Happy Halloween

Hope your day is filled with fun

and you get more treats than tricks!

Smiles,

~Nan 

Falling Leaves Hornbook

Well, I must say 

I am very pleased with

the way this hornbook 

sampler turned out.

So much so that I

couldn't part with it.

Is that terrible? 

It will stay in our home

and be displayed with

our other Fall decorations.

Hope to release a pattern 

for it.  That helps justify 

keeping it. :)

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Enjoy your weekend and

as always, thank you so

much for stopping by to

visit. 

Happy Stitching.

~Nan

Some Progress

Happy Sunday my friends. 

It is so gorgeous out today.  I was up in my 
sewingstudio with all the windows open
and italmost felt like I was outside.  

In my last post I showed you

the start of a new Fall alphabet sampler

I'm stitching.  I've made some progress

in the fact that it's all stitched and the

hornbook that I want to mount it on is cut 

out.  I need dear hubby to drill a proper 

hole in the whale tale top for me

and then it's on to staining and waxing.  

I think I'll use a nice dark stain 

to make the sampler really pop.

I stitched this with WDW and GA 

floss and I love the mix of Fall colors

on it.  

* * * * * * *

Ruthe and I have been hard at work on our 

next pattern together.  It's a cross stitched

pocket.  It's been a bit tricky to get 

this one charted, but it's really coming

along nicely.

Here's a sneak peek.

I still have a ways to go with finishing, 

but I am really excited about this one.

I'll try and post pics as things progress

on the pocket.

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Thanks for visiting and for all your 

wonderful comments.

Hope you are having beautiful 

weather where you are too.

Smiles,

~Nan 

Sunday Stitching

It's been quite chilly

and very Fall like in Philadelphia 

these past few days.

Good stitching weather : )

Hubby and I watched the Eagles

game yesterday and I made sure

to have needle in hand for those

3 or so hours. 

I am, of course, still in 

Halloween/Fall mode, so 

I put together this wool pumpkin

pincushion and trimmed it in

with some yummy cinnamon chenille 

from

Victorian Motto.

 I'm very much drawn to the 

chocolate browns,

rusts, and dark mustards at

this time of year.

* * * * *

I also began work on a new Fall inspired

alphabet sampler that I hope to 

attach to a wooden hornbook.

It will be full of all the things

that are reminiscent of Autumn.

Got to get ready for TDIPT.

It comes around so fast and

I want to have a few things to

offer this month.

* * * * * 

Hope you are enjoying some Fall

like weather where you are!

Happy Stitching.

~Nan