I've been home for five days and still haven't unpacked my bag! Duffel bag, that is. The stitching bag was unpacked and played with right away. Well, I did put the dirty clothes in the hamper. I hate unpacking almost as much as putting away clean laundry and emptying the dishwasher! Why is that? I've been pulling clothes to wear straight out of the bag since I got home. I probably won't unpack until I have to do laundry. Do you know how to tell if a woman has never had children? If she tells you she only does laundry when she runs out of underwear. I'm not even close to running out of underwear.
I worked on a special project which I can't show you yet and this sweet little sampler for a friend. I've really been digging in my stash lately and coming up with some goodies. This is "The Practical Sampler" by Eileen Bennett of The Sampler House. It's full of all sorts of fun stitches, although after one row of the alphabet I switched the rest of the letters to something other than eyelets. I figured that was enough punishment for whatever bad things I might have done over the last five years.
I'm not a big fan of knots of any kind because it's so hard to make them consistent in appearance. The acorn tops are Palestrina knots which are easier than some others, but I still do not enjoy them. And I NEVER look at them under the magnifier. It just makes me want to rip them out. However, I absolutely love Queen stitches! Once I figured out that the key to a beautiful Queen stitch is pulling each leg snugly I was hooked. Eileen Bennett (The Sampler House) is the only instructor/designer that has ever given that tip, as far as I know, and I will be forever grateful to her.
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