I found these really neat scissors of a sea horse from Uncommon Scissors for $22.00. They also have butterfly, swan, smiling cat, and squirrel scissors for $22.00. These scissors have sharp points and work beautifully. I’ve been using them for the last few days while working on my Double Dutch Sampler. I’ve [...]
Archive for July, 2007
Scissor Frenzy
Posted in Chatelaine, Double Dutch Sampler SAL, cross stitch, scissors on July 18, 2007 | 8 Comments »
Keeping Your Cool
Posted in Double Dutch Sampler SAL, the weather on July 10, 2007 | 3 Comments »
This is day four of miserable heat sent to us by way of the jet stream. I like it much better when the jet stream does this in January, rather than July. Day one wasn’t so bad, as it was dry heat; day two was the hottest day recorded this summer so far (96 [...]
If you are an alphabet nut…
Posted in fun things to try on July 9, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Here is my name in letters from Flickr
You can do your name here . If you don’t like what you see, just click the back button and try it again! I found this on Tanya’s site
Double Dutch Sampler SAL
Posted in Double Dutch Sampler SAL, flamingos on July 2, 2007 | 2 Comments »
I’m not Dutch, but even so, I like this one from The Gift of Stitching, June ‘07 issue. I’m stitching this on 32 cnt cream Sienna using the recommended Glorianna silks: Midnight, Rosewood, and Autumn Gold. This isn’t the best picture, but you can see the variations in the gold. I included one of [...]





