MS Walk Today!!

Thank you to all the people who made donations on my behave, I know the money will help someone with MS and maybe they will find the cause and a cure.


We completed the 4 mile walk today. We had beautiful weather and had a great time walking, watching the other walkers and talking. I think everyone enjoyed the walk because there was sunshine for a change.

Here are a few pictures:


Thanks again for your help!

MS Walk April 5th

Our daughter was diagnosed with MS last May. Her and I have registered to do the MS Walk on April 5th. We will be walking about 4 miles, I am thinking dry weather for the day.

I set a low goal and made my goal! If anyone feels they could help, the donation would be much appreciated and will help someone with MS. I know the medication our daughter takes would cost $2,000.00 a month, if she didn't have insurance.

Thank you for taking the time to read this message.

Think sunshine for Sunday!

Royal School of Needlework - San Francisco, California

Here is the link to see the classes the Royal School of Needlework are offering in San Francisco, California in April and May, 2009.

http://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&ik=e85d7377c1&view=att&th=11fb716d950309b3&attid=0.1&disp=vah&zw

I will be taking the Silk Shading Certificate Class. Two of the tutors are coming from England and the third one is from England and now living in California. I have taken classes from both Owen Davies and Helen McCook, I am looking forward to seeing them again.

The classes will be wonderful even though they aren't at Hampton Court Palace, I love the palace and the gardens around it.

If you are interested in taking classes you can visit the RNS website for the person to contact.

http://www.royal-needlework.co.uk/

I am looking forward to my class!!

Witch, Handwarmers & Biscornu

This was my Christmas gift from my friend. Isn't she lovely?

Here are the hand warmers I made, while another friend made hers. I learned that I needed to pay attention when I was knitting these.

This is the project my cousin and I worked on while she was here last week. She finished her's after she went home, now we just have to wait to get a picture of hers to join mine.

Sampler Challenge

While we were in England, the Sampler Guild received an invitation to join in the Alphabet Sampler Challenge with the Northwest Sampler Guild.

The only requirements were that the sampler had to have an alphabet. There is a tree in front of Hampton Court Palace that has mistletoe growing on the branches, I decided to make my sampler using the tree as my inspiration. Added a few flowers around the bottom and the rabbit ran into his hole at the bottom of the tree.

The following is a list of the stitches I used:

Fly stitch

Chain stitch

Cross stitch

Lazy daisy

French knots

Satin stitch

Turkey stitch

Straight stitch

This was a really fun project to do, might even do another one in the future!

Alphabet Sampler Challenge

While we were in England, the Sampler Guild received an invitation to join in the Alphabet Sampler Challenge with the Northwest Sampler Guild.

The only requirements were that the sampler had to have an alphabet. There is a tree in front of Hampton Court Palace that has mistletoe growing on the branches, I decided to make my sampler using the tree as my inspiration. Added a few flowers around the bottom and the rabbit ran into his hole at the bottom of the tree.

The following is a list of the stitches I used:

Fly stitch

Chain stitch

Cross stitch

Lazy daisy

French knots

Satin stitch

Turkey stitch

Straight stitch

This was a really fun project to do, might even do another one in the future!

Surprise from Lyon, France & a Road Trip to Austin, Texas

We took a road trip, drove to Austin, Texas and almost three weeks later we returned home to find a wonderful surprise in the mail. My friend who lives in Lyon, France sent me these wonderful treasures.

She made the ATC in memory of her cat who recently went to cat heaven and is missed very much, they lost two cats in a very short time. That is so sad, but the good news is they now have a new cat to love. She and her husband made the calendar, we have it sitting by the TV in the kitchen, we didn't have a calendar near the table so this is really appreciated. And the kit will be fun to make, now I just need to get busy.

As for other projects, I did a little knitting while we were traveling, knitting is a great project to work on in the car. Now I just need my husband to try on his sock so I can finish making them.

I visited Needle Works in Austin, what a wonderful needlepoint store. (http://www.theneedleworks.com/) They have fibers that I have never seen before and very helpful too. I had seen the Evertite Strencher Bars, but had never touched them or seen how they work. Well, now I wish I had all the sizes, they are great for needlepoint because you can tighten them up to keep the canvas tight while stitching. Needle Works don't have a picture on their website, but there is a picture on Tristan Brooks Designs (http://www.needleartworks.com/dsgnr/tbd/tbd10.htm) I have to say they are not cheap, well worth the money. Needle Works is a great place to spend a day and there is a good restaurant in the same mall Santa Rita Cantina (http://www.santaritacantina.com/) the Chilli Relleno with Spinach, mushrooms & ranchero sauce is the BEST. In fact Santa Rita was so good we ate there three times. Actually all the food was good in Austin!

We had a great trip, just very long, 5,000 miles round trip. It is nice to be home again!