Boxes in the Mail

I got two boxes in the mail yesterday.  One was the clock that I ordered from The Silver Needle for Strawberry Summer.  Yeah!  It is all put together now and I really like it.  For now it is hanging in the computer room.  It's a place that I can look at it and enjoy it.  I saw this project on a blog, ordered the magazine on ebay, ran to the LNS to get threads, ordered the clock, and now, after not too many days, it is done.

I sewed the rows of the oilcloth tote lining together.  I don't like that the bottom of the bag is undefined.  I wonder it I can put a piece of mat board or acrylic in it to make a hard bottom.  Anyway, I started cutting out the oilcloth.  It really isn't oilcloth but only a very light plastic coating on regular fabric.  At least I'm making progress.

I printed out a part of the finished American Sampler that I had a photo of.  Then I put it on the flat casket that I made out of foamcore to get a better idea of what I have in mind to stitch.  It looks so different than what I imagined.

 The piece of sampler I am stitching for the small box is turning out so different too than what the chart looked like.  The 32 count linen looks huge.  

I finished the little flower on 40 count fabric.  The two silk flosses I used are different from each other.  The pink is a thicker premium floss and the white is a 6 ply ( I just used one ply) silk floss.  I was wondering how this would work out. I guess it is okay.

 There is another flower on the other end and I will make some changes (make it a bit smaller) and try it again and see if I improve my stitching.
It is very quiet in the neighborhood since school started yesterday.
I better get cracking on my bird.
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