This weekend has been cold,rainy & windy in New England. It has not stopped raining since Saturday morning as I write this at 9:30am on Monday. On Saturday I went to an open house at the Cordon Bleu Cooking School in Boston. My oldest daughter Sabrina has been accepted there & if the financing goes through she will start on April 6. Fingers are crossed.
On a stitching front the weather made it a great stitching weekend. I got a good start on Quaker Halloween. I must say I like my color better than the recommended colors. To me purple is not a Halloween color. I am using Crescent Colors Belle Soie Lasagne silk.Love how it stitches. The fabric is 25 count mushroom lugana. This is my first Quaker & I love it. It will get 2 weeks & then I will stitch on The Astronomer for 2 weeks. This time the rotation seems to be working for me. I just finished 2 weeks on Cottage Garden Rug but forgot to take pictures so will post those another time.
Looks good. Good luck to your daughter too.
ReplyDeleteWhat a pretty color you chose, think it will look great.
ReplyDeleteVery nice start :-)
ReplyDeletePurple witches? Good luck to Sabrina, what a great opportunity. Let me know when you want to start Quaker Diamonds.....it's ready to go on my dining room table!
ReplyDeleteLovely start! Hope all works out well for your daughter.
ReplyDeleteGreat start
ReplyDeleteCongrats to your daughter being accepted at the cooking school. Nice start on your newest WIP.
ReplyDeleteGreat start on the Quaker. I love Quaker designs and thw Halloween one is at the top of my wish list.
ReplyDeleteYour Quaker is looking nice, congratulations to your daughter I hope the financing comes through for her.
ReplyDeleteThat is a pretty pattern. Looks good.
ReplyDeleteThe color is so beautiful! It will be a great model when it is done. Great start!
ReplyDeleteGreat start, love the colour!
ReplyDeleteOhh... the orange is great!
ReplyDeleteAlmost makes me regret picking a purple for mine. And now I want to start it with you!
But I have to show some restraint. I will absolutely enjoy watching yours grow though!
LOVE this chart and the orange! It's going to be gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteOh, so lovely! And a future chef in the family?! I'm looking forward to yummy recipes and some cooking tricks.
ReplyDeleteGreat start. I really like the color you chose.
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Great start. Love the color !!!
ReplyDeleteOh Cindy, you're done for now! I started a Quaker Sampler by The Workbasket a little while ago and now it seems that's all I want to work on and get more of. I'm finding they really lend themselves to the gently shaded overdyes like the Belle Soie, Gentle Arts and the like. Can't wait to see it when it's done. I've got this one on my wish list also!
ReplyDeletegreat start, I need to do some stitching.
ReplyDeleteBig congratulations to your daughter! Yum!! You've made a good start on your Quaker.
ReplyDeleteThat is a wonderful start. I can't wait to see what it will look like when you add the purple in. I love it when stitchers choose to change the colors in the pattern. You have made such great color choices.
ReplyDeleteI'm not much into Quaker's, but this one has some appeal to me. Lovely color you have picked to stitch it too!
ReplyDeleteReally great start. I might even have to have a Quaker chart now, after seeing yours.
ReplyDeleteI'm really going to have to get a Quaker chart now, it looks great. Have put a little something on my blog for you.
ReplyDeleteThat is so pretty and I love teh colour you've chosen. There's nothing that says we have to follow instructions!
ReplyDeleteHi Cindy, to get the logos all you have to do is 'right click' on them and use 'save as' to somewhere on your pc. Then just add them into your blog post from your pc as you would a photo. Hope this helps X
ReplyDeleteThis is looking great! Great color.
ReplyDeleteNice start!
ReplyDeleteHi Cindy, I did not see your e-mail address in your profile--you won the Quaker Row chart giveaway, so please let me know your mailing address so I can it out to you. BTW I love Quaker Halloween!
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