However Harmien has gotten me very excited about stitching on my Carriage House Sampling Alphabet, after seeing her progress on hers on her blog: XStitch.nl. So I dug mine out of its bag, with a few litttle moths flying out with it. Darn, I realized before I could start in with the fun stuff, I had to outline a few more alphabet blocks, so it was back to 3371 for me!
Alphabet Blocks by Carriage House Samplings on 40 ct Newcastle antique white linen, stitched with a mixture of DMC and GAST
The kids are back from Zoo Camp, where they had a fantastic time! Here are a couple of pictures they brought back. The first is Nick feeding Mama Tiger a little snack:
and Kristy looking after the 3 month old baby:
Wendy,
ReplyDeleteThe pictures of the kids are great! You can really see that they were enjoying themselves.
Good progress on your CHS Alphabet. I know all about 3371. It's used a ton in the PS Barnyard Christmas designs that I'm stitching for the wreath.
Your alphabet looks stunning...Harmien is quite the inspiration isn't she?!
ReplyDeleteAwww...your kids look so sweet having fun with the cats! Kristy is beautiful :)
Love the CHS Alphabet, seeing everyone's progress on it is making me want to add it to my never-ending list of projects.
ReplyDeleteLoved the Zoo camp pictures, they do look like they had a good time, and the tigers were gorgeous.
ReplyDeleteGood luck on the Alphabet sampler. It is such a lovely piece, the borders would take a lot of patience though.
Sue
Nice photos of the kids enjoying their summer vacation. Oh to be that young again! I know what you mean about stitching drought. All you will see for the next little while is my neverending wreath of flowers - groan!
ReplyDeleteI wish I went to zoo camp... no fair!!!
ReplyDeleteHi Wendy, your alphabet is coming along really well and how great for the kids to get up close to the tigers :)
ReplyDeleteYour alphabet looks wonderful, Wendy! And once you get some 3371 out of the way, the fun starts!! I'm glad I could give you a little nudge, it's such a beautiful and fun piece!
ReplyDeleteGreat pictures of the kids!! The one of Kristy with the little one is just stunning!
Great progress on CHS Alphabet!
ReplyDeleteI love the last picture! Kristy is beautiful
Those pictures are so cool!
ReplyDeleteGreat pics of the kids-how lucky.
ReplyDelete-Jen
Your alphabet is beautiful! Don't you love the colors in this piece. Zoo Camp must be so much fun!
ReplyDeleteGreat progress on your alphabet; Harmien is inspiring me to get a move on collecting these charts too! So pretty!
ReplyDeleteLove your Alphabet. It's coming along beautifully.
ReplyDeleteYour CHS Alphabet is so pretty and coming along nicely. Nice pics of the kids with those tigers ;)
ReplyDeletelove the alphabet! outlining is just the pits! but the finished project is soooo nice :)
ReplyDeleteahhhhhh looks like your kids had a great time!
I've been having trouble finding things to post lately too; ended up just taking a break from blogging. Now that all the exchanges are arriving at their destinations I have more to post!
ReplyDeleteYour Alphabet piece is wonderful. I'm glad it's you doing all that outlining though!
ReplyDeleteZoo camp - how cool is that!! I've never heard of one. Is this associated with the Toronto Zoo?
The pics are really good.
Wendy, Can't wait to see your Fair & Squares!! Now you have me very curious! I think your Alpabet is coming along beautifully. But, I know exactly what you mean about those borders. Just stitch some fun stuff to ignore them!:)
ReplyDeleteYour children are beautiful!
Hugs,
deb
I love the alphabet, i have that one on my wishlist.
ReplyDeleteLove the zoo camp pictures, what a great experience for them. Never heard of zoo camp before
Great pictures!!! And you CHS alphabet looks great!
ReplyDeleteAhhh - brave kids :) Your CHS alphabet looks great - you'll be back to 'real' colours in no time ;)
ReplyDeleteOh, what an exciting time your kids had at Zoo camp! I bet Pelle would have loved to join them, although he might have been mistaken for tiger fodder.
ReplyDeleteLove your alphabet blocks. I swear, one more blogger working on this one, and I think I might have to join you.
The CHS Alphabet is really nice!!!
ReplyDeleteAlso the photos of the Zoo Camp. oooh Tigers they are so beautiful!!!
Oh, I love that alphabet every time I see it! I love the picture with the baby tiger!
ReplyDeleteThose are some big kitties!! Your alphabet looks wonderful!!
ReplyDeleteThis is such a great alphabet Wendy. I can understand how you get a bit tired of 3371 but the borders sure add to the piece.
ReplyDeleteYour kids look like they are having a wonderful time with the kitties.