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I framed Spring Quaker myself. The frame isn’t the perfect size, but it is a lot less then paying a framer. I do like the gold with this piece of work.

A corner of cross-stitch. At some point I will either have to find new space or new ways to display my work, I don’t think I want the house to become a crosse-stitch museum. On the other hand, for all my work

, I don’t want them locked away.

This is a wonderful project. Because the border is made up of the same motif repeated over and over – it is getting much easier

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, also, I can now jump from side to side of the project and not have to put the thread down on the thread bed.

I love using the program Markup RXP, it has been updated and now there is an Info section. How fun is this that I hit exactly the 10% marker. Btw, I’m pretty sure that I’ve put in more than 26 hours at this point….

And now, I have moved into the center of the project. I am a monogamous stitcher, unlike people who simply start 50 projects and maybe finish one – I like working on one at a time. And then, I was watching Floss-tube and someone showed a wonder Halloween project. I have now made one for Thanksgiving, Chanukkah so why not Halloween.

There is something so whimsical and yet refined about this. I don’t like super cutesy

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, and I don’t like scary. So I went searching at Etsy and finally found this. You can see in the upland left corner that this was made in 2015. So finding this chart took some doing. I am no longer working on MFSE 2022 – so

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, using the linen and silk thread I have started the project.

Since it is one thread only, it is very easy for me to sit outside in my lovely yard and work on this.

I tried to upload to both Markup and to Pattern Keeper, I had no problem doing so, but because of the nature of this old chart, it won’t recognize the symbol. So I am using Markup – because I like using the chart on my iPad. but I can’t mark off my progress.

Unlike the pattern, I’m not putting the full date of when I complete this

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, I’m just putting down the year. Yes, I am loving this as well.

Leah

It is hard to believe that Aytan is turning 13 and will be having a Bar Mitzvah soon. That means

, my duty as a grandmother is to make him a Tallit Bag.

It is traditional here in America to needlepoint one. Well, at least since the 70s that became a tradition. I have made some patchwork ones for my husband and sons. so I had to think what I would do for Aytan.

I went to one of my books of Monograms and found a lovely A the color? Yellow

, his favorite.

I put my initials and the year in the corner. I know

, everyone talks about how one must sign the work so posterity will know who you are. Meh, Either I will be remembered or not.

I didn’t take a picture of the A before I started putting the bag together. Here it is, the linen has some lurex in it, so there is a shine. I love the A, it is beautiful.

On the front I used a basic grey, as I am putting in the zipper – you see it too is yellow. I used fusible batting, something I learned from all the project bags I’ve seen on You Tube. give it some heft.

Now you see why I chose the grey

, I have had this giraffe fabric for many years, not a lot left. Giraffes are his favorite animal, even more than the squirrel. Here is the layout of the bag, with the bright yellow as the lining inside.

The finished bag from the front

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, I didn’t take a detail picture, but I did box the bottom. So it is not simply an envelope, it’s a little roomier.

he back, all giraffes. I do appreciate the hearts as well, everything about this fabric says Aytan loves giraffes.

I wasn’t quite done. I looked online for a Charm of the Torah

, since a man wears a Tallit when in services on Shabbat.

What I found is quite small. Nice quality, but small.

I pulled out my wire and tools and afixed it to the zipper pull. I know, the color is different, but I needed a thick wire, most of my wires are too thin. A pop of blue is nice.

Here it is, completely finished.

Aytan is away at sleep away camp which is a miracle. Camp Ramah in Ojai has a program for special needs kids, what a blessing for him to be there. I need to discuss with his parents when he actually gets the bag.

Leah

During the day I walk around and capture those mundane things that most people just walk by and never actually ‘see’.

Like the firey red yellow flower that pop up in the heat.

I think these two are the same plant, different color flowers. I was using my plant snap App to try and identify these plants – didn’t work well at all. So that app is removed from my phone, I may try another one.

So I don’t know their names

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, but I do know that they are bright and colorful on these hot days.

Then I walked by this house with it’s beautiful garden, truly lovely, a lot of very healthy looking bushes and this fountain that has become a planter. Maybe they have drip irrigation going through it, because it is so healthy looking.

Same yard, another fountain, delightful.

