It's been a while, hasn't it? Sorry, just haven't been in the mood to write a post, I guess. Reckon I just needed a kick in the pants from Cheryll for Friday Night with Friends. Here's the link if you'd like to see what my friends have been working on.
Recently I started Stacy Nash's Scarlett. It's a cross-stitch pattern from the Animal Cracker Series and this is pretty much where I was on Friday night. I think I'd already sewn two rows at the bottom of the dress before I remembered to take a picture.
This is where I finished up last night (Sunday). The dress's main color is finished and I'm stitching in the ecru dots. I still have the right paw to fill in and then I'll move to the edge of her dress and feet(?). I'm stitching on 32 count linen, one thread over two threads.
Not sure if I shared the finished top to my hexie project. Here it is ...
I've already figured out how I want to quilt it and then I plan on doing a knife-edge finish. The current measurement is 39" x 54.5", making it a nice crib size, I'd guess.
Last month we were in South Carolina for my nephew's wedding to his beautiful bride. It was wonderful seeing family & friends there. Here are a few pictures ...
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| Not Leaving Until I Get Cake! |
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| All the Sisters on Both Sides |
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| Ahhhh .... Sharing a Quiet Moment |
We splurged and got a 2BR suite. Worth the extra dollars for the extra room. We had a kitchen, a living room, and then a hallway with the two bedrooms & bathroom. Here's a picture of Mom enjoying Chick-fil-A (another splurge for us) on our last evening before hitting the road the next day. Loving her centerpiece bouquet from the wedding.
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| Still has Earrings on from the Honeymoon Brunch |
Mom had an early eye appointment one week, so afterwards we took advantage for a Mexican lunch date for the two of us.
Sunday, October 26th, very early in the morning, found Fred at the ER. He got to spend the next couple of nights in the hospital for bowel adhesions. Remember all his surgeries back in 2020 with the kidney cancer issues and then the surgical hernia? Well, I understand now that it's not unusual for adhesions to occur following numerous abdominal surgeries. Lucky him! He finally got released Tuesday, October 28th, in the afternoon when the doctors gave him a thumbs up. Fingers crossed we don't have to go through that again!
Fall arrived while I wasn't blogging. Here are a couple pictures of the beautiful trees in our neighborhood.
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| Ginko Tree Yesterday in All Its Beautiful Golden Splendor! |
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| Gingko Yard After All the Wind Yesterday What a Gorgous Golden Yellow! |
That'll wrap things up for this post. My apologies for letting so much time slip by between posts. We're all good, trying to keep up with medical appointments, readying Mom's house for sale, and keeping up with life in general. Enjoy your week!
Good to see you here again Susie. Nice work for Friday night and your hexies are looking great. Always lovely to get to a family wedding and isn't Mom looking good! Your trees look beautiful. xx
ReplyDeleteThank you, Lin. It was nice to post again. I've tried to keep up with reading the blogs but there are times I just don't have enough time. Maybe once I get Mom's house cleared out & sold. Fingers crossed by the end of the year!
DeleteYour nephew's wedding looks like a sweet event, and so glad your mom can still travel with you. We have the same issue with Mike having had abdominal surgery about 10 years ago, and then ending up in the ER with pain (once every few years) - we think from scar tissue. No fun at all. Hope Fred is feeling better. Beautiful fall leaves in your neighborhood. Happy stitching!
ReplyDeleteOh that wedding was so wonderful with so many of the guys in their military mess dress. Very fancy! Oh joy! Potentially more ER visits. Lol! We anymore take Mom wherever we need to go. It certainly isn't an easy task but we don't have much choice. Thankfully, as you could see, she's still smiling!
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