Borders (not the bookshop)

I've finished the stitched borders on Toccata III and now it is time for the scary drawn thread borders! Bit of a long shot but if anyone out there has stitched this or knows someone who has, could you let me know in the comments? Or is there a good Drawn Thread bulletin board where I can ask a question? There have already been stitches that contained errors, they were mentioned on the DT website but the instruction for the first DT border mentions in two different places, "...36 vertical threads beyond the left side of the design area." I think this may be incorrect, I have a feeling it should be 16? I really don't want to make a mistake as you can imagine!

It's overcast here so the photos may appear a bit dull, my other half took the top photo with his wizzy camera and I took the bottom one with my point and shoot so they may look quite different! I love this piece which was an amazing gift from an amazing lady BeckySC and it really is an education in stitches - Thank You so much Becky!

I've been pretty quiet lately and there are health reasons involved which I don't want to go into in public. I do feel I owe you an explanation though because there is a certain amount of quid pro quo with this blogging malarky. So there you go, a partial explanation at least, sorry I can't be more specific and sorry if I haven't been around to leave a comment on your blog as is the custom!

Hugs to you all, hope you are all having a good weekend? :)

Naughty

This is what happens when you turf your kitty off the bed to change the bedding.

CHS Finish!

Sorry about the terrible photo folks, but here it is, it's done! KarenV posted her lovely finish last week so I am playing catch-up with my SAL photo.

Carriage House Samplings

A Quaker Study

Country Stitch Kiwi Illusions fabric in Daffodil

Vikki Clayton silks

Marques Des Circles, Lily Tutters and Examplar Fire Thorn

This was great to do as a SAL as we both found the pattern repetitive, so we both egged each other on at various points, but now it's completed the tediousness has been forgotten and I'm really pleased with the final result :)

I still have hundreds of blog posts to catch up with I'm afraid, so your visits and comments are especially appreciated at this time. Thanks for the Thread Heaven tip Barbara, I'll definately use that next time with the VC silks. Big hugs to you all!

AQS SAL progress

Very quick post to show progress on 'A Quaker Study' by Carriage House Samplings that KarenV and I are doing as a SAL. I've since completed the last large motif and we might even see a finish in sight soon! Which would be lovely as we've both found this chart a bit of a chore. I'm using VC silks and although I really love their colour and high shine and the way they separate, my goodness they like to do the twist!

Thanks for your comments and visits, I'm afraid I haven't been present in blogland and have hundreds of posts to catch up with. It's that time of year I'm afraid, 'induction time' and anyone who works with students will be familar and probably feel my pain ;) This year the disconnect between them as 'digital natives' and myself as a 'digital immigrant' is very apparent. They don't want to look things up in books and they don't want to write things down with a pen and paper! Which unfortunately are pre-requisites for completing their first piece of coursework - basic legal research.


This list is a selection from the last three years of the Beloit College Mindset which describes the attributes of the students it is accepting:

- They have grown up with bottled water.
- Thanks to MySpace and Facebook, autobiography happens in real time.
- They learned about JFK from Oliver Stone and Malcolm X from Spike Lee.
- Information is ephemeral and consensual not authoritative.
- They grew up with and have outgrown faxing as a means of communication.
- ‘Google' has always been a verb.
- Virtual reality has always been available when the real thing failed.
- ‘Ctrl + Alt + Del' is as basic as ‘ABC.'
- They have never been able to find the ‘return' key.
- Computers have always fit in their backpacks.
- Stores have always had scanners at the checkout.
- They have always had a PIN number.
- They don't remember when ‘cut and paste' involved scissors.
- Bill Gates has always been worth at least a billion dollars.


Makes me feel old! And if you've read this far you deserve another photo as taken by my other half recently.





Take care all :)

Holiday in the Highlands

Plockton

Red deer on the walk back from Dubh Aird Bay

Harbour seal seen on Calum's Seal Trip

Dolphins just off Chanonry Point

As you can see we stayed at Plockton, a place we had been to on a day trip from Skye earlier in the year, so this post may seem like deja vu! (It's where they filmed Hamish Macbeth and some of the Wicker Man.) We were lucky to see some lovely wildlife on walks and boat trips. The weather wasn't so kind to us this time but it was nice to get away all the same :)

Stitchy update next time, not feeling very chatty tonight I'm afraid. It was back to work with avengence and the joys of a new academic year. I'll try to catch up with you all soon :)