Remember this guy? I shared him a few months ago. Anyway

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, we actually went into the restaurant with friends.

yes, it is a very dark kitschy place.

Got to appreciate their sense of humor!

Love all the kitsch. I had a Trader Vics’ Mai Tai, one of the original Tiki drinks. And yes, it was way too sweet, most sweet cocktails I enjoy these days aren’t that sugar laden. The food was ok, also on the sweet side, except for the garlic edamame that was spicy and garlicky.

The place was pretty empty. They have a burlesque show, which we didn’t stay for. Not my deal. We did have a lovely time with our friends. We both walked there, they from the north, us from the south. It was a lovely evening. Fun to be together, and a fun experience, even if neither of us will go there again. Who knows, we might try another tiki bar, there are a number of them in the valley.

Leah

I picked up Einav from camp, she just woke up from nap in her kitty cat sleeping bag I made her. Love seeing it being used.

I’ve made her a new, dress, she hasn’t worn it yet, we are waiting for her birthday.

Sorry about how stretched it is on the hanger

, I was too lazy to go find a better one. Of course it’s pink, bright pink, her favorite color right now.

I ordered a whole new set of the plastic snaps, they work so much better for me to install than the sturdy metal ones.

In the summer, I don’t need a quilt on the bed. But where to put it? I went ahead and ordered this quilt rack from Etsy. It came from NY state, hand made in America. I did have some problems screwing the bars in

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, oh well, it holds the quilt nicely and no one will see where the bars don’t match well. Once the weather cools, another quilt will live on here.

Every few weeks I’ll probably refold the quilt differently, to highlight different parts of the quilt.

Here is my next project

, I bought the pattern at the Attic. I ended up ordering the actual called for threads. There are such subtle differences in the shading, why play with it. I have plenty of other patterns that I can pull threads at will

I started, I realize that the border is this one motif (I’ve already done three here), repeated and reversed. I started in the middle of the fabric, moving from side to side has it’s drawbacks.

I have realized that jumping around with one color leads to mistakes, so I pulled out this lovely thread hold I made, because the threads are so similar I had to make little labels for each color. As you can see, not to many colors now.

This is because

, once I had enough of the outer border, I could start on the inner border which means that often , that color that I have used is also in the small border and I can continue with it there. Or, since I’m working from both ends, I can use the color on one side or another.

I have also been working outside, I am loving the garden so much

, both Joel and I spend a lot more time outside.

Leah

I think that is what AVP stands for, and this weekend was the Hermosa Beach open.

The strand is always busy on a Saturday in the summer. I just noticed, this guy has a special rack for his surfboard.

They built a grandstand, and it was full of people.

The guys.

The gals.

Two balls, yes I went there.

Quite a large crowd.

We walked up Pier street for dinner – it was amazingly yummy – no I didn’t take pictures

I love this sign, I know it’s been here for years, and yes, they sell a lot of beach junk – it’s still very cool.

There was a group on their way to have a birthday party

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, love the balloons.

Love the patriotic messages still up after the 4th.

I’d say the same thing to the city

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, think of the residents, think of the pets, think of the veterans as you go about your business of taking large taxes and giving us nothing in return but homeless, crime and drugs all over the place.

Leah

I’m on a roll, finishing all the things. A quilt, and now a pretty big cross stitch project. Its’ not fully finished, as in no frame yet, that will happen soon.

Done, this was interesting, I made some changes, because its’ my project.First of all, light blue linen. Which meant changing some of the thread colors

I absolutely loved stitching the little houses, I think this is what attracted me to the project, aside from the quaker blocks, there is something very southing about them.

Here are the two remaining rabbits as well as the goose. I had to frog most of this section and still had problems. They will remain, someone will need a magnifying glass to find the mishaps – and if they do, more power to them.

I am also very glad I went with blue letters.

As well as introducing the purple stars. In the original the stars were blue. Here is one quaker that isn’t symmetrical, I’m pretty sure all the rest are. And oh those bees, one doesn’t need four rabbits, but if you are putting in bees, you need quite a few to maintain the hive.

That pink bouquet of flowers feels very out of place, as if it were an after thought to fill in space. The pink is a new color and in the original pattern it was forgotten. Luckily Lilas’ studio corrected on their website

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, so that was easy to fix. But, it wasn’t the same pink as the dusty rose – I just went into my stash and pulled a pink, which I then repeated in a couple of other places – like the twin rabbits – just so it wouldn’t feel so starkly different

Sheep, butterfly and another bee!

