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Thursday, 15 March 2012

Theme-a-licious March Update


March's theme is March Madness, I plan to stitch as many different designers as fit in my schedule (how's that for a fudge?!)

So far we have:
Julie from In the Company of Friends (Dark Alphabet)
Chez Elisa for the Needlecraft Haven Freebie Challenge
Debra Page for the WOCS Daffodil Flower of the Month card
Sandy from San Man Originals for her Little Quilt Shop
Marie Suarez for My Lovely Sewing Tools from GoS online magazine
Joan Elliott for the JE RR on the Yuku Board.

I received the RR piece but rather than start on it immediately I felt the urge to put in a couple of evenings on My Lovely Sewing Tools.  That's my definition of Madness - Throw Crazy to the Wind!  Here are my Before and After shots to show the progress after three evenings:

Before:
After:
The top pic is a photo, the bottom is scanned into the computer.  The fabric is a 40 count antique white Newcastle linen so the scanned pic is closer in colour although a little bleached.

This is my part of Jacqui's Joan Elliott RR.  Her theme is "Your Favourite Joan Elliott design".  It's an impossible choice so I chose a genre I won't be stitched on any of the other RRs.  Here is one evening's progress: 


Again the scanner has bleached the fabric colour.

Can you guess what the design is?  I'm trying Anchor 403 instead of DMC 310.  It is marginally thicker on 28 count.  I was also recommended Vicky Clayton's HDF black.  Does anyone know of a UK stockist?

I'm also using black on another project and I'm trying 3 strands of 310 which is working well.
Finally, a non-stitchy item - my boys have normal names as I've said before but I do call them cute nicknames and use terms of endearment.  A lady came to the door today, while we were chatting The Small Boy was behind the stair gate and wanted me.  I said "Hang on a moment sweet pea, Mummy will be with you".  Lady-on-doorstep: "Sweetpea, that's a pretty name".

Now, (A) he's a BOY (OK he has a mop of hair but he's very boyish under it) and (B) what kind of person calls a child of either gender "Sweetpea"?  I'm not Olive Oyl and hubby isn't Popeye.  LOL.
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13 comments:

  1. Christine16 March 2012 at 07:23

    Your sewing tools sampler is lovely.
    LOL at the woman at the door, I call lots of the children at school Sweetpea, it's code for "I've forgotten your name for a minute"
    I suppose anything is possible, some of the names celebrities give their children make you wonder. I honestly thought the Beckhams had called their little girl Half Past Seven the first time I heard it

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  2. Mouse16 March 2012 at 09:11

    hahahah love your fudge ...lol and cooo can't think what you have started .... and yooo hooo olive ..lol
    I call peeps sweet pea too especially little ones ..can't wait to see what you get up to with hermitting :) love mouse xxxx

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  3. Julie16 March 2012 at 10:08

    Sewing tools is stunning!
    Cutie nicknames are norm around here too, my daughter is commonly known as Nelly, her real name is Amy and the big lad is Lurch (after Anthony in the Royale family).
    I was out with granddaughter Isabelle last week, she had on beautiful pink coat and pale pink hat, crocheted pink blanket on the pushchair and the supermarket assistant comnented 'what a cute little boy!!!!

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  4. Giovanna16 March 2012 at 11:03

    That sampler is really beautiful - nice progress!

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  5. Eyani Ryou16 March 2012 at 12:56

    The sewing tools looks great as does the start of the RR! I'm about halfway through my block!

    Lol at sweet pea! I thought I'd said some stupid things but thats epic!

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  6. Sherrie16 March 2012 at 14:01

    Hi!
    Beautiful! Makes me want to pick up my cross stitch again. Have a great day!

    Sherrie
    Food for Thought
    http://100sweets.blogspot.com/2012/03/theme-licious-march-madness-check-in.html

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  7. geeky Heather16 March 2012 at 14:28

    LOL, I just noticed your "leave a comment" blurb! Great progress you've made; was Madame Muriel holding you back before??

    Sweetpea is such a cute nickname. :) Maybe that lady has been reading too many Hollywood magazines...we've got one actress's kid named "Apple."

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  8. Deb16 March 2012 at 14:29

    I love your sewing tools sampler. I don't think that I've seen that design before but I really like it.

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  9. ♥ Nia16 March 2012 at 16:54

    You have many wips on your hands :)
    Enjoy your March madness!! :D

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  10. Joysze16 March 2012 at 19:00

    Awww, I think sweetpea is such a cute term of endearment. :D

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  11. Ruth16 March 2012 at 20:24

    Hey Olive Oyl :)

    Love the progress. If you cross your fingers and hope real hard I might remember all weekend long to bring some 310 replacement options (like Vikki's or Splendor) in and ship them off to you to try. I tend to use Splendor just because I tend to find it first and I have easy shopping access to it, but Vikki's black is very nice.

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  12. Susan16 March 2012 at 22:10

    Your Sewing Tools looks great - you've made a lot of progress. I know what you mean about the black thread - I've started having coverage issues with it and well, just aboue every very dark color.

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  13. Kaisievic16 March 2012 at 23:11

    Sweet story about a sweetpea!

    hugs, Kaye xoxo

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