Blaze & Daze

StareCase

StareCase

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curious2garden said:
... I'd love to see some of her work ...
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I stand slightly corrected folks - turns out that Mrs. S. will do a pattern on linen but she still prefers the 14 or 18 count Aida cloth with the more defined holes. The one item that she wanted to show cause we are both proud of completing ...

The Santa Stocking

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It is a pretty substantial design with the pattern on a page that is 17" x 14" when it's unfolded. It was roughly the size of one of those smaller city street maps.

Yes kids - back in the day, we had to actually fold physical paper maps and put them away in the glove box. Anyway ...

There have been a total of nine (9) of these stockings completed starting in 2006. I have completely stitched 3 of these stockings and I started on a 4th. But due to a shitload of OT and overnight on-call starting in early 2009, I ran out of juice for any more stitching and Mrs. S. had to complete #4. She has since done #'s 5 to 9.
 
Jeffislovinlife

Jeffislovinlife

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StareCase said:
I stand slightly corrected folks - turns out that Mrs. S. will do a pattern on linen but she still prefers the 14 or 18 count Aida cloth with the more defined holes. The one item that she wanted to show cause we are both proud of completing ...

The Santa Stocking

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It is a pretty substantial design with the pattern on a page that is 17" x 14" when it's unfolded. It was roughly the size of one of those smaller city street maps.

Yes kids - back in the day, we had to actually fold physical paper maps and put them away in the glove box. Anyway ...

There have been a total of nine (9) of these stockings completed starting in 2006. I have completely stitched 3 of these stockings and I started on a 4th. But due to a shitload of OT and overnight on-call starting in early 2009, I ran out of juice for any more stitching and Mrs. S. had to complete #4. She has since done #'s 5 to 9.
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Why do I get the feeling them Berry leaves were a compromise lol lovely work :hump: :peace:
 
StareCase

StareCase

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DMChiz said:
... That is no small feat. My mother used to cross stitch and it’s such an intricate skill. Bravo to you and Mrs. S! ...
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Gracias mucho, Senor Chiz. Mrs. S. was able to learn me all of them l'il intricacies of good x-stitching. Proper tension of the stitch, consistent cross direction, clean hands, stuff like that. It was easy to get good myself with having such a great teacher at the other end of the couch. When we were first married, we would sometimes stay up to 3:30 AM many a Friday and/or Saturday nights just stitching.

I have always been proudest of all of my cats. In that time when we both stitched like rabbits, I cross stitched 16 patterns of a bunch of breeds of cats - Burmese, Abyssinian, Siamese, Russian Blue - and gave them away as gifts. My sisters were also moving out and they needed pictures for their bare walls. These patterns were great in an 11 x 14 frame with a border.

But I kept the Maine Coone for myself:

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StareCase

StareCase

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Oh nice - that 4:20 Mountain Time cone is really starting to feel good right about now. I hadn't felt much like toking anything since early Saturday evening - then about an hour ago, ick was all gone!! I felt much better and only had one thing in mind. So ... I "4:20'd" with Denver and environs tonight.

Oh nice ...
 
Ozumoz66

Ozumoz66

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StareCase said:
Gracias mucho, Senor Chiz. Mrs. S. was able to learn me all of them l'il intricacies of good x-stitching. Proper tension of the stitch, consistent cross direction, clean hands, stuff like that. It was easy to get good myself with having such a great teacher at the other end of the couch. When we were first married, we would sometimes stay up to 3:30 AM many a Friday and/or Saturday nights just stitching.

I have always been proudest of all of my cats. In that time when we both stitched like rabbits, I cross stitched 16 patterns of a bunch of breeds of cats - Burmese, Abyssinian, Siamese, Russian Blue - and gave them away as gifts. My sisters were also moving out and they needed pictures for their bare walls. These patterns were great in an 11 x 14 frame with a border.

But I kept the Maine Coone for myself:

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Aunt Audrey did this from a photo. Used some sort of software. Not our dog but it hangs in our entrance.

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StareCase

StareCase

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DMChiz said:
... Enjoy that cone! ..
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I truly did ...
DMChiz said:
... Time much better spent ;) ...
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Oh you can put it on the board ... YES!
DMChiz said:
... 5-0 now and this Jays team looks entirely disinterested in the sport of baseball let alone this game ...
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The rest of the league has figured out how to pitch to those who we hoped were going to be the future - and get them out. So now those individuals have to adjust to the rest of the league and get hits more consistently. The rest of the league is clearly winning. We are seeing way too many of those weak assed outs this year and that is demoralizing them. Oh well ... what do we like to say here about our pro sports teams?

There's always next year!
 
tyler.durden

tyler.durden

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My trimmer finally came! Got a refund from the first, and immediately ordered another. I received the notice that it was delivered, opened my front door, and there was a police SUV parked right there. I got my mail, picked up the box, and brought them inside. I looked out the window 20 minutes later and they were still there. Then I realized that if the police wanted me for something, they probably wouldn't park directly in front of my house. So I opened my package -

This thing is heavy and really well built -

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The metal gears that spin the blade are solid -

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Built-in wet trim grate, I'm gonna get the blade below as close as possible to it without rubbing -

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This is the sought after dry trim grate -

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Glad I don't have to harvest for another 2 weeks, but trimming should be more tolerable from now on...


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shnkrmn

shnkrmn

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tyler.durden said:
My trimmer finally came! Got a refund from the first, and immediately ordered another. I received the notice that it was delivered, opened my front door, and there was a police SUV parked right there. I got my mail, picked up the box, and brought them inside. I looked out the window 20 minutes later and they were still there. Then I realized that if the police wanted me for something, they probably wouldn't park directly in front of my house. So I opened my package -

This thing is heavy and really well built -

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The metal gears that spin the blade are solid -

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Built-in wet trim grate, I'm gonna get the blade below as close as possible to it without rubbing -

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This is the sought after dry trim grate -

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Glad I don't have to harvest for another 2 weeks, but trimming should be more tolerable from now on...


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I'm certain you'll enjoy that.
 
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