Let the Happy Dance Commence!

 

Margret Gatis Sampler

from The Scarlet Letter

Stitched on 40 count linen (color similar to Sandstone)

DMC cotton floss

 

I feel like singing the Hallelujah Chorus! I put the last stitches in this beautiful satin stitch band last night.

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Almost There!

Warm up your dancing shoes! I'm almost ready to do the Happy Dance.

The cutwork band is finished without nearly as much swearing as was heard during the torturous stitching of the 'Satin Stitch Band From Hell'. Perhaps that is due to the excessive knocking on wood by my husband every time I said, "I'm cruisin' now."  Perhaps I have reached stitching Nirvana.  Or perhaps I'm just mellowing. Who knows?  I'm just going to enjoy the glow...until the frog returns.

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Do NOT Tempt the Juju

Previously on "Bad Juju" (can you hear the Hill Street Blues theme?) the satin stitch band was done and I was in the midst of the boring, yet necessary, foundation stitching for the cutwork.  Things were moving along quite smoothly and I began to cut.  No sweat. 

Not 2 minutes after these words left my mouth..."I'm cruising!" and my husband knocked on wood, I cut the wrong thread. Well, crap.  Not to fear, I fixed it and kept going.  But it just goes to show that, as in most aspects of my life, I should just keep my mouth SHUT! 

So now, the vertical bars are wrapped and I've started on the horizontal bars which include dove's eyes.  No problem. (knocking on wood)  And who cares how perfect, or not, they are because who the heck can see them on 40 count! 

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