Last stitch has been placed in the Cherished Letter Case, an adaptation of a French embroidery from the late 1700's. This came from an online class offered by Zina Kazban at the beginning of the year.
It is very sparkly, which the camera didn't pick up, and I'm quite pleased with it. And it checked off one of my October goals, even though it was checked off in November.
Actually, most of my October goals are going to move into November. I had a week in which I did not thread a needle. I did have a good excuse for last weekend--Best Daughter Ever and I went to Williamsburg. Colonial Williamsburg was offering special Fall Getaway rates at their hotels, BDE wanted to have a break, I wanted to go to DeWitt Wallace (the art museum) and so we went.
I did take stitching with me (of course) but I never took it out of the tote bag. However, the textile gallery at the museum had some gorgeous, gobsmacking, amazing 17th century English embroideries (including a casket) so I did look at embroidery.
And then we came home, and the skies turned gray and the temps dropped and the rain fell, and I went into one of my winter funks. Aside from Christmas, I do not care for winter. I don't do cold well, I was built for spring and summer. So I was grumpy and cranky for a few days and binged on TV and ate chocolate.
Of course, it was a very good mail week, with lots of needlework goodies showing up in my mailbox. And you may see them during the coming few days. This is November, when traditionally bloggers blog everyday. I am likely the last of a dying breed, but I'm going to make a valiant effort to keep up the tradition this year, and I need content!!
So we'll see how it goes.
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