Did I mention I love the houses?? There was an option to make the white border with half stitches, or with satin stitch. I opted for the satin stitch and I hated it. I was of course counting threads, and it didn’t go smoothly.

I may not have enjoyed the process

, I do however really like the end result. A different texture makes the otherwise un-noticable white – really pop.

And here are my initials.

Close up of houses!

Such cute house. Making the checkerboard basket was fun. The handle was a pain – a lot of frogging. I got to the point where I had to work both colors at the same time.

I know, my macro lens gets very fuzzy very quickly. Look at those stitches! I’ll never see them that magnified again.

Now for the back. I was taught that the back should be neat. In my opinion there is a difference between neat and identical to the front. To me this is completely acceptable.

I’m sure someone would disagree – they can make their own samplers.

At some point soon this will be framed and no one will see the back at all!

Leah

The last quilt top I made has been languishing for months. I knew I had to quilt this one ASAP or the mojo would be gone again.

I was able to piece together the batting, literally using practically every inch of it. And then, started quilting. For a while I worked with rulers, these days, close enough is good enough. I am not entering shows, my quilts are to be used and this quilting is much better than just an overall pattern.

The quilting is done, went very quickly, just a little over a day. Ahh the joy of making small quilts.

I kept on taking pictures of the corners, I’m not sure why. I had hoped to have enough of the bright print fabric for the binding. I didn’t. So just like I improvised with different fabric in the background, I introduced a whole new fabric for the binding.

Bright yellow with a slight green overlay. I like how it makes the quilt pop. Oh

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, I went ahead and was going to use my walking foot for the binding. Lo and behold, I couldn’t get the feed dogs to re-engage. I tried! So this morning the machine made a trip to the repairman.

Sorry about the fuzzy image, I took all kinds of pictures, and to be honest, don’t feel like pulling out the camera again. You do see how well the yellow works.

Anyway, I went back to Sewing Machine Warhouse. I wasn’t crazy about them, but simply don’t feel like driving up to the shop on Honolulu ave. Not worth the gas. They asked for a $90 deposit, fine, I asked if this goes towards the service. A simple question. Out comes some guy and gives me a whole lecture about people coming in with garbage machines and if it costs too much to repair – they recommend a new machine. I’m standing there staring at my Juki 2010 – it isn’t not a machine from Costco, it isn’t garbage and it’s not that old…

My rack isn’t great, it’s a little small for displaying the quilts, as you see, it falls over, so here is your chance to see the backing. This is almost the last of the bolt I bought for $20 before the pandemic.

Anyway

, to say I didn’t appreciate the lecture is an understatement, just say, yes, whatever you expense is – that $90 goes towards that… they better do a good job – or it is back to Honolulu Ave despite the gas price.

A quilt is three dimensional, so why not photograph it that way.

I do like how from this angle you really can see the quilting patterns. I used the wool batting, and that helps define the quilting.

Another good look at the texture. I had a lot of fun quilting this. the ideas for the patterns just sort of came as I moved out from the center. Using wool batting is also a really nice way to quilt

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, it is much easier for the needle to go up and down and not get caught and dragged in the fibers.

Quilting really makes a huge difference, from a somewhat boring flat object to a textured piece. It really helps the bright pieces pop out from the back ground. I guess this is why I love quilting. Every stage matters.

notice how the quilt matches the owls? Perfect.

Leah

I know

, showing the slow development of a cross-stitch project can be boring, but I’m sharing a few anyway.

I have to say, I am loving these little houses.

How quickly the houses grow.

You can’t quite tell, but I’m having a problem with this final lower left right corner… which is why I’m finishing everything else first.

I replaced one rabbit with a sheep, in this case, it’s a goose. I found both the sheep and the goose in a cross-stitch book from the 80s. Recently I was watching a Floss-tube where the women were talking about how a goose was such an 80s’ item in cross-stitch. So here is mine.

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, I am very quickly basting and quilting this quilt, so it doesn’t just sit around.

I don’t know what I’d do if I couldn’t do all these crafts, they are so much a part of who and what I am.

