A Work in Progress

Here's Sergei by Plum Street Samplers.  He was lots of fun to stitch with Sampler Threads and an NPI.  Sergei was started during my guild's retreat in Ocean City, Maryland at the end of April and finished during the first weekend of June.  I'm thinking of putting him in a simple black frame and have the perfect place for him in my kitchen.  As I said in an earlier post, I have been struggling to stay awake in the evenings and therefore, stitching time has been limited.  I'm headed into my last week of work and have very few plans for the summer other than stitching and reading the stack of 20-30 books in my bedroom.  My workouts will shift to the morning so I shouldn't be falling asleep as soon as I sit down at night.  Good thing as I had no willpower during my guild's stash sale/swap yesterday and came home with a *few* new projects.  More on those later.  In the meantime, we have had some gorgeous weather and today is no excep...

Here's what I worked on during this month's Friday Night Sew-In.  It's Sergei by Plum Street Samplers.  I find that I'm more and more drawn to pieces in a primative style these days and I'm having a lot of fun stitching this one.  I started it on my guild's retreat at the end of April and was stitching it with two threads over two.  When I got home, I decided I didn't like that and so started over with one thread over two.  I'm using the called-for Sampler threads and an NPI.  My goal is to finish it by the end of May. We have had lovely weather this weekend and it has felt so good to be home for a change. I've spent all or part of the past three weekends out of town at the guild retreat, moving my daughter home from college and my son's graduation.  All good things, but it does feel nice to have my house cleaned and to have some time to sit on the deck and read the paper.  I'm hoping all of you are enjoying the weekend as well!