It's Going to be a Good Week

Having a positive attitude makes everything go better.  I am going to finish the Queen's Ruff this week!  I started the last row of the Ruff.  It isn't really hedebo stitches but detached buttonhole stitch.
I am loving how it looks.

 It is the perfect touch for the bottom of the ruff.  I was worried about the points from the last row not being very "pointy" until I saw what comes next.  You don't even see the messy points.  There are about 48 loops around the bottom edge.  And you have to do them twice.

I know when this project is done I will look at it and wonder how I did it.  Amy Mitten is a genius - again.
Then I decided to face my fears.  I picked up the end side of Home Sweet Home and decided since this is my WIP that I am determined to finish this year, I need to get started.  I had to figure out where I was and get that darn leaf finished.  I am not good at long and short stitching.  But I finished two leaves.  Next is the caterpillar.  I couldn't find the thread for the base of the caterpillar.  Then I looked at a blog by someone who finished it.  She substituted many of the threads and even showed a list of her substitutions.  That gave me courage to just go looking for something caterpillary.  I think this will be fun to make.  In fact, I'm going to add some flowers as I go along.

The bathrooms are clean.  It is going to be warm this week.  Maybe even warm enough to walk outside.  Yeah!
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