This and That

I always get down to one thread that I cannot find..... How could I lose a 732? You cannot stitch Mary Beale without 732!!! The above design is from Mary Beale's "Hannah" series. When I find 732, I will stitch another floral motif on each end. I thought if anyone loved me they could put some bands around it and make it into a bolster pillow. Anyone?

This is the Scottish Companion Sampler from the Gift of Stitching. (Terri, let me know when '18th Century Rose' comes in!)As I said in an earlier post, I was surprised at how pastel the colors are, but I like it. I did have to change the main green to Gentle Art's 'Bayberry' I changed the brown to Crescent Colors 'La Tierre, '(I think). The recommended shades were indistinguishably lavender-gray.

In other colorful news, we are studying the Celts this week in history. (That gray thing is a sword.) I tried to make Boudicca's, I mean, Buttercup's hair stand up with gel, but it ended up looking a bit too Jersey Shore, but hey, my introduction to hair gel and mousse was in the mid-eighties, so what can I say. There was no way I was going to try lime-water or rancid butter!