Sewn in Friendship

 I finished all the stitching on Sewn i Friendship.  This is made with two charts. One is from Heartstring Samplery  and the other from Plum Street Samplers. 

The white (WDW Grits) doesn't show up very well even though I used Edinburgh Sand linen.

There are open places of linen but that's okay.

I meant to iron this and start on the finish-finishing. But I didn't get around to it yesterday. Maybe I can do it this afternoon. 

It was raining when I woke up but when it stopped, I went walking. Good for me!

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Rainy Day

 It's a rainy day but I've out run the raindrops. I walked before it started rainy hard. I'm going to lunch with friends soon. 

I worked on Wreath of Roses words. When I picked this up I only had "ins" done. Now I have three letters left to stitch.

Yes, it is a bit tedious to stitch the letters. I'm not real happy with the "d" and may take it out and restitch. 

I found my Dinky Dye silks for the SAL! If I get a chance I may start that today.

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Miscellaneous

 I got my last issue of Giuliana Magazine. 

Do I renew? Well, I haven't made anything based on the articles. This magazine is getting better at giving instructions and patterns for some of the projects in the magazine.  It is not like Inspirations that has complete instructions for all the featured projects. Giuliana is offering digital issues and subscriptions at about half the price of the print issues. So I'm still deciding what to do. 

I didn't do any stitching on Come to the Garden. But I finished the side of The Garden Thief tray. 

Still looking for my SAL threads. I walked so at least I did something today!

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Come to the Garden

 I am working on a third page of the Come to the Garden chart. 

I'd like to finish the page today. 

There is an angel on the left side I want to work over to.

It is overcast today and DH is at the grocery store. I can go walking when he comes back. The dogs next door are howling. They do that when they hear a siren. I can't hear the siren until it gets closer. 

I didn't find the thread I was looking for but I didn't look yet.  I put it in a safe place so I wouldn't lose it!

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Another Part

 I'm working on Amy Mitten's The Garden Thief. I want to finish the carrot pull for the tape measure cover. I just have the curly strings on the carrot top left to finish. It is my goal to finish this today. I probably should have lined the linen with some muslin before stitching as I can see the shadow of the black thread on the carrot. Yes, I could remake it. But no, I don't want to.

I started the tray. This is one of the sides.

These are the pieces I need to stitch for the tray.

Looks like rain so I haven't walked yet. Another goal today is to find the Dinky Dye silks I bought for the SAL I signed up for. The first part was released on September 30th. It looks like something that could be stitched in a day or two. 

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Sewn In Friendship

 I am getting close to a finish on this one. I decided to do the words over one so the drum wouldn't be so big and fat. The right side is done. There is room if I want to add a strawberry if I want.

I started on the other side and the words are done. There is a design above and below the words. I have to rearrange the bottom vine a bit. I want to eliminate a small bud and replace it with the larger flower.

We have a nice day here. I've walked my regular route. 

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October

 Well, the infusion took way longer than I expected. So I missed posting yesterday. Here is where I am on Amy Mitten's queen for the top of a casket. I'm working on the borders, almost done with one side. I wasn't sure how the borders would look but I'm happy with them so far. 

I didn't trust myself to work on this while on full chemo but now I think I can. My plaited braid stitch is getting better. You should see my friend Victoria Laine do plaited braid - perfection. 

I can't believe it is October already. 

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