A Lovely Day

I took a well needed day off from work today and it was just 

a beautiful day.  I did things that needed to be done, but also

things that I just like doing.

I stained some linen and dyed some chenille yarn to use on 

future projects.  I did a variety of colors on the chenille.

Some tans, faded oranges and bittersweet.  Prefect for

Fall and Halloween items.  Then I put them on my

old fashion drying rack and sat it out in the gorgeous

sunshine to dry.  

I also cleaned the sun porch and did some rearranging.

I have this beautiful old green grain bin that I moved to

a spot on the sun porch and added a few touches to

the top.  An old grain sack towel with the best

small green stripes down each side.  A few of my

old jars.  Quite an obsession of mine and an

antique garden dibble.

Of course I did some stitching.  The day just wouldn't 

be complete.  I finished this Stacy Nash Alphabet

Sampler, but changed up the colors a bit, no surprise

there, right?  And added a date to the bottom.

I'm pleased with it and hope to attach it to a

wooden hornbook. 

I do love making hornbooks.

Well, wishing all of you a wonderful day, doing 

things that you love to do and that make you smile.

~Nan