I started her in the motel on Friday night, then got more done on Saturday during our little GTG.
This table is just a few feet inside the door, so there was lots and lots of natural light streaming in…so much that I never did need a lamp! Here's a bit closer view:
The fabric is Picture This Plus' "Heritage" in 32-count Lugana, and the fiber in use is Gentle Art Sampler Threads' "Mulberry."
There are more pictures of my trip to Alameda over at Slouching toward Rivendell, taken during my all-too-brief cycling tour of the city.
No photos for later blackmail, if you can believe that! But saw the Gidget of Whiz again (for the first time since CATS Las Vegas), and met in person on-line stitching buds 'chelle and RaphaelRay. Made a bit of progress in my newest start, the Mary Wigham Ackworth Quaker. 'chelle is even more enjoyable in person than online, an absolute delight! RaphaelRay (Jill) brought along some pieces to share with us, and is quite the bunny nut, like another bunny nut I know and love. AnnaMarie isn't a part of our little online community, but is also a stitcher of Teresa Wentzler projects and brought along her in-progress "Stretch" and her recently completed "Tradewinds." Needle in a Haystack is a very nice shop, in lovely downtown Alameda, which is chockful of Victorian and Craftsman-style buildings.
Edited to add: I also picked up a few more possible threads for the counted canvas project, since my LNS doesn't carry these.
Well, here I am, in a Motel 6 in Santa Clara, relaxing after the long drive up from Anaheim. I didn't even think about charging the pump for the air mattress, so it's taken several hours to fill the air mattress. Tomorrow we'll have our GTG at Needle in a Haystack in Alameda. Sure wish I had more time for the touristy stuff, but I have to be back at work on Monday. Dinner tonight was Beef Stroganaff at a little Russian deli and cafe in Campbell, not too far from Winchester Mystery House. And managed a couple of drive-by snapshots of that, into the setting sun, so I'm not sure yet how they'll turn out. And the mouse for my laptop seems to have died, so I have to use the pad thingy. Ack, but that's annoying!
This table is just a few feet inside the door, so there was lots and lots of natural light streaming in…so much that I never did need a lamp! Here's a bit closer view:
The fabric is Picture This Plus' "Heritage" in 32-count Lugana, and the fiber in use is Gentle Art Sampler Threads' "Mulberry."