Fair & Square for Chris B.

These are the squares that I stitched for Chris B. for the Fair & Square Round #22.

The lighting is poor-they are stitched  with overdyed Threadworx floss on 32ct. linen. The design is from a Dover book of charted folk designs. 

This was my first Fair & Square exchange.

A Current WIP

This is from a Dover Publication of cross stitch designs by Anne Orr. It is on Silkweaver "Solo." The floss color is not accurate--it's more purple.

A Peacock WIP

 

This is a peacock from a Dover Publications book by Anne Orr. I don't know how I'm going to finish it. Sorry for the darkened photo.

We're going to give the old computer to a neighbor family that doesn't have one.  Their child is one of granddaughter's friends. My son said that Windows XP will be supported for some time. He will walk me through how to erase the hard drive before we give it to them. 

I plan to get them a surge protector/emergency back-up, as without it the whole system will down down fast. We get frequent power surges during storms. I also plan to buy them a printer. I checked out Wal-Mart online and there are definitely cheap multifunction models. We have plenty of wal-Marts around here so we'll probably be able to find something on sale in the store.

People who have do not realize how difficult it is to function without a computer and internet access. Granddaughter's school is no longer going to send home paper notices. It will be online (their website) or through email sign-up. You have to ask to have a paper copy sent home. Plus, the statewide exams that are given in May require all students to type in their composition portion of the exam. We're talking about elementary students who haven't been given typing lessons in school, yet.

 

Peacock Pinkeep

from "Scandinavian Charted Designs--archives of the Lindberg Press"
Dover Publications

This is one of a series of peacock-themed items that I finished. I added my initials to it.

Scrap Linen, Please

These are small motifs (from Dover Pub. Anne Orr design books) that I stitched on scraps of linen. I plan to make them into notebook covers, tiny box covers, and more. I'll applique them onto cotton fabrics or piece cottons around them to create different projects.

Send me your scrap pieces of linen! Two inches, one inch, half an inch--anything! I'll use them! Donate them to me instead of throwing them away.

Please email me if you have tiny linen scraps that you don't want. I'll email you my mailing address.

My February '09 Biscornu

This is my second biscornu for the Basket of Biscornu SAL. The chart is adapted from Plate 22 of "101 Folk Art Designs for Counted Cross Stitch," by Carter Houck (Dover Publications). It is stitched with Victorian Sampler overdyed thread on 28-ct. white linen, and has a glass bead at the center. The bottom is exactly the same.