Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Lucky again

Last Sunday was another lucky day....impromptu stitching with friends!  Here are some of the sights.  Teresa and Barb both have these Gingher scissors which I love!  They remind me of the styles of the early 1970's!  I forgot the name of them....I am sure someone can chime in with that.  Note that they have matching scissor fobs!!!


Above is Karin's work on the pieces of Casting a Spell by BBD.  Love!

Pat needed a consultation regarding fib/fab for a sampler project she is about to embark on.  This is a favorite group activity.

We gave Teresa a lot of guff and teasing about her meticulous arrangement of her class materials for the Dear Jane quilt.  She admits that organizing the pattern was at least half the fun of the project!!!  Click HERE for information about this quilt. 

Karin has many amazing and breathtaking framed pieces of her stitching.  This is one fine example of beautiful stitching by Karin and beautiful framing by Jill Rensel.  This is a Carriage House Samplings chart.

Above is one of my thousands of works in progress.  I am loving this stitch!!!!

Above is Linda's progress on the current BBD Loose Feathers chart, Summer.  Gorgeous!
Patti is working on this amazing Birds of a Feather chart.  I can't remember the name; but it is so cool.  It is a reindeer sampler.  I think I might have to hop on her bandwagon.

Sorry about the poor picture quality....but I still had to post this picture even though it did not really turn out that well.  This is Karin's Mary Peacock sampler which hangs in her entryway.  Can you imagine walking in the door to be greeted by this masterpiece on a daily basis!  I would just go out and come in all day!  This is one of the most beautiful samplers ever on the Planet Earth!   And I am one of the luckiest people on the planet to have such wonderful stitching friends!  Lucky again!!!

14 comments:

Babs said...

Hey Laura, wanted to tell you that I am missing the chance to sit and stitch with you guys. Your updates make me feel like I am there. Thank you.... I am off to Dyeing 2 stitch retreat. I will post pictures when I get back.

Cathy said...

Nice to see all of the work of different stitchers! I need to do that at our next stitch-in! Lovely fobs too. Love your blog.
Cathy

Margaret said...

I love to see when you all meet for stitch days! Such lovely stitching, such great scissors with fobs, -- love everything!! Say hi to Karin for me. :D Love her Mary Peacock and the CHS piece too!

valerie said...

Love the stitch in recaps! I think I remember seeing Karin's Dutch Sampler in person. Jill really did a fantastic job...look at that matting! Her Mary P. is stunning!

Such great projects from everyone!

Karin said...

Hi Margaret:-)

Yes Valerie you saw this one in Utah last year!!!

Thanks Laura for another great update of our stitching get togethers!!
It was so much fun to have all of you here at my home.

Siobhán said...

Oh, how fun to sit and look through all of your photos! Thanks for taking us along to your stitch along. Beautiful projects, all of them.

Giovanna said...

Great show once again - you girls are amazing!

The Inspired Stitcher said...

Looks like you girls had a great time together. I love seeing what everyone's working on.

BrendaS said...

I'm so upset and bummed that I missed coming! Darn cold:((((

Everything looks wonderful. Thanks for sharing!:))

teresa said...

LOVE it Laura! the afternoon was great fun and I am happy to see my Dear Jane binder featured!

Keeper of the Crowes said...

The day was so much fun and Karin was the perfect host!!! Love stitching with all of you.

Karoline said...

Sounds like you all had a wonderful time

Patti said...

What a fun day that was- and thanks to Karin for hosting it! Thank you for posting the pic of my reindeer (Winter Sampler)- and it's such fun to see what your lens captures- even though I was there, there are always a few surprises! Have a great day!

Jeanie said...

Can you tell I'm reading backwards and catching up? I love Halloween, so its no surprise how much I love all the work featured in this post. And Jane's decorations ROCK!