Fireside Stitchery has announced four new monthly clubs for next year in their latest newsletter. You must sign up by mid-November, so check them out here by clicking on the newsletter link.
http://www.firesidestitchery.com/infoalerts/index.cfm
Of course you can also check out what's new in the shop by using another link on that page, or if nothing appeals to your inner sports fan, you can always stitch a baseball....
http://www.firesidestitchery.com/infoalerts/Specials/Baseball/Export1.htm
Jane, married to a Red Sox fan in Chilly Hollow
Main blog at http://blog.360.yahoo.com/chillyhollow
Friday, October 17, 2008
About to Finish
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Joan Thomasson,
wizard
The stitching on the Joan Thomasson wizard was finished last weekend except for the smoke coming out of his cauldron. I have to get it partly put together as a standup before I can add that touch so I don't damage it in finishing.
I have a medium blue polished chintz for the backing fabric and found a feathery boa trim to edge the design. The feathers are white with silver metallic strips woven in. I already have quilt batting and foam for the stuffing. My next step is to pick up something to weigh the base. I thought I'd use aquarium gravel but a friend suggested buckshot. I'll have to see what I can find in the stores but that probably will wait until the weekend. I have too many more urgent errands to accomplish at lunch today and something will remain undone. You know us stitchers--our needlepoint is usually less important than other life chores!
I've also finished my mystery project I can't show you--the Stitch of the Month Project that ANG unveils each December. I did one of the models, so it's a secret for another two months. I'll just whisper in your ear that I choose Caribbean blue as my main color....
The next project is chosen and I've been thinking a lot about it. But more on that after I finish the wizard!
Finally, Yahoo and Google and MSN all changed their interfaces slightly yesterday. Yahoo 360 now has a social component but I want to assure all of you I removed the email addresses Yahoo pulled from my contacts and have turned off everything there I can find to protect your privacy and mine. I don't need any more social interaction, thank you! And certainly not in public. I don't even much like the Friends function that Yahoo 360 has built in but I tolerate it as that boosts the "findability" of Blog in searches. I've not signed up for the Follower component of Blogspot (owned by Google) either. I don't really care to demonstrate how many folks read Blog publicly, how many sign up for readers, etc. That's your business, not mine or everyone else's who wanders past.
Yes, I am an old fogy. Sue me.
Or if you are 20, laugh and then pick up your needle and let's get back to NP.
Jane/Chilly Hollow
Main blog at http://blog.360.yahoo.com/chillyhollow
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