That’s a wrap … or is that a warp?

April 16, 2021April 16, 2021 ~ Liz A ~ 15 Comments

While I was in St Louis, I bought an egg spinning kit for Jace and Jackson at Target. Meliss waited until it was closer to Easter before turning them loose and then called on Facetime so I could see them in action …

Luckily I had the perfect thrift store cloth match for an egg patch.

With the month of a March finally done and stitched onto the January and February patches, I discovered a problem: the cloth was warped, visibly wider at the bottom than the top row of black and white patches.

Thinking it might help, I made a new row of black and white patches the same size as the top row and eased (well actually, forced) everything together …

But it was obvious that the March patches were buckling, plus the new row of black and white patches was stretched beyond reasonable.

I took them all apart and found my eyes hadn’t been lyin’ …

I think this could best be called mission creep. So it’s back to the drawing board to do a little what-iffing 😉

Almost there …

April 14, 2021 ~ Liz A ~ 14 Comments

March 29, 2021 – Michael’s — March 30, 2021 – Pencil Day

I used to get Target gift cards to send to the grandkids on holidays, but it occurred to me this time around that gift cards from an art supply store would be a better idea. So I headed over to the nearest Michael’s and stocked up. Then printed out some Easter cards to put them in …

However, I did edit the text on Logan’s card to read “just hop in your car and drive over to Michael’s!”

The gift cards reminded me of some linen that I used too clean my paintbrush during an Inktense experiment. The experiment was a bust, but the cleaning rag was a keeper. Better yet, it paired beautifully with Deb Lacativa’s dyed threads …

which actually showed up best on the back.

As for March 30th, aka Pencil Day …

I decided to create a memory patch of my Christmas gifts to Don: a hand-cranked pencil sharpener and a pack of Ticonderoga HB 2s …

Pretty sharp, huh?

M is for …

April 11, 2021April 11, 2021 ~ Liz A ~ 15 Comments

M & M … what we call our girls, Meg and Meliss …

Also the candy, about which I did some serious research for this post …

As you can see, I had to open several bags in order to properly match thread colors (ahem). And have you ever noticed that M&Ms are not all the same size … or shape … and that the letter “m” isn’t very clear …

Plus, they’re really shiny, which made me think a Deb damask backed with harem cloth would be just the thing …

But it wasn’t.

So I started over … first making freehand circles in split backstitch with two strands of DMC, starting in the middle and working outward, then sketching and stitching “m m m m m m” …