One of those weeks
Wednesday, June 24th, 2009
A week ago Thursday I was about to finish this ornament from the new JCS Ornament Preview issue when the school nurse called to tell me that Thing One might have broken his arm. And she was right! A “fun” morning at the doctor’s office followed, and we’ll make a second trip to the doctor this week to put the cast on it.
If that were not enough, The Gimlet and I were supposed to fly to Sacramento, California the next day for a wedding. After we determined that Thing One felt well enough for us to go (he wanted to go on his end-of-school cruise and a dance Saturday night, so if he felt well enough to party, surely we could go to the wedding), we packed our bags and left. I didn’t get as much stitching done on the plane as I had hoped ( it’s a short flight) but I did make a start on the Blackbird Designs stockings.
These stockings are stitched with Gentle Art Sampler Threads, Weeks Dye Works, and Crescent Colours, all on various kinds of overdyed 30 count linen. I’m going to back them with Blackbird Designs fabric; unfortunately the stockings are a little too large for Charm Pack squares but the Layer Cake squares should be just right, with a nice variety of related patterns.
Hopefully this week will be a little less exciting, and I can get some more stitching done. I’m bringing the BBD stockings with me to the cast setting; I’ve been told those take a long time. (Meaning the appointment; the stockings stitch up pretty quickly.)