Leah

It has been over three years, probably four since I went on any kind of creative retreat. SFVQA had their first retreat and we went to Temecula.

Up in the hills, surrounded by vineyards, is the Vina De Lestonnac center. Other groups with us appeared to be religious in nature. And yet, many quilters, stitchers and other fiber craft groups love to come here.

Turns out this is one of three retreat centers of the Sisters of Mary, started by Jeanne de Lestonnac back in France in the 17th c.

Vinyards all around.

I sat on this bench reading East of Eden. Yup, first time for me reading this book. I listen to a podcast, Close Reads, which is a wonderful way to get great insights into books. Really looking forward to the discussion about this one.

The hot air balloons go up at sunrise and at this point are all coming back down. I love hot air balloons. I’ve had the pleasure of being in them, and otherwise, just watching them glide through the air.

Old town Temecula is adorable, a little western town. Yup, I got olive oil and balsamic vinegar – yummy. We stopped in two quilt stores, at one, I bought nothing, at the other, I got a rotary blade – very necessary for the project you will see shortly. As well as a few more notions. some people went to a winery and came back buzzed and bearing gifts. Wine and bread with brie cheese in it – what a treat.

In October we are having a craft boutique, so I got to work, making these little jewelry bags.

They have little pouches for small items. I’ve made these at the holidays, and people love them. So what better item for a boutique, I have been making more since I got home. If there is a basket full of them, more will sell.

I won this pattern by Linda Ballard at one of our meetings. The print fabric was also from a meeting, someone dropped off boxes of fabric. The rest is from my stash.

I didn’t have enough of the grey background and I’m glad. I think using this other print really makes things pop.

Quilt top done in a day. Now I have two quilts I need to quilts, so I really should get onto it.

Here I am, proud of my work!

Yes, I will sign up for next year, I knew some of the women. I met others and deepened relationships. Retreats are wonderful. One of the best things was being cut off from the media. The Dodd decision came down and it wasn’t until Saturday that someone brought it up – me

, I walked away and talked quilting with someone else.

All in all, a great weekend.

Leah

The Dress code exhibit continued. There is a large display case with cowboy boots. Not much explanation.

Just sharing two beautiful pairs, yes, there were some older ones, less fancy, I like the fancy.

Then on to the China Poblana. What has become a national dress, for ceremonies and dance. A white shirt, a highly decorated skirt, with a lot of sequins, so it sparkles and shines when dancing. Often the skirt would be lengthened either at the top or the bottom, or both.

Same outfit from the back. The shawl and hat are important parts of the ensemble

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, not sure that one dances with them.

More examples, and yes, the shirts have that lovely embroidery.

Then we get to the explanation of the name.

I got lazy, and just photographed the explanation. Yup, slavery was everywhere, and people were taken as slaves from all over the world. I knew that Manilla and Mexico had very close trade ties. Both being under the Spanish rule. Slaves being captured in Asia and Brought to Mexico – that was news to me. But not surprising news at all, such is the world.

And now, onto another small project of mine, I’m going on a quilting retreat, will also bring my cross-stitch, because I am completely addicted.

I had seen thread catchers online and made my own. The idea is that if I only use a little bit of one color, rather than throw the whole thread away, put it on the catcher, for next time I need that color. Problem is, I made this a little too small. Once again, online I saw a much better version.

I made a much larger one, with an embedded magnet for a needle minder and snaps to close it. That way the thread doesn’t get lost.

With a few threads.

All closed up.

And now, to bitch a little. One of the huge problems I’m having with the cross-stitch world is the amount of consumption of junk. I understand people who collect fine scissor, or even needle minders – they can be worn as pin. Although there is a limit. But now there is a trend to put all kinds of charms and doodads on things like scissor fobs. It’s too much. If you have one, fine, but 20?

I get it, if one has a floss-tube, which is just a channel on You Tube where you talk about cross-stitch – you need to share all kinds of things – like the 50 new starts, your haul – which means new stuff every week or so.

And then there is the one who virtue signals about not wanting to waste and certainly not use plastic – because it’s bad for the environment – that is until she sees a project bag that she can’t live without and yes, it has vinyl.

so yeah, spare me your woeness and your virtue signaling, not only Americans had slaves. And over consumption is a problem if you really care about the earth.

Leah