Fishy Fishy

I finished the small project from the Lake Michigan Sampler Guild meeting on Sunday -- it is Fishy Fishy by La D Da.   It was fun to stitch the small design with Belle Soie Silk on Weeks Dye Works linen.  It was easy to finish as a small ort box lid using glue and binder clips.  

Name tag and trip to Scarlet Letter

I finished my name tag for the Lake Michigan Sampler Guild last night.  The threads are a combination of Olde Willow linen, Vicki Clayton silk, and Crescent Colors cotton floss.  I adapted a Guild Anniversary Pincushion design for the name tag.  Today, I went to the open house at The Scarlet Letter near Sullivan, Wisconsin.  It was a nice day for a drive despite all of the dire weather forecasts and I was able to admire samplers and hooked rugs and shop for as long as I wanted.  I came home with two sampler kits and a chart and copies of Amy Mitten's Autopsy of the Montenegrin Stitch and the new book about Sweet Bags by Jacqui Carey.  I also had an opportunity to admire the multicolored alpacas before I left.

Artists Trading Cards

I finished some ATCs today for exchanges.  First, Spring Flowers -- a little late for the April Stitching Fingers ATC Exchange based on Landscapes.  AT the beginning of April I had Japanese dwarf Iris, Hyacinths, Daffodils and Tulips blooming in my garden.  Stitched in soysilk on hand dyed fabric.

The second is Undersea Life for May.  This time I am not behind.  A small school of fish swim along with a sea urchin, some rocks, a shell and some sea weed.  Stitched in soy silk with found objects and agate beads.

Lake County ANG Year Long Project -- restarted

I decided a couple of weeks ago that I really did not like the color scheme for my Year Long ANG project so I went to North Shore Needleworks and picked out new threads.  You can see the green and burgundy color scheme here:

I started out with the Laid Filling Stitches -- the next four photographs show the results: