Gardening indoors

As it's still cold and wet outside, my porch plants are all still in my workroom. They're looking pretty good and I'm going to have both Christmas cactus and amaryllis blooming for Easter. Not too bad! All the herb seeds I planted have also sprouted. They'll be yummy eating in a few months. Now it's time to start flowers and tomatoes. I got a bunch of heirloom seeds at Monticello last fall, so hopefully they will do well.

WIP

Well, I finally joined the SCA, so I can go to the Drachenwald Coronation in June. So that's one task down! Now I just have to make a costume. Oh dear!

On the WIP front, this sampler is rolling along:



It started out as a stitcher's alphabet, but it just cried out for some changes and now it is going to be a genealogy piece for my family. What you can't tell is that it's pretty big. The finished section is nearly 18 inches high. (That's the original package at the bottom of the photo and it's bigger than letter size paper) I think I will be able to fit at least five, possibly six, generations of names in the center. I took out some alphabets on both sides and added the names of countries my ancestors came from. (England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Germany, and Holland) I am such a mongrel American! I also gave in to my O/C side and made the top border symmetrical by adding some additional trees and a bird. Heh heh heh. I'm still plugging along on the Easter piece, but as I said earlier, I hate working with the metallic blending filament, so it doesn't flow as quickly.

One more

by Just Nan. This is her Enchanted Swans. It was a limited class and I really enjoyed working with silk on linen.

Henry is a hunk!

Oh my. I just watched episode one of the first season of "The Tudors" on DVD. Jonathan Rhys-Meyers makes a great Henry VIII and the costumes are seriously inspirational. I don't think there are too many men who could look that good in those silly puffed pantaloons, but he manages. And the women's dresses make me want to go back into costuming in a serious way. Okay, fine. I know I've been shilly-shallying about rejoining the SCA, but the time has come.

Reversed Seasons

Here it is, a beautiful day in spring, but what am I posting? A Halloween bellpull. I WILL get all my old stuff posted someday and then everything will be in its proper season. I loved making this one. It is loaded with china bats and candy corn and sparkly spiders and has the "goblins and ghosties" prayer.

In the Forest

This piece, Woodland Walk by the Drawn Thread , is to be a companion to the Green Man plaque in my livingroom. I have to get it framed and up in time for May Day.

The Sorcerer

He's all done and ready for framing.
Somehow there's a message in finishing a piece my son picked 2 minutes before he calls to tell me he got the job he wanted. It's wizardry!