishing. This one will always make me smile. Not only because we had a fantastic vacation in Hawaii a few years ago and stayed right on Waikiki. But because my hubby was born in Honolulu. 

I've got three more ornaments at the finishers making a total of four new ones for our tree. 

I could just stitch ornaments all the time. Small areas and the immediate reward of finishing each section. 

Here's the stitch I used on the building at the bottom right. It's double stitch. Very useful for texture. You could use two different threads.