Hurrah for rain

It's bucketing down outside and while that isn't normally a good thing on a Saturday, today it is super. If it weren't raining, I'd have to go to an outdoor student event, but it is - so I can stay home and sew. Woot!!

Earthiness

It just occurred to me that my new "at work" project also qualifies for the "Project Spectrum - Earth" theme for April and May. What could be more earthy than three brown, black, and white goats??

A new twist

I never seem to get out of my office at lunchtime. so I've decided to bring a new, small project here to work on while eating at my desk. On last fall's road trip, I bought a small piece featuring the goats bred at the Carl Sandburg home in North Carolina. It's from the Posy Collection, and should work up nicely in small doses. Let's see!

Hurray! I have a computer!

Well, the bad news is that my laptop is deader than a doornail. The good news is that I have a new desktop computer and everything seems to be working fine. I'll be able to post again from home and I won't have to sneak around at work. Whew! Now if I just had time to work on any project....

I am harried beyond belief at work and it won't get better until the second half of the month. Maybe then I'll be able to stitch on my (theoretically!) free time.

One more for fire...

My Amaryllis came through and bloomed a fiery red in time for Project Spectrum: Fire!

Hurray for Friday, but still no computer

I'm being very naughty and posting from work on my lunch hour because my laptop is still in the shop. Here's a photo update on the genealogy sampler.




It's actually further along, but this is the most recent set of photos. I don't know why it came out so badly - it's the same camera I use for all my posts!

Did you feel the earth move?

Happy Monday to everyone. It's raining and we just had a little earthquake. The local seismic center puts it at just 3.5, so it was a bitty one! I hope my computer is ok in the shop, so that someday I can post again from home! I had a very productive weekend on the sewing front. My family/genealogy sampler is ready for the names to be entered. The outside border is redesigned and complete and is about 20 by 23 inches. I think I overestimated the size in an earlier post. It just FEELS bigger! It was originally a stitcher's alphabet from the Mary Jane Collection in the UK, but I took out the designer's initials, some repeated alphabets, and some number charts and added family information instead. Eventually I'll post pictures of the original and the altered versions.